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Beyond Workplace Politics: Using Social and Emotional Competencies
$99.00Upon completing this course you will have developed the skills that will allow you to cope with workplace politics which crop up in every workplace where there is more than one person. You will learn exactly what workplace politics are and then delve into learning lessons from social and emotional intelligence. The course takes you along through a look at self-awareness, self-management and into social awareness. Your learning journey continues with consideration of good relationship skills, responsible decision making and wraps up with a chance for you to create your own workplace philosophy. -
Creating a Dynamite Job Portfolio
$35.00In this course, youll learn about the different aspects of your job package, including your resume, cover letter, and job portfolio. Youll also receive a plan that will get you to a job in 60 days, techniques for writing thank-you notes, and tips for choosing your references. -
Telemarketing: Using the Telephone as a Sales Tool
$99.00In this course, you will learn how to communicate effectively over the telephone, develop your personal telemarketing script, and close a sale. You'll also learn how telemarketing can add to your sales strategy. -
Dealing With Difficult People
$99.00If difficult interactions are necessary, and we approach those conversations or interactions with a plan, we will likely find that these encounters are easier to handle, and we can have more successful outcomes. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to recognize how your own attitudes and actions affect others; find new and effective techniques for dealing with difficult people; be familiar with some techniques for managing and dealing with anger; and develop coping strategies for dealing with difficult people and difficult situations. *90 day access period www.skillmatelearning.com -
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. -
Working with the Media: Creating a Positive Working Relationship
$35.00You are going to have a good grasp of the interview process when you are done of this course, from the perspective of a regular citizen or as a professional spokesperson. In addition to speaking to the media, youre going to learn how to pass your message along via a press release or media package. Libel and slander will come under consideration as well as various types of media outlets and the concept of a professional relationship with the media versus a personal one. -
Building an Online Business
$99.00This course will lead you from your idea to your online business. It will take a look at important components such as business plans and marketing while touching upon payments, online marketplaces, and much more. With those topics covered you will have the skills to become an online entrepreneur. -
Project Management: All You Need to Know
$35.00Upon completion of this course you will have developed valuable new skills that will allow you to competently manage a project. You will come away from this course knowing about project management basics and how to being project planning. You will learn about the project life cycle and project planning documents. You'll learn about communications and how to deal changes and project tracking and also how to conduct status meetings. The course wraps up with a look at closing your project. -
Process Improvement with Gap Analysis
$99.00You will learn how to embrace Process Improvement with Gap Analysis during this course which provides you with the knowledge of what gap analysis is, examples, templates, and the guidance to implement an analysis in your situation. -
Social Selling for Small Businesses
$99.00In this course, you will learn about the attributes of social selling, you will learn how to explore social selling can generate business leads, how to apply social selling strategies of relevance in social media. You will also develop an understanding of the power of leveraging different platforms and how to measure results. -
Working Smarter: Using Technology to Your Advantage
$35.00In this course, youll learn how to use technology to your advantage. Computers, various types of applications, software purchases, technical training, IT budgets, security, privacy, usage policies, ergonomics, instant messaging, and telecommuting are all covered. -
Continuous Improvement with Lean
$99.00In this course, you will learn about developing continuous improvement strategies in the workplace using Lean methodology. The course focuses on the Identify Plan Execute Review cycle, and wraps up with an in-depth case study to help you practice what you have learned. -
Critical Elements of Customer Service
$35.00This course is all about the critical elements of customer service: a customer service focus that is defined within, and given life by, your organization. In order to be successful, this focus must be reinforced every day, measured, and improved upon. -
Prospecting for Leads Like a Pro
$99.00This course will teach you how to identify your target market, use a prospect dashboard, and set goals. You will also learn how to find prospects through networking, trade shows, lost accounts, and cold calls. -
Trade Shows: Getting the Most Out of Your Trade Show Experience
$99.00You are going to learn about people who attend trade shows and how to interact with them. You are also going to learn about the importance of pre-show promotion and then follow up afterwards. These topics will be explored in great depth as they get broken down into areas such as creating good opening lines and good conversations, targeted promotional giveaways, booth behavior, and prospecting activities. -
Writing a Business Plan
$99.00In this course, you will learn the essential steps for creating a business plan, including creating a first draft; identifying the audience; gathering information; researching; describing product plans; and marketing, sales, and accounting terms. -
Accounting Skills for New Supervisors
$99.00In this course, you will learn the basics of accounting, including financial terms, generally accepted accounting principles, the accounting cycle, key financial reports, financial analysis tools, and budgeting. -
Building a Consulting Business
$99.00This course will guide you along your journey to starting your own consulting business. It will take a look at important components such as business plans and marketing plans while touching on networking and important documents you need to consider. -
Risk Management
$99.00In this course, you will learn about the seven Rs and four Ts that traditionally represent the key activities of risk management. This will give you a framework that you can customize for a single project, a department, or an entire company. *90 day access period www.skillmatelearning.com -
Lean Process Improvement
$99.00This course will teach you the foundations of Lean through the Toyota precepts and the five critical improvement concepts (value, waste, variation, complexity, and continuous improvement). Then, you will learn about tools to perform continuous improvement in your organization, including 5S, 5W-2H, PDSA, DMAIC, Kaizen, Genchi Genbutsu, and Lean data mapping methods. -
Time Management
$0.00After you complete this course, you will be able to better organize yourself and your workspace for peak efficiency, understand the importance of, and the most useful techniques for, setting and achieving goals, plan and schedule your time efficiently, learn how to set priorities, discover the ingredients for good decision-making, learn what to delegate and how to delegate well, take control of things that can derail your workplace productivity, create order and get organized, and manage your workload. -
Public Speaking: Speaking Under Pressure
$35.00This course will take you through preparing an effective presentation. Topics include planning your speech, identifying your audience, connecting with the listener, developing key themes and sentences, structuring your ideas, and managing nervousness and body language. You'll focus on short responses and learn ways to expand a basic presentation. -
Stress Management
$99.00This course will teach you some different ways to look at stress, ways to take care of yourself to reduce the stress that you feel, and coping techniques. You will also learn some time management and organizational tips to help you work smarter. Learning Objectives: Understand that stress is an unavoidable part of everybody’s life. Recognize the symptoms that tell you when you have chronic stress overload. Change the situations and actions that can be changed. Deal better with situations and actions that can’t be changed. Create an action plan for work, home, and play to help reduce and manage stress. *90 day access period -
Problem Solving and Decision Making
$99.00In this course, you will learn a three-phase problem solving process that you can apply to any situation. You will also learn techniques for creative thinking, how to make good group decisions, and ways to follow up on and evaluate decisions. Learning Objectives: Apply problem solving steps and tools Analyze information to clearly describe problems Identify appropriate solutions Think creatively and be a contributing member of a problem solving team Select the best approach for making decisions Create a plan for implementing, evaluating, and following up on decisions Avoid common decision-making mistakes *90 day access period -
Networking for Success
$35.00In this course, you will learn how to identify opportunities, create a positive first impression, develop a memorable intro, start conversations, shake hands well, handle business cards, manage sticky situations, follow up with others, and organize your network. Youll also learn how to network in online spaces, such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. -
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 -
Being a Team Player
$99.00Teamwork is essential in any organization, and strongly influences whether a venture succeeds or fails. Participants will learn what characteristics are common to team players, how to demonstrate to others that you are a good team player, types of teams and which ones are vital to every workplace, reasons teams fail, and strategies to ensure success. Other courses that may be of interest are Creating a Positive Work Environment, Making Your Business Better, Problem Solving and Decision Making, Team Building- Developing High Performance Teams, and Communication Strategies. -
Advanced Skills for the Practical Trainer
$99.00To begin, you will explore the trainers role and what skills and competencies trainers should have. Then you will learn about the learning process and different learning styles, and apply that knowledge to designing programs and motivating learners. You will also learn ways to manage the stress of training, plan a workshop, and lead a training session. Then, you will learn techniques for dealing with difficult participants, evaluating learning, and conducting on-the-job follow-up. Alternative training methods, such as eLearning, co-facilitation, and team teaching will also be covered. *90 day access period www.skillmatelearning.com -
Intrapreneurship
$99.00In this course, you'll learn what intrapreneurship is all about. You will learn about the history and culture of intrapreneurship and assess your own intrapreneurial qualities. You'll also explore different ways that you can contribute to the intrapreneurial process. As well, you'll learn how to develop, screen, sell, and implement your ideas. Learning Objectives: Understand the importance of intrapreneurship in today’s economy. Identify the characteristics of an intrapreneur and assess your own strengths. Create an intrapreneurial team within your organization. Understand the process of intrapreneurship. Develop a new product or process idea. Understand the importance of a sales strategy. Create a start-up financial statement. -
Business Writing That Works
$35.00This course will teach you the four Cs of writing: clear, concise, complete, and correct. You will also learn some of the fundamentals of good writing, including word agreement, active and passive voice, sentence construction, punctuation, and spelling. Finally, you will have a chance to apply these skills to real-life situations, such as writing emails, memos, and letters. -
Customer Service Essentials
$95.00This online Customer Service Essentials Course is designed for anyone who works with members of the public face-to-face, over the phone, via email, social media or live chat. Excellent customer service will help individuals, teams and organizations build positive working relationships with both external and internal customers. This course features several topics covering CRM Management, Call Center Training, Customer Service Management, and behavioral resources; helping to enable high standards of customer service at all times and ensure customers have the best experience, facilitating repeat business and positive recommendations. Course Benefits Learn at your own pace Earn Certificate of Completion 60 Day Access Period -
Advanced Writing Skills
$99.00After you complete this course, you will be able to make your writing clear, complete, concise, and correct, improve sentence construction and paragraph development, deal with specific business requests, create effective business cases, proposals, and reports, and thoroughly document sources that you use in your writing. -
Overcoming Objections to Nail the Sale
$99.00In this course, you will learn how to overcome objections, identify buying signals, and close the sale. You will also learn supporting skills, like building credibility, being observant, and communicating well. -
An Environmental Audit Primer
$99.00This course will give you the tools to conduct an internal environmental audit at your workplace. You will learn of the different types of audits and about auditors and the basic steps of an audit. This course will also teach you the essential aspects of an audit checklist and how to develop a checklist based on Environmental Management System procedures. You will also explore noncompliances, corrective actions and an audit closing meeting. -
Branding: Creating and Managing Your Corporate Brand
$99.00This course will get you started on the road to creating a perfect brand. You'll learn how to develop a visual identity from start to finish, the basics of graphic design, and how to keep your brand energized and alive. -
Successfully Managing Change
$99.00This course covers how to manage and cope with change and how to help those around you, too. Topics explored include understanding, accepting and reacting to change; and strategies for assisting with change to be accepted and implemented in the workplace. Learning Objectives: Accept there are no normal or abnormal ways of reacting to change, but that we must start from where we are. See change not as something to be feared and resisted but as an essential element of the world to be accepted. Understand that adapting to change is not technical but attitudinal. Change is not an intellectual issue but one that strikes at who you are. Recognize that before we can embrace the way things will be, we may go through a process of grieving, and of letting go of the way things used to be. See change as an opportunity for self-motivation and innovation. Identify strategies for helping change to be accepted and implemented in the workplace. *90 day access period
