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Foundations for Business Execution Foundations for Business Execution Have you ever sat in a meeting where your boss described a "new initiative" that was going to transform your business unit, only to see the initiative fizzle and die a few weeks later? Do you have big plans and long-term goals that never come to pass because you get so bogged down with day-to-day activities? When management announces "new plans" to  more...

Creating a Business Execution Culture Creating a Business Execution Culture In today's fast-paced, high tech world, change comes more rapidly than ever before. Businesses must be in a state of constant evolution and continuous improvement just to keep up. An organization's ability to execute is paramount to its survival. After all, how can a company be constantly evolving and improving if no one within the organization is  more...

Leading Business Execution Leading Business Execution How many times have you and your team decided on new plans to make day-to-day processes more efficient, only to watch months slip by with those plans unexecuted? Why don't certain tasks get executed? Why do things stay the same, even when the change is critical to your team? This course provides you with techniques and strategies for executing business strategy,  more...

Elements of a Cohesive Team Elements of a Cohesive Team Three elements are always present in any effective, cohesive team: open communication, cooperation, and trust. Like the strands of a cord, these elements hold the team together and give it strength. Without these elements, team members will not participate fully in team activities and they won't find true satisfaction in their work. When trust and open  more...

Diversity and You Diversity and You Just as organizations must respond to demographic and social changes that introduce new languages, cultures, values, and attitudes to the workplace, so must you as an individual. To understand and appreciate diversity, you must develop an understanding of yourself and the ways in which you and others view the world. Your ability to use a variety of strategies to effectively  more...

The Importance of Diversity and the Changing Workplace ...people essentially cut from the same cloth, so where will new ideas come from? How will the group have the ability to understand things from a different point of view? Without diversity in the workplace, organizations run the risk of becoming monocultural and only viewing things from a very limited perspective. The organization provides the structure for operation of the business and often  more...

A Foolproof Method for Conduting a Job Search ...lete via email. This course provides a treasure trove of new ideas, cutting-edge strategies and surefire techniques to help you stand out from the crowd and get the job you really want. By the end of the course, you will have all the information you need to uncover the hidden job market. You`ll be able to design a job search plan, customized to your individual needs, to give you maximum  more...

How to Interview Like a Professional ...lete via email. This course provides a treasure trove of new ideas, cutting-edge strategies and surefire techniques to help you stand out from the crowd and get the job you really want. By the end of the course, you will have all the information you need to master interviewing techniques. You?ll learn the top 10 actions you can take to sell yourself and how to handle salary during an  more...

Getting the Job Offer You Want ...lete via email. This course provides a treasure trove of new ideas, cutting-edge strategies and surefire techniques to help you stand out from the crowd and get the job you really want. By the end of the of the course, you will have all the information you need to negotiate salaries and perks. Since getting a job is like making a sale, you`ll review and apply the key secrets of top sales  more...

From Beans to Brew: Creating Characters This course explores how to create believable and lifelike characters. Explore character development from birth to death. This course explores how to create believable and lifelike characters. Students will utilize hands-on techniques to explore their own lives and the lives of those around them for inspiration and details. Armed with these ideas, students will then create new characters or add  more...

Certificate in Web Content Creation (Master Classes) A professional certificate in writing and editing web content. The certificate program consists of three Master Classes: (1) Writing Web Content (2) Architecting Web Content (3) Creating Popular Web Genres These three Master Classes prepare you to be a professional web writer or editor, working in a world of intense interactivity, fast feedback, complex content management, and constantly changing  more...

How to Critically Evaluate Your Business Plan A Trump U Course- Thinking like an entrepreneur means making the most of your opportunities. To achieve your dreams, you must know how to examine your plans critically. And you must learn to set milestone goals that you can count on. With this course, you will develop the vision and analytic skills you need. Learn how to create the business plan that will change everything for you. Students may  more...

The Entrepreneurship Certificate in Marketing Mastery Program A Trump U Course- Starting a new business means more than having a good idea. The hottest concept will cool off in a minute if it isn ™t fueled by the knowledge and skills that are needed to transform it into a real and sustainable business. Students will be given an opportunity to work on their own business concepts. Students may complete this course within a reasonable period of time.  more...

Flash I: Mastering the Tools Produce exciting Web and multimedia presentations with Flash, the industry standard software for animation on the Web. In this intensive course, you will learn how to create the various graphic, button, and movie clip symbols that you will place in your SWF files. You will be taught by an experienced multimedia specialist, teacher, and instructional designer. Comprehensive learning modules will be  more...

Design a Winning Business Based on Your Idea--Instructor-Led ...ill confirm or deny his hypothesis, and will often reveal new ideas to explore or ways to refine his idea. In this course, you?ll be working as an entrepreneur in your own sort of laboratory. Your simulated business partner has a hypothesis. As part of your experimental design, you?ll need to develop a business strategy, research and define your target market, analyze your competitive  more...

Design a Winning Business Based on Your Idea--Self-Directed ...ill confirm or deny his hypothesis, and will often reveal new ideas to explore or ways to refine his idea. In this course, you?ll be working as an entrepreneur in your own sort of laboratory. Your simulated business partner has a hypothesis. As part of your experimental design, you?ll need to develop a business strategy, research and define your target market, analyze your competitive  more...

Keep Them Coming Back: Customer Retention Strategies That Work--Instructor-Led A Trump U Course- Offering the right products and services often isn`t enough: smart marketing is the key to revenue growth. Take this course to find out how to do terrific, affordable marketing on your own. You will learn how to do the kind of marketing that will unlock your business`s potential. And you will start creating the kind of message that truly resonates with your customers.Students may  more...

Keep Them Coming Back: Customer Retention Strategies That Work--Self-Directed A Trump U Course- Offering the right products and services often isn`t enough: smart marketing is the key to revenue growth. Take this course to find out how to do terrific, affordable marketing on your own. You will learn how to do the kind of marketing that will unlock your business`s potential. And you will start creating the kind of message that truly resonates with your customers.Students may  more...

The Role of Critical Thinking in Organizations In the organizational arena, applied critical thinking skills provide an essential foundation for all effective planning, problem-solving, and decision-making activities. Employees who can analyze and reason consistently and proficiently furnish a cost-efficient resource that results in a distinctive competitive advantage. Workers who are skeptical of quick fixes and operational dogma pay  more...

Strategies for Facilitating Critical Thinking "Workplaces are not typically associated with reflection or critical self-reflection, ideas that are often considered 'soft' to the bottom-line, results-oriented world of business.... Yet, paradoxically, reflection is becoming more part of the lifeblood of organizations in today's economic environment." Victoria Marsick's words illustrate why businesses can no longer thrive on the unexamined  more...

Diagnosing and Planning Your success as a consultant depends on your ability to diagnose each situation correctly. You need to use your previous experience, and bring fresh ideas to every new contract. Frameworks and models help you to make an effective diagnosis. They help you to evaluate the strategic position of the client organization, which is vital. To deliver solutions that are relevant and appropriate to the  more...

PowerPoint XP Expert User Course Overview This course builds on the skills acquired in the PowerPoint 2002 Proficient User course (74041), and enables the learner to master advanced skills in PowerPoint. The course covers presentation enhancements, using and inserting charts and tables, importing objects and making the final presentation as professional as possible. Learn To • Modify a Slide Master. •  more...

Creativity Innovation Thinking Creatively In Creativity and Innovation: Thinking Creatively, you will learn to meet the demands of creative thinking in the workplace. This program will help you develop your creative thinking skills and allow you to practice using the creative thinking process. Learn To Identify the stages of the creative process. Recognize techniques that will  more...

Communicating w Difficult People Handling Difficult Co-Workers Communicating with Difficult People: Handling Difficult Co-Workers offers the student information on how to define difficult co-workers, cope with their difficult behavior, and resolve conflict caused by the negative behavior. The program describes the proper methods to address each difficult personality type, the appropriate techniques to use to cope with and manage difficult behavior, and the  more...

Advanced Project Mgmt Portfolio Management In Advanced Project Management: Portfolio Management, you will learn the functions of portfolio management, the types of portfolios, and how to select and prioritize projects. You will also learn ways to maintain a balanced portfolio and track and allocate resources. Learn To Select the points to consider when assessing a project a a s a a a fit a a  more...

Team Conflict Working in Diversified Teams Team Conflict: Working in Diversified Teams offers the student information for understanding diversity, being part of a diverse team, and resolving conflict in a diverse team. The program covers factors that contribute to team diversity, guidelines for effective communication, and approaches for achieving goals in a diverse team. Learn To Apply guidelines for  more...

Team Participation Resolving Conflict in Teams In Team Participation: Resolving Conflict in Teams, participants develop an understanding of the nature of team conflict and an awareness of different conflict resolution styles. Using the program's eight-step process for resolving conflict, they are able avoid many of conflict's negative consequences and maximize its real benefits. Learn To Differentiate between  more...

Brand Management Building Brand Equity Brand Management: Building Brand Equity explains how brand management affects other functions in an organization, how marketing mix components can help build brand equity, and how to position a brand effectively in the marketplace. The program also details the stages for developing brand equity, the benefits brand equity provides, and the importance of maintaining brand equity. Learn To  more...

The Reasons Why Diversity Matters ... people essentially cut from the same cloth, where do the new ideas come from? How will the company ever be able to see things from a different point of view? Without diversity in the workplace, companies run the risk of becoming monocultural organizations that see things from a very limited perspective. The effects of this are far-reaching, right down to the company's bottom line. Establishing  more...

Green Building Commercial Certification Program The Green Building Commercial Certification program serves to re-enforce the ideas behind high performance buildings maximizing operational energy savings; improving comfort, health, and safety of occupants and visitors; and limiting detrimental effects on the environment. This certification program provides instruction in the new methodologies that form the underpinnings of high performance  more...

Business Writing The Business Writing course is a high quality self-paced, e-learning program that can serve as an invaluable tool to any working professional or those seeking employment in today's marketplace. The Business Writing course can assist you with success in renewing licenses, acquiring certifications or resume writing for those preparing for a new profession. Our writing style identifies who we  more...