Effective networking is essential for day-to-day business or for those times when you are actively pursuing job opportunities. In this course, you will learn that you need to manage your image and value effectively by fo...

Personal time management skills are essential for professional success in any workplace. Those able to successfully implement time management strategies can control their workload rather than spend each day in a frenzy o...

When you think of staff motivation, many things may come to mind: more money, a bigger office, a promotion, or a better quality of life. The truth is, no matter what we offer people, true motivation must come from within...

An annual review can help you keep your employees happy, engaged, and focused. It is human nature to want to succeed. Giving your employees feedback on their positive and negative attributes is part of the pathway to s...

Accountability helps to ensure that every employee will take responsibility for their performance and behaviours, and continue to manage this responsibility. When we implement goals and communicate with one another, we c...

Successful event planning starts with good communication skills, being highly organized, and being able to follow up with vendors until completion. Preparation before, during, and after is crucial in helping reach your d...

Although we all know that training can have many amazing benefits, sometimes it can be hard to prove those benefits and attach a monetary value to training. Some topics, like sales training or time management, might have...

Self-awareness is an integral part of everyday life. It transfers over to your personal, social, physical and work life. It can help one better understand themselves and how to live a better, more fulfilling life. When d...

Servant leadership can seem like a contradicting term, but it is becoming a very popular tool in many businesses. Servant leadership is a philosophy that involves focusing on others (i.e. your employees) and focusing on...

You are in your office looking over your performance report and it happened again. Your low performing employee failed to meet quota this month even after you spoke with them about the importance of meeting goals. This e...

Teams are unavoidable in any business. The key to successful team building is addressing the importance of chemistry between team members. It is not enough to have a group of people work on a project; people have to conn...

Emotional intelligence describes the ability to understand one's own feelings, and that of groups, and how these emotions can influence motivation and behaviour. The concept of Emotional Intelligence has been around sinc...

Increasing one's happiness can be done through the power of positive thinking. That is one skill that this course will touch on to teach you how to be happier. Happiness will spread throughout your organization and have...

As we grow, we learn to become leaders. Being a leader is natural for some, and learning for others. No matter how we have become a leader, it is important to remember we must lead ourselves before we lead others. Take...

Working in a home office requires a unique set of skills. Teleworkers or virtual employees have additional challenges created by not being in a centralized office. Communication issues alone make it a challenging job, an...

Change is a constant in many of our lives. All around us, technologies, processes, people, ideas, and methods often change, affecting the way we perform daily tasks and live our lives. Having a smooth transition when cha...

Being an Executive or Personal Assistant is a unique position that requires a variety of skills. Whether you are updating schedules, making travel arrangements, minute taking, or creating important documents all must be...

Bloom’s Taxonomy is not just for elementary school teachers. The three domains of the taxonomy apply to adult education as well. In this course, we will pay attention to the psychomotor domain. This is the domain of acti...

Traditionally, middle managers make up the largest managerial layer in an organization. The Middle Manager is responsible for those above them and those below them. They head a variety of departments and projects. In ord...

Marketing has changed dramatically over the last decade. Marketing is all about communicating, and the Internet has completely changed the way people communicate. The Internet is a marketer's dream come true, especially...