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TrainingBriefs® Zero Tolerance for Practical Jokes
New Micro-Learning! Have you ever played a practical joke on a co-worker? What about telling an “inside joke” in front of an unsuspecting new employee? It’s all just innocent fun, isn’t it? Not necessarily – it depends on if it crosses the line into malicious teasing or even hazing another employee – all behaviors that are unprofessional are inappropriate in the workplace.
TrainingBriefs® Responding to Workplace Gossip
New Micro-Learning! Some people are fascinated by gossip and some just ignore it. But when gossip is felt as harassment or discrimination in the workplace - it can be devastating!
TrainingBriefs® Unwelcomed Advances
New Micro-Learning! Our working relationships are complicated for all kinds of reasons. That's why you really have to know where the lines are when it comes to managing interactions with co- workers, customers, and vendors. Take the unwanted pursuit of a relationship, for example. It doesn't make any difference where it comes from - a manager, a coworker, a vendor, or a customer. Unwanted pursuit could be considered illegal harassment and simply can't be a part of the workplace.
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.
TrainingBriefs® Addressing Stereotypes
New Micro-Learning! Sometimes people look at another group as being different just based upon skin color or racial traits. It’s often easy to see other human beings as different if you look at them through the “We – Them” mindset. This depersonalizes people.
TrainingBriefs® Workplace Hazing
New Micro-Learning! Hazing, teasing, profanity, and horseplay are the kinds of unprofessional behaviors that lead to low morale, lost productivity, turnover and even safety issues. Even though we might have expected, and even tolerated these kinds of behaviors in the past, they absolutely cannot be a part of today's workplace.
TrainingBriefs® Explicit Bias
New Micro-Learning! Explicit bias refers to the attitudes and beliefs we have about a person or group of people on a conscious level. We know these biases exist. We are conscious of them. When people perceive their biases to be valid, they are more likely to justify unfair treatment – which has negative impacts on the target of the bias as well as the entire organization.
TrainingBriefs® A Difference of Opinion
New Micro-Learning! You may do a superb job of preparing for a meeting, running the meeting and even getting the best out of your team. However, it’s likely that you will encounter a challenge to your ability to stay on track by participants who express strong differences of opinion. If differences of opinion are not resolved effectively, a meeting can spin off track, become chaotic, and prevent the achievement of the meeting’s purpose and desired outcomes.
TrainingBriefs® Accentuate the Positive
New Micro-Learning! For many leaders, their focus is typically upon when the mark is being missed. In most organizations, considerable energy and attention are invested in what’s off track as opposed to what’s working well and that is what this module is all about, accentuating the positive.
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® Are Your Employees Engaged?
Employee engagement is a workplace approach resulting in the right conditions for all members of an organization to give of their best each day. Engaged employees are committed to their organization’s goals and values, and motivated to contribute to organizational success, with an enhanced sense of their own well-being.
TrainingBriefs® Asking Someone to Lie
New Micro-Learning! In general, people lie so they can tip the balance toward things going their way. They rationalize the lie. This rationalization is like poison to work relationships and the ultimate success of a business. The antidote is to STOP. Search your motivations. Think about the implications. Open yourself up to other options and Preserve your integrity.
TrainingBriefs® Avoiding Bias in Hiring
New Micro-Learning! Making assumptions about others is a natural way of interacting with each other. But, assumptions can have a negative effect when it comes to hiring. In this course, we will explore how unconscious bias, or assumptions can prevent you from finding top talent for the roles you are trying to fill.
TrainingBriefs® Avoiding Discipline
New Micro-Learning! Although it can be uncomfortable or even unpleasant at times, you have a responsibility to take corrective or disciplinary action when the situation warrants it. In this course, we will examine the issue of avoiding discipline.
TrainingBriefs® Avoiding Reverse Discrimination in Hiring
New Micro-Learning! On paper, recruiting a new employee might appear to be a simple process. In reality, it’s an extremely complex process, and in every step of the way you need to be aware of certain legal implications. There are five common pitfalls in the recruiting and hiring process that you need to be mindful of; describing the job, dealing with protected groups, avoiding illegal questions, conducting legal reference check, and avoiding reverse discrimination. In this module, we will explore the topic of avoiding reverse discrimination.
TrainingBriefs® Behavior-Based Interviewing – Following a Lead
New Micro-Learning! This course lays out an interviewing strategy best used when you want to clarify or expand something a candidate says or implies by his or her body language. This strategy involves asking follow-up questions based on verbal and non-verbal clues and often requires you to share an observation first.
TrainingBriefs® Behavior-Based Interviewing – Probing for Current Work Examples
New Micro-Learning! When it comes to interviewing, clear, pre-planned questions help the candidate know how to answer. But often a candidate’s initial answer isn’t enough. The Probing for Current Work Examples strategy is best used when a candidate provides an answer involving an event, which took place many years ago. Because the candidate’s skills may have changed significantly since that time, it makes sense to ask for a more current example.
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® Behavior-Based Interviewing – Target of the Question
New Micro-Learning! A behavior-based interview uses a structured interview that organizes questions under job skills, or competencies. Clear, pre-planned questions help the candidate know how to answer. But often a candidate’s initial answer isn’t enough. In this course, we'll explore the topic of returning to the target of the question.
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.