Online Robin Carlson eLearning - Training Resources

Sales Skills The Fundamentals ... In this simulation, you will meet with Robin Carlson, one of Icon's District Sales Managers, to discuss terminology often used in the field of sales. Through your questions, you will learn the definitions of several terms that salespeople use, including prospecting, cold and warm calling, and networking. Unit 3: Developing Your Character (0.5 - 1 hour)  more...

Sales Management Building a Championship Sales Team Sales Management: Building a Championship Sales Team teaches students how to ensure the effectiveness of a sales team. The program covers how to be a successful sales manager, how to select sales professionals, and how to build unity in a sales team. The program also focuses on how to interview successfully, how to build relationships and trust within a sales team, how to train sales professionals  more...

Strategic Management Developing a Successful Process ...ions, to secure it's acceptance. Your team, consisting of Robin Carlson, a Quality Assurance Technician, Ronald Spear, Marketing Manager, and Deborah Cowen, Director of Finance, has put a great deal of work into this plan, and its acceptance is essential. As a team, you must address all questions and concerns and apply the five guidelines to making a strategic plan successful. Unit 2:  more...

Self Development Motivating Yourself to Perform ... In this simulation, you will meet with Robin Carlson and Greg Baldwin, two of your fellow Product Managers. The three of you make up the team responsible for organizing Icon's exhibit for the upcoming telecommunication tradeshow. The preparations for the exhibit are behind schedule, and you must determine why you are not completing your assigned tasks on time. During your  more...

Career Development Professional Networking ...irection. You are meeting with your immediate supervisor, Robin Carlson, who has served in many different capacities at Icon. You are hoping that with her experience, she can give you direction and hints about how to network effectively. If you handle this meeting appropriately, she will arrange for a meeting with Drew Canfield, the Vice-President of International Marketing, who is currently  more...

Business Travel Safety Forming a Corporate Travel Safety Program ... to develop a travel safety program. You are meeting with Robin Carlson, a Human Resources Specialist, Dean Kramer, a Health and Safety Officer, and Bryce Drew, a Human Resources Assistant to develop a travel safety program for Icon. In this meeting, you need to follow the four steps to plan a travel safety program. Unit 2: Emergencies During Business Travel (1 - 2 hours)  more...

Business Travel Safety Safety Measures for Travelers ...mulation Overview: In this simulation, you will meet with Robin Carlson, a HR Specialist at Icon International. You have just been employed as a Sales Manager in Icon and as the position requires a large amount of traveling Robin wants to be sure you have a good understanding of travel safety and the precautions a traveler needs to take. She will ask you a number of questions in relation to  more...

Creativity Innovation Increasing Personal Creativity ... In this simulation, you will be meeting with Robin Carlson, Icon's Director of Existing Account Sales. Robin has been labeled a top performer at Icon, and she is considered by many to be one of the most creative employees in her division. Through a series of questions and Robin's answers, you will learn about how you can follow steps to mentally prepare to be creative, how to  more...

Emotional Intelligence Applying Emotional Intell in the Workplace ... will be meeting with Bruce Madison, Marcus Robinson, and Robin Carlson, three of your employees in Icon's Quality Assurance Department. Your team has been widely recognized for its quality work. In recent weeks, however, the number of defective products making it through the production process has increased and you have started receiving a number of customer complaints. As the team leader, you  more...

Customer Relationship Mgt eCRM ...will meet with Dean Kramer, Icon's Director of Sales, and Robin Carlson, Icon's Director of Marketing, to discuss Icon's acquisition of Medical Supply Inc. (MSI), a company that specializes in sophisticated medical supplies. MSI was acquired to contribute to Icon's Health Care division, and the three of you are meeting to decide whether to incorporate MSI into Icon's overall eCRM efforts. As  more...

360-Degree Feedback Implementing a 360-Degree Program ... In this simulation, you will meet with Robin Carlson, the Human Resources Director in Icon's San Francisco Computing Hardware and Software Division. As a Human Resources Manager, you are in charge of helping the division implement a 360-degree feedback program to evaluate employee performance. The program will first be run as a pilot program in the Marketing department. Robin  more...

Managerial Leadership Creating a Vision ...u will meet with Travis Peterson, Icon's Project Manager, Robin Carlson, one of Icon's Product Managers, and Bruce Madison, Icon's Director of Information Services. As a Project Manager for the new Aries Server product line, it is your job to help guide the team in rewriting Icon's vision statement, so it emphasizes the Aries Server. You will want to explore how to define an organizational  more...

Women in Leadership Leadership Roles Styles ...he simulation at the end of this unit, you will meet with Robin Carlson, Icon's vice president of market research, to discuss some of the guidelines for discovering barriers in your organization. In order to achieve her current level of success, Robin has had to overcome many barriers to leadership, and because of this, she is very active in trying to address similar barriers within Icon. Today  more...

Strategic Decision Making Preparing to Make Decisions ...ction Manager, Dean Kramer, and the Compensation Analyst, Robin Carlson, to begin deciding how to best motivate the front-line employees in the upcoming months. Unit 2: Framing Decisions Appropriately (0.5 - 1 hour) Identify the problems decision frames can present. Identify the actions you can take to understand your decision frames.  more...

Correcting Performance Problems Addressing Performance Problems ... In this simulation, you will be meeting with Robin Carlson, an account executive for Icon. After meeting several of Robin's customers at a recent tradeshow, you learned that they were unaware of improvements being made to Icon's Uninterrupted Power Source (UPS) products. Keeping existing and prospective customers informed of new features are part of Robin's responsibilities, so you  more...

Managing the Expert Developing a Successful Environment Managing the Expert: Developing a Successful Environment explains management strategies, incentive programs, and the challenges of maximizing experts' creative potential. It identifies the processes for designing and implementing expert-appropriate incentive programs, managing renegade creativity, and managing barriers to expert creativity. Learn To Provide  more...

Managing Change Overcoming Change Obstacles In Managing Change: Overcoming Change Obstacles you will learn about the obstacles you may encounter while implementing change. Specifically, you will learn about resistance, complacency, and crises, three main obstacles to change. Why a commitment to change is important, and how best to communicate during a change, are also covered in this course, as is the importance of change teams and the  more...

Advanced Project Mgmt Setting Up a Project Office In Advanced Project Management: Setting Up a Project Office, you will learn terms associated with a a a project office a a a a and the different functions a project office can fulfill. You will also learn how an organization can determine the need for, plan, and implement a project office. Learn To Match the terms project, program, and portfolio  more...

Team Leadership Promoting Your Team s Effectiveness Team Leadership: Promoting Your Team's Effectiveness offers the student an overview of how to set goals, prevent team ineffectiveness, and measure individual and team performance. The program covers in detail the steps for setting effective goals, the steps for measuring team and individual performance, and the advantages and negative effects of diversity. Learn To  more...

Team Conflict Overcoming Conflict with Communication ...on and Susan Cole, two of Icon's Production Managers, and Robin Carlson, a Consultant from Crown Consulting Corporation. The Vice President of Production has made the decision to bring in an outside consulting firm to evaluate the Production Department due to a recent decline in productivity. The production management team was only recently notified of this decision, and a number of managers in  more...

Principles of Marketing Distribution Strategy ... In this simulation, you will meet with Robin Carlson, District Sales Manager, to discuss how her team selected an appropriate distribution channel partner for a new wireless phone that incorporates personal digital assistant and Internet technology. She will cover the different types of distribution channels, how to manage distribution channels, as well as how to select  more...

Principles of Marketing Writing a Marketing Plan ... In this simulation, you will meet with Robin Carlson, one of Icon's Marketing Directors, to discuss the fundamentals of marketing plans. Robin has a number of years of experience in the industry and will ask you a series of questions to test your knowledge of a variety of marketing concepts. Those concepts will include market positioning, the difference between a business  more...

Frontline Leadership Preparing to Lead Frontline Leadership: Preparing to Lead offers the student an overview of the information required to identify, address, and discipline employees who display difficult behavior. The program details characteristics and sources of difficult behavior, effective techniques to prevent difficult behavior in the workplace, and proper communication methods to build better relationships with difficult  more...

Organizational Behavior The Organizational System ...ou are Icon's Chief Operating Officer. You will meet with Robin Carlson, Product Development Manager of URTH Industries, Colleen Ford, Vice President of URTH Industries and Paul White, Icon's Chief Technology Officer. URTH Industries, a computer technology company, was recently acquired by Icon. Robin and Colleen, two URTH employees, are having difficulty adjusting to the change. With Paul a  more...

Project Leadership Overcoming Obstacles ...simulation, you will meet with Icon's Production Manager, Robin Carlson. As part of your continuing management training, Robin will ask you questions to test your knowledge of how to conduct a successful team meeting, and how to effectively use a decision matrix to manage decision making among team members. Unit 3: Managing and Presenting Project Documents (1 - 2 hours)  more...