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Leadership Training (3)

  • Building Influence

    Most of us need to influence others in order to get things done. Find...

    60 MINS
  • Building Expert Power

    Expert Power is one of the most authentic forms of power you can rely...

    60 MINS
  • Understanding Leadership Styles

    Learn how to recognize, understand, and apply the three most common leadership styles you'll...

    60 MINS

Team Management Training (13)

  • Motivating Your Team

    Learn more about motivation and the tools and strategies available to help you increase...

    60 MINS
  • Team Building

    Team building involves much more than a few well-planned exercises that get you out...

    60 MINS
  • Training for Non-Trainers

    You may not work as a trainer, but you'll probably have to train someone...

    60 MINS
  • How to Set Up a Virtual Team

    Whether team members are in different countries or even just different buildings, there are...

    60 MINS
  • Talent Management

    Learn about identifying and maximizing the talent within your team, including how to develop...

    60 MINS
  • Tuckman's Team Development Model

    A group is not a team. People can work side by side on a...

    60 MINS
  • Empowerment and Delegation

    How do you really empower people at work? It's much more than letting them...

    60 MINS
  • Understanding Team Roles and Behaviors

    The right mix of team roles is vital to the success of any project...

    60 MINS
  • Mentoring Skills

    Mentoring is a valuable tool for helping people to develop. Learn how to make...

    60 MINS
  • Delegation

    If you shy away from delegating tasks to others you’re not alone. Learn how...

    60 MINS
  • How to Manage a Virtual Team

    In this one-hour training session, learn more about how to communicate, manage and motivate...

    60 MINS
  • Setting Goals for Members of Your Team

    Setting goals for other people is a key part of management and leadership. Find...

    60 MINS
  • Recruiting Skills

    Are you confident that you're hiring the right people? Improve your hiring immediately with...

    60 MINS

Strategy Training (4)

  • What Is Operations Management?

    When people hear the phrase "Operations Management" they often think of assembly lines and...

    60 MINS
  • Essential Strategy

    In this short training session, you'll learn about six popular business strategy tools, and...

    60 MINS
  • Marketing Essentials

    In this short training session, you'll learn about the key tools and the basic...

    60 MINS
  • Better Processes

    Learn how to map the flow of your work, so that you can do...

    60 MINS

Problem-Solving Training (1)

  • Problem Solving: How to Search for Solutions

    Learn how to solve problems systematically by first identifying the root causes of your...

    60 MINS

Decision-Making Training (6)

  • Impact Analysis

    Learn how to find out the potential impacts of a decision you're considering, in...

    60 MINS
  • Using Decision Trees

    Find out how to use this useful tool to choose between different courses of...

    60 MINS
  • Decision-Making Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

    Make a bad decision, though, and you'll be reminded forever. Learn how to avoid...

    60 MINS
  • Group Decision Making

    Learn strategies for group decision making, and find out how to avoid the common...

    60 MINS
  • Avoiding Decision-Making Paralysis

    Do you spend so long trying to find the "perfect" answer that you never...

    60 MINS
  • Financial Forecasting in Project Evaluation

    Financial Forecasting is an essential part of evaluating business opportunities and decisions, and you...

    60 MINS

Project Management Training (6)

  • Stakeholder Management

    Identifying stakeholders, understanding what they can do for you, and deciding how to manage...

    60 MINS
  • Winning Support for Your Project

    Getting support for your projects is critical. Learn how to do this with this...

    60 MINS
  • Managing Stakeholders

    Different stakeholders with different needs can derail the best laid plans. Learn how to...

    60 MINS
  • Managing Change

    Learn how to guide and support the change process, and how to be a...

    60 MINS
  • Planning Small Projects

    If you think you can "wing" any but the very smallest project, think again.

    60 MINS
  • Project Management Basics

    Projects drive businesses forward. Whether they're large or small, they all benefit from effective...

    60 MINS

Time Management Training (9)

  • Essential Time Management

    You can’t create more hours in the day, so you have to use the...

    60 MINS
  • Time Management

    Effective time management is high on everyone’s list of must-have skills. Learn how to...

    60 MINS
  • Personal Goal Setting

    Learn how to set manageable goals that will help you achieve your ambitions ...

    60 MINS
  • How to Prioritize

    Make sure your most important tasks get the time they deserve, by learning why...

    60 MINS
  • Improving Productivity

    Find out how to get more done by working more intelligently, with this short...

    60 MINS
  • Get Motivated!

    Learn how to maximize your own motivation with this short training session.

    60 MINS
  • Overcoming Procrastination

    Learn some simple techniques that will help you beat your procrastination habit.

    60 MINS
  • Time Management Audit

    Is time on your side? If not, complete this time audit so that you...

    60 MINS
  • Beating the Time Bandits

    Time is only on your side if you are in control of it. Learn...

    60 MINS

Stress Management Training (2)

  • Building Your Self-Confidence

    Confidence is key to so many aspects of success. Work through the four steps...

    60 MINS
  • Stress Busters

    We can all do without stress. Take some time now to learn some stress-busting...

    60 MINS

Communication Skills Training (9)

  • Written Communication

    Learn how to communicate effectively, and avoid common writing mistakes, with this short training...

    60 MINS
  • Negotiation Skills

    Negotiating is part of everyday life – at work and at home. Learn how...

    60 MINS
  • How to Sell Your Idea

    Think selling is only for salesmen? Think again! In business you have to sell...

    60 MINS
  • Meeting Skills

    Bad meetings – everybody complains about them! Learn common-sense guidelines for running great meetings...

    60 MINS
  • Great Presentations

    Presentations are a powerful way imparting information and selling products and services. So being...

    60 MINS
  • Assertiveness

    Learn how to be assertive, while maintaining good relationships, with this short training session.

    60 MINS
  • Managing Conflict

    Conflict is all around us. The way you approach it determines how effectively you...

    60 MINS
  • Even Better Presentations

    Learn how to hone your preparation skills and concentrate on the aspects of presenting...

    60 MINS
  • Giving Feedback

    Giving feedback is critically important for building great teams and achieving great performance. Learn...

    60 MINS

Creativity Skills Training (1)

  • Get Creative!

    Discover three very powerful tools that you can use to help you be more...

    60 MINS

Learning Skills Training (3)

  • Remember!

    If you're tired of having to "fess-up" to not remembering associate's names, this training...

    60 MINS
  • Read Smarter

    Find out how to become a speedier and more efficient reader with this short...

    60 MINS
  • Understanding Learning Styles

    There's no escaping it – to grow and develop in your job you have...

    60 MINS

Career Skills Training (7)

  • Personal PEST Analysis

    Apply the well-known PEST strategy tool to yourself and find out more about the...

    60 MINS
  • Finding Your Unique Strengths

    Find out how to use USP Analysis to make yourself uniquely valuable to your...

    60 MINS
  • Networking Skills

    Find out how to boost your networking skills with this short training session.

    60 MINS
  • Finance Management

    If you've ever wondered what those "finance guys" actually do, this is the training...

    60 MINS
  • Managing Up

    In formal terms, management is done down the corporate hierarchy. But as secretaries have...

    60 MINS
  • How to Manage a Budget

    60 MINS
  • Personal SWOT Analysis

    Learn how to analyze your own Strengths and Weaknesses, and the Opportunities and Threats...

    60 MINS