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TrainingBriefs® Misplaced Paternalism

New Micro-Learning! Taking employment actions that you believe are in the employee’s “best interests” – also called misplaced paternalism – can be viewed as discrimination if they are based on stereotypes about a disability, or sex, or any other characteristic protected by law.

eLearning - TrainingBriefs® Ethics & Compliance Discrimination, Compliance, Discrimination Foundational 5 minutes

TrainingBriefs® Inconsistent Discipline

New Micro-Learning! Managers should always be professional, be even-handed, and above all, be consistent. Now obviously, employees aren't machines. And part of being a good manager is being able to tailor your management style to the unique needs of individuals. But when it comes to progressive discipline, making exceptions or applying different standards is a great way to end up telling your story to a judge.

eLearning - TrainingBriefs® Ethics & Compliance Compliance, Management Foundational 5 Minutes

TrainingBriefs® Free Speech at Work

New Micro-Learning! It's important to know that the First Amendment right to free speech is not unlimited or does not outweigh the organization’s right to maintain a workplace free from discrimination and harassment. In this course, you'll learn about prohibited behavior in the workplace - as an employee exercises what he sees as his right to free speech.

eLearning - TrainingBriefs® Ethics & Compliance Compliance, Communication, Discrimination, Harassment Prevention Foundational 5 Minutes

TrainingBriefs® There’s No “I” in Team

Most people don’t intentionally come to work with a bad or difficult attitude. The problem is a lot of people don’t understand - or they forget - how our attitudes affect the people around us. When these situations do arise, all it really takes is a gentle reminder that what they're doing has an impact on the rest of us.

eLearning - TrainingBriefs® Leadership Successfully Leading Others, Communication, Effective Leadership Foundational 8 Minutes

Human Trafficking Awareness - Hospitality Industry Overview

Human trafficking is very real issue in the United States! Traffickers often take advantage of the privacy and anonymity accessible through the hospitality industry. Hotels and motels can be especially attractive locations for all forms of trafficking. This interactive course gives an overview of human trafficking, the warning signs and how to report suspicious activity. Can be used for SB970 (California training) requirements.

eLearning - Signature Ethics & Compliance Compliance, Communicating Safety, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 25 Minutes

TrainingBriefs® Too Old, Huh?

Making employment decisions such as promotions and reporting relationships, because you think an employee is too old can get you and the organization into a lot of trouble. This might lead to an adverse employee action. Age is a protected class under federal law.

eLearning - TrainingBriefs® Ethics & Compliance Discrimination, Compliance, Harassment Prevention Foundational 6 Minutes

TrainingBriefs® Pregnancy is No Joke

New Micro-Learning! This module takes a look at the workplace protections pregnant employees receive under the law. Even if it’s unintentional, jokes about a co-worker being pregnant or repeated comments about the pregnancy can result in creating a hostile work environment and lead to charges of harassment.

eLearning - TrainingBriefs® Ethics & Compliance Harassment Prevention, Compliance, Professionalism Foundational 5 Minutes

TrainingBriefs® Describing the Job

New Micro-Learning! 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. In this course, we will explore the topic of describing the job.

eLearning - TrainingBriefs® Ethics & Compliance Hiring & Recruiting, Compliance, Management Intermediate 6 minutes

TrainingBriefs® Focus on Your Strengths

New Micro-Learning! This course focuses on the energy that should be spent exploiting our strengths instead of focusing our energy on our weaknesses. As you complete this quick course, ask yourself in what areas do I want to be recognized as outstanding?

eLearning - TrainingBriefs® Leadership Successfully Leading Others, Effective Leadership, Management Intermediate 6 minutes

TrainingBriefs® Progressive Discipline

New Micro-Learning! Progressive discipline is a process for dealing with job-related behavior that does not meet expected and communicated performance standards. This course will address this process so you can avoid a wrongful termination lawsuit.

eLearning - TrainingBriefs® Ethics & Compliance, Leadership Effective (& Legal) Interviewing, Management Intermediate 7 Minutes

TrainingBriefs® Recruiting and Hiring (Legally)

New Micro-Learning! Recruiting and hiring is the process of reviewing applications, selecting the right candidates to interview, testing candidates, choosing between candidates to make the hiring decision and performing various pre-employment tests and checks. In this course, we’ll take a look at this process and some of the pitfalls you must avoid.

eLearning - TrainingBriefs® Ethics & Compliance Hiring & Recruiting, Management Foundational 7 Minutes

TrainingBriefs® Illegal Harassment

New Micro-Learning! Harassment is unwelcome conduct that is based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information. This module will take a look at what you can do as a manager and as an organization to prevent such behavior.

eLearning - TrainingBriefs® Ethics & Compliance Harassment Prevention, Learning Reinforcement, Management Intermediate 6 Minutes

TrainingBriefs® Leading to Engage Others

New Micro-Learning! In this course, we will take a look at three fundamental ways leaders enroll followers, and how only one really works. We will also look at how leaders capture the attention of their followers to take the journey to a better place by ensuring they know how much better it is then where they are now.

eLearning - TrainingBriefs® Leadership Successfully Leading Others, Effective Leadership, Management Intermediate 6 Minutes

TrainingBriefs® Leading Is A Commitment

New Micro-Learning! You won't become a leader because it's logical that you do, or because the company demands that you become a leader, or because it's a new way to get you people to work harder. Forget it! Leadership is too big a commitment, and too big a change from the way you’re used to working. You will only become a leader if you are first convinced it's in your personal best interests to do so.

eLearning - TrainingBriefs® Leadership Successfully Leading Others, Effective Leadership, Management Intermediate 5 Minutes

TrainingBriefs® Indirect Leadership Development

New Micro-Learning! This quick course focuses on a better and faster way to achieve your leadership development goals by tapping into competency companions. Remember... “the fastest way to becoming extraordinary isn't always a straight line.”

eLearning - TrainingBriefs® Leadership Successfully Leading Others, Interpersonal Skills, Effective Leadership, Learning Reinforcement, Management Intermediate 5 minutes

TrainingBriefs® The Leadership Difference

New Micro-Learning! Leading others starts with your own values. The biggest difference between leaders and non-leaders is a leader’s level of self-awareness — a leader knows who they are. Leaders are hyper-aware of what’s important to them — they can put a name to their core values.

eLearning - TrainingBriefs® Leadership Effective Leadership, Successfully Leading Others, Learning Reinforcement, Management Foundational 5 Minutes

TrainingBriefs® The Benefits of Leadership

New Micro-Learning! Leadership isn't well understood by most managers and they may perceive it as something that they can't do, are uncomfortable doing, or that has no benefit to them. During this short course, you will learn about the benefits of making the transition from manager to leader.

eLearning - TrainingBriefs® Leadership Effective Leadership, Successfully Leading Others, Learning Reinforcement, Management Intermediate 5 Minutes

M.E.E.T. Zero Tolerance™: Enforcing Zero Tolerance with Fairness and Respect (eLearning Course)

Enforce zero-tolerance policies with fairness and respect. Although most zero-tolerance policies seem pretty clear, when the human dynamic is added to the equation, the solution may no longer be so clear cut. This makes the manager’s job of enforcing the policy much more challenging. This course is designed to show how to enforce zero-tolerance situations at work while maintaining fairness, equity and respect for all employees.

eLearning - Signature Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Diversity Dynamics, Communication, Communication & Influencing, Conflict Resolution, Culture Commitment, Harassment Prevention, Effective Leadership, Professionalism Intermediate 30 - 40 minutes

F.A.I.R. in Action™ for Managers (eLearning)

Diversity is about understanding the unique characteristics of the various groups that make up your business environment (such as customers, managers, employees, suppliers and other stakeholders). The paradox of diversity is that sometimes people may have to be treated differently in order to be treated fairly. F.A.I.R. in Action is designed to help you recognize and respond to those similarities and differences and understand what diversity really is and when it matters most in the workplace.

eLearning - Signature Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Inclusion / Equity / Belonging, Communication, Compliance, Diversity Dynamics, Interpersonal Skills, Effective Leadership, Micro-Inequities/Micro-Aggressions, Unconscious / Hidden Bias Foundational 40 Minutes

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.

eLearning - Signature Personal Performance Professionalism, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Effective Leadership Foundational 35 Minutes