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OPTIMIZING YOUR PERFORMANCE ON A TEAM OPTIMIZING YOUR PERFORMANCE ON A TEAM  more...

Directing Others Directing Others As a manager, your role is not only to supervise, but also to lead, develop, and direct your employees both individually and collectively to accomplish organizational goals. Understanding the essential responsibilities you have when directing others, and the practices you should employ in order to meet those responsibilities, will lead to you fulfilling your duties and  more...

Confronting Difficult Employee Behavior Confronting Difficult Employee Behavior As a manager, you will inevitably encounter direct reports who exhibit difficult behavior, which can disrupt entire teams and departments. It's your job to confront difficult behavior as early as possible to minimize the disruption. Whether they are blatant or less obvious, behavioral problems need to be addressed before they affect morale and  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...

Business Execution in Action Business Execution in Action The best operational strategies in the world are not worth the paper they are written on if they are not carried out. The same holds true for the principles of business execution. The principles of business execution are worthless to an organization if they exist only in the heads of its corporate executives, but are never acted upon. This course will assist you  more...

Building Your Influence as a Leader Building Your Influence as a Leader Why is it so hard to get people to agree to a good idea? Why are some leaders constantly faced with challenges and objections? Reaching agreement as a leader does not mean you should manipulate or force people to accept your ideas and accomplish your objectives; there are ethical ways for leaders to successfully build influence. Leaders attempting to  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...

Taking on a Management Role Taking on a Management Role What does becoming a manager involve? What skills are needed to be a good one, and what will others expect of you? These are all natural questions for anyone who is about to become a manager, or who has recently been promoted. Moving into a first management role represents possibly one of the biggest changes in your working life. The transition from player  more...

Being an Effective Team Member Being an Effective Team Member A truly effective team is equal to more than the sum of its parts. And it takes the dedication of every member of the team. Effective team members go beyond themselves and their personal desires and goals. If you want to be an effective team member, your challenge is to put the team first, which means maximizing your contributions to help the team accomplish  more...

Effective Team Communication Effective Team Communication Regardless of how talented the individual members of your team are, they can only get your team so far alone. To maximize their potential, teams rely on the participation, input, and opinions of all team members. Learning to speak up and encouraging others to open up are important to a team's success. Effective communication is the fuel that will keep your team  more...

Transitioning into a Project Management Role Transitioning into a Project Management Role Many people find themselves thrust into a project management role with no formal training or experience. When this occurs, it is important to be prepared to deal with the significant changes in your role. Your responsibilities broaden from managing yourself to managing others, from short-term to long-term goals, and from tangible to intangible  more...

Launching a Successful Team Launching a Successful Team Leading successful teams is an art, and team leaders can face many challenges when trying to optimize team performance. Whether you're a current team leader or simply someone who would like to develop the skills that would make you a strong candidate, you need to know certain things about how teams function and what it takes to develop a high-performance team.  more...

Emegency Response in the Workplace Emegency Response in the Workplace This course provides information about planning for and responding to emergencies. The intent is to provide the learner with basic information on procedures that cover onsite emergencies such as an accidental release or spill of a hazardous chemical, fire emergencies, explosions, bomb threats, threats to security or personal injuries. The content in this  more...

Managing a Customer Focused Department Simulation Managing a Customer Focused Department Simulation Attracting new customers is important, but retaining them is an even greater challenge. It takes only a moment--a single lapse in service; an unmet expectation; a delay in delivery--to lose a customer forever and tarnish a company's reputation. To counter this, customer service representatives must remain vigilante, on top of their game at  more...

Tailoring PRINCE2 reg to a Project Env PRINCE2 2009-aligned Tailoring PRINCE2® to a Project Env. (PRINCE2: 2009-aligned) PRINCE2 PRINCE2 : 2009 Foundation PRINCE2® Foundation By definition, not all projects are the same. One of the defining characteristics of a project is that it is unique. Each project has a different team, a different customer, and a different location. And typically each product is unique in some way as well. Projects  more...

Working with Difficult People How to Work with Manipulative People Working with Difficult People: How to Work with Manipulative People Have you ever dealt with someone at work who tried to get you to agree to something you really didn't want to do? Some people just seem to want things their way, even if it is not the best for the team or organization. During your career, it is likely that you'll come across coworkers who use manipulation to get what they  more...

Decision Making Tools and Techniques Decision Making: Tools and Techniques Napoleon Bonaparte once said, 'Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.' Good decision making means choosing the course of action that optimizes the return on your investment of resources. But before you can make a good decision, you need to first identify and evaluate your alternatives. Fortunately, a number of  more...

Code of Conduct Company Template Code of Conduct Company Template The purpose of this course is to familiarize your employees with your company's Code of Conduct and any other related policies that define your expectations for their conduct as an employee of your company. This course is designed to serve as a customizable template for that purpose. Topics can be removed or modified to suit your company's requirements.  more...

Planning Managing Project Human Resources Simulation Planning & Managing Project Human Resources: Simulation PMI Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned You're a project manager for a food and beverage testing company Hoit Laboratories. As a seasoned PM, you're currently managing a number of testing and development projects simultaneously. And each project  more...

Identifying Your Customers Expectations Identifying Your Customers' Expectations Customers have expectations of all the companies with which they transact business. These expectations may be predominantly unspoken but, all the same, they have a strong influence on how your company, its employees, products, and services are perceived. In the first lesson of this course, you'll be shown what characteristics customers want to see  more...

Leading a Customer-focused Team Leading a Customer-focused Team The quality of your customer service is in the hands of the people who deliver it. As their leader it's your responsibility to give them the direction, resources, and support they need to succeed.This course shows you how to work with them to create a customer-focused environment that fulfills customers' expectations while still achieving corporate goals. The  more...

Managing Technical Professionals Managing Technical Professionals Managing a team of technical professionals presents some unique challenges for even the most talented manager. Whether you have a technical background or not, you'll need to apply organizational, motivational, and leadership skills to address those challenges successfully. You'll also need to build a foundation of mutual respect and trust. In this course,  more...

Mentoring as a Manager Mentoring as a Manager Looking for ways to enhance your managing skills? In this course, you'll acquire expertise as a mentor that will benefit your employees, your organization, and your own career. You'll examine how mentoring differs from managing, and you'll brush up on essential communication skills. Finally, you'll learn to use mentoring to improve on team organization, dynamics, and  more...

Building a Winning Sales Team Building a Winning Sales Team Championship teams win titles because they are comprised of members who are talented athletes possessing the right combination of skills, attitude, and enthusiasm to go out and win. The members of a winning sales team must also have the right skills, attitude, and enthusiasm to be successful. As a sales manager, how do you build an effective sales team? This  more...

Using Business Tools to Manage Sales Teams Using Business Tools to Manage Sales Teams Managing your team is an important part of your job as a sales manager, but it isn't the only hat you wear. You also have to manage the business side of your sales manager position. For example, you have to know how to forecast sales accurately to determine the goals that your sales team will set. Like many sales managers, you've probably asked  more...

Motivating a Winning Sales Team Motivating a Winning Sales Team Famous college football coach Lou Holtz said, "Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." As a sales manager, what can you do to make a difference in how your team members' use their abilities? How can you increase their level of motivation and create positive attitudes? In this course,  more...

Communicating in Sales Teams Communicating in Sales Teams You already recognize that information is power, but do you understand the role that communication plays in disbursing information? The success of organizations in today's business climate depends on the fast, efficient dissemination of information, and that can only come about through effective communication. This fact is true at the corporate level, at the  more...

Sustaining Organizational Change Sustaining Organizational Change Decisions to transform an organization are vital to the health of the business, and organizational change efforts are often made to improve service, streamline operations, and of course improve the bottom line. After such a transformation in your organization, how do you engage, excite, and support the biggest driver for success in your organization - your  more...

Business Crisis Management Simulation Business Crisis Management: Simulation You're the director of operations and the leader of the crisis management team for Sunshine Cruise Lines. There's a fire on board one of the company's ships during a passenger cruise, and you'll need to manage this crisis swiftly and effectively. To begin, you'll need to take a snapshot of the situation by communicating with the safety officer on board  more...

Moving Into a Management Role Simulation Moving Into a Management Role: Simulation You work for The Electric Car Company. Recently your boss, Sonya Black, promoted you to Marketing Manager. Your main focus is now on managing the activities of others. You\'ll initially find that some of your coworkers\' expectations of you have changed. Some of your former colleagues will have trouble accepting your promotion, and you will need to  more...

Leadership and Management Simulation Leadership and Management: Simulation Specializing in the film and television industries, Limelight Connections is a web-based, career-search company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. As part of the marketing team, you have been with Limelight for just under two years. Your dedication, industry knowledge and hard work have paid off, recently earning you a promotion to manager of the  more...

Fostering Effective Communication and Collaboration Fostering Effective Communication and Collaboration You have a team established and everyone is committed to the team goals. However, a common focus is not always enough to help your team achieve success. You must ensure that team members can communicate with you and with one another, and that they will work as a team rather than as individuals. This course outlines the importance and  more...

Using Feedback to Improve Team Performance Using Feedback to Improve Team Performance A crucial component of optimal team performance is the ability of all team members to openly express their ideas, goals, and needs, as well as share thoughts about each other's performance both positive and negative. The same principle applies when it comes to receiving feedback. It's far better to hear the truth directly than to assume your  more...

Performance Appraisal Essentials Conducting Traditional Appraisals Performance Appraisal Essentials: Conducting Traditional Appraisals If you were to poll a group of managers about how comfortable they feel conducting appraisals, you would probably find few saying they feel completely comfortable. Conducting appraisals isn't easy but it's an important part of a manager's job. Regularly appraising your employees' job performance can reinforce outstanding  more...

Cross-Functional Strategic Management Cross-Functional Strategic Management Cross-functional management involves managing in a way that bridges the functional silos that constrain your organization. You have to rethink your approach to business operations and promote synergy and collaboration in a team-based environment while moving toward a common objective. This course defines organizational cross-functionality and its  more...

Managing for Rapid Change Uncertainty Managing for Rapid Change & Uncertainty In an ever-changing business environment, organizations globally are faced with the challenges of having to reinvent themselves or face failure. This course examines the factors driving organizational change and shows how you can use a change management strategy to mitigate any potentially negative impact in your organization. It helps you prepare  more...

Managing the Dismissal of an Employee Managing the Dismissal of an Employee One of the main reasons managers are reluctant to dismiss an employee is because they dread the termination interview. Even if the termination is a layoff, giving notice to an employee is a heavy burden. How you manage the termination interview will impact remaining employees and your organization. You must learn how to handle dismissals fairly by  more...

Sales Team Management Simulation Sales Team Management: Simulation During the course of this simulation, you will assume the responsibilities of a sales manager for Upper Crust Delectables--a thriving business that distributes gourmet baked goods to hotels and restaurants nationwide. Management has found a high degree of success with its sales force by employing a team approach, and you, a longtime employee of the company,  more...

Balancing Your Responsibilities Simulation Balancing Your Responsibilities: Simulation Brackens East Seafood, Inc. is a wholesale seafood distributor that's serviced the food industry for over thirty years. Its customers include restaurants, grocery stores, and institutional cafeterias. You're the company's webmaster responsible for maintaining and updating its B2B web site. As a majority of customers now use the site to place  more...

Dealing With Conflict Dealing With Conflict Successful teams are characterized by having a clear direction, trust among team members, effective communication, and the ability to quickly resolve conflict. In the early stages of team development, leaders must set up structures and processes that support the development of these team characteristics. Effective leadership is particularly required during the Storming  more...

Fundamentals of Organizational Behavior for the Individual Fundamentals of Organizational Behavior for the Individual Globalization, diversity, outsourcing, virtual teams, downsizing, and changing forms of work are just some of the challenges facing companies today. Managers must be prepared to deal with the organizational issues that such challenges give rise to. Whether you're in Human Resources, a manager of a large department, or the leader of  more...

Cross-Functional Team Fundamentals Cross-Functional Team Fundamentals Cross-functional teams are groups of employees from different functional areas of an organization - such as Research, Marketing, and Human Resources who are all focused on a single goal. They're often formed to design and develop new products, choose and implement new technologies through the organization, or control product costs. They can benefit your  more...

The Fundamentals of Globalization Managing in a Global Environment The Fundamentals of Globalization: Managing in a Global Environment Global managers work in a complex, constantly changing environment. They have to consider different economic, political, legal, and cultural factors as they plan, make decisions, and lead others in different international contexts. What worked in the role of a domestic manager may not be effective in the international  more...

Managing Workforce Generations Working with a Mulitgenerational Team Managing Workforce Generations: Working with a Mulitgenerational Team Managing a multigenerational team requires a clear understanding of the diversity of your employees and the strategies needed to help your team benefit from their differences. A generationally diverse workplace has the potential for conflict between younger and older workers, but if you tap into the potential of this  more...

Working within the Sales Culture of Your Organization Working within the Sales Culture of Your Organization How is your sales team organized? Do you know the goals, principles, and culture that drive your sales efforts? To succeed in sales, you must understand the importance of your sales culture and how it influences your overall sales effectiveness. This course provides an introduction to sales cultures and highlights their importance in  more...

Building Trust Building Trust The importance of being able to count on your colleagues when it matters most cannot be overstated. Trusting relationships truly are the foundations for productive and enjoyable workplaces. Trust helps improve communication and productivity by giving you and your colleagues the confidence to express and resolve problems. This in turn allows you to focus and collaborate more  more...

Architecting Web Content (Master Class)-Self Directed This is a professional level course in architecting and organizing Web content. In today`s complex world, information systems are becoming more and more complex as their implementations are becoming ever more advanced. Information systems architecture is the underlying structure that defines and controls the interfaces of information systems and which integrates all of the components of the  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...

Building a Successful Team Course description -- Your team may just be forming, or you may be renewing your goals for the coming year. You may have just gotten a new team member or even lost a few. This course will take you through the various stages of a teama ™s development and give you Strategies and Tips for guiding your team successfully through the process. You will learn how to recognize and respond to your  more...

How To Master Team Building Course description -- Meeting business objectives and maximizing resources requires effective teamwork, and this bundle will build the basic competencies that will ensure your teams are organized, goal-oriented, and customer-focused. Together they provide a toolkit of effective techniques and strategies for building high-performing teams in any function or discipline. IMPORTANT NOTE: INTERNET  more...

Leading Effective Teams Course description -- This practical, hands-on approach to team leadership addresses the three essential 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  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...

5S TRAINING 5S is more of a people process than it is a manufacturing technique. And it is much more than simply cleaning up your area it is a discipline that truly can enable you and your organization to achieve greater results. You have access to this online course for 1 year but can complete it as quickly as you care to. We estimate that you could take up to 24 hours to complete this course but many  more...

Six Sigma Black Belt Personal Training Library The Black Belt Library gives one learner access to our four core Black Belt courses: FMEA Investigator, Advanced SPC, Measurement System Analysis, DOE: Screening Experiments. It is recommended that you take the Green Belt Library as a prerequisite for the Black Belt Library. Many organizations use our courseware for their yellow belt, green belt, and black belt programs handling the project  more...

Comprehensive Online Instructor Certificate Program A robust series of six courses that train instructors how to develop an online course and teach online. This certificate has been developed by a team of educational program development specialists and content experts from an Accredited State University. Let our Comprehensive Online Instructor Certificate program help you position yourself at the forefront of educators in your field! Available to  more...

QPRT Suicide Risk Assessment and Training Demonstrate a greater return on investment, develop and maintain formal procedures for increased productivity and consistency, implement methodologies to improve first contact resolution, and manage customer perceptions. Learn to use industry trends to run your organization effectively. This online course is a practical alternative for busy customer support professionals. Managers must master the  more...

Managing Conflict And Difficult Behavior DISCONTINUED--See Replacement Courses 3419-B Communication with Power: Resolving Conflict. This course will help you to shape the way your team communicates and works together. It will help you handle conflict positively and constructively, and it will equip you with techniques to make the best of any challenging people and situations you might encounter. Managing Conflict And Difficult Behavior  more...

Managing Meetings Managing Meetings will help you to shape the way your team communicates and works together. It will equip you with techniques to make the best of any challenging people and situations you might encounter, and it will help you to build high performing teams that are flexible, creative and light on their feet. Managing Meetings Managing Meetings will help you to shape the way your team communicates  more...

Professional Bar Management Managing a bar or restaurant can be an overwhelming experience. The physical, emotional and mental demands are extreme. This class will teach you simple ways to handle difficult situations with unhappy customers and employees, the duties of each employee, and key factors which are vital to a successful business. Professional Bar Management Managing a bar or restaurant can be an overwhelming  more...

Project Management Concepts and Strategies This series provides a detailed examination of project management concepts and strategies. It discusses the seven components of a management system and the five phases of the project life cycle, and looks at factors that affect cost and quality. You may complete this course within a time span of your choosing. We recommend study commence and be completed within 90 days or less. The course may be  more...

Team Management - Enabling Teams In this course you will learn to build a supportive and enabling team environment. You will learn how to encourage members to think like a team, how to provide adequate time to perform and meet, and demonstrate faith in the members ™ capacity to achieve. The user is given 1 year access to this course. You may complete it as quickly as you care to, however be diligent to understand and apply  more...

Team Management - Leading Teams In this course, you will learn about the selection of a team leader, what team leaders need to know, and what constitutes a team. You will also learn about the traits and roles of an effective team leader are, team communication, and how to hold effective team meetings. The user is given 1 year access to this course. You may complete it as quickly as you care to, however be diligent to understand  more...

Team Management - Team Participation This course covers the elements of successful teams, the role of a good team member, and team communication. This course is geared to expedite your own development as a team member in creating successful teams. The user is given 1 year access to this course. You may complete it as quickly as you care to, however be diligent to understand and apply the new knowledge in a satisfactory manner. Team  more...

Teams Management - Managing Team Conflict This course will teach you how to manage team conflict through understanding and dealing with the dynamic and changing work environment, personalities, concern over job security, changing team members, team vs. organizational dynamics, and division of tasks and functions. The user is given 1 year access to this course. You may complete it as quickly as you care to, however be diligent to  more...

Architecting Web Content (Master Class) This is a professional level course in architecting and organizing your Web content. In today`s complex world, information systems are becoming more and more complex as their implementations are becoming ever more advanced. Information systems architecture is the underlying structure that defines and controls the interfaces of information systems and which integrates all of the components of the  more...

Build Your Own BIZ - Selling Skills This course is designed to sharpen your selling skills and help you close more sales. It will also help you set sales goals and measure the effectiveness of your sales force. Build Your Selling Skills and Close More Sales This course is designed to sharpen your selling skills and help you close more sales. The class includes text and downloadable resources. Description of Course Selling Skills  more...

Build Your Own BIZ - Teamwork This course will help you learn to build strong and effective workforce teams.You will receive as a bonus 1 year unlimited access to this course from the day of enrollment. If attempting to accelerate your learning (1-2 weeks or less), please pay special attention to key points so you may successfully apply the information gained from this course to your particular business situation. Build  more...

How to Adopt Green Practices in Business and Gain a Competitive Advantage Wise companies realize that the protection of the environment is a very real concern to the general population. In fact, going green to protect the environment is viewed as the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing to do. If a business wants to attract the increasingly environmentally conscious market and gain a competitive edge, it must become known as an eco-friendly company. This course  more...

Expert Certificate Course in Medical Transcription for the Physician ™s Office and Home Based Business Medical transcriptionists are vital members of the professional healthcare team. Medical transcriptionists transcribe medical reports to document patients` medical care and condition. Most medical reports are transcribed from audio files recorded by the physician, but a growing number of medical reports are first compiled by speech recognition technology, then edited and corrected by medical  more...

Team Conflict The Seeds of Dissent Teams are a fact of corporate life. Think about all the team buzzwords. There are cross-functional teams, self-directed teams, union teams, functional teams, total quality teams, and project teams--not to mention the concept of "The Dream Team." If there's anything that's predictable about these high-powered teams, it's the inevitability of conflict. Many teams fail to recognize that there's power  more...

Getting Past Clashes Valuing Team Diversity Teams have diverse personalities, skills, and interests that are challenging to put together. You may not get along with every team member, but it's important that you can work together to achieve the same goal. At the end of this course, you'll have the skills needed to work with different personality styles, control your gut reactions to difficult people, and deal with difficult team members.  more...

Conquering Conflict through Communication How many times have you said nothing because it was "good for the team" or got angry before thinking over the situation? These examples illustrate how important communication is in the workplace. Communication is more than what you say. It's what you don't say, how you listen to others, and how you listen to what you say. At the end of this course, you'll have the skills you need to listen  more...

The Path to Peace and Harmony A saying goes, " We will never be better as a team than we are with each other." The road to peace and harmony involves working with every team member toward mutual goals. Each team member must be involved to set the stage for success. Continuous improvement and teamwork are vital to creating a team that works and stays together. How can your team reach harmony? At the end of this course, you'll  more...

Leadership Development for Technical Professionals Managers must direct the activities of workers to address 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  more...

Handling Organizational Change Simulation You are a senior product manager in the marketing and consumer research department of Asha Greetings Inc., a multimedia conglomerate with products ranging from gift items and souvenirs to television productions. You work in the greeting cards division and are facing a third-order change. In response to flagging sales, senior management has decided to move away from a traditional top-down  more...

Initiating a Succession Plan Simulation Ulema, Inc. is a market research firm providing consulting, market analysis, strategic planning and technology forecasting services. The Ulema Reports Group (URG), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ulema, Inc., produces single and multi-client studies on fast-moving market sectors. The lifecycles for these studies are often as little as 6 months to one year from the start of development, so in order  more...

Steps for Successful ISO Registration An organization must carefully plan and integrate into their own quality management system a comprehensive strategy to comply with ISO 9001:2000 requirements. This course discusses the necessary steps required to organize for ISO registration. For example, management commitment must be obtained, a steering team and internal audit program established, and the appropriate registrar selected.  more...

Building a Healthy System Is it possible to make an organizational system healthier? What does a healthy system consist of? Every person in an organization is part of a system. By examining the beliefs and assumptions of all team members, as well as their personal visions, you'll discover the most profound leverage of the entire system. Change a belief, and you change an entire system. Combine that with a common vision,  more...

Redesigning Your Organization Part I How do you implement systems thinking? How do you take what you've learned in theory and apply it to your organization? This course will walk you step by step through a planning process of designing an organizational system. You'll learn how to design your ideal organization, how to implement the design, and how to incorporate the learning of the new system so the entire team involved becomes a  more...

IT Project Leadership Authority Accountability Have you ever worked on a project where many assignments were over budget? Are you looking for new ways to motivate and inspire your project team? This course will provide you with leadership skills and techniques to provide legitimate motivation to your project team that will soon have you seeing better results. In addition, the course will provide you with methods of establishing authority and  more...

Managing Multiple IT Projects As a project manager for IT projects, do you find you are managing more than one project at a time? Multi-project environments are becoming increasingly common. This course will focus on the new skills and techniques that will prepare you and your team for multiple project work. In addition, it will teach you management techniques for the multi-project IT workplace.  more...

Managing Sexual Harassment Problems Simulation You're the manager of consolidations at the corporate headquarters of QXT Chemical Company, a large global corporation. You supervise a team of accountants. When one of them, Shelly Jones, tells you that another of your direct reports, Damon Beasley, has been sexually harassing her, you will need to take action to deal with the situation. This simulation is based on the SkillSoft course  more...

Dreamweaver MX Fundamentals Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Fundamentals is the first in a series of tutorials from Virtual Training Company for Dreamweaver MX. The author of this series, Mark Fletcher, is a member of Team Macromedia for Dreamweaver. Tap into his extensive knowledge as he takes you step-by-step through the creation of a web site. He will show you how to add text and graphics, work with frames and framesets, apply  more...

Communicating for Results For many people, success in the workplace depends on their abilities to influence others to take a particular course of action. This course gives a practical demonstration of how to communicate for best results in three common, but sometimes difficult, situations. Firstly, you will learn the communication skills required to ensure the collaboration and cooperation of your colleagues and peers  more...

Available Presentation Resources This course is about making effective use of resources that can take the pressure off you--visual aids, questions, and making a team presentation. Visual aids are overused, and presenters are overdependent on them. You need to know what visuals are available to you, and be able to determine which one suits a particular need. You need to know what makes a successful visual. Finally, you need to  more...

Establishing a Relationship with Internal Clients Even if your clients are internal to your organization, you still need to spend time getting to know them, and understanding what it is they require from you.When you are dealing with internal clients, there may be a temptation to think you know everything about them, and about the project. This course will stop you from making that mistake. It will enable you to understand your clients' needs  more...

Inbound Call Center Management Leadership Did you know that your personality can greatly affect your leadership skills? Are you aware that even if you are a fabulous manager, you may not be an effective leader? As a call center manager, how can you motivate everyone, including senior management, to work together toward a common goal? As you progress through this "Inbound Call Center Management: Leadership" course, you will become aware  more...

Customer Satisfaction Analysis and Implementation What you get out of a well-designed customer satisfaction survey will depend largely on the power of the analytical tools you apply to the data and the effectiveness of actions taken based on the resulting information. Although the analysis itself is best conducted by your statistical team, you'll be able to use survey results more effectively if you understand how key analytical tools are  more...

Brand Management Developing a Brand Strategy Brand Management: Developing a Brand Strategy gives you information on building, defending, and developing brand equity as well as introducing new brands. The program also explains the processes for developing secondary and sub-brands. Additionally, the program provides you with guidelines for building brand extensions and releasing a brand internationally. By applying the information in this  more...

E-Learning Essentials Part 3 Deploying Measuring Your Solution The third course in this curriculum focuses on issues of deployment and measurement of an e-learning solution. Regarding deployment, technological, interoperability and multi-site challenges are addressed, as well as using the Internet, choosing the right platform, managing learners and learning objects. The final area to be covered is that of measuring the e-learning solution, integrating  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...

Professional Selling Over the Phone Preparation Strategies Professional Selling Over the Phone: Preparation and Strategies offers the student guidelines for preparing the teleselling workspace and maximizing telesales calls. The program provides processes for preparing telesales scripts and managing telesales calls. In addition, the program offers the student examples of communication techniques, such as implementing components of an effective voice,  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...

Essentials of Business Law Employment Law Essentials of Business Law: Employment Law offers the student an overview of employment law essentials. This program identifies the elements of agent and principal relationships, the duties of agents and principals, and ways in which agreements between these two parties are ratified. The program also identifies fair labor laws and labor and management issues, including actions that constitute  more...

Sales Management Leading a Sales Team In Sales Management: Leading a Sales Team, you will learn steps for choosing a territory strategy and what factors you need to consider when conducting territory reviews. You will also learn what forecasts sales managers usually develop, the four factors to define when referring to a forecast, and how forecasts are used. In addition, you will learn steps for conducting sales meetings and the best  more...

Sales Management Motivating Sales Teams to Win In Sales Management: Motivating Sales Teams to Win, you will learn what you can do to motivate members of your sales team and factors to consider when evaluating motivation levels. You will also learn about various compensation practices to help you keep top performers, as well as how to identify opportunities to improve and how to address substandard performance. Learn To  more...

Essentials of Business Law The Legal Environment Essentials of Business Law: The Legal Environment offers the student an overview of the information needed to identify the functions, classifications, and sources of law. The program identifies the structure of the state and federal court system, as well as trial procedures, jurisdiction issues, and alternative resolution methods. The program also details crimes and torts relating to businesses,  more...

Strategic Management Establishing Strategic Focus Strategic Management: Establishing Strategic Focus offers the student an overview of the information required to identify appropriate terms and language associated with strategic management, recognize benefits gained from a successful strategic plan, and learn why some organizations avoid implementing strategic management. The program describes the proper steps for effective decision making, and  more...

Strategic Management Analyzing Strategic Options Strategic Management: Analyzing Strategic Options offers the student an overview of the information required to develop an effective strategic option, consider appropriate issues when performing a strategic audit, and use the SWOT review to analyze a company's situation. The program describes how to evaluate internal resources, capabilities, and core competencies, and analyze external factors,  more...

Strategic Management Developing a Successful Process Strategic Management: Developing a Successful Process offers the student an overview of the information required to identify the components that comprise an effective planning document and organize an appropriate strategic business plan. The student will learn the proper guidelines to get the plan accepted as well as the correct steps to implement, execute, and monitor the plan effectively.  more...

Quality Management The Quality Management Process Quality Management: The Quality Management Process offers the student an overview of the fundamentals of quality management, the costs of quality, and how to achieve quality through customer orientation. The program also outlines how to achieve daily quality management, identify variation in processes, and control costs. Learn To Identify the role of management in  more...

Managing Business Risk Developing a Risk Management Plan Managing Business Risk: Developing a Risk Management Plan teaches learners about the various risk management models as well as factors that influence the risk management function in organizations. Students will also learn about the risk management environment that organizations face and the methods used to assess those risks. Learn To Identify the differences  more...

Managing Business Risk Risk Assessment Control Managing Business Risk: Risk Assessment and Control teaches learners about risk identification and environmental scanning. Students will also learn about evaluation and control of risk within organizations and the methods for classifying various organizational risks. Learn To Identify typical information sources used in an environmental scan.  more...

Advanced Six Sigma The Define Phase of DMAIC Six Sigma is a focused, concerted effort to achieve a zero-defect quality level. Using Six Sigma, you can measure how many defects you have in a process, and systematically eliminate them to arrive at a near zero-defect product or process. In this advanced course of implementing Six Sigma, you will use the concepts of Six Sigma and apply them to an organization. You will identify problems,  more...

Working with SAP R 3 v4 x Course Overview To fully exploit the functionality of R/3, business users need to be both confident and proficient in the use of all the main navigational features and system functionalities of SAP. This course is essential study for users of all R/3 modules, regardless of the organization's business activities. While confidence in the use of Windows applications is a prerequisite to using  more...

Quality Management Business Process Improvement Quality Management: Business Process Improvement offers the student an overview of how to prepare and implement quality changes. The program details how to select processes for improvement, assign a process manager, and establish a process improvement team. In addition, the program teaches the learner how to flowchart and streamline a process, as well as how to measure process performance.  more...

International Business Essentials Succeeding as a Global Manager International Business Essentials: Succeeding as a Global Manager offers students an overall view of how to organize the global enterprise, how to recognize global management success factors, and how to manage across cultures. The program covers how to reengineer businesses to be successful in the global market, how to accomplish successful internationalization, and how to solve problems and  more...

International Business Essentials Conducting Business in Europe International Business Essentials: Conducting Business in Europe offers students an understanding of how to conduct business successfully in Germany, France, and Great Britain. The program covers historical, political, and religious characteristics of these countries, how to negotiate successfully in Europe, how to successfully communicate, and how to conduct effective meetings and presentations  more...

Self Development Motivating Yourself to Perform In Self-Development: Motivating Yourself to Perform, managers and employees learn how to apply strategies that enable them to overcome procrastination. They also learn how to apply self-discipline and practice self-leadership concepts in order to foster motivation and perform at a high level. Learn To Use strategies to overcome procrastination.  more...

Self Development Developing Rapport Through Communication Self-Development: Developing Rapport Through Communication offers the student an overview of the information required to develop communication fundamentals, enhance connections, and create impact with his or her language. The program details how to communicate effectively in writing, in one-to-one and one-to-many conversations, and through nonverbal cues. The program also details how to make a  more...

Time Management Planning Your Day Time Management: Planning Your Day gives students an overall view of how to manage their time on a daily basis to increase their productivity. The program covers how to develop a daily plan, how to manage technology, and how say ''no'' to doing too much. The program focuses on planning, scheduling, and concentration skills. It also covers how to handle e-mail, the Internet, and the telephone  more...

Moving from Technical Professional to Mgr Series Getting Started ... a SWOT analysis to assist in strategic planning. Staff Your IT Team. Audience: This series is designed for technical professionals who are considering managerial positions within their organizations. Deployment: 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...

Business Travel Safety Domestic Travel In ''Business Travel Safety: Domestic Travel,'' you will learn how to make travel preparations, including researching your destination and then making appropriate travel arrangements. You will also learn how to increase your safety during air and ground transportation and at destinations, such as hotels, restaurants, and business events. Learn To Identify the  more...

Business Travel Safety Forming a Corporate Travel Safety Program In "Business Travel Safety: Forming a Corporate Travel Safety Program," you will learn how to facilitate safe and efficient travel for employees. You will learn best practices for developing a corporate travel safety program, how to choose the best travel agency for your organization, and why it is important to prepare for emergencies before traveling. Learn To  more...

Organizational Skills Time Management Develop the skills you need to manage your time effectively in Organizational Skills: Time Management. You will use various time management techniques to meet your own deadlines as well as help your employees meet theirs. Learn To Understand the importance of time management. Recognize the myths of time management.  more...

Creativity Innovation Fostering a Ceative Environment Creativity and Innovation: Fostering a Creative Environment offers the student information required to recruit and retain creative individuals, perform a creativity audit, and to communicate with creative people. In addition, the program explains creative rhythm and gives suggestions for implementing a creative culture. Learn To Recognize the factors that attract  more...

Creativity Innovation Promoting Team Creativity Creativity and Innovation: Promoting Team Creativity offers the student information required to organize creative teams, conduct effective team sessions, and avoid roadblocks to team creativity. The program covers activities that can be used to increase creativity in a team and describes the creative problem-solving process. Learn To Demonstrate characteristics of  more...

Visual Basic NET-Windows Development Curriculum The Microsoft Visual Basic .NET-Windows Development Curriculum introduces students to Microsoft.NET Framework Windows Forms and controls.It describes the various options for building your own controls and explains how to expand the functionality of existing controls. The student is taught how to use .NET and COM components of the Windows Forms application, and how to use the Reporting and Printing  more...

Visual Basic NET-Windows Development Part 2 This Course describes the various options for building your own controls. It explains how to extend the functionality of existing Windows Forms control, combine multiple existing controls into a composite control, and build a new custom control. It also covers how to add design-time attributes and licensing support to a control. Learn To: o To identify features of extended controls. o To  more...

Visual Basic NET-Windows Development Part 5 The Debugging and Deploying Windows Forms Applications sections in this course explains assemblies and the use of strong-named assemblies and the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) in the .NET Framework. It also covers how to configure and deploy your Windows Forms applications. The Securing Windows Forms Applications section explains how to use the security features in the .NET Framework in Windows  more...

Budgeting Creating Analyzing a Budget Budgeting: Creating and Analyzing a Budget gives the student an overview of the purpose of budgeting, the types of budgets, and the elements of a successful budget. The program includes a process for creating a budget, ways to analyze and compare budgets, and important guidelines to apply during the budgeting process. Learn To List the five purposes of budgeting. List the various types  more...

Emotional Intelligence Applying Emotional Intell in the Workplace Emotional Intelligence: Applying Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace gives the student an overview of the use of Emotional Intelligence from a leadership perspective and provides a process for applying Emotional Intelligence in everyday interactions with team members and employees. The program covers how the process can be applied in various situations, including motivating, resolving  more...

Emotional Intelligence Emotional Intelligence for Executives Emotional Intelligence: Emotional Intelligence for Executives gives the student an overview of emotions, explains the use of Emotional Intelligence from a leadership perspective, and provides a process for applying Emotional Intelligence in everyday interactions with employees. The program covers how the process can be applied in various situations, including motivating, resolving conflict, and  more...

Effective Presentations Planning a Presentation In Effective Presentation: Planning a Presentation, you will learn how to determine realistic presentation objectives, how to analyze your audience, and how to use supporting materials effectively. In addition, you will learn how to organize your presentation clearly and successfully incorporate visual aids into your presentation. Learn To Identify the six common  more...

Advanced Interpersonal Communication Comm to Build a Positive Culture Advanced Interpersonal Communication: Communicating to Build a Positive Culture gives the student an overview of the dimensions of organizational culture and how communication perpetuates an organization's culture. This program also defines what a cultural network is and offers guidelines for using the cultural network to your advantage. Steps for empowering employees are also offered in this  more...

Communicating w Difficult People Working with Difficult Employees Communicating with Difficult People: Working with Difficult Employees 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  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...

Organizational Communication Managing Communication Organizational Communication: Managing Communication is designed to help students understand innovation and change, how environmental context affects communication, and how power and politics affect an organization. The program gives students guidelines for managing change, stress, conflict, and for empowering individuals. By applying the guidelines, students will be able to communicate  more...

Listening Skills Listening Challenges This course's aim is to help the learner overcome listening problems and enable him or her to communicate more effectively. It identifies barriers to listening and provides useful guidelines for improving the learner's listening skills. This course concentrates on how to interpret, use, and improve body language as a form of communication. Finally, it identifies common listening styles so the  more...

Excellence in Service Fundamentals for Employees In Excellence in Service: Fundamentals for Employees, you will learn how to develop the skills needed to effectively relate to customers, fulfill their needs, and develop a positive customer service attitude. You will understand the importance of going beyond just satisfying customers. You will also differentiate between internal and external customer needs and understand the relationship between  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...

Excellence in Service Establishing Service Standards In Excellence in Service: Establishing Service Standards, you will learn how to identify customer expectations by evaluating the criteria customers use to assess the quality of your company's service. You will learn how to set, develop, and implement service standards. You will also understand the importance of surveying customers and incorporating their feedback into service standards. Finally,  more...

Excellence in Service Building a Customer Service Team In Excellence in Service: Building a Customer Service Team, you will learn techniques to successfully select, train, and motivate employees to form a customer service team. You will identify important aspects of employment laws that affect your search for quality service employees. You will also learn how to develop a training program that is suitable for your customer service team and that will  more...

Excellence in Service Building Lasting Customer Relationships In Excellence in Service: Building Lasting Customer Relationships, you will learn how to build ongoing customer relationships by identifying and delivering a solid value proposition to your customers. You will then understand how to add value by increasing customer responsiveness, promoting customer knowledge, and developing customer loyalty. You will learn how to build on customer loyalty by  more...

Customer Relationship Mgt Implementing CRM Customer Relationship Management: Implementing CRM introduces the student to the goals of CRM, the costs of CRM, and ways to modify operations costs to become customer focused. The program also details CRM pre-implementation strategies, the CRM implementation process, and tactics used to test CRM. Learn To Identify ways to achieve CRM goals and focus on customers.  more...

Customer Relationship Mgt eCRM Customer Relationship Management: eCRM introduces the students to managing customer relationships over the Internet. The program details the characteristics of eCRM, how departments can use eCRM to automate processes, and how to customize eCRM interfaces for each type of eCRM user. Learn To Identify the features of eCRM. Identify ways to  more...

Interviewing Skills Preparing for an Interview In Interviewing Skills - Preparing for an Interview, you will learn specific information and practices that will help you find and hire the right candidate for your team, including steps you can take to prepare for interviews and the types of questions you should ask when meeting with candidates. You will also learn about different types and uses of interviews, as well as special considerations  more...

Workplace Aggression Taking a Proactive Approach In Workplace Aggression: Taking a Proactive Approach, participants will learn how their organization can proactively approach workplace aggression. They will learn how to identify improvements their organization can make to address workplace aggression, and how to establish a workplace aggression policy. In addition, they will learn how to use preventive hiring techniques to eliminate workplace  more...

Recruiting Retention Staffing Your Organization Recruiting and Retention: Staffing Your Organization offers the student an overview the benefits of forecasting human resource needs and using a job analysis to create a thorough job description. The program emphasizes the importance of the job description as a tool for the employment process that can help determine how a company identifies candidates, decides on a job source, and advertises job  more...

Recruiting Retention Internet Recruiting Recruiting and Retention: Internet Recruiting offers the student an overview of the benefits and uses of Internet recruiting. The program explains the process for preparing to use the Internet and covers steps for developing an Internet search strategy. Learn To List ways to identify whether Internet recruiting is right for your organization.  more...

Recruiting Retention Keeping Your Good Employees Recruiting and Retention: Keeping Your Good Employees offers the student an overview of organizational facets that affect employee retention. The program explains the process for leading employees through orientation. The program also covers steps for conducting feedback sessions and coaching. Learn To Identify organizational facets that affect employee retention.  more...

Exit Interviewing Skills Preparing for an Exit Interview Exit Interviewing: Preparing for an Exit Interview offers the student an overview of the purposes and types of exit interviews, how to set up exit interviews, and how to conduct them. The program covers who, when, and where the interviews should be conducted, as well as how they should be structured. It also covers guidelines for interviewing effectively, steps to prepare for exit interviews,  more...

Exit Interviewing Skills The Termination Process Exit Interviewing: The Termination Process covers how to monitor and guide your employees' performance, as well as how to terminate employment lawfully. The program also covers how to explain performance standards to employees, how to document performance and misconduct issues, and how to improve employees' performance. In addition, it teaches how to discipline employee misconduct, prepare for a  more...

Decision Making Problem Solving Decision Making Fundamentals Decision Making & Problem Solving: Decision Making Fundamentals teaches you a variety of decision making techniques. You will develop the skills that are necessary to make important decisions with various people and ensure the results of your decisions. Learn To Devise objectives given the background information. Establish  more...

Decision Making Problem Solving Problem Solving Fundamentals In Decision Making & Problem Solving: Problem Solving Fundamentals, you will learn to use a systematic approach to solve problems. In this program, you will face several problems in your organization and successfully use your problem solving skills in order to produce a positive outcome. Learn To Identify different ways problems can be handled.  more...

Leadership Development Leading the Way Leadership Development: Leading the Way helps you develop an understanding of the characteristics a leader should possess. You will use your leadership skills to unite followers and successfully complete an expansion project for your organization. Learn To Understand the difference between managers and leaders. Develop important  more...

Leadership Development Motivation In Leadership Development: Motivation, you will develop the skills needed to enhance employee and team motivation. Throughout the simulations, you will be provided with the opportunity to overcome motivation problems and encourage employees who are facing various obstacles Learn To Identify the factors that can lead to low motivation.  more...

Leading the Way Learning to Lead In "Leading the Way: Learning to Lead," you will learn what it means to be a leader, how to relate to your followers, and how different situations can affect leadership. You will learn the traits and abilities that 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  more...

Managerial Leadership Creating a Vision Managerial Leadership: Creating a 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  more...

Succession Planning Setting Up a Succession Planning Program Succession Planning: Setting Up a Succession Planning Program focuses on putting your Succession Plan on paper and into action. It begins with guidelines on writing a mission statement, policy and procedures, identifying target groups and other issues such as legal considerations. It then provides comprehensive guidelines on all aspects of rolling out your plan, how to communicate and provide  more...

Succession Planning Successors Plan Evaluation Planning Tools In Succession Planning: Successors and Plan Evaluations and Planning Tools you will learn about utilizing the internal labour bank of an organization, and you will learn guidelines for using promotion policy and internal development strategies. The course also focuses on evaluation of the Succession Plan, how vital this is both for the success of the plan and encouraging strategic support for the  more...

Women in Leadership Becoming a Leader In Women In Leadership: Becoming A Leader, you will learn how to use the basic leadership skills, such as information management. In addition, you will learn the steps you should follow for persuading others to follow your lead, as well as the process for converting challengers to your leadership to supporters. Learn To Follow the steps for managing incoming  more...

Strategic Decision Making Preparing to Make Decisions Strategic Decision Making: Preparing to Make Decisions offers the student an overview of how to plan, frame, and research decisions. The program details how to define your decisions and apply appropriate decisions frames. In addition, the program teaches the learner how to avoid the problems of overconfidence and how to deal with uncertainty in decision making. Learn To  more...

Strategic Decision Making Making the Right Decision Strategic Decision Making: Making the Right Decision offers the student an overview of how to generate options and select the best one. The program details how to develop numerous high-quality options, as well as how to evaluate the options and make a final choice. In addition, the program teaches the learner how to review and learn from his or her experience and the experiences of others.  more...

Six Sigma Deploying Six Sigma In Deploying Six Sigma you will learn the fundamentals of beginning a Six Sigma project. It begins by giving assistance in prioritizing projects and selecting key people before then helping the learner to define, measure, analyze, improve and control the selected process. It also looks at process capability studies and how they should be directed. Learn To  more...

Strategic Decision Making Advanced Decision Making In Strategic Decision Making: Advanced Decision Making, you will learn how to use scenario planning to identify optimal decision outcomes, and how to identify and manage linked decisions. You will also learn how your organization can benefit from employing strategic decision-making techniques. In addition, you will learn how to use decision-making strategies to improve your negotiation skills.  more...

Six Sigma Managing Six Sigma Projects In Managing Six Sigma Projects you will learn This course teaches about management and team support structures for Six Sigma projects as well as some of the more advanced tools required by those engaged in the quality initiative. Finally, it offers help on implementing Six Sigma and on some leadership strategies for project champions. Learn To Identify effective  more...

Business Problem Solving Problem Solving Teams In ''Business Problem Solving: Problem Solving Teams,'' you will learn about the responsibilities of a problem-solving team leader and how to manage a problem-solving team meeting. Additionally, the program provides you with processes and guidelines for motivating and communicating with team members. By learning the material in this unit, you will know your responsibilities as a team leader, be  more...

Goal Setting Reaching Individual Goals In ''Goal Setting: Reaching Individual Goals,'' you will learn about personal behaviors that relate to and affect goal setting. You will also learn the characteristics of effective goals, the individual goal-setting process, and guidelines for maximizing your achievement potential. Learn To Identify the benefits of setting goals.  more...

Goal Setting Goal Setting Tools for Managers In ''Goal Setting: Goal Setting Tools for Managers,'' you will learn how to guide employees and mentees through the goal-setting process. You will learn how to foster an enthusiastic and supportive environment for goal setting as well as how to motivate individuals to continually set new and challenging goals. Learn To Identify the criteria for meaningful  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. Learn To Help a team develop and  more...

Delegation Understanding Delegation In "Delegation: Understanding Delegation," you will learn what delegation is and how to generate a delegation climate in your workplace. Outlining the benefits of delegation and the reasons why it is so important, the course then teaches the positive results of delegation as well as how to identify potential delegates and some strategies for managing them effectively. The course encourages  more...

Delegation The Delegation Process In "Delegation: The Delegation Process," you will learn to implement a delegation process developed around an easy to understand ABC model. By learning and using the model, learners can become much more effective delegators. Learn To To identify guidelines for prioritizing and grouping tasks To identify key issues to consider when  more...

Delegation Monitoring Evaluating Results In "Delegation: Monitoring and Evaluating Results," you will learn how examine such areas as how to review delegates, how to maintain task boundaries, how to support delegates, and how to deal with delegates who offer resistance. Delegates need to be assisted in their development through coaching, trust and motivation, and this course teaches strategies in all these fields. To help them to get the  more...

Employee Performance Managing Difficult People Employee Performance: Managing Difficult People will help you develop the skills needed to address a difficult person according to their specific behavior. In this course, you will have the opportunity to meet with several Marketing Department team members to address their difficult personalities. You will follow the guidelines for managing difficult people in order to decrease the department's  more...

Employee Performance Providing Feedback Employee Performance: Providing Feedback helps managers and employees develop the skills needed to give constructive feedback-both praise and criticism-to subordinates or peers. They learn the role feedback plays in improving performance and when and how to deliver feedback so that it can be 'heard' by the recipient. Learn To Use proven processes for giving  more...

Employee Performance Resolving Conflict Learn the strategies and tactics necessary for effective conflict resolution in Employee Performance: Resolving Conflict. You will be given the opportunity to create a more productive work environment by addressing conflict between another manager and yourself, between employees, and among team members. Learn To Examine many sources of conflict.  more...

Essentials of Management Creating a Positive Workplace In Essentials of Management: Creating a Positive Workplace, students learn techniques for encouraging positive behavior on the job, as well as the best methods for addressing negative attitudes. In addition, students learn how to apply guidelines for creating a fun atmosphere throughout their office, department, or division. Learn To Understand why positive  more...

Value Chain Management Managing a Value Chain Managing a Value Chain focuses on strategic response to the requirements of your value-creating business design and the management of elements of the value chain in order to win competitive advantage. It provides the learner with specific strategies to maximize the flow of products, services and information, and raw materials to the final point of consumption. It covers methods of winning cost  more...

Essentials of Management Maintaining a Productive Workplace In Essentials of Management: Maintaining a Productive Workforce, students learn various ways to improve a job process, to provide support to help employees stay productive, to offer employees feedback, and to apply strategies for improving productivity. In addition, managers learn how to help employees overcome three main productivity problems encountered in the workplace. Learn To  more...

Conducting Meetings The Meeting Process Conducting Meetings: The Meeting Process provides participants with a framework for planning, participating in, and concluding meetings successfully. They learn techniques for establishing the purpose and agenda of a meeting and facilitating participants' progress toward the meeting goals. Learn To Define and communicate the purpose, objective, setting, and agenda  more...

Conducting Meetings Managing a Meeting Conducting Meetings: Managing a Meeting enables participants to improve their ability as a meeting leader. They acquire the knowledge and skills they need to facilitate situation analysis, brainstorming, and decision making in a meeting, as well as techniques for fostering creative thinking and for managing conflict among meeting participants. Learn To Lead  more...

Conducting Meetings Effective Meeting Communication Conducting Meetings: Effective Meeting Communication enables participants to build a positive climate during a meeting and follow best practices of verbal and nonverbal communication to conduct a successful meeting. Learn To Distinguish between different meeting climates and employ techniques for fostering a positive meeting climate.  more...

Value Chain Management Managing the Transition to a Value Chain Managing the Transition to a Value Chain focuses on the challenges involved in value chain management. Moving from and old supply chain model to a new value chain model involves greater collaboration between business units and partners. The course also focuses on some challenges in the execution of your business design and strategy. The course also covers managing the transition to the optimal  more...

Change Management Adapting to Change Change Management: Adapting to Change develops participants' ability to effectively handle organizational changes. It familiarizes them with the three phases of the transition process, enabling them to understand their own-and others'-needs and responses at each phase. Learn To Distinguish between change and transition. Understand the  more...

Facilitation The Effective Facilitator In Facilitation: The Effective Facilitator, participants will learn the characteristics and responsibilities of facilitators in team meeting situations. In addition, they will learn the verbal and nonverbal strategies a facilitator can use to ensure full participation among team members and how to properly ask questions, offer feedback, and record information. Learn To  more...

Facilitation The Facilitation Process In Facilitation: The Facilitation Process, participants will learn the importance of and the correct way to prepare for a facilitation, the most effective way to guide a meeting, and the best way to achieve sustainable results. Specifically, they will learn how to assess a team's situation and needs, how to apply structural tools to make a meeting successful, and how to ensure that every team  more...

Facilitation Facilitating Challenging Situations In Facilitation: Facilitating Challenging Situations, participants will learn how to handle several challenging situations that they may encounter while facilitating. Specifically, they will learn how to handle difficult team members, the best way to confront team resistance, and the most effective way to resolve conflicts among team members. Learn To  more...

Total Quality Management Principles In Total Quality Management Principles you will build on the fundamentals by examining the principles of customer satisfaction and quality teamwork. It teaches the importance of training and motivation, performance excellence and shared quality, as well as the first steps in implementing an improvement process. Learn To Recognize how to develop a customer needs  more...

Total Quality Management Implementation and Tools Total Quality and Quality Tools breaks Total Quality Management into distinct easy-to-understand stages. You will learn the steps required for designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating a total quality solution. With the stages in place, the required basic tools for quality analysis are taught before the learner is introduced to some more advanced tools for Total Quality Management.  more...

Managing the Expert Managing the Unique Needs of Experts Managing the Expert: Managing the Unique Needs of Experts explains expert attitudes and behaviors. It identifies methods for managing power and politics in an expert environment and provides guidance for experts managing experts. Learn To Follow the guidelines for treating experts with professionalism. Identify the process for managing  more...

Coaching Communicating with Employees In Coaching: Communicating with Employees, you will learn how to use appropriate language during a coaching session, recognize factors that can distort your message, and how to interpret your employees' nonverbal communication correctly. You will also learn how to ask the right questions during a coaching session, how to conduct effective face-to-face meetings, and the best approach to take when  more...

Negotiating Preparing for a Negotiation Negotiating: Preparing for a Negotiation offers the student information about the different types of objectives and variables, how to identify objectives and variables, and how to establish negotiation requirements. This program also covers methods for researching the party with whom the negotiation will be held, as well as what types of information to find, such as the other party's reputation,  more...

Negotiating The Negotiation Process Negotiating: The Negotiation Process offers the student a process and guidelines to follow to conduct a successful negotiation, as well as guidelines to facilitate communication during a negotiation. This program addresses the types of questions a person should ask during a negotiation and how to respond to questions posed by the other party. In addition, this program discusses the different  more...

Managing Change Implementing the Change Process In a Managing Change: The Change Process a ? you will learn why change is important and what benefits 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  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...

Managing Change Managing Yourself Through Change In a Managing Change: Managing Yourself Through Change a ? you will learn what the three phases of the transition processes are and how to determine which phase a person is experiencing. You will also learn about the exploration phase of transition, including what emotions are commonly felt during this phase. Then the teaching moves to the new beginnings phase of transition, including what  more...

Managing High Performers Creating a Retention Strategy Managing High Performers: Creating a Retention Strategy asks what a company needs to do to attract and then retain high performers. It assists learners in developing an effective retention strategy by creating an awareness of the importance of managing organizational talent and by teaching strategies for retaining this talent. Learn To The importance of training  more...

Managing High Performers Defining Finding High Performers Managing High Performers: Defining and Finding High Performers, helps the learner to better identify high performers and, having recruited them, monitor and meet their needs. High performers must be motivated, and this course includes practical guidelines for establishing trust and building rapport with them. It also offers advice on how to successfully recruit high performers. Learn To  more...

Managing High Performers Implementing Recognition Programs Managing High Performers: Implementing Recognition Programs, takes the learner through the importance of developing effective recognition programs which will ensure the retention of your company a a s high performers. Effective coaching, mentoring, and feedback delivered in tandem with a recognition program are the focus in this course, and learners will find invaluable guidelines for each.  more...

Organizational Crisis Mgmt Anticipating Planning for Crises This course defines and examines what is meant by Organizational Crisis Management, noting the special need for crisis management in today a a s world. The vital importance to an organization of having a crisis management plan in place is emphasized. The course then covers planning for crises, for example, how to assess your organization's level of preparation and how to forecast potential  more...

ISO 9001 2000 The Auditing Process In ISO 9001:2000: The Auditing Process you learn about the fundamentals of the auditing process for ISO 9000: 2000. It explains the basic audit procedures and requirements as well as the importance of starting and closing the audit in the correct fashion. Learn To Identify features of a quality audit. Identify features of an audit  more...

Organizational Crisis Mgmt Resolving Crises in Organizations This course underlines the vital importance of effective and controlled communications. Guidelines are presented on handling calls, controlling the communication flow, messages and audiences, and communicating in the crisis aftermath. The course looks at communication with non-media stakeholders, giving particular attention to employees. The final section covers communication with the media,  more...

HIPAA Privacy Health Care Employees In a HIPAA Privacy and Health Care Employees a ? you will learn the fundamentals of HIPAA Privacy training. The course explains HIPAA, as well as the concepts of administrative simplification, covered entities, and how HIPAA training impacts the health care workforce and those in their care. Learn To Take steps to avoid wrongful disclosure of patient  more...

HIPAA Privacy Insurers In a HIPAA Privacy and Insurers a ? you will learn the fundamentals of HIPAA Privacy training. The course explains HIPAA, as well as the concepts of administrative simplification, covered entities, and how HIPAA training impacts the insurance industry and its workforce. Learn To Identify how health insurance becomes portable under HIPAA  more...

HIPAA Privacy Business Associates In HIPAA Privacy and Business Associates you will learn the fundamentals of HIPAA Privacy training. The course explains HIPAA, as well as the concepts of administrative simplification, covered entities, and how HIPAA training impacts preferred partner companies and repricing organizations, as well as other business associates. Learn To Identify the value of  more...

Project Management Essentials Planning a Project Project Management Essentials: Planning a Project offers the student an overview of the information required to identify project participants, goals, objectives, activities, and constraints. The program details project activities, activity dependencies, and activity analysis. Learn To Identify a benefit of project planning. Identify  more...

Project Management Project Scheduling Budgeting Project Management Essentials: Project Scheduling and Budgeting offers the student an overview of the information required to develop a project schedule and budget. The program details types of network diagrams, Gantt charts, CPM scheduling, and activity duration compression. In addition, the program details actions for optimizing project activities and factors that influence cost estimating.  more...

Project Management Essentials Controlling Closing a Project Project Management Essentials: Controlling and Closing a Project offers the student an overview of the information required to control project changes, measure project performance, and use project performance reports. The program details steps for accommodating change, actions for controlling the project schedule and budget, and steps for closing a project. Learn To  more...

Advanced Project Mgmt Managing Accelerated Projects Advanced Project Management: Managing Accelerated Projects teaches learners the limitations of project management scheduling packages, schedule compression techniques, and the risks of using the different techniques. It also covers how ERP benefits project management, how to calculate the percent efficiency of resources, and what elements project managers should consider when planning for  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...

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...

Project Leadership Leading the Project Team Project Leadership: Leading the Project Team covers how to lead a project team in a way that ensures project success. The program details desirable project manager characteristics, skills, and styles, as well as how project managers can motivate project teams. In addition, the program covers how to manage project risk, guarantee on-time project completion, and prioritize projects. Learn To  more...

Team Management High Performance Teams In Team Management: High Performance Teams, you will learn the concepts behind effective team leadership. Your goal is to adjust your leadership abilities to meet the needs of a diverse collection of individuals as you lead them through a team project. If you are a strong team leader, you will successfully release your company's product before the competition and save your company. Learn To  more...

Team Leadership Developing A High Peformance Team Team Leadership: Developing a High-Performance Team gives the student an overview of the uses of teams in the corporate world and explains the creation and leadership of effective teams. The program covers how to choose the right type of team, steps for developing a team communication process, the team leader's responsibilities, and guidelines to help the team leader maintain a high-performance  more...

Team Leadership Conducting Productive Team Meetings Team Leadership: Conducting Productive Team Meetings gives the student an overview of conducting meetings in a team setting and explains the development of meeting agendas. The program covers in detail the steps for developing agendas and conducting team meetings, the different types of meetings, and the guidelines for preventing ineffective team meetings. Learn To  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 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 Conflict Overcoming Conflict with Communication Team Conflict: Overcoming Conflict with Communication offers the student information for understanding and using communication to resolve conflict in a diverse team. The program covers the communication process, explains strategies for managing conflict, and lists guidelines for effective communication during team conflict. Learn To • List in order the  more...

Team Participation Teamwork Fundamentals In Team Participation: Teamwork Fundamentals, you will learn to be an effective team member. This course will teach you how to communicate effectively with team members and adapt to their various personality styles. You will also learn the various stages of team building and understand how to overcome common problems that teams encounter. Learn To Differentiate  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...

Team Participation Decision Making in Teams In Team Participation: Decision Making in Teams, participants explore the process of reaching consensus, examine the challenges of doing so, and develop the ability to make positive contributions to team decisions. Learn To Apply best practices for making team decisions. Understand and avoid 'groupthink,' in which team members become  more...

Virtual Teams The Fundamentals In Virtual Teams: The Fundamentals, participants will learn the opportunities and challenges associated with participating in a virtual team. In addition, participants will learn the advantages and disadvantages of working in an alternative office, the technologies used to communicate and make decisions in a virtual setting, and the obstacles virtual teams must overcome for success. Learn To  more...

Principles of Marketing Distribution Strategy Principles of Marketing: Distribution Strategy offers the student an overview of the information required to identify types of distribution channels, select appropriate distribution partners, and develop an efficient distribution system. The program details the steps for selecting suitable distribution channel partners, the goals your distribution strategy should achieve, and the process to manage  more...

Virtual Teams Communicating Effectively In Virtual Teams: Communicating Effectively in Virtual Teams, participants will learn the importance of communication among virtual team members and how to communicate effectively in a virtual team setting. Participants will also learn how to overcome barriers to virtual team communication, as well as what technological innovations facilitate communication among virtual team members. Learn To  more...

Virtual Teams Participating in Virtual Meetings In Virtual Teams: Participating in Virtual Meetings, participants will learn the four types of virtual team meetings and what to include in the agenda for a virtual team-orientation session. In addition, participants will learn factors that influence a virtual meeting's effectiveness and four methods virtual teams use to make decisions. Learn To Use team-building  more...

Virtual Team Mgmt Developing Virtual Teams In Virtual Team Management: Developing Virtual Teams, you will learn about the nature of virtual teams, including the characteristics and types of virtual teams. You will also learn what needs virtual team members have, as well as the types of technology virtual teams use to communicate. In addition, you will learn how virtual teams can overcome trust and communication barriers, as well as how to  more...

Virtual Team Mgmt Managing Virtual Team Relationships In Virtual Team Management: Managing Virtual Team Relationships, you will learn how to be an effective virtual team manager. You will learn the seven functions that virtual team managers must perform and the four factors that can hamper a virtual team manager's success. In addition, you will learn about the importance of boundary management and how virtual team managers can be effective boundary  more...

Virtual Team Mgmt Coaching Virtual Team Members In Virtual Team Management: Coaching Virtual Team Members, you will learn how to use coaching techniques to improve your virtual team members' performance, such as how to prevent and resolve conflict in virtual teams and how to provide recognition appropriately. In addition, you will learn the steps you should follow when addressing performance issues with virtual team members, as well as the  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. Learn To Identify guidelines for expressing yourself clearly.  more...

Principles of Marketing Writing a Marketing Plan Principles of Marketing: Writing a Marketing Plan offers the student an overview of the elements of a marketing plan, covers the processes used to develop marketing objectives and strategies, and covers how to create a marketing plan. The program also details how to write, present, execute, and evaluate a marketing plan. Learn To Determine your product's market  more...

Project Teams Building a Project Team Project Teams: Building a Project Team offers students information required to establish and improve project teams. The program details guidelines for team goal setting, identifies motivational theories that impact project teams, and offers ways to manage a project team during times of change. Learn To Identify the levels of need being met according to Maslow's  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...

Brand Management Fundamentals of Brand Management Brand Management: Fundamentals of Brand Management introduces students to essential brand information, including common branding terms, the importance of brand value, the characteristics of a good brand name and brand mark, and the responsibilities a brand manager should fulfill. The program also details the role brand management plays in the strategic marketing process, the steps of the consumer  more...

Cross-Functional Teams Selecting Cross-Functional Team Members Cross-Functional Teams: Selecting Cross-Functional Team Members covers how to identify and select cross-functional team leaders and members and how to ensure cross-functional team success. The program also covers roles in cross-functional teams, how key stakeholders are important to the success of cross-functional teams, and the reasons that cross-functional team member/upper management  more...

Cross-Functional Teams Cross-Functional Team Development Cross-Functional Teams: Cross-Functional Team Development offers the student an overview of the information needed to develop communication, achievement, and synergy tools for cross-functional teams. The program details how to develop time lines and how to make consensus decisions. The program also provides information about encountering and overcoming task achievement challenges, as well as  more...

Essentials of Business Law Contract Law Essentials of Business Law: Contract Law offers the student an overview of contract law essentials. This program identifies the elements of contract formation, classifications of contracts, and contract strategies applying to validity and successful contract negotiations. The program also covers rules of consideration, validity, illegality, the statute of frauds, third-party rights, and breach of  more...

Essentials of Business Law Cyberlaw Essentials of Business Law: Cyberlaw offers the student an overview of the essentials of cyberspace, including how to conduct business in cyberspace and how to handle employment in cyberspace. The program also outlines cyberspace offenses, forms of advertising on the Internet, Internet recruiting, the use of e-money, and telecommuting. Learn To Identify  more...

Organizational Learning Developing a Knowledge Mgmt 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...

Brand Management Managing Brand Equity Brand Management: Managing Brand Equity explains how to manage a brand name, measure brand equity, and manage a brand on a long-term basis. The program also details the steps for creating brand extensions, the techniques for measuring brand equity, and the options for reviving brand equity. Learn To Identify issues to consider when managing a brand name.  more...

Windows 2000 Planning Implementing Active Directories - Part 3 Course Overview This course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to deploy Active Directory services. It details the requirements for planning for Active Directory data recovery and maintenance and introduces the learner to the concepts of group policies and certificates as well as how to delegate administrative control. L earn To: Deploy Active Directory  more...

Team Leadership Series The Team Leadership Series includes the following courses: Team Leadership: Developing a High Performance Team Team Leadership: Conducting Productive Team Meetings Team Leadership: Promoting Your Team a a s Effectiveness To review individual course descriptions, please return to the previous page and select the desired title(s).  more...

Achieving Success Without Authority Personal Accountability In this course a Achieving Success Without Authority: Personal Accountability a ? you will learn the importance of personal accountability for achieving success. This course teaches you about self-reliance and how you can achieve it through personal accountability. In addition, you will learn how to have effective working relationship, the skills you need for coaching, and the steps to  more...

Achieving Success Without Authority Focusing on Results Achieving Success Without Authority: Focusing on Results emphasizes the importance as well as the actions necessary to stay focused on achieving results. Each employee within an organization must maintain focus on achieving results and the importance it has to the organization. Employees must understand that even without authority they still have influence to the success of company goals.  more...

SAP R 3 CO Cost Center Acct Periodical Allocation Reports The Computer Based Training course (CBT) SAP R/3 CO Cost Center Accounting Periodical Allocation and Reports describes the processes that take place when actual postings are carried out in Cost Center Accounting. It also explains how documents are entered, posted and reversed. Furthermore, it looks at reporting in Cost Center Accounting, and shows you to use and configure reports to suit your  more...

Managerial Leadership Leading Through Change Managerial Leadership: Leading Through Change discusses the three phases of planned change and the importance of planning changes before implementing them. This program highlights the types of information employees need in order to understand the need for and accept organizational changes, as well as guidelines for motivating employees through a change process and a process for solving problems  more...

Managerial Leadership Motivating Employees Managerial Leadership: Motivating Employees offers the student an overview of the various roles leaders have in organizations, as well as how leaders can help employees discover and learn their roles in organizations. This program includes guidelines for helping employees align their goals with those of the organization, for evaluating employees' performance, and for motivating employees. In  more...

Motivation Fostering Employee Motivation In Motivation: Fostering Employee Motivation, you will learn how managers can successfully motivate employees by measuring and building the motivation levels of their employees, how to determine motivational responsibility, and how to recognize motivators and de-motivators. You will also learn how to motivate employees with specific needs, how to build relationships that increase motivation, and  more...

Motivation Motivating Through Rewards Recognition In Motivation: Motivating Through Rewards and Recognition, you will learn how to use different types of reward and recognition to motivate employees. You will also learn what types of reward and recognition are de-motivating to employees. In addition, you will learn how using rewards and recognition can be beneficial for managers and how to develop a reward and recognition program. Learn To  more...

Motivation Empowering to Increase Motivation In Motivation: Empowering to Increase Motivation, you will learn about empowerment by seeing how it can be used to increase motivation. You will learn how empowerment affects the workplace, how to overcome barriers that hinder empowerment, and how an empowerment plan can be developed. You will also learn how to recognize empowerment, the benefits of empowerment, and how to prepare to empower  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...

Executive Level Leadership Change 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. Learn To  more...

Succession Planning Elements Approaches This course, Succession Planning: Elements and Approaches, places Succession Planning in the context of Human Resources practice in general and presents various definitions of Succession Planning. Its principal goal is to present the learner with the solid case for implementing a Succession Plan within their organization and the challenges to doing so. It covers the characteristics of effective  more...

Mentoring Implementing a Formal Mentoring Program Mentoring: Implementing a Formal Mentoring Program offers the student an overview of mentoring basics, how mentoring programs can benefit organizations, and the roles and desirable competencies for mentors and mentees. The program covers organizational strategies that can be implemented through mentoring programs and how to develop, implement, and evaluate the success of a mentoring program. It  more...

Mentoring Developing Your Mentoring Skills Mentoring: Developing Your Mentoring Skills offers the student an overview of a mentor's job and competencies, how to develop strong mentoring relationships, and how to mentor effectively. The program covers steps for choosing mentees, elements that make mentoring work, and behaviors mentors should avoid. It also covers learning styles, how to maximize mentees' learning potential, and how to  more...

Mentoring Using a Mentor to Your Advantage Mentoring: Using a Mentor to Your Advantage offers the student guidance for becoming an effective mentee, building a strong mentoring relationship, and maximizing the benefits of mentoring. The program covers the mentee's job, possible learning styles, how to set effective goals, and how to become an effective learner. It also covers steps for choosing a mentor and the guidelines for developing  more...

Organizational Behavior Organizational Group Dynamics Organizational Behavior: Organizational Group Dynamics defines groups and teams and explains processes for decision making and managing conflict within the organization. It also covers the communication styles and channels used by members of an organization. Learn To Sequence the stages of group development. Sequence the steps for  more...

Organizational Behavior The Organizational System Organizational Behavior: The Organizational System defines organizational structure and culture and explains their impact on employees. It also teaches how to perform a job analysis to determine whether an organization's job designs are appropriate and gives options for job redesign. Learn To • Identify the elements of structure that affect organizational  more...

Project Leadership Overcoming Obstacles Project Leadership: Communicating Within a Project Team covers how to promote team communication, why communication fails, and the types of communication styles. It also details how project managers should conduct meetings and manage decisions. In addition, it covers the types of project documents used to convey information and how to present that information to the various levels of stakeholders  more...

Project Leadership Overcoming Obstacles Project Leadership: Overcoming Obstacles covers the benefits of initiating change, how to handle employee responses to change, and how to encourage change. It also outlines how to recognize and reduce stress, as well as how to improve work habits. In addition, the program details how to manage and resolve team conflict. Learn To Identify strategies to help  more...