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Entrepreneurship 101
$99.00In this course, you'll learn the basics of entrepreneurship. You will learn how to find and evaluate business ideas, flesh out those ideas by developing value propositions and financial projections, consider your ownership options, prepare the appropriate documents (including a business plan, pitch deck, and white papers), and gather funding for your business. You'll also learn the steps of developing, testing, marketing, and launching a product or service. To wrap things up, you'll learn how to grow your business and become an entrepreneurial leader. -
Hiring for Success: Behavioral Interviewing Techniques
$99.00This course will take you through the hiring process from start to finish, including cost analysis, position profiles, finding candidates, screening resumes, testing candidates, interviewing (including different types of questions), evaluating responses, and reference checks. You will also learn about some of the problems commonly encountered in the hiring process and how to overcome them. Learning Objectives: Recognize the costs incurred by an organization when a wrong hiring decision is made. Develop a fair and consistent interviewing process for selecting employees. Prepare better job advertisements and use a variety of markets. Be able to develop a job analysis and position profile. Use traditional, behavioral, achievement oriented, holistic, and situational (critical incident) interview questions. Enhance communication skills that are essential for a skilled recruiter. Effectively interview difficult applicants. Check references more effectively. Understand the basic employment and human rights laws that can affect the hiring process. *90 day access period -
Skills You Need for Workplace Success
$0.00Upon completing this course, you are going to know approaches to be an effective team member, how it feels to experience change and ways to be flexible in times of change and to approach problem solving. You will also identify tips to giving and receiving feedback, learn ways to recognize self-confident behaviors in the workplace and learn a three-step process to building self-confidence. -
Global Business Strategies
$99.00This course provides an overview of the various factors that a business must consider before going global. Students will also begin considering how they can expand their business to the global marketplace using a variety of planning techniques. We strongly recommend that participants complete our Entrepreneurship 101 and Basic Business Management programs before taking this course. -
Microsoft Office 365: 2018 Feature Updates
$19.00By the end of this course, users should be comfortable using the new features released in 2018 for the desktop version of Microsoft Office 365, including features of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, and Visio. -
Creating Successful Staff Retreats
$99.00In this course you are going to learn a comprehensive approach to crafting a successful staff retreat for your organization. You are going to look at why retreats are conducted, look at retreat undertaking categories and then advance to the development and presentation of retreat activities. Your retreat education doesnt stop there as you are also going to learn how to identify the critical elements of a staff retreat and you will learn to create a planning checklist and about the keys of running a retreat. When the retreat is over, your responsibilities arent, you need to evaluate how things went so you will learn how to create an evaluation and follow up. -
NLP Tools for Real Life
$99.00This course will teach you about anchoring, establishing congruency, developing rapport, creating outcomes, interpreting and presenting information efficiently, and self-hypnosis. -
Creating a Google AdWords Campaign
$99.00In this one-day course, you will learn how Google AdWords work, what pay per click means, the importance of correctly setting an AdWord budget, how to select keywords and set up ad groups, how to design a compelling ad, and how to make adjustments to increase success. *90 day access period www.skillmatelearning.com -
The Minute Taker’s Workshop
$35.00Youll begin this course by learning what a minute-taker does and what skills they should have. Then, youll learn about different styles of minutes, what to record, how to prepare minutes, and how to keep a minute book. -
Six Sigma: Entering the Dojo
$99.00Once you complete Six Sigma: Entering the Dojo your skills in this practical area of business improvement will be prepped and practiced enough to apply them in the real world. You are going to learn about the basics of Six Sigma and about various improvement tools. You will follow that up with a look at management tools for generating ideas. A look at continuous improvement is next on the agenda and the course concludes with a consideration of customer relationships. -
Mobbing in the Workplace
$99.00After this course, you will be able to identify mobbing and how it differs from individual bullying, know why and how it occurs, know how it impacts the person targeted and the organization, know what actions to take if you are being mobbed, know how to avoid targeting someone, and know what action to take as an organization to stop mobbing before it starts -
Microsoft PowerPoint 365 Part 2: Using Additional Features
$19.00In this course you will learn how to review a presentation, insert links and online video and view a presentation. -
Mastering The Interview
$35.00In this course, you will learn how to prepare for and participate in a job interview. Well share the types of questions to expect, as well as the questions that you should think about asking. You will also learn how to prepare for second interviews, testing, and shadowing, as well as how to follow up after an interview. -
Body Language: Reading Body Language as a Sales Tool
$99.00In this course, you will learn how to interpret personal space, gestures, facial expressions, body movements, and posture. You'll also learn how to send the right message with body language, dress, and personal interactions. -
The Professional Supervisor
$99.00In this course, you will learn how to plan effectively, build a high-performing team, motivate employees, provide effective feedback, delegate, and manage conflict. You will also receive an introduction to several leadership theories, including John Adairs action-centered leadership model, Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchards Situational Leadership II model. *90 day access period www.skillmatelearning.com -
Strengthening Your Writing Skills: Essentials for Business Writing Series
$195.00You can never go wrong by becoming a better writer. Whether you’re creating resumes and cover letters, drafting emails, conducting research, developing reports, or writing proposals, you need to be able to communicate through writing. 90 day access period -
Microsoft Excel 365: Part 2: Enhancing Workbooks
$19.00In this course you will learn how to customize workbooks and prepare a workbook for audiences. -
Microsoft Excel 365: Part 1: Using Pivot-Tables
$19.00In this course you will learn how to insert PivotTables, work with PivotTable data, and sort and filter PivotTable data. -
Business Etiquette: Gaining That Extra Edge
$35.00In this course, you'll learn all about business etiquette. First, you will learn tips for meeting new people, which includes a good handshake, knowing how to handle business cards, making small talk, remembering names, and crafting a good first impression. Then, you'll learn how to dress for success, dine with confidence, and present yourself well on the phone and via email. -
Making Your Business Better
$99.00This course demonstrates how various factors work together to ensure a company flourishes. Students will be guided through positioning and pricing, marketing, selling, negotiating, responding to RFQs, project management, team building, productivity, and strategic planning. Other courses that may be of interest are - Building Your Self Esteem and Assertiveness Skills, Business Leadership, Business Ethics in the Office, Creating a Positive Work Environment, and Getting Stuff Done - Personal Development Boot Camp. -
Marketing for Small Businesses
$99.00This course will teach you how marketing is different for small businesses, elements of a successful marketing message, what the marketing cycle looks like, how to build a marketing plan with the five Ps, how to market with social media, and how to create a marketing budget. You will also explore over 100 strategies and consider which ones are right for your small business. -
Conflict Resolution: Getting Along In The Workplace
$99.00In this course, you will learn what conflict is all about. You will also learn about different types of conflict, stages of conflict, helping others through conflict, and creating win/win solutions. As a bonus, you will also learn supporting skills, such as communication, active listening, and body language. Learning Objectives: Understand what conflict is and how it can escalate. Understand the types of conflict and the stages of conflict. Recognize the five most common conflict resolution styles and when to use them. Increase positive information flow through non-verbal and verbal communication skills. Develop effective techniques for intervention strategies. Become more confident of your ability to manage conflicts to enhance productivity and performance. *90 day access period -
Managing Pressure and Maintaining Balance
$35.00This course will teach you about the causes and costs of workplace pressure, the benefits of creating balance, and how to identify pressure points. You will also learn how to apply emotional intelligence, increase optimism and resilience, and develop strategies for getting ahead. -
Fostering Innovation
$35.00At the end of this course, you will be able to understand what fostering innovation means, learn what an innovative workplace looks like, determine how you can help create an innovative workplace environment, understand your role in helping to foster innovation, know what happens in the workplace when you help foster innovation, and describe ways that innovation can help your company. -
Bullying in the Workplace
$99.00Bullying is called the silent epidemic. Although half of workers have experienced or witnessed bullying, policies and laws dealing with it are far less prevalent. This course will give you the tools to deal with workplace bullying. In this course, you will learn what bullying is and what it can cost an organization. You will also learn how to protect yourself from bullying, what to do if you are bullied, and what to do if you witness bullying. *90 day access period www.skillmatelearning.com -
Managing Difficult Conversations
$99.00This course will give you an eight-step process for a difficult conversation, as well as some things to consider when deciding to have the conversation (such as your desired outcome, the time and place, and how to stay safe). You'll also learn how to speak persuasively, ask good questions, and listen actively. *90 day access period www.skillmatelearning.com -
Conducting Effective Performance Reviews
$0.00This in-depth course will cover the entire performance management process, various types of performance reviews, goal setting, feedback strategies, coaching tips, techniques for handling performance problems, and ways to maintain performance. Learning Objectives: Recognize the importance of having a performance review process for employees. Understand how to work with employees to set performance standards and goals. Develop skills in observing, giving feedback, listening, and asking questions. Identify an effective interview process and have the opportunity to practice the process in a supportive atmosphere. Make the performance review legally defensible. *90 day access period -
Encouraging Sustainability and Social Responsibility in Business
$99.00This course will introduce you to the basics of sustainability and corporate social responsibility using ISO 26000 guidelines as a framework. These principles include organizational governance and ethics, operating practices, human rights and labor practices, environmental awareness and sustainability, consumer issues, and community involvement.