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Cyber Security Essentials: Stop. Think. Ask.™
Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting systems, networks, programs, devices and data from cyber-attacks. These attacks are usually aimed at accessing, changing, or destroying sensitive information; extorting money from users; or interrupting normal business processes. By understanding terminology, possible targets and the consequences of cyber-attacks, we can all minimize the potential impacts, gain value in your cybersecurity efforts, and even prevent future attacks.
No Problem! Serving Others with Respect™ (eLearning)
YOU (the employee) make the difference in how a customer feels, not a policy, not your manager...you! The intent of this course is to show customer service staff and employees some ways of handling difficult situations so that they can effectively respond and leave the customer with a positive, memorable impression.
Top 20 ProgramENOUGH!™ The Consequences of Sexual Harassment (eLearning for Employees)
Looking for a completely new approach to sexual harassment training? Want to actively engage your employees on key topics such as hostile work environment and quid pro quo? ENOUGH! uses a dramatic story line and interactive learning components to effectively engage learners... to trigger empathy... all while driving home key learning points regarding the deep consequences of workplace sexual harassment. The active bystander concept is also covered.
TrainingBriefs® Why Complimenting Others Matters
In the fast-paced environment of today's workplace, it's easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of deadlines, meetings, and emails. Amidst this hustle, the simple act of complimenting others often gets overlooked. Recognizing and vocalizing the value of our colleagues' efforts is not just a nicety – it's a powerful tool that fosters a positive work environment, boosts morale, and encourages a culture of appreciation and respect.
TrainingBriefs® Why Resilience Matters
Resilience matters in the workplace because it can help employees cope with stress, improve their well-being, increase their job satisfaction and performance, enhance their creativity and innovation. Resilience can also benefit the organization by reducing turnover and absenteeism as well as by improving customer satisfaction and loyalty, reputation and brand image, and employee engagement and retention.
Top 20 ProgramMore Than a Gut Feeling™: Leveraging the Power of Behavior-Based Interviewing (Advantage Course)
Based on Best-Selling More Than a Gut Feeling IV! Let’s be honest… a lot of hiring gets done based on nothing other than a gut feeling. Assumptions... Intuition... And a lot of employee turnover results because that gut feeling, that assumption, that intuition just wasn’t very accurate. If you’re like most managers, one of your greatest fears is that you’ll hire the wrong person. You want to hire the person who, ultimately, will be the most successful in the job. You know that your operation will function more smoothly and will be more productive if the right person is in the right job.
Top 20 ProgramIt’s Still Not Just About Sex Anymore™: Harassment and Discrimination in the Workplace
Updated with the US Supreme Court decision protecting LGBTQ+ workers! In the ever-changing work environment, it's difficult to know--or understand--what's allowed and what's not allowed at work. Using this new course, bring greater awareness to the many types of harassment which can occur in the workplace. Use with employees organization-wide for annual training or new employee orientation.
Top 20 ProgramTrainingBriefs® I’m Stressed!
The human body is designed to experience stress and react to it. Stress can be positive, keeping us alert, motivated, and ready to avoid danger. Stress becomes negative when a person faces continuous challenges without relief or relaxation between stressors. As a result, the person becomes overworked, and stress-related tension builds.
TrainingBriefs® Telecommuting (Tips and Tricks)
New Micro-Learning! New to working remotely? Most of us have been conditioned to work and focus because of outside constraints. Meetings force us to adhere to certain schedules, office hours dictate our start and end time and a manager’s watchful eye usually keeps our daily Netflix reviews to a minimum. Once on your own, you may find yourself floundering a bit to stay productive.
Open Mind, Open World: Improving Intercultural Interactions™ (eLearning Signature)
The Signature version of this Open Mind, Open World is a self-study program designed to help you improve your global mindset and communication skills as you interact with others from different cultural backgrounds.
Conflict Clock™ (eLearning Signature)
Conflict with another person can create stress – the kind of stress that can lead to a response that makes the problem worse, rather than better. This course was designed to help all employees respond to workplace conflicts successfully! Benefits include: reduced stress and frustration, increased effectiveness, more respect and recognition and increased job and personal satisfaction.
WorkSmarts™: How to Get Along, Get Noticed and Get Ahead (eLearning Signature)
Success isn’t just about the job you do—it’s also about how you do it. Communicating effectively, working well with others, staying positive and flexible in the face of change —these are essentials for helping new employees become productive as quickly as possible.
Got Respect?® The Respectful Workplace
In today’s diverse workplace, good interpersonal skills are needed to maximize productivity and minimize misunderstandings. We gain by treating others with respect and building good rapport with our co-workers. After completing this course, you will have a greater understanding of respect and its impact in the workplace.
More Than a Gut Feeling™ Overview (Manufacturing)
Based on the world-wide best-seller, this course uses the More Than a Gut Feeling concepts and models in a manufacturing environment. This fast-paced course will empower and increase understanding that the single best predictor of future job performance is past job behavior. Learners will also realize that their task in the hiring interview is to gather the kinds of information that will enable them to hire people who will be successful in their jobs.
The Consequences of Sexual Harassment™ (DE Employee)
Specific for Delaware State Sexual Harassment Training Requirements! This course is strategically designed to deeply engage each learner - with a realistic view of workplace harassment and the fallout associated with a non-compliant culture. Using realistic and dramatic videos, character interviews and interactive components, this new course helps participants become more aware of the personal consequences surrounding sexual harassment and identify what they should do if they experience or witness a sexual harassment situation.
Exceeding Internal Customer Expectations
“Customer service” is sometimes used as a buzz phrase. We hear that great customer service, for our external customer, depends on excellent internal customer service. But what does that mean? Having satisfied customers leads to increased revenue and increased brand awareness. Having satisfied employees is the key contributor to a company’s success — especially in tough economic times.
TrainingBriefs® Dealing with Angry Customers
Customers get rude or angry for a variety of reasons—some justified, some not. And it’s very likely you’ll encounter rude or angry individuals at one time or another. It’s how you respond that can make the difference between a customer who feels satisfied with the resolution and one who vows never to patronize our business again. This course explores strategies for dealing with an irate customer.
TrainingBriefs® The Post-Pandemic Workplace
New Micro-Learning! Returning to the office raises a lot of questions. It’s everyone’s job to make sure we create a workplace that is safe and respectful! During these trying times, communication will go a long way towards reducing fear and unfounded rumor/gossip. As we progress, you might see new changes. New policies. New procedures implemented within our workplace.
Mentoring 201™ The Next Steps for Success (eLearning Signature)
Mentoring 201 takes a closer look at some key elements of the mentor/mentee partnership. This course covers the following key points for a meaningful mentoring partnership: planning for a successful discussion, setting goals, identifying career paths and establishing development needs.
ATTITUDE!™ Resolving Difficult Situations in the Workplace (eLearning Signature)
Unless you're a psychologist, no one really likes to deal with a difficult attitude... If we're really truthful, most of us would rather walk on hot coals before we'd confront one of those bad apples who are making our lives miserable at work. But did you ever stop to think about what kind of price we're paying for that self-imposed misery? This interactive course helps by providing a 5-step process to tackling difficult situations.
ATTITUDE!™ Resolving Difficult Situations in the Workplace for Healthcare (eLearning)
Bad attitudes in the workplace can deteriorate morale, lower productivity, and increase costs. It doesn’t take much for a co-worker, supervisor, or even a patient to feel the negative effects from someone with a bad attitude. The good news is there is a process for dealing with these difficult people! The course will walk you through four scenarios, which demonstrate negativity problems and how to deal with them to improve results.
Conflict 101™ (eLearning Signature)
If you're like most people... you never really give much thought to conflict... you just deal with it. You either fight...take flight or...simply freeze. In other words, you argue or yell your way through it... avoid it all together... or you just don't know what to say or do. Conflict is simply a part of life - and that's especially true in the workplace. Conflict 101™ is the perfect program to cut through the nonsense and get straight to the point of conflict resolution.
Courage 2 Coach™ - (eLearning Signature)
Effective coaching is the single most important factor in employee development today. Courage 2 Coach™ turns common sense into common practice with a four-step process that can be applied to any employee performance situation. This course walks each user through a realistic range of tough employee performance situations make this program ideal for organizations committed to supervisory success.
Mentoring 101™ - The Basics (eLearning Signature)
A mentor is someone who provides guidance to a less-experienced employee. A mentor may be another employee or even a professional from outside of the company. Regardless of the structure, mentors are role models who shares knowledge and advice to help the mentee grow professionally.
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.
Courageous Change: Succeeding in a Changing World!
Are you finding it challenging to overcome obstacles? Can you persevere during times of trial and difficulty? Almost every instance of leadership that pushes us toward progress involves change. This interactive eLearning course is geared towards managers and supervisors, helping learners quickly understand and respond to change in the workplace via the A.C.T.I.O.N. model.
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.
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.
Fearless Facilitation!™ How to Lead Effective Training (eLearning Course)
Exemplary facilitators are fearless because they prepare thoroughly for training sessions, are organized to the minutest detail, respect the experiences of adult learners, attend to various learning styles, and masterfully draw out the wisdom of participants. This course will help turn ineffective training into highly productive sessions.
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.
Life IS a Series of Presentations™: Inspire, Inform & Influence. (eLearning Course)
The process of transmitting information from one mind to the minds of others is a very complex process. This course simplifies the process through the P.O.I.N.T. model. The model prescribes a series of steps to follow that enable participants to inspire, inform and influence others confidently and persuasively.
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.
Ready. Set. CHANGE!™ Reacting Smarter. Adapting Faster. Engaging Together. (eLearning Course)
Change in the workplace today has taken on a new dimension. It is no longer just an event or an initiative, is it? Rather, it is pervasive and constant, and it impacts all of us. This course will provide you with a clear and practical strategy that will help you develop the skills to understand, respond to and navigate any change in a way that’s positive and productive for you, coworkers, customers and the organization.
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.
The Oh Series™ Ethics & Transparency (eLearning)
Price fixing. Bid rotation. Bribery. When we’re faced with a decision that involves right and wrong choices, sometimes it's tough to figure out what's the best decision in a given situation. In this program, we're going to look at some examples of ethical situations that can make a person say “OH?...”
TrainingBytes® Achieving Communication Excellence (eLearning)
Effective interpersonal skills are at the heart of every successful project, team and organization. As long as there are individuals interacting in the workplace, there is a need for sharpened communication skills to diffuse potential problems, increase productivity and accelerate results.
Writing for Business Results™ (eLearning Course)
Have you ever thought, “I wish I were a better writer’? Or perhaps, “I wish I felt more confident that my writing is effective.” Wherever you fall on the scale of writing skills, Writing for Business Results is designed for you. If you are just beginning your career and need basic help with your business writing, you will find this course presents information in a succinct, clear language.
TrainingBriefs® Accepting Your New Role
New Micro-Learning! Being a manager, supervisor or team leader can be an extremely rewarding position. It also is challenging, and, at times, frustrating to be caught between your team and the management team you report to. In especially challenging times, keep in mind that you were selected because of your skills and potential that people higher up in the organization recognize in you.
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® Outlining Presentation Intent
New Micro-Learning! A presentation happens anytime we have an opportunity to inspire, inform and influence people... literally hundreds of times every day. It could be a phone call. A quick conversation in the hallway. An e-mail. A staff meeting. They're all presentations. In this course, you'll learn about the three elements you should address when outlining the intent of your presentation to ensure you are successful at communicating your message.
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.
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® 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.
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 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® Tailoring Your Presentation
New Micro-Learning! When you have the ability to be flexible and tailor you presentation in the face of changing situations, you're going to be able maintain interest and make you message compelling in order to inspire, inform, or influence your audience.
TrainingBriefs® The No…No…No! Boss
One of the first things we have to do when dealing with a bad attitude is decide whether it's worth our time… especially if it's somebody you have to interact with every day... including a manager, supervisor or boss.
TrainingBriefs® The No…No…No! Boss (For Healthcare)
Bad attitudes in the workplace can deteriorate morale, lower productivity, and ultimately increase costs. It doesn’t take much for a co-worker, manager, or patient to feel the negative effects from someone with a bad attitude.
TrainingBriefs® The Tough Conversation
When differences get in the way of peer-to-peer relationships at work, everyone loses. The challenge is that we sometimes expect people to see things the same way we do. And when they don't, we get frustrated, we get angry, or we just get fed up and walk away.
Got Respect?® Gossip in the Workplace
Not every conversation in the workplace can be about the work. As humans, we want to get to know each other. The thing is, if the topic of conversation is about someone else, there’s a good chance it could lead to gossip. In this eLearning module you’ll explore the effect of gossip in the workplace.
Got Respect?® Imposing Personal Beliefs
Almost nothing can create more conflict more quickly than when people impose their personal beliefs on others. In this module, we’ll focus on recognizing and dealing with the personal beliefs that might get in the way of work.
Got Respect?® The Gender Difference
This eLearning course focuses on the common, everyday interactions between men and women in the workplace and the importance of creating an environment that is respectful to both genders. By the end of this module, you will be able to identify the impact your actions and behaviors have on others and the importance of personal responsibility in promoting respect in the workplace.
Got Respect?® Understanding Exclusive Behaviors
A sense of belonging is a natural, basic need. By the end of this module, you will be able to identify and understand exclusive behaviors and the effects they have on the work environment.
Got Respect?® Unintended Exclusive Behaviors
A sense of belonging is a natural, basic need. Part of how you define yourself depends on what types of groups to which you belong: family units, social groups, religious affiliations, and common interest groups such as fitness, music or hobbies. The need to feel like you belong doesn’t end when you enter the workplace. By the end of this course, you will be able to identify exclusive and inclusive behaviors and the effects they have on the work environment.
LearningBytes® Accentuate the Positive™
The key to getting great results is to pay more attention to what's going right; rather than what's going wrong. And that's a big part of what we like to call accentuating the positive.
LearningBytes® Am I Really Like That?
Who are you?... Who are you, really?... Have you ever asked yourself that question? Did you know each of us can choose who we want to be? Much like our attitudes we choose each day, we also have an impact on the very characteristics we display day in and day out.
Interactive Tool: Legal & Illegal Pre-Employment Questions
New Just-In-Time Performance Management Tool! Asking the right questions is your single best way to get the right kinds of information during the interview... the kinds of information that will lead you to the best hiring decision. But how do you know what's legal... and even illegal to ask during an interview? This interactive tool provides up-to-date do's and don'ts when it comes to interview questions. With two video examples and various tips, this tool provides a comprehensive resource for all managers and/or supervisors involved in the hiring process.
TrainingBriefs® Understanding Good Mental Health
New Micro-Learning! Good mental health could have a different meaning to each of us, but it’s generally defined as the ability to think, feel, and respond in ways that we need and want to in order to live our lives as fully and independently as possible. It also means that we're able to cope with daily stresses all the while accomplishing personal goals. Good mental health doesn't mean that we always feel happy or that you never have bad moods or bad days.
TrainingBriefs® I’m Anxious!
We’ve all felt nervous... even anxious about an upcoming event. Anxiety is something we all encounter as a normal part of life. Anxiety can actually be a motivator… helping us accomplish a task at hand that needs to be done. But many times, we experience the negative side of anxiety. this quick course provides a great overview of anxiety and how we can effectively tackle it.
A Team Defined (Interactive Tool)
Need a great primer for understanding the components of teamwork? Look no further than this quick, interactive tool. From defining a team to the importance of a meeting agenda, this resource makes quick study of understanding the importance of team in any organization. Can be used for new team training, a quick refresher or just-in-time learning.
Smart Leadership: Tackling Poor Performance™ (eLearning Signature)
As a leader, you’ve definitely dealt with someone who has a bad attitude! Attitudes can cause some of the most challenging situations in just about any relationship. Just being around someone who complains, whines or simply doesn’t say anything can cause you to feel frustrated, angry, or even helpless. The good news is there is a process for tackling this poor performance!
TrainingBriefs® Civility Matters
New Micro-Learning! In today's fast-paced world, a quick social media post can lead to hurt feelings and lots of lost jobs (maybe even a lawsuit or two). Uncivil actions disrupt the workplace! Why don't we think before we hit the enter button? What happened to the Golden Rule? What has desensitized us to the point we feel we can say or do anything... and without consequence?
TrainingBriefs® Virtual Meeting Etiquette
New Micro-Learning! Online meetings for remote working staff are essential for making connections. With a conference call or a simple click of a web meeting link, you can carry out everything from sales presentations to team status updates. Oh, and let’s not forget video conferencing. With a webcam you can even feel like you’re in the same room! But, have you stopped to consider your meeting etiquette?
The Consequences of Sexual Harassment™ (NY/NYC Employee)
Specific for New York State/NYC Sexual Harassment Training Requirements! This course is strategically designed to deeply engage each learner - with a realistic view of workplace harassment and the fallout associated with a non-compliant culture. Using realistic and dramatic videos, character interviews and interactive components, this new course helps participants become more aware of the personal consequences surrounding sexual harassment and identify what they should do if they experience or witness a sexual harassment situation.
The Consequences of Sexual Harassment™ (NY/NYC Manager)
Specific for New York State/NYC Sexual Harassment Training Requirements! Understanding the deep consequences of workplace sexual harassment is paramount to preventing it. Managers and supervisors are held to a higher legal standard in sexual harassment cases. This interactive course provides the education, guidance and authority to help managers rise to the challenge of preventing, recognizing and reporting sexual harassment in the workplace. When it comes to workplace sexual harassment... enough is enough!
TrainingBriefs® Involving Your Audience
New Micro-Learning! Involving the audience helps actively engage and manage their attention. It gets their minds off of the other priorities in their life and focused on you message. In this module, you’ll learn the importance of grabbing the interest of your audience and maintaining it.
TrainingBriefs® Narrowing Your Presentation Focus
When we narrow the focus of our presentation, we help avoid confusion. We quickly drill down to communicate in a way that helps everyone clearly understand our message. In this module, you'll learn about the importance of starting out wide to provide background and context and then quickly funneling down to specifics.
TrainingBriefs® Preparing Your Presentation
New Micro-Learning! We all know that to be successful at whatever we do, we must prepare for the task. In this module, you'll learn what preparation really means when it comes to inspiring, informing, and influencing people.
TrainingBriefs® Sensitive Performance Appraisals
New Micro-Learning! Navigating through a performance appraisal that addresses sensitive issues is one of the most difficult management responsibilities. It requires tact and compassion. But it’s also required to make the organization’s expectations clear, and to put an under-performing employee on the right track.
TrainingBriefs® Behaviors for Success
New Micro-Learning! The behaviors we display at work can help you… get a promotion, succeed on projects, meet goals, and just generally enable you to enjoy your job more. By the end of this module, you’ll be able to identify the common behaviors of successful employees.
Win the S.A.L.E.™ Coaching for Sales Success
Coaching is essential to the success of any employee... but when it comes to a sales person, coaching makes a profound impact on performance, attitude and service! This program helps sales managers quickly recognize and respond to common challenges/issues they face by providing a four-step process (S.A.L.E.) which can be used to motivate and coach sales teams and staff.
Win the S.A.L.E.™ Supporting the Sale
Sales support is essential to keeping the sales funnel and process moving. This program contains time-tested and optimized training that educates and inspires employees with limited sales experience, enabling them to strengthen your organization's sales performance, top-to-bottom. Note: This program (and materials) is designed for sales service and support team embers and professionals.
Improving Personal Productivity: How to Accomplish More with Less Stress
This powerful, interactive eLearning course gives you easy-to-use tools you need to begin improving your personal productivity - including how to avoid time wasters!
TrainingBytes® Increasing Emotional Intelligence (eLearning)
Help your emerging leaders advance their interpersonal skills and become more resilient in the face of workplace challenges. In three, straight-to-the-point modules, employees will experience focused learning on how to stay in control, maintain a positive outlook and adopt big-picture thinking for better results.
TrainingBytes® Managing Your Own Productivity (eLearning)
An organization can't rely solely on its managers to ensure individual and team results; it must also be able to depend on employees to take initiative and do their part in managing personal productivity for maximum effectiveness. This program will empower your employees to create effective plans, involve others, ask for help and prioritize their many competing tasks in order to deliver the results your organization needs to be successful.
Win the S.A.L.E.™ One Step at a Time
This program is especially relevant for participants who are new to sales or have limited sales experience. Buyers in organizations today are highly sophisticated. They prefer to collaborate with salespeople who are equally sophisticated and professional. They expect sales professionals to be knowledgeable, skilled and trusted advisors, providing solutions for the needs of their organizations. A goal for sales professionals, therefore, is to surpass the competition. This workshop helps sales professionals reach that goal by providing a basic formula to build rapport and manage the sales process with prospects and customers.
Win the S.A.L.E.™: Putting it All Together
Designed for service and support professionals. This program is a comprehensive for employees with limited sales experience, enabling them to strengthen your organization's sales performance, top-to-bottom.
TrainingBriefs® Active Listening
You may be hearing someone during a conversation, but are you really listening? Are you actively listening? Active listening simply means being deeply engaged in and attentive to what the speaker is saying... as it requires more listening than talking.
TrainingBriefs® Behavior-Based Interviewing – Seeking Contrary Evidence
New Micro-Learning! Clear, pre-planned questions help the candidate know how to answer. But often a candidate’s initial answer isn’t enough. Then, you have to ask job-related probes to get the whole picture of the candidate’s skills. In this course, you'll explore the topic of seeking contrary evidence.
TrainingBriefs® Behaviors to Improve Customer Service
New Micro-Learning! Great customer service means putting your heart into everything you do. It’s about making customers feel valued. It’s caring… plain and simple. We all must take an active role in creating a customer-centric workplace.
TrainingBriefs® Being Cooperative and Respectful
New Micro-Learning! Excelling at work doesn’t simply mean you should be good at what you do, but how professionally you conduct yourself in a team. In this course you'll learn about three ways you can be cooperative and respectful in the workplace; building relationships, sharing the credit and keeping your manager informed.
TrainingBriefs® Being Positive and Proactive
New Micro-Learning! Excelling at work doesn’t simply mean you should be good at what you do, but how professionally you conduct yourself in a team. The course takes a look at the concept of being positive and proactive in all that you do.
TrainingBriefs® Change Resiliency
New Micro-Learning! The basic truth is that change is constant. Sometimes it seems so much is changing, that we may get to the point of not even noticing many of the changes. Then… something happens that brings it to our attention. Other times, change seems jarring. It creates what feels like a huge obstacle falling into our life and way of doing things.
TrainingBriefs® Change? No Thanks!
Confronting someone who isn't flexible can feel exasperating. That's why it is so important to recover and go on; regain a positive attitude, and then find ways to keep things moving. One of the best ways to do this is to follow through on your commitment to help others improve their attitude. Encourage them even when we see the slightest change for the better. A little encouragement can go a long way!
TrainingBriefs® Communicating & Listening
New Micro-Learning! Excelling at work doesn’t simply mean you should be good at what you do, but how professionally you conduct yourself in a team. In this course, we’ll explore the power of effectively communicating and listening.
TrainingBriefs® Competing Customer Service Priorities
It can be overwhelming when it comes to provider the level of customer service we all want and expect. Customers deserve our undivided attention... that's a given! Being interrupted by the phone when you are dealing with a face-to-face customer can be a challenge if you don’t know the steps to take.
TrainingBriefs® Conflict… Can’t You Just Deal with It?
New Micro-Learning! When it comes to conquering conflict, sometimes you have to get out of your comfort zone when confronting an employee about their behavior. Using a “Flight” response to get away or avoid a situation may feel good in the short-term, but conflicts seldom resolve successfully when we avoid them.
TrainingBriefs® Coworkers Are Customers, Too!
When it comes to customer service during the workday, it’s best to remember that we are ALL responsible for customer service. Our internal customers – members of our department or other departments – are just as important as our external customers.
TrainingBriefs® Creating a Positive Customer Experience
New Micro-Learning! Creating a positive customer experience requires flexibility. To gain and maintain customer loyalty, you must focus on active listening, demonstrate a positive attitude and be ready to solve problems.
TrainingBriefs® Cultural Considerations in Business
New Micro-Learning! In the business world, communication is imperative for the successful execution of daily operations. Understanding cultural differences and overcoming language barriers are considerations you should have when dealing with people of various cultures.
TrainingBriefs® Diffusing Customer Emotions
You're on the phone with a frustrated and (rightfully so) angry customer. They have had it and want to talk to a manager... what do you do? Calming a frustrated customer requires strong interpersonal skills. First you must be a good listener with the rapport building skills and empathy necessary to influence others. Next you must be a proactive problem-solver. Last, but definitely not least, you must maintain a positive attitude.
TrainingBriefs® Excelling at Work: Being Accountable & Flexible
New Micro-Learning! Excelling at work doesn’t simply mean you should be good at what you do, but also how professionally you conduct yourself on a team. There are four key strategies that, if you really focus on them, will make all the difference in the world. In this course, we'll explore the topic of being accountable and flexible.
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.
TrainingBriefs® Kindness Matters
Traditionally, kindness has often been considered a weakness in the world of business. Everyone knows you can’t be successful climbing the corporate ladder by being touchy-feely or… even nice, right! Fortunately, being kind has nothing to do with being weak… actually… it has everything to do with strength!
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® Leveraging the Power of Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence is the capability to identify and manage one's own emotions, as well as the emotions of others. Leveraging the power of emotional intelligence helps a person guide their thinking and behavior, and then manage and/or adjust emotions to adapt to environments or achieve one's goal(s).
TrainingBriefs® Responding to Change with Integrity
New Micro-Learning! Appreciating change can be very complex, though. And we must acknowledge that how we respond to change has an impact on how things will unfold for us, and those around us. After giving some consideration to your reactions to a specific change, and the probable reasons for your reactions, there are really only four choices for how to respond to change.
TrainingBriefs® Serving the Customer
New Micro-Learning! Good customer service is the lifeblood of any business. You can offer promotions and slash prices to bring in as many new customers as you want, but unless you can get some of those customers to come back, your business won't be profitable for long.
TrainingBriefs® Setting Your Team Up for Success
Hitting on all cylinders... you've heard that term before. But, even the most talented teams don’t start out as high performing. There are several steps you can take as a manager to set your team up for success and create a work environment that values teamwork and collaboration over grandstanding and competition.
TrainingBriefs® Strategies for Success
New Micro-Learning! Success in your workplace/position will mostly be determined by your attitude and whether it’s positive or negative. This course focuses on the strategies shown here which you can use to ensure that you get along, get noticed, and get ahead.