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Managing Generations: M.E.E.T. for Respect in the Workplace™ (eLearning Signature)
With four generations now active in the workforce, leaders are faced with managing an array of misunderstandings, frustrations and conflicts that can put pressure on productivity. To be effective, leaders need a better grasp of how generational differences impact working relationships and how to manage appropriately for results.
A.C.E. It!™ How to Solve Tough Workplace Problems (eLearning Course)
Help individuals and teams quickly confront and solve workplace problems. Use the A.C.E. Model - a set of logical and intuitive steps that enable participants to coach employees in the resolution of problems that otherwise would adversely affect productivity, morale, and job satisfaction.
The Three-Dimensional Interview: Evaluating for Capability, Commitment & Chemistry™
This updated eLearning course shows how to take the guesswork out of evaluating candidates and selecting the right person for the job. Get practical, step-by-step instructions for how to effectively plan and conduct consistent, structured interviews.
The Extraordinary Leader™: Going from Good to Great - eLearning
In a world growing increasingly complex, there is an urgent need for leaders at every level and in every organization. The need is for leaders who are prized because of contributions they make to their organizations, the role models they present and the elevated standards of performance they set. The Extraordinary Leader is a course designed to help leaders develop competencies needed to produce extraordinary results in their organizations.
Everybody Wins: How to Turn Conflict into Collaboration (eLearning Program)
Conflict is everywhere. It’s natural and unavoidable. Conflict is something we all deal with in one form or another every day. The problem is that many of us don’t deal with it well. It’s important to realize that conflict isn’t always a negative experience. It depends on how we view it, our own skills at handling it and our ability to deal with it.
Sexual Harassment? You Decide.™ Real Situations for Discussion (eLearning)
Updated! This eLearning course provides a solid foundation for understanding sexual harassment - through realistic scenarios and an informative narrator. Use it to supplement annual refresher sexual harassment-prevention training requirements.
Johnny the Bagger: A True Story of Customer Service™ (eLearning Signature)
This course focuses on how you can provide exceptional service to your customers. Exceptional service happens when it comes from the heart of each of us. And anyone, no matter who they are or what they do in the organization, can make a difference. Based on a true story, Johnny the Bagger® is designed to show an example of great customer service through the story of Johnny, the grocery bagger.
TrainingBriefs® Let’s M.E.E.T.™ to Resolve Issues
New Micro-Learning! It's up to us to take advantage of our differences to help make us more productive and more successful. To do that, we have to make an effort to recognize and respond to situations where coworkers or customers don't feel respected. It’s not easy but it’s certainly worth the effort.
TrainingBriefs® Intercultural Dynamics in Business
In America, individual rights are often valued over the rights of society, but what many Westerners do not realize is that more than two thirds of the world’s population comes from cultures that value collective rights over the rights of an individual.
Whistleblowing and the Law
The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989, commonly known as the WPA, is a U.S. federal law that protects federal whistleblowers who work for the government and report agency misconduct. This course provides and overview of the WPA and WPEA.
TrainingBriefs® The Competitive Advantage of Diversity & Inclusion
New Micro-Learning! Diversity within your organization and teams is a given. It simply exists. But… creating an inclusive team environment that values diversity helps you achieve your organization’s goals – both cultural and financial!
TrainingBriefs® Dealing with Unprofessional Behavior
New Micro-Learning! This module emphasizes the role of coaching in creating successful outcomes when dealing with an employee’s unprofessional behavior. Making time for coaching has several benefits such as increased productivity, improved well-being and expanded employee effectiveness.
TrainingBriefs® An Introduction to Diversity & Inclusion
New Micro-Learning! Diversity has to do with human differences. So a lot of times when people say “diversity” they really mean is race or gender or ethnicity. Diversity is much more than that – it’s any point of difference. It can be differences in race or gender, but it also could be differences in work style, differences in personalities, differences in terms of our organizational cultures any type of difference that matters.
TrainingBriefs® Micro-Inequities in the Workplace
No matter what the words we say, our actual communication (what others understand about and from us) is influenced by our expression, gestures and tone of voice. In fact, research has shown that only a small percentage of the brain processes verbal communication. Micro-inequities are repeated, subtle, often unconscious messages that devalue or discourage. Our focus on workforce diversity and inclusion underscores the importance of demonstrating respect for individual differences, such as personal styles, work habits, physical characteristics and life circumstances.
TrainingBriefs® I Am Being Harassed!
New Micro-Learning! Sexual harassment is still a very real workplace issue. And... as you know by now, sexual harassment is illegal and is prohibited by law. Sexual harassment can be committed by a person of any gender, and it can occur between people of the same or different gender.
It's Not Just About Sex Anymore™: Harassment & Discrimination in the Workplace (eLearning)
Promote awareness of how harassment and discrimination impact the entire organization. This course dramatizes employee behaviors that lead to formal charges and result in serious consequences for the individuals involved. It is an eye-opening experience for everyone in the organization to discover what is/is not acceptable in today’s workplace and what their responsibilities are concerning harassment.
M.E.E.T. on Common Ground™: Speaking Up for Respect in the Workplace (eLearning Course)
Promote personal responsibility for creating respectful work environments. Create a workplace where people want to come and stay. This objective is the foundation for many organizational initiatives. It seems simple enough, but in reality, it can be difficult to achieve. The reason is it requires more than the issuance of a policy, program, set of regulations or laws.
TrainingBriefs® Open Communication
New Micro-Learning! As a leader you must demonstrate your commitment to the organization’s culture of integrity, create an environment where employees feel safe to voice their concerns and hold all employees accountable for their actions.
TrainingBriefs® Respecting Religious Diversity
New Micro-Learning! Managers often get busy and can’t always be on top of everything. Yet sometimes they can unknowingly send a message that excludes an employee. When the exclusion occurs because of something related to the employee’s religion, it can be serious.
TrainingBriefs® Recognizing Inappropriate Humor
New Micro-Learning! What do cable news hosts, political bumper stickers, and religious jokes have in common? The answer is that some of them are funny, while others find them deeply offensive. It’s important to know that inappropriate humor can be the basis for a discrimination law suit.