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Fearless Facilitation!™ How to Lead Effective Meetings (eLearning Program)
Turn ineffective meetings into highly productive sessions! Fearless Facilitators expertly foster participation and make any group session more productive.
TrainingBriefs® Documenting Correctly
New Micro-Learning! Many cases for wrongful employment termination stem from mishandled progressive discipline. There are various common issues that managers struggle with. This course will examine the issue of improper documentation.
TrainingBriefs® Discipline - Avoiding Termination
New Micro-Learning! Avoiding termination is something too many managers stumble on, especially when they're dealing with employees they think are more likely to sue. Remember, if you ever find yourself in this situation, get the support you need from human resources or senior management and act decisively to correct the problem.
TrainingBriefs® Discipline & Termination: Not Being Prepared
New Micro-Learning! Many court cases for wrongful employment termination stem from mishandled progressive discipline. In this course, we will examine the issue of avoiding termination. Learners will explore the importance of taking a methodical approach to preparing for a termination and the potential consequences of just winging it.
Good People, Bad Choices (eLearning Signature)
The eLearning course is a guide to ethical decision-making and provides an excellent vehicle for discussion based training that includes such topics as confidential information, gift giving, financial accountability, copyright infringement and more.
TrainingBriefs® Planning for a Successful Discussion
New Micro-Learning! In order to reap the benefits of a successful mentoring relationship, you need to have a thorough understanding of planning for a successful discussion, setting goals, identifying career paths and establishing development needs. In this course, we'll take a close look at planning for a successful discussion.
TrainingBriefs® Mentoring - Establishing Development Needs
New Micro-Learning! As a mentor, going through this process of working with you, your mentee will learn more about the organization, discover other opportunities to explore, uncover other leadership resources and above all, they’ll leave with a greater sense of self insight that will serve them well for the rest of their career.
TrainingBriefs® Motivating Bad Attitudes
Addressing an employee who has ceased to care about the job, can be very frustrating but it is possible to work with the employee and uncover the underlying issues. When an employee doesn’t seem to care about their job, it’s easy to make assumptions about why they might be acting that way. The problem is, you could be way off base and your actions could end up making the problem worse.
TrainingBriefs® Communicating with Difficult Employees
New Micro-Learning! In conversations with employees that may be somewhat challenging, it’s important for you to have some strong communication skills. Asking good questions is one such skill. Communicating with an employee who may be defensive requires you to model an open, questioning stance - we can call it the learning stance.
TrainingBriefs® Communication Tools
New Micro-Learning! Let’s face it, leaders can never have enough communication skills to deal with all of the situations that come their way in the workplace. By the end of this module, you will be able to identify coaching and problem-solving questions to help employees develop greater competence and confidence.
TrainingBriefs® Reporting Ethical Concerns (for Managers)
New Micro-Learning! High-profile corporate scandals have received considerable media attention in recent years. Management should have a keen interest in avoiding such outcomes by encouraging employees to report unethical conduct anonymously. Unfortunately, many employees struggle with ethical decisions because they feel that they cannot remain anonymous so unethical behavior persists.
TrainingBriefs® Responding to Change with Commitment
New Micro-Learning! The commitment phase of the Change Response Strategy is all about exploring the consequences, making a choice you're comfortable with and then moving forward. During this course, you’ll observe how a team leader uses an experience within her organization to explain the strategy to a friend.
TrainingBriefs® Responding to Change with Clarification
New Micro-Learning! Everyone reacts differently to change, and we can influence how others around us react. Anyone can respond to change in a way that's positive and productive for themselves and their organizations. The Change Response Strategy™ is a tool you can use in any change situation by clarifying how and why a change impact you and others.
Substance Abuse - A Real Danger™
Most people have had too much to drink at least once in their lives. Unfortunately, people don’t always recognize the danger of drinking alcohol or using drugs. In this lesson, we’ll discuss the dangers of substance abuse, the effects of different substances, factors behind substance abuse and support options available in the workplace.
TrainingBriefs® Responding to Change with Communication
New Micro-Learning! Change is pervasive and constant. And that's why being able to navigate change is a required skill. This course leverages the Change Response Strategy - a tool you can use in any change situation to analyze a change and effectively communicate to express your concerns, share needs, and get answers to questions.
TrainingBriefs® Diverse Work Ethics
One of the most common management challenges involves how to effectively manage all kinds of different people, not just people who look and think as we do. With the influx of millions of Millennial and Gen Z employees, understanding the differences across generations in the workplace has become a huge focus for supervisors, managers, and HR professionals.
TrainingBriefs® No Time for Training (for Managers)
New Micro-Learning! Supporting the growth and development of your staff is vitally important in helping them be as productive and successful as possible in their current role, encouraging motivation and retention, and setting them up for career opportunities. Compliance with organizational training is one of many ethical issues that come up in the workplace.
TrainingBriefs® Resolving Sales Problems
New Micro-Learning! In an ideal world, everyone - sales, support and service - would all be highly connected. Everyone would know all the details about a customer account and everything would go off without a hitch. But, as we all know, the reality is misunderstandings, mistakes and problems happen. What's important is how you handle the situation. The truth is, how you recover from a problem can be a major factor in keeping that customer's business.
TrainingBriefs® Recognizing Sales Opportunities
New Micro-Learning! One way in which you can support the sales process is by recognizing and responding to sales opportunities as they present themselves. The key, just like it is with any sales strategy, is to ask questions and then really listen to the answers using the ask, listen, clarify and confirm strategy. This will help keep the customer engaged and confirm understanding of the opportunity.
Motivation: Dream it. Walk it. Believe it.™ (eLearning Signature)
While numerous books, programs and articles talk about goal setting and motivation, most people still don't know where to begin. They need a simple, real-world and practical approach they can apply to all aspects of their lives. This program delivers the approach. Using this program, employees discover what motivates them and how to use that knowledge to set individual goals.