Encouraging Sustainability and Social Responsibility in Business
$135.00$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.Developing Your Executive Presence
$135.00$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview This course is going to provide you with the boost you might need to get the most out of your inter-personal skills as you develop yourself into an executive with presence that will be the marvel of your coworkers and others you meet. It will help you consider the first impressions you make on others, your interpersonal skills, your speaking and listening skills, plus sharpens your leadership skills.Conquering Your Fear of Speaking in Public
$135.00$99.00To begin this course, you'll review some of the basics of communication. Then, you'll learn how to make small talk, develop conversations, speak well, dress appropriately, and control nervousness. To wrap things up, you'll learn how to handle specific scenarios, like meetings and sticky social situations.Balanced Scorecard Basics
$135.00$99.00You will begin this course by learning what the balanced scorecard is and what types of organizations it is most useful for. Then, you will review some sample scorecards, strategy maps, and tactical action plans. You will also learn how to develop your organizations mission, vision, and values (which form the basis for the balanced scorecard); a project vision statement; plans to implement the scorecard; and balanced scorecard teams.Advanced Writing Skills – Timothy Howell, MBA
$135.00$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview This course is designed for writers who understand the basics and are ready to learn the nuances of letters, business cases, proposals, and reports. The skills taught in this course will empower you to succeed in any college-level course or your professional field. SUGGESTED PERQUISITE: We HIGHLY recommend that you complete Business Writing That Works PRIOR to beginning this course.Public Speaking: Presentation Survival School
$135.00$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview This course will teach you how to manage your thoughts, body language, nervousness, and speech patterns to present yourself professionally. You'll also learn how to present at meetings, use the five-S pattern to prepare a good presentation, and punch up your presentation with visual aids. As a bonus, you'll complete Velsoft's signature personality assessment to help you identify your strengths and weaknesses as a speaker.Writing Reports and Proposals
$135.00$99.00To begin this course, you will learn about the four stages of report writing: investigating, planning, writing, and revising. Youll also learn about the ten steps of proposal writing, as well as using headings, adding visual aids, writing persuasively, and sourcing material.Getting Stuff Done: Personal Development Boot Camp
$135.00$99.00Course Length: 12 Weeks Course Hours: 16 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview To start this course, you'll explore what personal efficiency is all about, as well as useful attitudes and skills that you might want to develop. Then, you'll outline your vision statement, dreams, and goals. Next, you'll learn about the 80/20 system, what characteristics your organizational system should have, how to design a functional workspace, and techniques for organizing your daily to-do items. You'll also learn how to set up and maintain information management systems (both physical and virtual), prioritize tasks, create routines, and tackle procrastination. Finally, you'll learn how to get organized at home.Building a Brand on Social Media
$135.00$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview In this course you will look at various social media platforms and how they can be melded into your business to promote your brand. Along the way you will learn how to decide who your audience is, how to handle negative feedback as well as how to develop a complete social media plan.Business Writing That Works
$135.00$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 _________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview This course will teach you the four C's 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 e-mails, memos, and letters.Creative Thinking and Innovation
$135.00$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview In this course, you will identify ways to develop your creative side and build a creative environment. You'll also learn a basic problem-solving process, individual creative thinking tools (such as the RAP model, shoe swap technique, mind mapping, metaphors, and toys), and team-based creative thinking tools (such as brainstorming, brain writing, role storming, the stepladder technique, and slip writing).Self-Leadership
$135.00$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview In this course, you will explore the four pillars of self-leadership: knowing who you are, knowing what you do, knowing what you need to learn, and using what you know.Continuous Improvement with Lean
$135.00$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.Delegation: The Art Of Delegating Effectively
$135.00$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview This course will teach you how delegation can make you more successful, ways that you can delegate, techniques for giving instructions, how to monitor delegation results, and how to give good feedback. You will also learn an eight-step delegation process that you can customize for any situation.An Environmental Audit Primer
$135.00$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview This 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.Developing an effective 21st Century Safety Procedures Manual, Johnson Security Bureau
$135.00$99.00This course helps you craft a usable manual for your workplace, or for whatever situation you require one. You will learn about safety procedures and safety procedures templates. Also, this course introduces you to how to organize the steps in a procedure and construct a flowchart. Brainstorming allows you to gather information and you will also look at guidelines for writing procedures and learn about communication aids.Planning for Workplace Safety
$135.00$99.00This course gives you the tools to create a workplace safety plan that covers the all the bases you need to begin to build a safe work environment. You will learn many topics including the basics of a safety policy along with the introduction of a safety plan and how to develop a communications plan. You will learn how to decide upon training solutions for common accidents/incidents and learn of the importance and structure of incident response plans. Also, the course covers 6S inspections, checklists, plus the value of an appendix for the safety plan.Creating a Positive Work Environment
$135.00$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview Here you will learn how to recognize a positive work environment and understand the key elements that are needed to create one. You will also discover what you can do personally to build on in your workplace and figure out what type of team player you are. Along the way you will be shown the importance of effective workplace relationships in creating and maintaining a positive environment at work. You will also reveal your personal strengths and weaknesses in working cooperatively and your preference for dealing with workplace conflict.Creating Successful Staff Retreats
$135.00$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.Six Sigma: Entering the Dojo
$135.00$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.