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How to Interview Like a Professional ...f small talk with the 30-Day Rule. You`ll learn about the pitfalls of interviewing and how to avoid them, how to act, what to wear, and what to say? or not say? during an interview. And you?ll find out what is expected of you and what you can expect of the interviewer. This course contains three modules and a Bonus Section. You can enroll for the complete course and receive the Bonus Section  more...

What Inexperienced Homebuyers MUST Know Before They Buy a Home ...t?s also a fairly complicated process with many potential pitfalls. This may be one of the most important financial decisions of your life. You?ll have to keep your cool, develop a plan, and follow it. In this course, that?s exactly what you will do, and experts in real estate will answer your questions along the way. How does a smart homebuyer decide which home to purchase? It all starts with  more...

Learn HTML All By Yourself- Introductory Learn HTML all by yourself! A 5 week introductory "Lite" course. HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language and is the language of web page design. If you have little or no experience with HTML, then this 6 week introductory course is the one to take. With these lessons you will have your own web site up and running in no time! Learn to design internet web pages for your favorite charity, for your  more...

How To Master Business Writing This series teaches the writing skills learners will need to effectively communicate in a business setting. They`ll learn how to prepare for a writing task, and about strategies and skills for effective word choice, sentence building, and paragraph design. How To Master Business Writing This course provides students with a review of the skills needed to write effective letters, memos, minutes,  more...

Five Quick Steps to Telecommuting A self-paced ebook of tools to help you start your telework experience. This ebook-based course is designed primarily for corporate employees who would like the flexibility of telecommuting--working at home or other remote location--for several days each week. In five information-packed chapters, this self-paced ebook course helps you plan your telework experience, set up your home office,  more...

Conducting Effective Accident Investigations ...similar accidents. Each will unearth ways to avoid common pitfalls as they begin to take on the role of the investigator. They`ll uncover how investigating each accident can help improve workplace safety. They`ll discover how to accurately identify various causes; including, unsafe acts, unsafe conditions, and personal and supervisory factors. So grab your hat, your whip, and look out for the  more...

Build Your Own BIZ(tm) Comprehensive Certificate ...ssues in order to help you function effectively and avoid pitfalls in your day-to-day operations. Provides access to a variety of business tools and topics in the form of modules, which include videos, indexed content, and downloadable templates. Provides expert advice - subscribers are given the opportunity to post five questions per month which are answered by our panel of business experts.  more...

Guardianship Decisions for Elderly Loved Ones Course description -- Being designated as a guardian for an elderly or otherwise disabled loved one can be a daunting responsibility. This course will remove some of the apprehension and fear by providing specific directions for determining appropriate care alternatives, alerting you to pitfalls, giving you ideas for maintaining the loved onea s quality of life, and enlisting the support of  more...

Conducting Performance Reviews ...h the process step by step and help you avoid many common pitfalls. There are ways to get the employee involved in the review process, and techniques to use in the performance discussion itself. Youa ll be given techniques for dealing with challenging situations and responses, and important suggestions for improving employee performance in the next review period. IMPORTANT NOTE: INTERNET  more...

Interviewing Job Candidates Course description -- This is a practical course with tools and methods to help you prepare to get the results you want. You will learn how to define exactly what youa re looking for in a job candidate, and be given checklists and discussion guides for asking the right questions to get relevant answers. The course addresses the most common legal pitfalls and how to avoid them, as well as issues  more...

Managing a Virtual Office ...tivity. This course identifies the potential benefits and pitfalls in managing a a virtuala ? workforce, gives guidelines for maintaining communication, monitoring productivity, and encouraging peak performance. There are methods for assuring alignment and consistency, and suggestions for preserving important working relationships without the traditional work structure. IMPORTANT NOTE:  more...

Managing and Maintaining Brand Equity ... brand is avoiding the three major categories of branding pitfalls. Finally, you will use a RolePlay to negotiate a brand crisis using a comprehensive and effective three-step process. The second lesson of this course introduces you to the social, legal, and global domain of branding. It's up to you to steer your organization's brand clear of negative social implications by recognizing ethical  more...

Facilitating Meetings and Work Groups .... In this course, you will learn to avoid these and other pitfalls of work groups so you can approach your meetings without dread. You will start by identifying different types of groups: internal, external, on going, single-purpose and their characteristics. By knowing whom you are going to be facilitating and the inherent group characteristics, you will be able to prepare for the meeting,  more...

Facilitative Tools and Formats Offering Options Looking for some alternatives to the standard work group format? Need to take a different approach to getting a problem resolved? Want to hold a meeting and no one's in the office? If any of these situations sound familiar, this course will provide you with some choices to meet your needs. In this course, you will explore alternatives to the standard one-facilitator group meeting or work session.  more...

Proactive Approaches to Stop Negativity Quite often you may have found it difficult to communicate with a negative thinker. It is quite possible that the negative thinker remained closed to what you were saying. Instead of getting frustrated with the situation, using the right confrontational or coaching skills would help the negative thinker to see reason. This course offers you proven methods to help a negative thinker overcome  more...

Managing Contingent Workers Contingent workers (on-call workers, independent contractors, workers provided by contract firms, and temporary help agency workers) are different than permanent employees in their expectations, roles, commitments and legal status. That means you need to manage them differently than you do full-time, core employees. This course will examine various aspects of successfully managing contingent  more...

Legal Pitfalls Regarding Independent Contractors Managing workers is a crucial component of your success as a manager. But not all workers are created workers. Some are employees, others are nonemployees, or independent contractors. This is an important distinction, because your company's obligations differ depending upon how workers are classified. Misclassification can result in stiff fines, penalties and back pay and benefit liability. This  more...

Overcoming Internal Customer Service Problems Managing relationships with your internal customers isn't always smooth sailing. When internal customer service does not go according to plan, problems occur, or communication breaks down, what can you do to get your plans back on track, and break down barriers? At times like these, you and your employees need to act swiftly and proactively to solve the problem, and regain the customer's trust. In  more...

Service Teams and Service Stars The Olympic athlete, the Nobel Prize winner, and the Oscar-nominated actor all have something in common. They are all stars in their areas of expertise. This course will move you to the level of stardom in the area of customer service. In profiling the highest achievers, you will grasp the meaning of leadership, the importance of long-term focus, and the secrets to making your customers more  more...

Making Decisions Dynamically ...u'll gain the skills necessary to avoid the psychological pitfalls that adversely affect decision making. You'll hone your decision-making ability in risky and uncertain circumstances. You'll walk away from this course with concrete and powerful decision-making tools, both rational and statistical. When you use the decision-modeling techniques presented here, you'll enjoy enhanced accuracy and,  more...

Project Teams - Applying Team Building Techniques Project Team Management: Team Building Techniques offers the student information required to improve communication in a project team setting. The program covers guidelines for expressing yourself assertively, identifies team roles, and explains how to avoid common pitfalls in project team meetings.  more...

Defining and Mapping the Six Sigma Process ...nown paths to uncertain destinations, encountering untold pitfalls along the way. Maps are also important tools in guiding Six Sigma?? teams in the quest for process improvement; it is impossible to improve a process that you don't fully understand. In this course, you will be introduced to the mapmaker's art as it applies to Six Sigma. You will learn techniques to help you survey the business  more...

Scoping the Six Sigma Project ...cts successful. You'll learn to avoid common mistakes and pitfalls that can trip up even the most experienced Six Sigma leader. This course revisits many of the activities of the Define step of the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control (DMAIC) process. These activities will be explored to ensure that the right problem is being solved in the best way possible using appropriate metrics  more...

Introduction to Product Management Do you have an abiding interest in planning, forecasting, and marketing a product or product line? Are you new to the field of product management? Or have you just been hired as a product manager? In this course, you'll learn strategies and techniques to help you build a foundation for understanding product management. First, you will explore the fundamentals of product management. Specifically,  more...

ISO 9001 2000 - Implementing Standards "ISO 9001: 2000: Implementating Standards": This course examines the principal ISO Clauses, highlighting new ISO requirements and the documentation and potential auditing pitfalls associated with each one. The Clauses are summarized and explained in real-world situations, enabling the learner to achieve the maximum benefit from experiencing a quality management system operate most efficiently.  more...

Balanced Scorecard - Corporate Strategy In "Balanced Scorecard: Corporate Strategy," you will learn how to develop and formalize your organization's corporate strategy to achieve strategic business objectives. You will also learn the role a balanced scorecard plays in the strategic-planning process, as well as other models and tools that enable you to execute a strategic analysis. Finally, you will learn which pitfalls to avoid and  more...

Executive Level Leadership - Change and the Executive Leader Executive Level Leadership: Change and the Executive Leader addresses the change process, ways to identify resistance to change, and how to overcome that resistance. In addition, this program covers trust-building methods, power-sharing techniques, and how to keep employees informed during the change process. This program also covers pitfalls to avoid during the change process.  more...

Brand Management Branding on the Web Brand Management: Branding on the Web gives you information about branding on the Internet. The program provides you with processes for branding on the Internet, creating a secondary brand on the Internet, and how to introduce a brand on the Internet. Additionally, the program provides you with guidelines for each process as well as guidelines for developing effective Internet brand names. By  more...

Competitive Intelligence Researching Online ... Learn To Identify the two pitfalls of collecting information from the Internet. Identify the three types of online tools for tracking information automatically. Follow the steps for developing a search strategy. Identify the two types of commands you can use in search engines.  more...

Diversity Managing Diversity in the Workplace Team leaders, supervisors, and managers examine the impact of diversity and culture on individuals and organizations. They learn how to analyze and use models and skills for leading people toward using diversity as a source of competitive advantage. Learn To: Define diversity and its different facets. Identify business benefits of leveraging diversity. Identify aspects of culture  more...

Balanced Scorecard Corporate Strategy The first course in the Balanced Scorecard series focuses on developing and formalizing strategy in an organization. This course explores why corporate strategy is important, the process of formalizing your corporate strategy, and aligning the organization to the strategy. Learn To: Identify the difference between strategic planning and operational efficiency. Identify the importance of  more...

Balanced Scorecard Measuring Business Objectives ...tical success factors and avoid common balanced scorecard pitfalls to promote its successful implementation. Identify ways to use feedback to improve your balanced scorecard. Audience: This course is for executives, directors, and managers who are seeking to formalize their corporate strategy and looking to implement the balanced scorecard within their organization to achieve strategic  more...

Career Development Developing a Career Strategy ...y to identify skills. Overcome pitfalls of career exploration. Follow steps for setting career goals. Identify stages of career development. Follow steps for planning a career strategy. Audience Professionals who want to develop career goals and strategies to be successful.  more...

Budgeting Creating Analyzing a Budget ... remember during the budgeting process. Identify common pitfalls you should avoid during the budgeting process. Simulation Overview: In this simulation, you will meet with John Cunningham, a senior member of Icon's budgeting team, to discuss the process for reviewing a budget. Since John has been a Budgeting Accountant at Icon for over a decade, he has reviewed all types and sizes of  more...

Grammar Skills Writing Effectively ... singular subject. To identify pitfalls to avoid when making sentences parallel. To identify types of sentence fragments. To identify guidelines for avoiding run-on sentences. Audience Professionals who want to learn or improve their business writing skills. The Grammar Skills series will provide  more...

Excellence in Service Fundamentals for Employees ...building rapport with them, and avoiding customer service pitfalls. Create a positive environment through excellent internal customer service. Audience: This course is for employees and managers who want to learn the best methods for working with customers and exceeding their expectations. Deployment: e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: .2  more...

Excellence in Service Solving Customer Problems In Excellence in Service: Solving Customer Problems you will learn how to quickly identify the style of the customer so you can speak their language. You will learn customer-friendly language that keeps the customer from becoming upset. You will also learn how to effectively solve customers? problems and benefit from their complaints. Learn To: Identify ways to effectively communicate  more...

Excellence in Service Communicating With Customers Virtually In Excellence in Service: Communicating with Customers Virtually, you will learn how to adapt your telephone behavioral styles to your customers over the telephone. You will also learn how to project professionalism over the phone using various verbal techniques. In addition, you will be able to provide quality customer care by learning how to manage customer communication via the phone or e-mail.  more...

Interviewing Skills Laws Governing the Interview Process In Interviewing Skills: Laws Governing the Interview Process, you will focus on laws that govern the interviewing process. You will learn how to comply with laws regarding employee interviewing and selection, including those treating Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), pregnancy discrimination, disabilities, and immigration status. Finally, you will explore the provisions, guidelines, and terms  more...

Leadership Development Leading the Way ...ip skills. Avoid common leadership pitfalls. Understand how your attitude and values affect your leadership abilities. Simulation Overview: In this simulation, you are meeting with the heads of the Operations, Marketing, and Production Departments to discuss the company's mission statement and vision.  more...

Leading the Way Learning to Lead ...make individuals effective leaders, as well as leadership pitfalls to avoid. In addition, you will learn interpersonal skills that can help you motivate and empower your followers. You will also learn different types of power strategies, how to set attainable goals, and strategies for resolving conflict. Learn To Identify the three components of leadership.  more...

Strategic Decision Making Making the Right Decision ...eloping options. Identify the pitfalls of generating options. Identify the steps for describing the consequences of decision options. Identify the techniques for making a final decision. Identify the guidelines you should follow when reviewing your decisions.  more...

Strategic Decision Making Advanced Decision Making ... Avoid common decision-making pitfalls. Audience Managers, supervisors, and team leaders, with responsibilities for decision-making or strategic planning in their company. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours  more...

Managing Performance Establishing a Peformance Plan ... (1 - 1.5 hours) Identify common pitfalls of the performance management process. Identify the steps of the performance planning process. Identify elements on which performance expectations should be based. Recognize the steps in the process for discussing the job description.  more...

Managing the Expert Managing the Unique Needs of Experts ...ima donna attitude. Together, you and Bruce will identify pitfalls of a prima donna attitude and discuss ways to manage it. Unit 2: Expert Power and Politics (0.5 - 1 hour) Sequence the steps for overcoming an expert's misuse of power. Help an expert overcome a misuse of power. Identify the steps for helping an expert  more...

Business Ethics Organizational Ethics ...nctional area ethics. Avoid common pitfalls of specific functional area ethics. Identify the principles for highly effective firms. Demonstrate the principles for highly effective firms. As the Sales Director for Icon's Computer Hardware and Software division, you will meet with Customer Service Manager,  more...

Team Leadership Conducting Productive Team Meetings ... used in problem solving. Identify pitfalls of decision making. Facilitate effective decision making. Simulation Overview: In this simulation, you will be meeting with Ronald Spear, David Morris, and Cindy Becker, all of whom are Systems Analysts with Icon. As their supervisor, you will need to  more...

Project Teams Participating on a Project Team ... project teams. Avoid project team pitfalls. Simulation Overview: In this simulation, you will meet for the first time with Cindy Becker, a Software Engineer; Marcus D'Angelo, a Clerk in Accounts Receivable; and Dean Kramer, a Research and Development Assistant. They are all members of a company-based project team that you are  more...

Project Teams Applying Team Building Techniques ..., identifies team roles, and explains how to avoid common pitfalls in project team meetings. Learn To Identify guidelines for expressing yourself clearly. Give feedback to a project team member. Express yourself assertively. Recognize types of power.  more...

Managerial Leadership Motivating Employees ...or motivating employees. In addition, this program covers pitfalls of poor leadership and common sources of employee apathy. Learn To Identify roles leaders fulfill in organizations. Identify ways to help employees find their roles in an organization. Apply guidelines for evaluating employee performance.  more...

Executive Level Leadership Change The Executive Leader ...ormed during the change process. This program also covers pitfalls to avoid during the change process. Learn To Identify the three phases of the change process. Given a scenario, choose how to communicate with employees. Define organizational culture. Identify how a given  more...

Executive Level Leadership Leadership Communication ...cation networks. Identify the pitfalls to using communication networks. Identify five strategies to gain information. Apply criteria to test the quality of given information. Identify seven aspects of performance. Identify the four key issues that affect  more...

ISO 9001 2000 Implementing Standards ...requirements and the documentation and potential auditing pitfalls associated with each one. The Clauses are summarized and explained in real-world situations, enabling the learner to achieve the maximum benefit from experiencing a quality management system operate most efficiently. Learn To Identify requirements of Clause 4.2: Documentation Requirements.  more...