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 Change Management Best-Seller By Lois B. Hart, Ed.D. (2003) Free Shipping within the U.S. For years, the popular 50 Activities for Developing Leaders, Volume I, has helped trainers effectively introduce and reinforce key skills in leadership training. Now the all-new, second volume reflects the best and latest thinking on leadership theory making it the best tool available for building leadership skills, attitudes and competencies. Developed by two veteran leadership experts, the second edition offers 50 ready-made, proven activities organized into four modules that focus on:
The activities help leaders:
Includes: 3-Ring Binder, 300-pages, Written Exercises, Self-assessments, Closure Activities, Role Plays, And Group Exercises.
This course is also available for online training, see details below. Accountability That Works! is an exciting, innovative training program that will provide everyone in your organization with the tools they need for a greater sense of empowerment, effectiveness and increased productivity. Participants will learn to view accountability as an ongoing process, a method for achieving personal effectiveness. When you have accountability in your organization, you have better results, improved teamwork & clarity. When you don't have accountability, you get blame, finger pointing, missed deadlines, etc. Building accountability in your workplace saves you money every day in real terms:
Program Includes: A 22 minute VHS or DVD with two versions (one straight-through and one stop-and-go for discussion), Leader's Guide, PowerPoint presentation, 10 Participant Workbooks, 10 Reminder Cards and 10 Buttons
This course is also available for online training, see details below.
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 This program is also available for online training. See details below. In today's fast-paced, high intensity work place conflict plays a major part in our everyday activities. From small disagreements to outright verbal battles conflict is a normal part of most everyone's daily lives. Managing Conflict at Work, "The Art of Communication" looks at conflict as a normal part of life and shows how to turn it into a positive experience-yes, a positive experience. The result will be a new atmosphere at your job, a feeling that problems are in fact solvable, and provide opportunities for everyone involved to grown and improve. Program includes: DVD, book & audio CD. Online Training Option: This program is also available over the web or over your company’s network. This option makes it is easy for you to deliver video to any employee’s desktop at any location with web access. The online program includes:
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 Conflict... while it's often blamed for the breakdown of a team's unity, it's often just a symptom of a larger problem. This program lays out a practical approach that any team leader can follow to deal with the symptoms, and the cure. In addition to learning how to solve the 3 most common types of team conflicts; blaming, belittling and feuding, team leaders will learn how to promote the positive feelings of unity within their team in this popular management and leadership training video. Program Includes: DVD or VHS video (22 minutes), 10 Pocket Reminder Cards, 1 Workbook and 1 Leader's Guide
 English & Spanish Versions Available! While the skills and insights presented here will enhance management's ability to resolve conflicts, they are for all employees -- enabling everyone to work through conflicts with less dependence on superiors. These interpersonal skills have never been more needed by the workforce - or more valuable to the organization in its pursuit of objectives. Viewers will learn:
Program Contents: A 20 minute DVD & Leader's Guide.
 Best-Seller! This book contains a variety of fully reproducible exercises to teach and reinforce the skills necessary to be a successful negotiator. Each Activity includes a detailed description of the exercise, the steps to follow, additional resources and lecture notes for the trainer. Training Objectives
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 It’s amazing how often Mom’s advice fits right into the business world. Leadership Lessons from Mom was written to encapsulate just some of the many leadership lessons learned from our mothers so you can use them to be successful in business and life. These 21 valuable lessons will help you know just what to say and how you should handle virtually any situation. They are timeless, universal and can be easily applied to your everyday work life. For example:
Each lesson is covered in a separate section and includes an inspirational summary statement and leadership tips, such as:
 Leadership & Self-Deception training program illustrates this "simple" concept by presenting an unforgettable video re-enactment matched with a comprehensive workshop. The video and workshop exercises offer a poignant look at how self-deception prevents us from seeing the obvious solution to some of our biggest workplace problems, providing tools for analyzing and solving problems, at their core. Participants learn that:
Learning about self-deception and its solutions enables us to:
 Learning From Conflict offers ready-to-use, fully reproducible activities for training in recognizing and resolving the major causes of conflict. The structure of the book is derived from Dr. Hart's Learning From Conflict Model, a simple, clear model that gives basic guidelines for applying its techniques to the specific needs of the participants. Instructors will learn how to help others accurately name their patterns of conflict, understand their reactions, identify the causes, prevent conflicts from developing and escalating, and apply conflict resolution techniques. Learning From Conflict is written for trainers, facilitators, team leaders, and educators. The numerous, fully reproducible sample training designs, case studies, and activities can be applied in a variety of training situations, including communication, supervision, and interpersonal relationships.
Master today's key skills and strategies for effective telephone use. Good common sense telephone techniques and old-fashion courtesy--especially in today's digital age--often define crucial business moments. Poor telephone skills can cause customer dissatisfaction or loss of customers, damage the organizational image, and threaten overall caller goodwill. In this training program, your employees will learn how to apply 14 key call-handling skills that will boost not only your organization's credibility and bottom line, but also their own professionalism and value. You'll Learn To:
 Most of us are less skilled at handling conflict than we should be. Although studies show that a negotiating behavior is usually the best response to a conflict situation, negotiation is a difficult endeavor-one that requires considerable skill and thought. The normal negotiating behavior, as typically practiced in business and social contexts, does not generally produce high levels of satisfaction for either participant. The Dealing with Conflict Instrument (DWCI) will help change this by encouraging conflicting parties to shift to a more collaborative style in order to find and pursue shared interests, creating a win/win outcome. The Dealing with Conflict Instrument presents five conflict-handling styles. The five styles; accommodate, avoid, compromise, compete, and collaborate, encompass all the effective ways of dealing with conflict. By completing the Dealing with Conflict Instrument-Self, participants will learn about their own natural style tendencies, while the information gathered from the DWCI 360-Degree Feedback set will give them insight into how they are perceived by others when resolving conflicts. The combined results of these assessments indicate which styles of conflict resolution need the most improvement. Participants will explore the characteristics of each conflict-handling style which will help them develop greater style flexibility. In order to decide which style is best in a given situation, they will learn to dissect situations, using Conflict Situation Analysis. DWCI is a significant improvement over conventional conflict assessments. It shortens usage time, produces clearer and more user-friendly results, and includes helpful support material. DWCI is compatible with most existing training programs and is the easiest way to update assessment materials.
 Need the keys to conflict around your office? Well, here they are! Unlocking Conflict! offers fast-paced, entertaining tools to handle conflict, from positive reinforcement of tried-and-true methods to new ideas for helping solve conflict issues in the workplace. Anyway you look at it, Unlocking Conflict! is your master key to workplace harmony! Key Learning Points
Includes: 3 minute DVD or VHS Video
 Released - 2005 This course is also available for online training, see details below. A library of 39 video clips on various aspects of communication, plus a comprehensive guide for using the clips in a number of innovative ways! Designed for maximum flexibility, the Communication Toolkit provides you with high quality video vignettes that you can use in your own custom training courses. Each vignette/clip runs anywhere from 20 seconds to 3 minutes and depicts a common workplace interaction. Suggestions are provided for using the clips to draw out specific lessons/skills on communication. The 39 clips in the Toolkit fall into the following
Clips are provided in two formats: Format 1: The clip is introduced with some brief narration. The narration sets up the scene and gives a very general idea of what to look for in the vignette. As the narration plays, key phrases and words are highlighted through on-screen graphics. Format 2: The scene plays without any set-up narration/onscreen graphics. The accompanying Leader's Guide contains the following information for each clip:
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 Produced - 2007 This course is also available for online training, see details below. What causes the most stress across ALL occupations? The interpersonal conflicts we all experience on a daily basis - with coworkers or supervisors. Give your employees a memorable, easy-to-implement tool to resolve conflict. Rather than a complicated model, What to Do When Conflict Happens introduces:
What makes the C.A.L.M. approach unique is the first stage - CLARIFY, where employees step back and think. They rationally examine what's happening, why it's happening, why they feel the way they do, and what they need to keep in mind as they address the issue. Program includes: A 21 minute VHS or DVD with bonus segment, Leader's Guide, PowerPoint Presentation on CD-ROM, 10 participant Workbooks, 10 copies of the book What to do…When Conflict Happens and 10 Reminder Cards. Online Training Option
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Release - 2005 2nd edition Managers and supervisors must be trained to respond to potentially violent incidents before they occur. This course helps them recognize, understand and deal with warning signs or threats, and teaches them how to defuse situations and assist troubled employees. Key Training Points:
Program includes: A 21 minute DVD or VHS video, Leader's Guide and Participant Manual
 The AMA DISC Survey is designed and intended to be used for individual, group, and organizational development. The survey is equally suitable for managers, work group or team members, and individual contributors. The personal styles measured by the survey are relevant to programs focusing on personal development, problem solving and decision making, time management, interpersonal relations, conflict management, team building, and organizational change. The AMA DISC Survey has several unique features that provide distinct advantages over alternative personal style assessments. These include:
The AMA DISC Survey comes with a Debriefing Guide that includes seven modules, each of which take approximately 5 to 10 minutes to complete. The Debriefing Guide provides facilitators and respondents with a variety of options for understanding and applying The AMA DISC Survey:
The AMA DISC Survey takes approximately 30 to 40 minutes to administer, score, and debrief. The AMA DISC Survey can be used as an introduction to personal styles, or it can be used as the basis for a half-day session on personal, interpersonal, team, or organizational development. Appendix B presents a number of suggested program designs for using The AMA DISC Survey to accomplish different objectives. A set of transparency masters is contained in Appendix C.
 This Training Manual explains how to use The Ethical Type Indicator with The Seminar on Ethical Reasoning - an experiential workshop in which participants discover, examine and explore their ethical values and inner ethical constitution. Conduct a two-hour, half-day or full-day module in your organization Program Includes:
About the Author Louie V. Larimer, is the founder and president of Focused Strategies, Inc., a management consulting firm that helps CEOs develop and implement profitable business strategies. He holds a bachelors degree in psychology, masters degree in business administration, and a juris doctorate. Mr. Larimer has taught graduate level courses in management, organizational development, ethics, law, conflict resolution, and negotiations.
 This easy-to-use assessment solves one of your biggest headaches in customer service - ensuring consistency in your staff's performance. How? By giving employees a clear picture of their unique strengths and areas they need to work on - and the motivation to acquire all the skills of an all-around good customer service giver. Employees can rate themselves in seven competency areas widely considered to be critical to the ability to provide exemplary service:
The questionnaire uses graduated response scales (almost never to almost always) that help employees draw accurate conclusions about how skilled they presently are in customer service.
We all come from diverse backgrounds and we all view things from our own vantage point. Just because people do things differently doesn't mean they're wrong. They may just be looking at things in a totally different way. In the DVD training program "How to Deal with Cultural Diversity in the Work Place" you will learn to see the value of these differences in people and learn to put cultural diversity to work to benefit you and your organization. We no longer live and work in an insular market-place. We are now part of a worldwide economy with competition coming from nearly every continent. For this reason we need every bit of diversity that will make us more creative and open to change. Cultural diversity brings fresh ideas and differing insights to each and every company. In this DVD training program you will learn how to:
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Best-Seller! You have a business problem but you just don't have the time to read all the articles and business books in hope that you can solve it. Well, no longer do you have to worry. Working with noted Industrial Psychologist Dr. Anthony Salemi we have developed the In An Instant DVD learning series which provides 20 solutions to many of today's most troubling business situations. The series offers methods you can put to work immediately to help turn those problems into positive business opportunities! Presented on four tapes with five solutions each, the series looks at the following business situations: Volume 1:
 "How to Develop Effective Communication Skills" is a systematic, detailed training program that gives you a blueprint for effective communication; a formula for understanding. You will learn the skills needed in order to compete in the worldwide marketplace to make you and your company successful. You'll learn to:
This enhanced DVD edition of How to Develop Effective Communication Skills is part of the In An Instant Business Training Library. It comes complete with a DVD, video tape, closed captioning, audio CD and a post-test that may be reproduced. It also includes a copy of the book "Effective Interpersonal Relationships" by Robert W. Lucas, which is part of the Business Skills Express Series. Length: 34 minutes
 This is a provocative video program that examines the role that nonverbal messages play in our lives at work. We learn that ignoring nonverbal language can have costly consequences. As we see in the training program, it is especially troublesome when we send or receive mixed messages -- when the words say one thing and the facial expressions, tone of voice, and body language say something else. Confused messages greatly impair our ability to communicate effectively. They have an adverse impact on morale, performance and productivity. Fortunately, however, we can all improve our abilities in this area. Nonverbal language is something we cannot afford to ignore. It is a powerful and fascinating aspect of communication. This video offers concrete guidance in becoming more alert to this "silent language." Viewers will learn:
Program includes: A 20 minute DVD or video and leader's guide.
 Packaged Training Program: Integrated Curriculum Today's organizations are utilizing teams more and more to meet customer demands and stay competitive in a changing marketplace. Team members must understand their increasing roles in the team process and actively work to support each other to maximize effectiveness and meet organizational expectations. HighINVOLVEMENT Teamwork provides managers, supervisors, team leaders, and team members with the practical skills needed to be successful within their teams. In this comprehensive five-unit program, participants develop the fundamental interpersonal skills that are the foundation of high performance teamwork. Skill-Based Program Content Unit 1: Engage With Understanding
Unit 2: Share Constructive Feedback
Unit 3: Participate Actively In Meetings
Unit 4: Resolve For Consensus
Unit 5: Solve Team Problems
Facilitator Kit: The High Involvement Teamwork Kit; (HIT) Facilitator Kit includes materials listed below and must be purchased to order Participant Kits:
1 Participant Kit: Participant materials required to support the training program are available. Each High Involvement Teamwork Kit; (HIT) Participant Kit includes materials listed below:
Facilitator Start-Up Package: The Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) includes one Facilitator Kit and ten Participant Kits. Program Length: 3 Days/Flexible Training Options
 Resolving Conflict And Building Consensus Since differences, disagreements, and conflicts are inevitable and not inherently good or bad, their value to teams depends on the way they are perceived and managed. Teams can build upon the opportunities that diversity provides to draw out each individual's strengths and unique abilities for the greater good of the organization. In Success Through Teamwork, participants apply tools and techniques to address differences, resolve conflicts, and make decisions to reach team goals. Skill-Based Program Content
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 Three new simulations! Now there are six realistic adventure simulations in all! Set in America's most popular scenic wonder! Take participants on an unforgettable learning adventure! Set in the Grand Canyon, these stimulating group activities provide an adventurous backdrop for enthusiastic participant involvement and memorable skill building. Use Grand Canyon Adventures for active learning in:
More than the usual consensus-building activities Six related activities provide new training flexibility Inspiring DVD gets participants involved Stranded in Grand Canyon Incident at Elves Chasm: Action Plan Incident at Elves Chasm: Priority Setting Hiking Out of Lava Falls Up Deer Creek without a Boatman Overboard in the Roaring River Grand Canyon Complete Package Includes:
 By Kenneth Thomas and Ralph Kilmann The Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI) is the number-one best-selling instrument for conflict resolution. This easy-to-use, self-scoring exercise is fast and powerful. Participants select responses from 30 statement pairs to discover which of five conflict handling styles is their preferred "mode". Interpretation and feedback materials help clients learn about the most appropriate uses for each mode and how to increase their comfort level with their less-used modes. Its simple-to-use format and easy-to-understand content have made it the centerpiece of training programs over a wide variety of applications. This Self-Assessment:
 Real change only happens when the decision to change comes from the person doing the changing. Painless Performance Improvement provides managers with a simple and proven technique to help team members improve their own poor performance without the drama, pain or conflict often associated with performance issues. Managers and supervisors will learn how to:
A training comedy, Painless Performance Improvement combines highly entertaining hosts with dramatic and realistic coaching moments. Supervisors will relate to scenes of management gone awry as well as employee's favorite excuses and sidetracks. Used with the accompanying 85 page Managers Reference Guide, leaders will find this package an indispensable resource for improving the performance of their team. Performance Improvement is Painless when you:
This program comes with the following content:
 The HRD Press DISCStyles assessment has been crafted specifically to assist organizations in understanding how behaviors impact the success of their employees—and how it all links to the bottom line. Based on theories originally developed by Dr. William Marston in the late 1920’s, and adapted for effortless facilitation and corporate buy-in, our DISCStyles assessments is a highly validated tool trusted by several Fortune 500 companies, the United States Military, and professional consultants worldwide. This easily administered 30-item assessment includes use of three interpersonal settings to maximize contextual authenticity (work, home, social). Each of the three standard interpretive graphs are plotted enabling a complete view of your preferred style, and since the DISCStyles assessment can be completed in only 10–15 minutes you gain valuable time for individual coaching sessions or group discussions. Product Benefits:
 The traditional role of the call center is a thing of the past. Being an effective “coach” is fast becoming the most valuable asset you can offer your employees, call center and organization. This interactive training guide is designed for those responsible for the ultimate success of the call center. It is packed with tips and strategies that will help you do your job better and continuously coach your CSR’s to improve their skills and the level of service they provide. The book is organized into five parts that drill down to the supervisor’s role:
Within each section are learning points – 89 in all. Use these tips, exercises, multiple choice quizzes and other tools to become more effective at giving the support and guidance your employees need from you to perform their jobs in the best way possible. In just minutes, you’ll gain insight and tips that will enable you to change from telling employees what to do to and ensuring the work gets done to coaching employees to reach their greatest potential. For example, you’ll learn how to build trust, recognize CSR’s, make yourself clear, give feedback, create synergy, become a role model, deal with upset CSR’s – and many more skills that will have a huge impact on your CSR’s and how satisfied customers are with the service your call center provides.
Twelve Angry Men: Teams That Don't Quit uses selected clips from the classic movie starring Henry Fonda and a stellar supporting cast. It presents a vivid example of a team fighting its way to success. In scene after scene, we watch the intense interactions among members of a jury in a murder case. Charged by the judge to do your duty, this team of jurors must determine whether the accused is guilty or not. This innovative video highlights five important concepts of great significance to our life at work:
The program is narrated by Dr. Margaret Wheatley, former professor of management at Brigham Young University and author of several best-selling books on leadership and organizational behavior. Dr. Wheatley shows us the parallels between the dramatic confrontations we see on the screen and certain behaviors familiar to work groups. Length: 22 minutes, includes Leader's Guide.
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