Business Correspondence
In this two-day workshop, participants learn to organize data, write outlines, write various types of business-related correspondence, and respond to letters, memos, and electronic correspondence, both formal and informal. Participants target their writing to a specific purpose and audience and learn to apply a clear and concise business writing style, and to use appropriate technological tools for their work.
Report Writing
In this two-day workshop, participants learn to organize data, write outlines, and write various types of business reports, both formal and informal. Participants target their report writing to a specific purpose and audience and learn to apply a clear and concise business writing style, and to use appropriate technological tools for their work.
Communication for Success
In this two-day workshop, participants learn how to assess their communication styles and how to affirm and understand different personalities and preferences. The course increases interpersonal effectiveness through demonstrating the impacts of different communication styles.
Conflict Management
The Conflict Management workshop is designed as a two-day training activity. Participants explore the nature of conflict as well as its causes and driving forces. Through gaining a better understanding of the roots of conflicts, the participants are taught to identify sources of conflict in their lives and identify the behavioral forces that drive conflict. The course focuses on exploring various styles and strategies to manage conflict constructively.
Creative Problem Solving and Decision Making
Effective problem solving and decision making are critical to the success of an organization. In this two-day workshop, participants will master how to define their problems, to understand their root causes, and how best to implement solutions. Participants will learn to apply various models and techniques to enhance the creativity of their teams in solving problems and implementing decisions. Participants will also have the opportunity to develop a concrete action plan for achieving their goals.
Serve Your Customer with Quality
The Serve your Customer with Quality workshop is designed as a two-day training activity in which participants learn the basics of quality customer service. Participants learn how to make the right first impression, how to retain customers through studying international case studies, and how to serve their clients at a global standard.
Basics of Office Management
This two-day workshop concentrates on the key issues involved with being proactive and creative as a manager in a modern office environment. The course focuses on prioritizing, delegating and communicating with individuals and in teams.Modern executive assistants must be much more than a traditional secretary; they must be proactive, creative, and organized, adapting their skills and priorities to a rapidly changing office environment. The Basics of Office Management workshop will provide participants with the skills they need to succeed in the modern workplace.
Interviewing from the Behavioral Approach
This two-day workshop helps participants enhance their interviewing skills by learning to better determine job requirements, set objective selection criteria, and effectively design the interview process. By assessing and improving their interviewing style, participants will be better-equipped to make more efficient hiring decisions. Among the topics covered are interviews as a selection tool, developing structured interviews, interviewing procedures, and making the hiring decisions.
People Management
People Management is a two-day workshop designed to provide participants with effective techniques of people management which are directly applicable to the workplace. Participants will learn how to channel the energy and motivation of individuals within their teams. The workshop will also provide them with a range of proven techniques that will help them to effectively manage the interactions they have with people in and around their organizations.
Finance for Non-Financial Managers
This two-day workshop introduces non-financial managers to the use of basic financial information in making better short-term or long-term decisions in managing their business. Managers will be taught to analyze financial information, particularly the balance sheet, profit and loss account, and cash flow statement. As a result, participants will be better able to manage their businesses’ revenues, costs, profits and cash. Participants will also be able to use their new financial knowledge to make more effective business decisions.
Motivation and Coaching for Success
Creating a workforce that is motivated requires an understanding of what creates job satisfaction for employees. This two-day workshop will provide that understanding, which, along with attention to building relationships with employees, will position the manager to be highly effective in retaining the most valuable resource in the organization: the employee. Relationship building through effective coaching, counseling, and mentoring dramatically improves workplace performance and attitude for both the employee and the manager alike.
Mastering Business Negotiations
All agreements and decisions with salespeople, buyers or employees are negotiations. This two-day workshop presents the strategies, tactics and techniques of negotiation. Skilled negotiators can reach satisfying outcomes for all involved parties. Participants will have an opportunity to learn the skills and overcome the fear associated with countering or proposing action. The result is simple: better business development.
Effective Presentation Skills
In this three-day workshop, participants will master the various techniques that make up effective presentations, including brainstorming and organizing ideas, tailoring content to a specific audience, designing powerful visual aids, planning for adequate facilities, and stimulating audience interest.
Strategic Planning and Organizational Assessment
Managers are often so involved in responding to crises or playing catch-up that they concentrate all their energy on crisis management and short-term tactics. In order to raise the level of organizational effectiveness and become innovative, managers cannot afford to leap into tactical action in response to every problem. In this two-day workshop, participants will focus on identifying their values, vision and mission and explore the benefits of developing strategic thinking in responding to a changing environment. Participants will also learn to assess their internal and external environments, develop goals and tactics to implement their strategic vision, formulate action and communication plans, and monitor progress.
Stress Busters
In this workshop, designed as a one-day training activity, participants will explore the nature of stress as well as its causes and driving forces. Participants will focus on exploring various styles and strategies to manage stress constructively. As stress is often tied to poor time management skills, the participants will learn to improve their time management skills through prioritizing, goal setting, scheduling, and minimizing time wasters (self-inflicted and environmental) to reduce stress. Finally, they will bring an organizational focus to their exploration of stress through implementing a time and stress-management strategy based on the skills acquired.
Team Building
To enhance the performance and commitment of employees, successful managers must have the skills that enable them to build teams, delegate authority to lower levels to have a better quality of decision making, and facilitate better communication between different managerial levels. This course focuses on building those skills.
Time Management
In this one-day workshop participants will learn to prioritize their tasks, identify immediate needs, arrange their agenda, and manage an influx of information. This workshop can also include e-mail management, with an introduction to the basics of MS-Outlook, as needed.
Maintaining Corporate Image:
The Maintaining Corporate Image workshop is divided into two half-day training sessions. This workshop will help participants form a professional, savvy and business appropriate image. They will be able to project this image for the benefit of their jobs and organizations.
Career Development
Career development is a one-day workshop designed to introduce participants to best practices in résumé writing and tips for interviewing skills. Participants will learn the different types of résumés and how to write professional and appropriate résumés. They will also learn how to prepare for successful interviews.
Project Management Professional (PMP) Preparation Course
In these competitive times, certification sets Project Management Professionals apart from the crowd. The internationally recognized Project Management Professional title demonstrates to current and potential employers that you possess a solid foundation of experience and education in project management, which can have a positive impact on bottom-line results. Course participants will learn how to decrease their study time by up to 80% and will cover a complete set of review materials including: a sample exam, games, and exercises to prepare for the exam. Participants will review all topics covered on the exam and will have the opportunity to network with other PMP candidates.
Project Management Essentials
In this three-day workshop, participants will learn to manage projects more efficiently, ensuring that quality projects are delivered on time and within budget. Participants will identify their strengths and weaknesses as project managers; learn to identify and select the relevant management approach for various types of projects; and gain skills in framing, planning, implementing, and evaluating their projects. Participants will also be trained to use the Microsoft Project software to help them manage all project phases.