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5 Steps To Effective Persuasive Business Communication Get quick results with this proven method and technique. more...

Achieving Successful Copywriting Results in Four Weeks Apply proven techniques and methods to any business writing situation. more...

Closing the Sale ...le are unable to complete the only element of a sale that results in incomea closing. This course examines the issues related to preparing and setting the stage for a commitment to buy, looks at some of the reasons that this is such a tough step for many aspiring sales professionals, and gives techniques and methods for making sure it happens. IMPORTANT NOTE: INTERNET EXPLORER (IE) BROWSER more...

Creating an Effective Sales Team Course description -- Leadership is the most important element of a sales forcea s success, and it has some unique challenges. In this course, a sales force leader will learn how to get a sales team organized, motivated, and focused on results. There are suggestions and tools for creating a cohesive team, developing a high level of commitment to goals, and coaching sales professionals for more...

Mastering Cold Calls Course description -- There are some specific strategies that can help a sales person become more confident and competent in making cold calls, and this course has them. It describes both the technical and the psychological techniques and methods to help you overcome your apprehension and conduct a call that gets results. IMPORTANT NOTE: INTERNET EXPLORER (IE) BROWSER REQUIRED - can`t use Netscape more...

Negotiating for the Sales Professional Course description -- An effective sales professional knows how to meet customer needs while assuring reasonable terms and profit for his or her own company. This course has techniques for identifying customer expectations and determining how to meet them in a way that both parties are satisfied by the results. There are checklists and discussion guidelines to help a sales professional master this more...

Qualifying Sales Prospects ...must manage the time and energy they have to get the most results for their efforts. For sales professionals, part of this efficiency comes from qualifying sales prospects. This course has tools, techniques and methods for making sure that you are following sound principles as you qualify prospects and determine where to invest your time for the best potential pay-off. IMPORTANT NOTE: INTERNET more...

How to Ask The Right Questions To Maximize Influence And Minimize Objections Develop a deliberate strategy that results in overcoming objections and makes and keeps the sale. more...

Becoming an Effective Team Member Course description -- The key to a teama s success is the effort of each individual team member. As just one component of your team, it is up to you to do the best that you can for the team in order for it to achieve its goals and objectives. In this course, you will learn Tips and Key Points for developing a team-oriented attitude and learning to work with your teammates. You will soon see more...

Interviewing Job Candidates ...rse 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 you should consider when evaluating a more...

Leading Effective Teams ...ntial elements of creating an effective team: focusing on results, providing structure, and building positive interactions and teamwork. You will be given tools to help you document the purpose of your team and account for all the tasks that need to be done. You will learn techniques to help you keep the team on track, and tools to measure the productivity and effectiveness. IMPORTANT NOTE: more...

Setting Performance Goals and Expectations Course description -- Productive and motivated employees are those who clearly understand what is expected of them in terms of performance and behavior. This course has tools and methods for collaboratively establishing goals and specific performance criteria for all employees. There are tips to help you obtain commitment to the goals and methods to help you review performance goals regularly. It more...

Solving Problems as a Team Course description -- This course identifies some of the most useful group problem-solving techniques that teams can use. You will learn how to encourage collaboration on your team, work through problems together, and combine methods for complex problems. You will be given tools and techniques to help you follow a standard problem-solving process, and get team consensus and support. The course more...

Pay Per Click Search Engines-Boost Traffic to your Site A highly recommended search engine strategy that results in instant visibility and sales more...

Learn How to Write the Kind of Cover Letter That Gets Results A highly effective writing approach that increases the chances of getting your resume reviewed. more...

Communication Skills: Effective Writing MAXIM TRAINING The written word remains one of the most common forms of communication at work, yet it frequently fails to achieve the required RESULTS. To be able to write effectively is now even more important in the electronic age of word processing and e-mail. If the medium is efficient the message should be too!! "Effective Writing" gives you a range of practical techniques for writing more...

Leadership and Team Development: The Effective Leader MAXIM TRAINING This course will make you a more effective leader - whether you're responsible for leading a project, a team, a a department or even a company! Whatever your role, we're assuming you must lead people in order to achieve results. This course focuses on ACTION you can take to ensure people follow you so you get results. more...

Managing People : Agreeing Objectives If you are judged on the success of your team, it's in your interest to ensure that they are operating at their peak. Setting effective objectives is one of the most powerful ways of motivating people to give their best performance. But if you think objective setting means handing down targets from above ...think again! This course will help you understand what makes a powerful objective. It will more...

Managing People : Planning a Meeting Meetings are opportunities: to share information, exchange ideas and contribute to decisions. They're excellent vehicles for building teams, gaining commitment and encouraging participation but only when they're properly planned and executed by everyone involved. This course looks at how to make the most of every business meeting through planning and preparation. It will help you decide whether more...

Managing People : Following up a Meeting Meetings are opportunities: to share information, exchange ideas and contribute to decisions. They're excellent vehicles for building teams, gaining commitment and encouraging participation but only when they're properly planned and executed by everyone involved. This course will help you make the most of every business meeting. It will show you how to successfully follow up on your meetings so more...

Managing People : When to Coach ...ome a coach. This course will show you how to improve the results of the people you work with through effective coaching. You'll find out how to spot coaching opportunities and decide when coaching can make the difference. You'll examine the role of coaching in implementing change, applying learning from training courses and supporting others to reach their objectives. And, as you apply these more...

Managing People : Practical Coaching Situations ...ome a coach. This course will show you how to improve the results of the people you work with through effective coaching. In this course you'll investigate how you can use coaching in a variety of different situations: changing jobs, generating sales leads, time management and supervisory skills. You'll explore how coaching has been used in some practical case study situations and then use your more...

Managing People : Selecting a Coaching Candidate ...ome a coach. This course will show you how to improve the results of the people you work with through effective coaching. You may have someone in mind that you want to coach. In this course you'll use a set of questions to help you decide whether they're the best coaching candidate; whether you, the business and that person would benefit and whether you can overcome potential obstacles. You can more...

Managing People : Reviewing a Coaching Experience ...ome a coach. This course will show you how to improve the results of the people you work with through effective coaching. If you have recently coached a person the experience may have been positive or not so positive. In this course you'll examine a set of questions to help you decide whether this person was the best coaching candidate: whether you, the business and that person benefited from more...

Phone Skills : Negotiating on the Phone In today's world the phone dominates business communications. You can buy, sell, research new markets, provide quality customer service and make impressions that last using the telephone. This course will help you use the phone naturally and well for concluding negotiations on the phone. It will help you stay in control and get results when you're negotiating, through effective preparation and more...

Phone Skills : Cold Calling & Selling by Phone In today's world the phone dominates business communications. You can buy, sell, research new markets, provide quality customer service and make impressions that last using the telephone. This course will help you use the phone naturally and well. It will help you stay in control and get results when you're cold calling or selling over the phone, through effective preparation and good more...

Phone Skills : Making Difficult Calls In today's world the phone dominates business communications. You can buy, sell, research new markets, provide quality customer service and make impressions that last using the telephone. This course will help you use the phone naturally and well. It will help you stay in control and get results when you're making those difficult calls - through effective preparation and good communication skills. more...

Presentation Skills : Preparation The thought of giving a presentation can turn the most rational person into a nervous wreck. But in business, presentations are superb opportunities to put your point across, to get people on your side, and to persuade people to act! This course will help you to maximise your chances of success by preparing effectively. It will help you establish crystal clear objectives so that you can focus your more...

Presentation Skills : Writing your Presentation The thought of giving a presentation can turn the most rational person into a nervous wreck. But in business, presentations are superb opportunities to put your point across, to get people on your side, and to persuade people to act! This course will help you develop a presentation with impact that makes the most of these opportunities. It will guide you in structuring and writing a presentation, more...

Presentation Skills : Visual Aids The thought of giving a presentation can turn the most rational person into a nervous wreck. But in business, presentations are superb opportunities to put your point across, to get people on your side, and to persuade people to act! This course will help you develop a presentation with impact that makes the most of these opportunities. It will guide you in designing and creating visual aids that more...

Presentation Skills : Your Delivery The thought of giving a presentation can turn the most rational person into a nervous wreck. But in business, presentations are superb opportunities to put your point across, to get people on your side, and to persuade people to act! This course will help you overcome your nerves and grasp these opportunities to shine. It will give you tips and techniques on managing the way you look and the way more...

Presentation Skills : Handling Questions The thought of giving a presentation can turn the most rational person into a nervous wreck. But in business, presentations are superb opportunities to put your point across, to get people on your side, and to persuade people to act! Question sessions are often your final opportunity to grasp these opportunities to shine. This course will give you the skills and confidence you need for handling more...

Writing Skills : Writing Business Letters Clear writing demonstrates clear thinking and in business writing can be one of the most powerful and persuasive tools for getting things done. This course focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will give you tips and hints for wording and structuring business letters and on shaping powerful paragraphs. Whether more...

Writing Skills : Writing Long Documents Clear writing demonstrates clear thinking and in business writing can be one of the most powerful and persuasive tools for getting things done. This course focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will give you tips and hints for outlining and structuring longer documents and for creating that vital executive more...

Writing Skills : Editing your Writing Clear writing demonstrates clear thinking and in business writing can be one of the most powerful and persuasive tools for getting things done. This course focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will outline the value of spending quality edit time and give you practical tips and hints for editing objectively and more...

Writing Skills : Simple, Powerful English vClear writing demonstrates clear thinking and in business writing can be one of the most powerful and persuasive tools for getting things done. This course focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will help you choose simple, powerful words that make your message crystal clear. Whether you're writing to take care more...

Writing Skills : Introduction to Clear Layout Clear writing demonstrates clear thinking and in business writing can be one of the most powerful and persuasive tools for getting things done. This course focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will give you tips and hints on creating documents that are attractive, to-the-point and easy to read. Whether you're more...

Writing Skills: Writing Direct Mail Clear writing demonstrates clear thinking and in business writing can be one of the most powerful and persuasive tools for getting things done. This course focuses on helping you achieve results through direct mail. It gives guidelines on planning and structuring your mail shot, examines the language you choose to enhance your message and gives tips and hints on effective follow up. Whether you're more...

Writing Skills : Sales Letters and Proposals Clear writing demonstrates clear thinking and in business writing can be one of the most powerful and persuasive tools for getting things done. This course focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will give you tips and hints for writing sales follow-up letters and proposals that meet the customer's needs and get more...

Writing Skills : Writing to Complain ... writing concise and effective complaint letters that get results. It looks in detail at the importance of addressing your letter to the correct person, stating your complaint clearly and succinctly; what supporting information to include and the all important call to action. It also gives tips on how to match the tone of your letter with your objectives. Whether you're writing to take care of more...

Writing Skills : Resolving Written Complaints ...g things done. This course focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will give you tips and hints for replying to written complaints assertively, to win the customer back onto your side without the need for over-generous concessions. Whether you're writing to take care of your customers or to take care of more...

Writing Skills : Inter-Office Communications ...g things done. This course focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will give you tips and hints on creating concise, powerful memos, emails and other inter-office communications that get results - fast! Whether you're writing to take care of your customers or to take care of business in general this course more...

Writing Skills : Credit Control Letters ...g things done. This course focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will give you tips and hints for writing credit control letters that work - that get your company's money back without destroying customer relationships worth preserving. Whether you're writing to take care of your customers or take care of more...

Managing People : Your Coaching Style ...ome a coach. This course will show you how to improve the results of the people you work with through effective coaching. When you coach you'll adopt a particular coaching style: you'll use different behaviours, techniques and actions to help the person you're coaching to develop. This course summarises some effective coaching behaviours. It helps you to analyse which behaviours you feel more more...

Managing People : How to Coach If you're a manager, .... or a specialist .... or just good at your job, the chances are that at some time, you'll be called on to give your colleagues a helping hand, to pass on your skills .... to become a coach. This course will show you how to improve the results of the people you work with through effective coaching. more...

Training for Non Trainers Learn how non trainers can train successfully The pace of change is accelerating which means employees must CONTINUOUSLY update and learn new skills. Developing people involves many activities, of which training is perhaps the most important. You don't have to become a professional trainer, but the techniques covered in this course will ensure you can achieve the right results. more...

Role Play Preparation Skills The thought of giving a presentation can turn the most rational person into a nervous wreck. But in business, presentations are superb opportunities to put your point across, to get people on your side, and to persuade people to act! This course will help you rise to the occasion, by putting your preparatory skills to the test. From within a fictitious but realistic case study you can step through more...

Role Play Delivery The thought of giving a presentation can turn the most rational person into a nervous wreck. But in business, presentations are superb opportunities to put your point across, to get people on your side, and to persuade people to act! This course will help you rise to the occasion, by putting your preparatory skills to the test. From within a fictitious but realistic case study you can step through more...

Making Objectives Happen Excellent objectives and plans, everyone agrees, are the basis for effective results. But setting objectives is just the first step on the road to development, you've got to make them happen! This course presents a four step plan, the 'Make Objectives Happen Loop', that ensures sound objectives are set and followed through so that they actually happen. more...

Windmaster Case Study 2: Industry Analysis Competing in the business world isn't a peaceful game. Companies are fighting to win; to build new levels of competitive advantage; to secure customers, market share and profits. The winners rarely succeed by accident. They develop strategies and strategic plans and hire people who can face strategic dilemmas and make tough decisions. This course examines the role analysis plays in strategic more...

Effective Email Series: Send the Right Message The speed of communication is increasing beyond belief, and e-mail has revolutionised the way we operate. We have the power at our fingertips to communicate instantly - to hundreds of people - wherever they maybe. But writing quickly doesn?t mean the same as communicating effectively. A hasty e-mail can annoy, confuse or fail to impress. Anyone can click the buttons, but making e-mail "click" more...

Netscape Application Server This course addresses a key component of the Netscape Application Platform, the Netscape Application Server (NAS), and is specifically targeted at developers who want to understand and implement this technology. This course will begin with an overview of the Server's features and then examine its capabilities and benefits. Next, developing and deploying NAS applications will be covered. Finally, more...

CIW Security Professional Part 5: Intrusion Detection and Threat Analysis This is the final course in a five part series that teaches students how to automate intrusion detection, how to conduct a log analysis, and how to analyze the results of a security audit and implement solutions to problems identified by the audit. more...

Exit Interviewing Skills Conducting an Exit Interview Exit Interviewing Skills: Conducting an Exit Interview covers how to follow the exit interview process, use descriptive statistics for analysis, and report exit interview results. The program covers how to calm upset employees, handle complaints, and prevent information distortion. It also covers how to use effective analysis tools, compile information for analysis, and follow up on problems. HR more...

Overview of Business Process Management In today's business world, competition is tough. Organizations are under a great deal of pressure to become more productive and more efficient while developing new, innovative products and services more rapidly than ever before. Management is demanding improved quality, reduced costs, and increased productivity with fewer resources. How can organizations respond to these pressures while remaining more...

The Strategic Account Sales Approach ... that help ensure predictable, repeatable, and measurable results. In this course, you'll learn about the strategic account sales (SAS) approach for successful sales. You'll start by gaining an understanding of the premises and strategy behind the approach. Then you'll learn how to select target accounts based on specific selection criteria and start the process of account planning. Individuals more...

Working with Your Customer s Key Players Strong customer relationships are essential for long-term sales success. In this course, you'll learn about the second major component of the Strategic Account Sales (SAS) approach--communication. You'll start by learning about developing coach relationships in your target account. A vital part of your sales effectiveness depends on finding contacts at target accounts that can become part of an more...

The Territorial Account Sales Approach ...at help to ensure predictable, repeatable, and measurable results. In this course, you'll learn about the territorial account sales approach for successful sales. You'll start by gaining an understanding of the premises and strategy behind the approach. Then, you'll learn how to select target accounts based upon specific selection criteria and start the process of account planning. Individuals more...

Gaining Access to Key Personnel at Your Target Accounts In this course, you'll learn about the second major component of the territorial account sales approach: communication. You'll start by learning about coaching relationships. A vital part of your sales effectiveness depends on finding a key contact in each target account that can become your internal coach for the sales process. Then, you'll learn about gaining access to the right level at your more...

Sales Seller Behaviors The Selling Process: Seller Behaviors, is the first of sixteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify the basic criteria for success in sales and identify the seven seller behaviors in buyer-focused selling. The PrimeSales curriculum engages sales professionals in a top-down roll-out of techniques that have been proven to maximize bottom-line more...

Sales Buyer Behaviors The Selling Process: Buyers Behaviors, is the second of sixteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify the criteria that influence buying decisions and identify the seven typical buyer behaviors in a sales interaction. The PrimeSales curriculum engages sales professionals in a top-down roll-out of techniques that have been proven to maximize more...

Sales Buyer-Focused Selling The Selling Process: Buyer-Focused Selling, is the third of sixteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to respond effectively to buyers at each stage of a sales interaction and identify categories of buyer needs. The PrimeSales curriculum engages sales professionals in a top-down roll-out of techniques that have been proven to maximize bottom-line more...

Sales The Selling Cycle The Selling Process: The Selling Cycle, is the fourth of sixteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to list the steps in the selling cycle, match the steps in the selling cycle to the buyer-focused selling model, calculate the key ratios in the selling cycle, and analyze the key ratios in the selling cycle. The PrimeSales curriculum engages sales more...

Sales Telephone Communications Communicating & Managing: Telephone Communication, is the fifth of sixteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify barriers to communication, identify techniques to overcome the limitations to communicating by telephone and implement guidelines for good telephone communication. The PrimeSales curriculum engages sales professionals in a top-down more...

Sales Communication Skills Communicating & Managing: Communication Skills, is the sixth of sixteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to list the background information that helps you to qualify prospects, list sources of prospects, identify guidelines for canvassing and list the criteria for identifying the decision-maker in an organization. The PrimeSales curriculum engages more...

Sales Managing a Territory Communicating & Managing: Managing a Territory, is the eighth of sixteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify the customer information you need to record, list the steps in drawing up a calling cycle, and sequence the steps involved in routing and scheduling calls. The PrimeSales curriculum engages sales professionals in a top-down roll-out more...

Sales Gathering Information Starting the Sale: Gathering Information, is the ninth of sixteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to list the background information that helps you to qualify prospects, list sources of prospects, identify guidelines for canvassing, and list the criteria for identifying the decision-maker in an organization. The PrimeSales curriculum engages sales more...

Sales Planning a Sales Call Starting the Sale: Planning a Sales Call, is the tenth of sixteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify the steps involved in planning a sales call and identify the essential elements of a sales objective. The PrimeSales curriculum engages sales professionals in a top-down roll-out of techniques that have been proven to maximize bottom-line more...

Sales The Sales Call Starting the Sale: The Sales Call, is the eleventh of sixteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify the guidelines for opening a sales call, list the steps in making an opening statement, and identify opening statement variations according to the type of call. The PrimeSales curriculum engages sales professionals in a top-down roll-out of more...

Sales Probing and Questioning Starting the Sale: Probing and Questioning, is the twelfth of sixteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to distinguish between open and closed questions, and develop buyer needs using the four question types. The PrimeSales curriculum engages sales professionals in a top-down roll-out of techniques that have been proven to maximize bottom-line more...

Sales Presenting Solutions Concluding the Sale: Presenting Solutions, is the thirteenth of sixteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify the differences between features, advantages and benefits, and present a solution to a buyer. The PrimeSales curriculum engages sales professionals in a top-down roll-out of techniques that have been proven to maximize bottom-line more...

Sales Closing the Sale Concluding the Sale: Closing the Sale, is the fourteenth of sixteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify the buying signals that tell you when to close the sale and close a sale using a three-stage approach. The PrimeSales curriculum engages sales professionals in a top-down roll-out of techniques that have been proven to maximize bottom-line more...

Sales Buyer Reactions Concluding the Sale: Buyer Reactions, is the fifteenth of sixteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify the steps involved in supporting a favorable reaction, identify guidelines for dealing with low reactors, list the steps in handling objections, and manage objections using a five-step approach. The PrimeSales curriculum engages sales more...

Sales Concluding a Call Concluding the Sale: Concluding a Call, is the sixteenth of sixteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify the guidelines for concluding a call, and conclude a call using the six steps . The PrimeSales curriculum engages sales professionals in a top-down roll-out of techniques that have been proven to maximize bottom-line results. New and more...

Using Surveys to Measure Customer Satisfaction If you're lucky, your customers will complain when they are dissatisfied with your company's service. If you're not so lucky, they'll say nothing and just take their business elsewhere. It's essential that you keep your fingers on the pulse of customer opinion if you are to prevent them defecting to the competition. You need to measure customer satisfaction on a regular basis, and this course will more...

Customer Satisfaction Analysis and Implementation ...ed by your statistical team, you'll be able to use survey results more effectively if you understand how key analytical tools are applied. In this course, you'll examine how to transform data into information that can be acted on. You'll learn the tools of basic statistical analysis as well as those that show relationships and allow you to plan improvements. Equally important, you'll find out more...

Working Collaboratively Communicate Your Goals Working Collaboratively: Communicate Your Goals, is the tenth of fourteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to list the guidelines for communicating your needs and identify guidelines on how to give and receive feedback. The Stress Management curriculum presents easily adopted techniques for today's busy professionals to increase productivity by more...

Measuring Team Performance Learn from Results This course helps teams to interpret measurement results in order to evaluate performance and set new goals. Professionals who want to collaborate more effectively within a group. more...

Managing Delivery ...ct--stands for nothing if you fail to deliver outstanding results time and time again. To keep your reputation intact, delivering to time, quality, and budget is the very least that you must achieve. To ensure that clients remain enthusiastic about what you can offer them, you must deliver effective project management throughout the consulting assignment. Set milestones to check on performance more...

The Technical Professional as Internal Consultant Traditionally, consultants have been seen as experts outside an organization who are hired to appraise a situation and recommend paths toward improvement. These agents of change may be brought in to downsize a company, recommend efficiency improvements, recommend ways to improve employee morale, or facilitate other changes. Today, companies are selecting technical professionals within the more...

Planning Project Procurement and Requesting Seller Responses ...project success is to be achieved, products, services, or results often must be purchased or acquired from elsewhere within, or outside of, the organization. This process of acquisition and purchasing is Project Procurement Management, and it is a critical aspect of any project. As you advance in this course, you will gain an understanding of what processes are involved in Project Procurement more...

Program Lifecycle and Organization Regardless of your industry, programs and program management exist within their context and act as the infrastructure for implementing strategies. Effective program managers must be mindful of how different industries can impact program life cycles and the benefits they are designed to reap, and must continually refine their skills for adapting program life cycles to strategic goals. This course more...

Working with Difficult People Respond to Challenges Working with Difficult People: Respond to Challenges, is the thirteenth of fourteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to demonstrate several techniques to effectively handle minor and periodic personality differences. The Stress Management curriculum presents easily adopted techniques for today's busy professionals to increase productivity by more...

Working with Difficult People Cope With Continued Conflict Working with Difficult People: Cope with Continued Conflict, is the last of fourteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to sequence the steps of a conflict resolution effort, select the most appropriate action to handle a difficult situation, based on the specific circumstances and identify options available to you if you are unable to resolve an more...

Accepting the Decision Implement Decisions This course helps learners to identify progress points and areas for future improvement at the conclusion of the problem resolution process. Professionals who want to resolve workplace challenges more effectively. more...

Expanding Time Develop SMART Goals Expanding Time: Develop SMART Goals, is the fifth of fourteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to pinpoint the benefits of time management and identify the guidelines for defining goals. The Stress Management curriculum presents easily adopted techniques for today's busy professionals to increase productivity by eliminating common barriers to more...

Expanding Time Remove Your Barriers Expanding Time: Break Time Barriers, is the sixth of fourteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify the steps you should take to avoid procrastination, identify how to minimize interruptions from people at work and identify how to avoid perfectionist tendencies in your work. The Stress Management curriculum presents easily adopted techniques more...

Expanding Time Focus on What is Important Expanding Time: Focus on What is Important, is the seventh of fourteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to list the steps that convert goals into prioritized tasks, list guidelines for effective scheduling and list guidelines for successfully implementing a prioritized and scheduled task list. The Stress Management curriculum presents easily adopted more...

Working Collaboratively Assert Your Influence Working Collaboratively: Assert Your Influence, is the eighth of fourteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to list the benefits of influencing and contrast the skill of influencing with controlling and advising. The Stress Management curriculum presents easily adopted techniques for today's busy professionals to increase productivity by eliminating more...

Working Collaboratively Build Rapport Gain Trust Working Collaboratively: Build Rapport, Gain Trust, is the ninth of fourteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify principles for creating and maintaining rapport, list the steps in listening authentically and identify three distinct question types. The Stress Management curriculum presents easily adopted techniques for today's busy more...

Working Collaboratively Extend Your Influence Working Collaboratively: Extend Your Influence, is the eleventh of fourteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to classify influencing styles, identify guidelines for broadening your range of influence through networking and identify guidelines for resolving an impasse. The Stress Management curriculum presents easily adopted techniques for today's more...

Working with Difficult People Recognize Work Styles Working with Difficult People: Recognise Work Styles, is the twelfth of fourteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify reasons why a person may be problematic to work with and select the most appropriate response to individuals who exhibit specific patterns of behavior. The Stress Management curriculum presents easily adopted techniques for more...

Balancing Stress Devise a Stress Control Plan Balancing Stress: Devise a Stress Control Plan, is the fourth of fourteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to implement guidelines for assertiveness in life, classify behavior types in terms of a widely used and accepted model, identify strategies to modify behavior types and develop an action plan for tackling stress. The Stress Management more...

Balancing Stress Measuring Stress Balancing Stress: Measuring Stress, is the first of fourteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to describe the social and personal costs of stress and assess your stress levels. The Stress Management curriculum presents easily adopted techniques for today's busy professionals to increase productivity by eliminating common barriers to success. All more...

Balancing Stress Simple Solutions for Stress Balancing Stress: Simple Solutions for Stress, is the second of fourteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to list healthy dietary, exercise and relaxation principles and identify natural ways to combat stress. The Stress Management curriculum presents easily adopted techniques for today's busy professionals to increase productivity by eliminating more...

Balancing Stress Stress Relieving Habits Balancing Stress: Stress Relieving Habits, is the third of fourteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to recognize how to overcome stress inducers using mental strategies, implement guidelines for managing your daily work and identify planning principles to help you realize your goals in life. The Stress Management curriculum presents easily adopted more...

The Role of Critical Thinking in Organizations ...y 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 attention and generate productive ideas. They are intellectually competent to chart new directions. This course introduces the basic concepts, features, and skills associated with critical thinking and explains the roles and more...

Strategies for Facilitating Critical Thinking ...deas 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 repetition of established formulas. Today, people at all levels of the organization are more...

Personal Accountability Working for Your Inner Boss ...ish priorities, assign tasks, set deadlines, and evaluate results. Whoever gives this direction is called the boss. On one level, the boss decides how employees will perform their jobs. How well an employee meets requirements set by the boss determines whether that employee succeeds or fails, receives rewards or penalties, and earns praise or criticism. On another level however, the judgment of more...

Leading Effective Business Meetings ...ur energy, seem to have no purpose, and bear few positive results. Are you tired of attending meetings like this? Are you tired of your meetings ending up like this? This course will teach you how to make your meetings more successful by providing the tools and information that are necessary to lead an effective meeting. Business professionals who want to develop effective facilitation skills, more...

Participating Effectively in Business Meetings ...h reasonable speed, and activities are focused on desired results. Good meetings help generate enthusiasm for a project, build skills for future projects, and provide participants with techniques that may benefit them in their future careers. As a chairperson, a secretary, or a group member, it is crucial to your meeting's success to know what your role is during a meeting. By knowing your more...

Effective Feedback for Employees and Colleagues Simulation ...ncreasing productivity. In order to achieve such positive results and avoid negative reactions, individuals must be aware of how others receive and employ feedback and learn the process of providing effective critiques. The Effective Use of Feedback for Employees and Colleagues Simulation will provide participants with the opportunity to develop the skills necessary to effectively communicate more...

E-mail as a Marketing Tool How can you find new customers? How can you build stronger relationships with new and existing customers? How can you boost sales of your company's products and services? This course will provide you with useful strategies to help you incorporate electronic mail into your marketing approach. Learn how to communicate effectively with your customers through e-mail. You and your company will benefit more...

Building Relationships to Get Results You are not the boss. You've been called "peer," "esteemed colleague," "invaluable staff member," and "friend," but no one's even come close to calling you "boss." When you stop to think about it, you realize you have no real authority whatsoever. In fact, you have much more power than you think, even if you are on the bottom rung of the corporate ladder. As Jack London said, "Life is not always a more...

Teamwork and Results Without Authority