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Applying Leadership Basics ...ls for leading a group: defining the task, establishing a vision, gaining commitment, and building relationships. It tells you how and when to use various leadership styles and gives smart techniques to help leaders direct the efforts of others. The Strategies and Tips in this module teach you how to foster innovation, provide appropriate direction, and develop and maintain positive  more...

Creating a Strong Leadership Team Course description -- This course delivers the key elements of how to create a leadership team that is a model for the rest of the organization. The Strategies and Tips are practical tools and methods to create and maintain a shared vision, define roles and responsibilities, and determine mutual goals and priorities. Key Points also include techniques for avoiding power struggles and resolving  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...

NET Solution Vision and Requirements To establish the steps and techniques needed to define a solution vision and gather and analyze requirements A wide range of IT professionals, including system architects, systems analysts, developers, consultants, and those wishing to learn more about designing solutions  more...

Solutions Development Discipline - Part 2 This course is the second part of a three part series for IT Professionals. This series will discuss Microsoft's philosophy on team organization, introduces a milestone-driven process model to manage the risks inherent in a dynamic environment, and provides an architectural framework for MultiThreaded development that emphasizes reusability and distribution.  more...

Solutions Development Discipline - Part 3 This course is the final part of a three part series for IT Professionals. This series will discuss Microsoft's philosophy on team organization, introduces a milestone-driven process model to manage the risks inherent in a dynamic environment, and provides an architectural framework for MultiThreaded development that emphasizes reusability and distribution.  more...

Designing Component Solutions - Part 1 This course is the first part of a two part series for IT Professionals. This series will present a practical design framework for achieving flexible, user-centric solutions built from components.  more...

Relationship Management Building the Client Relationship ...sment and how to turn this needs assessment into a shared vision with your client. You will also learn specific action items to help you build trust with a client, which will enable you to become a coach and ultimately an advisor to your customer. Finally, you will learn how to extend the client relationship by fulfilling client needs and turning client objections into opportunities. The target  more...

Ethics and Professional Knowledge PMBOK aligned What does being ethical mean? How does one make the best ethical choice in a complex project management environment? What are legal requirements, and how can you spot the moment when conflict of interest has occurred? In today's world, project managers must have a clear comprehension of these ethical responsibilities. Project managers must also be aware of their professional duty to contribute to  more...

Stakeholder Interests and Cultural Diversity PMBOK aligned As the project manager, you're in the center of the storm. The competing interests of stakeholders--including those of the client, the company, the legal and social environment, and the team itself--are your responsibility. Weighing these interests in the most fair and productive manner is an acquired art you can't afford to neglect. But that's not all. In an increasingly global network, project  more...

Goals and Goal Setting ...ing a goal. A clearly defined, attainable goal embodies a vision of what is possible. It's a guide star for those who navigate a course through obstacles to a desired accomplishment. However, the process of setting appropriate goals is often oversimplified or overlooked entirely. A well-constructed goal is challenging, yet achievable. It takes into account the abilities and resources available  more...

Leadership Development for Technical Professionals ...s tactical or short-term issues while still maintaining a vision of the strategic or long-term goal. Therefore, the skills needed for an effective leader are varied and complex. For you, the technical professional, this means evaluating your current leadership skills. It also includes the development of more refined managerial skills such as facilitation and conflict resolution in order to deal  more...

A New Manager s Role in the Company s Future ...work of those in your department, fits with the strategic vision of the company. You will also need to have a greater understanding of the impact that the output of your department can have on other parts of the organization. Complacency is the enemy of continuing business success and, as a manager, it is vital that you always look for ways in which to "do things better." This may include  more...

Energizing and Empowering Employees Energy. Without it, the wheels and gigabytes of industry come to a screeching halt. And without energized, empowered employees, your part of global industry will make far less progress. This course introduces you to the importance of energizing and empowering employees. By doing so, you multiply the benefits to your department, team, and organization. The course begins by showing you ways to  more...

Managing For High Performance Managers today must deal with a myriad of business challenges. Often they must rely on their best personnel to get them out of a jam. But do they have the necessary skills and strategies for managing these key people? This course will examine what organizations need to do to ensure that they attract high performers, how they allow this talent to thrive, and, most importantly, how to avoid losing  more...

Organizational Learning Developing a Knowledge Management System In Organizational Learning: Developing a Knowledge Management System, you will learn the benefits of a learning organization. You will also learn processes for aligning strategy with knowledge management and how to identify who should be included in a knowledge assessment team. In addition, you will learn the process for performing a knowledge assessment and selecting a knowledge management  more...

Goal Setting Organizational Goal Setting In ''Goal Setting: Organizational Goal Setting,'' you will learn how to set goals with teams. You will also learn how to set goals for an organization through the use of organizational objectives, statements of values, and vision and mission statements. In addition, you will learn how to implement strategic goals in your workplace. The target audience for this program is administrators, managers,  more...

The Mark of a Leader Do you feel that your people can't get along without you? If you're not available, do your people lack direction and therefore, productivity suffers? If you feel that you've been overmanaging and underleading, this course is for you. There is a strong difference between activities and roles of effective managers and those of successful leaders. You'll discover what some of those key differences  more...

Communicating a Shared Vision ...rst displayed above the Epcot Center. The importance of a vision cannot be denied. Neither can the importance of communicating that vision to the people responsible for supporting it. Communicating your vision gives purpose and meaning to the work that people do, and pursuing and accomplishing that vision with a sense of integrity builds trust in you as an individual and as a leader. This  more...

Six Sigma--Measurement System Re-analysis ...series of projects. Achieving Six Sigma performance takes vision, commitment, time, and vigilance. To assist with maintaining gains, the Six Sigma Control phase outlines tools and techniques for the Black Belt to use. In this course, you will learn about Measurement System Re-analysis. During this phase, measurement system capability is re-assessed to ensure it remains adequate for the  more...

Elements of Marketing Strategy ...d to give you a strong start in developing your marketing vision, direction, and ultimately a plan. You'll get an overview of the key factors encompassing the broad scope of strategic marketing. You'll be able to discuss cost structures and their influence on your marketing strategy. The impact of product life cycles on your markets is another focus. Methodology to achieve or increase  more...

Leadership ...is key in developing an organization's strategic plan and vision. These core elements include: organizational structure and culture, roles and responsibilities of managers and leaders, change management, motivation and negotiation, and conflict and empowerment. This course explores the concepts of organizational design and leadership challenges. It is aligned with the Quality Management  more...

Team Dynamics ...m goals and objectives must align with the organization's vision and mission. This course explores team building and team dynamics. It is aligned with the Quality Management Division of the American Society for Quality's Certification Handbook and is designed to assist learners as part of their preparation for the ASQ Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence certification exam.  more...

Developing and Deploying Strategic Plans ...r primary goals and objectives based on their mission and vision statements. Other success factors include understanding market forces, internal strengths and weaknesses, stakeholders, relevant technology, and legal and regulatory factors. With these considerations, an organization's action plan can be developed and deployed, and its effectiveness evaluated.This course explores the concepts of  more...

Quality Systems Models and Theories ... implemented must be aligned to the corporate mission and vision statements and the strategic plan in order to be effective. As an organization evolves, its quality plan must be monitored and revised in order to reflect these changes. This course explores the quality mission, plan, and methodologies and discusses the importance of effective monitoring, documentation, and implementation. It  more...

Cisco DESGN 2 0 Network Design Methodology To recognize the principles of SONA and the network design methodology, and document an enterprise network design solution Network engineers, network system analysts, and maintenance personnel responsible for designing small to medium-sized and enterprise networks; individuals seeking the Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) certification and those individuals targeting towards the Cisco  more...

Excellence in Service - Creating an Exceptional Service Environment In Excellence in Service: Creating an Exceptional Service Environment you will learn how to create the necessary foundation to help employees deliver exceptional customer service. You will learn steps for writing your customer service vision statement as well as suggestions for ensuring that the appropriate processes and systems are in place to support exceptional customer service. You will also  more...

Defining MS .NET Solution Architectures Part 1 ...s structure and modelling notations. It then covers the Envisioning phases with particular coverage of its deliverables - the Vision/Scope Document and the Project Structure and Risk Assessment documents. The course then covers in detail the techniques of information gathering and modelling and the Business User and Operational requirements areas. Four Case Study NLOs are included that cover  more...

Managing Change: The Change Process ...enefits it offers. You will learn why developing a change vision is important as well as the steps you can take to develop one. In addition you will learn what guidelines you can follow to communicate a change vision to your employees. By learning the four steps of the change process you will be able to transition through change in a controlled logical manner. You will learn the processes you  more...

Defining MS .NET Solution Architectures Part 1 ...s structure and modelling notations. It then covers the Envisioning phases, with particular coverage of its deliverables - the Vision/Scope Document and the Project Structure and Risk Assessment documents. The course then covers in detail the techniques of information gathering and modelling, and the Business, User and Operational requirements areas. Four Case Study NLOs are included that cover  more...

Managerial Leadership: Creating a Vision ...Vision provides students an overview of organizational leadership and its role in guiding the organization toward vision fulfillment. The program highlights questions to ask when defining an organization's vision basic steps to complete when drafting a vision statement and guidelines for communicating the vision. In addition this program provides steps for setting goals that are aligned with an  more...

Executive Level Leadership: Becoming an Executive Leader Executive Level Leadership: Becoming an Executive Leader offers the student an overview of executive leadership roles and how power and politics affect an organization. This program also explains the importance of developing an organizational vision and the need for executives to understand the types of business focus that impact their industry. In addition it emphasizes the importance of  more...

Cross-Functional Teams: Goal Setting in a Cross-Functional Team Cross-Functional Teams: Goal Setting in a Cross-Functional Team covers the elements and structure of cross-functional teams and how cross-functional teams can set goals. The program also covers the characteristics of cross-functional teams how they are formed and managed and the causes for success or failure. In addition the program touches on how steering committees and sponsors support  more...