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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 doesn’t 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 aren’t, you need to evaluate how things went so you will learn how to create an evaluation and follow up. -
Tough Topics: Talking to Employees about Personal Hygiene
$99.00This course has two major themes. First, we’ll give you a customizable framework for having tough conversations. Then, we’ll look at some common tough conversations that come up, including body odor, flatulence, poor clothing and hair decisions, and bad breath. -
Branding: Creating and Managing Your Corporate Brand
$139.99This 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. -
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. -
Knowledge Management
$99.00In this course, you will learn what knowledge is, what knowledge management is, how tacit and explicit knowledge are different, and the business benefits that knowledge management can bring. Then, you will learn about the knowledge management mix (which includes people, technology, and process) as well as a four step process for building your knowledge management framework. You will also learn about four knowledge management models: Bukowitz and Williams’ KM Process Framework, Gamble and Blackwell’s knowledge management matrix, Botha’s process model, and Nonaka and Takeuchi’s spiral model. Implementation aspects, such as knowledge management teams, post-mortem plans, KMBOKs, Chief Knowledge Officers, and pilot programs, are covered as well. -
Training with Visual Storytelling
$99.00In this course, you will learn how to use storytelling to engage the hearts and minds of your audience. We’ll cover the essential elements of a successful story as well as a variety of storyboarding and graphic design tools. After you complete this course, you’ll be ready to create engaging, compelling training sessions that inspire your students. -
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. -
Leadership Skills for Supervisors: Communication, Coaching, and Conflict
$99.00In this course, you will learn about coaching models, conflict resolution techniques, and ways to communicate with your employees. You will also complete Velsoft’s signature leadership assessment to help you identify how to connect with others. As a bonus, you will receive an introduction to some important leadership theories, including the Situational Leadership II® model and servant leadership. -
Purchasing and Procurement Basics
$99.00In this course, you will learn the basics of purchasing and procurement. You’ll receive an introduction to the supply chain, the purchasing cycle, and basic purchasing tools. You’ll also learn about the competitive bidding process, how to manage supplier performance, risk management techniques, and ways to build relationships. -
Diversity Training: Celebrating Diversity in the Workplace
$99.00In this course, you will learn what diversity means and what some of its related terms are. You’ll also consider how your world has changed and how stereotypes impact people. Then, you’ll learn how to use the four cornerstones of diversity and the STOP technique to encourage a diverse workplace. You will also learn how to manage for diversity and deal with discrimination issues. -
Public Speaking: Speaking Under Pressure
$139.99This 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. -
Critical Thinking
$99.00In this course, you’ll learn what critical thinking is all about, what characteristics a critical thinker has, and what skills you may want to work on. Then, you’ll work your way through a seven-step critical thinking model. Supporting skills, such as asking good questions, applying common sense, and thinking creatively, are also covered. -
Creating a Top-Notch Talent Management Program
$99.00In this course, you will learn about the various aspects of talent management, including performance management, succession planning, talent management programs, employee development strategies, and employee engagement plans. -
Selling Smarter
$99.00In this course, you will learn why consultative and customer-focused selling are so important. You’ll also learn about the sales cycle, setting goals, ways to increase your average sale, and where to find new clients. -
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. -
Research Skills
$139.99In this course, you will learn basic research skills, such as reading, memory recall, and note-taking. You will also learn how to create different kinds of outlines for different stages of your project, and how to move from the outline to writing, editing, and polishing. As well, you’ll learn how to find information using the library’s Dewey Decimal System, journals, and the Internet. -
Business Process Management
$99.00To begin this course, you will learn about business process management and three related skill areas: business analysis, enterprise content management, and business process re-engineering. Then, you will work through the five stages of the business process life cycle: vision, design, modeling, execution, monitoring, and optimization. Tools such as automation, business rules, workflow engines, what-if analysis, process mining, business activity monitoring, the balanced scorecard, Lean, and Six Sigma are also covered. -
Customer Service Training: Critical Elements of Customer Service
$139.99This 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. -
Emotional Intelligence
$99.00This course will introduce you to the history of emotional intelligence and what it’s all about. You’ll explore the most popular theories, including the EI blueprint, Martin Seligman’s ABC’s of optimism, the VALUE and SOLER techniques, Ekman’s seven basic emotions, and Plutchik’s wheel. You’ll also explore your personal values and vision statement to help guide you in your emotional intelligence development.
