• Emotional Intelligence

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    This course will introduce you to the history of emotional intelligence and what it’s all about. You’ll explore the most popular theories, including the EI blueprint, Martin Seligman’s ABC’s of optimism, the VALUE and SOLER techniques, Ekman’s seven basic emotions, and Plutchik’s wheel. You’ll also explore your personal values and vision statement to help guide you in your emotional intelligence development.
  • Becoming a Progressive Employer: Setting Trends Instead of Following Them

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    In this course, you will gain an understanding of what being progressive means, and then take time to truly examine this concept through activities and discussion. You will look at the process involved in going from the status quo to being progressive, along with how to develop or enhance a progressive mindset and innovative ideas. The last part of the course involves understanding the importance of a succession plan to a progressive organization.
  • From Boss to Leader

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    After completing this course, participants will know the characteristics of bad bosses and good leaders, understand how those who hold management positions can develop into good leaders, know the elements of leading by example, understand the importance of good communication and effective feedback, and know how to use emotional intelligence.
  • Selling Smarter

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    In this course, you will learn why consultative and customer-focused selling are so important. You’ll also learn about the sales cycle, setting goals, ways to increase your average sale, and where to find new clients.
  • Communications for Small Business Owners

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    If you are new to the communications highway, this course will provide the foundation for future development. If your company has some communications expertise, this course will help you strengthen and polish your essential components.
  • English as a Second Language: A Workplace Communications Primer

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    This is an opportunity to review and enhance your proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and writing. You will find that being aware of cultural and workplace influences will help keep them from creating barriers to communication. Practical information on selecting the right words, and combining them effectively to get your message across, will improve your verbal and written communication. Specific advice on email, videoconferencing, proposals, and selling your ideas will further improve your communication skills.
  • Six Sigma: Entering the Dojo

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    Once you complete Six Sigma: Entering the Dojo your skills in this practical area of business improvement will be prepped and practiced enough to apply them in the real world. You are going to learn about the basics of Six Sigma and about various improvement tools. You will follow that up with a look at management tools for generating ideas. A look at continuous improvement is next on the agenda and the course concludes with a consideration of customer relationships.
  • Being a Team Player

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    Teamwork is essential in any organization, and strongly influences whether a venture succeeds or fails. Participants will learn what characteristics are common to team players, how to demonstrate to others that you are a good team player, types of teams and which ones are vital to every workplace, reasons teams fail, and strategies to ensure success. Other courses that may be of interest are Creating a Positive Work Environment, Making Your Business Better, Problem Solving and Decision Making, Team Building- Developing High Performance Teams, and Communication Strategies.
  • Code of Conduct: Setting the Tone for Your Workplace

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    Over the duration of this course, you will learn the whys and whats of a workplace code of conduct. You learn why they are needed, who they apply to, how to develop and implement one, and how to train employees on it.
  • Kickstarting Your Business with Crowdsourcing

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    This course will show you how to leverage all types of crowdsourcing (including microwork, macrowork, crowdvoting, crowdcontests, crowdwisdom, and crowdfunding) to kickstart your business’ growth.
  • Developing a High Reliability Organization

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    You will learn what constitutes a High Reliability Organization (HRO), the principles behind high reliability and take a look at a real life disaster that could have benefitted from those principles.
  • Purchasing and Procurement Basics

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    In this course, you will learn the basics of purchasing and procurement. You’ll receive an introduction to the supply chain, the purchasing cycle, and basic purchasing tools. You’ll also learn about the competitive bidding process, how to manage supplier performance, risk management techniques, and ways to build relationships.
  • Story Marketing for Small Businesses

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    This course covers the essential elements of a story marketing campaign, from a review of company message and brand, to the elements of good storytelling. The course leads participants through the steps of creating a marketing story — knowing your company, knowing and connecting with customers, and the story writing and editing process. This creates a clear and engaging path that will lead customers to your products and services and encourage them to respond to your call to action.
  • Building an Online Business

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    This course will lead you from your idea to your online business. It will take a look at important components such as business plans and marketing while touching upon payments, online marketplaces, and much more. With those topics covered you will have the skills to become an online entrepreneur.
  • Getting Stuff Done: Personal Development Boot Camp

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    To start this course, you’ll explore what personal efficiency is all about, as well as useful attitudes and skills that you might want to develop. Then, you’ll outline your vision statement, dreams, and goals. Next, you’ll learn about the 80/20 system, what characteristics your organizational system should have, how to design a functional workspace, and techniques for organizing your daily to-do items. You’ll also learn how to set up and maintain information management systems (both physical and virtual), prioritize tasks, create routines, and tackle procrastination. Finally, you’ll learn how to get organized at home.
  • Building a Consulting Business

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    This course will guide you along your journey to starting your own consulting business. It will take a look at important components such as business plans and marketing plans while touching on networking and important documents you need to consider.
  • Effective Planning and Scheduling

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    This course will teach you how to use a variety of planning and scheduling tools, including the work breakdown structure, network diagrams, program evaluation and review technique (PERT), and Gantt charts. You will also learn how to properly estimate time, schedule resources, identify task dependencies, manage risks, communicate your schedule, and keep the schedule updated.
  • Conference and Event Management

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    After you complete this course, you will be able to: Plan a complete corporate event, including an agenda, budget, and goals, Keep your event on budget, Select an appropriate venue, Design a promotional plan, Determine whether partners, sponsors, and volunteers can help to make your event unforgettable, Select speakers and a master of ceremonies to add impact to your event, Engage your event participants, and Evaluate the process once it is all wrapped up.
  • Exploring Universal Design for Learning

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    This course provides participants with the opportunity to develop an understanding of UDL and the UDL guidelines as an educational framework; the purpose and rationale for UDL; and how to recognize and apply UDL in practice. During the workshop, you will engage in hands-on activities and discussions to explore practical strategies and techniques for implementing UDL in their classrooms.
  • Creating a Dynamite Job Portfolio

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    In this course, you’ll learn about the different aspects of your job package, including your resume, cover letter, and job portfolio. You’ll also receive a plan that will get you to a job in 60 days, techniques for writing thank-you notes, and tips for choosing your references.
  • Marketing for Small Businesses

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    This course will teach you how marketing is different for small businesses, elements of a successful marketing message, what the marketing cycle looks like, how to build a marketing plan with the five P’s, how to market with social media, and how to create a marketing budget. You will also explore over 100 strategies and consider which ones are right for your small business.
  • Corrective Action

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    This course covers all the essential elements of corrective and preventive action, from identifying problems from customer complaints and internal audits and determining their significance through root cause analysis, to measuring the effectiveness of the action.
  • Appreciative Inquiry

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    In this course you will learn about the appreciative inquiry process. To begin, you’ll explore its fundamental principles and the 4-D model. You’ll also get a hands-on look at the appreciative inquiry interview guide and start considering how this powerful tool could make a difference in your organization.
  • CRM: An Introduction to Customer Relationship Management

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    This course will teach you how to make a decision about the need for CRM, the benefits of CRM, and how to coordinate the base requirements for a CRM undertaking.
  • Workplace Violence: How to Manage Anger and Violence in the Workplace

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    In this course, you will learn a nine-stage plan to help organizations prevent violence. You will also learn how to respond to violent incidents, manage anger, and implement design and hiring practices that will keep employees safe.
  • The Minute Taker’s Workshop

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    You’ll begin this course by learning what a minute-taker does and what skills they should have. Then, you’ll learn about different styles of minutes, what to record, how to prepare minutes, and how to keep a minute book.
  • Creating a Positive Work Environment

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    Here you will learn how to recognize a positive work environment and understand the key elements that are needed to create one. You will also discover what you can do personally to build on in your workplace and figure out what type of team player you are. Along the way you will be shown the importance of effective workplace relationships in creating and maintaining a positive environment at work. You will also reveal your personal strengths and weaknesses in working cooperatively and your preference for dealing with workplace conflict.
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    At the end of this workshop, you will: understand the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion for workspaces; be able to describe and analyze key issues of diversity, equity and inclusion in one’s work environments and community; grasp the power of diversity as a tool for creativity, and productive collaboration in the workspace; have the opportunity to share elements of one’s culture with others; and learn that norms and practices one thinks are universal may be culturally dependent.
  • Trade Shows: Getting the Most Out of Your Trade Show Experience

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    You are going to learn about people who attend trade shows and how to interact with them. You are also going to learn about the importance of pre-show promotion and then follow up afterwards. These topics will be explored in great depth as they get broken down into areas such as creating good opening lines and good conversations, targeted promotional giveaways, booth behavior, and prospecting activities.
  • Business Writing That Works

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    This course will teach you the four C’s of writing: clear, concise, complete, and correct. You will also learn some of the fundamentals of good writing, including word agreement, active and passive voice, sentence construction, punctuation, and spelling. Finally, you will have a chance to apply these skills to real-life situations, such as writing e-mails, memos, and letters.
  • Accounting Skills for New Supervisors

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    In course, you will learn the basics of accounting, including financial terms, generally accepted accounting principles, the accounting cycle, key financial reports, financial analysis tools, and budgeting.
  • Planning for Workplace Safety

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    This course gives you the tools to create a workplace safety plan that covers the all the bases you need to begin to build a safe work environment. You will learn many topics including the basics of a safety policy along with the introduction of a safety plan and how to develop a communications plan. You will learn how to decide upon training solutions for common accidents/incidents and learn of the importance and structure of incident response plans. Also, the course covers 6S inspections, checklists, plus the value of an appendix for the safety plan.
  • Generation Gap: Closing the Gap in the Workplace

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    During this course, you will consider whether defining the actual limits of each generation is most important, or whether the merits of people within the context of employment is the bigger issue. You will learn about the various types of generations and how human resource practices can bridge the gap.
  • Facilitation Skills

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    In this course, you will learn how to distinguish facilitation from instruction and training, to indentify the competencies linked to effective small group facilitation, how to understand the difference between content and process, how to identify the stages of team development and ways to help teams through each stage and, how to use common process tools to make meetings easier and more productive
  • Research Skills

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.
    In this course, you will learn basic research skills, such as reading, memory recall, and note-taking. You will also learn how to create different kinds of outlines for different stages of your project, and how to move from the outline to writing, editing, and polishing. As well, you’ll learn how to find information using the library’s Dewey Decimal System, journals, and the Internet.
  • Delivering Dynamic Virtual Presentations

    Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $34.99.