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 Communication Skills Hosted by John Cleese
To enable managers to employ criticism as a means of preventing the recurrence of mistakes and improving staff performance. Nobody enjoys being criticized, which is why few managers relish the prospect of criticizing their staff-yet is has to be done. Everyone makes mistakes, but no-one can be allowed to go on making the same mistake-and people shouldn’t have to wait until an appraisal to discover they have done something wrong. The program is set in the offices of a district council, where an oversight in preparing for a meeting leads to the rejection of a sensitive planning application. The planning officer concerned shrinks from confronting an otherwise efficient assistant until a stern memo from the chief executive forces a rethink. But rather than establishing what had happened and taking action to put it right, the officer makes a series of clumsy attempts to discipline the assistant-including a telling off in front of junior colleagues, failing to agree what had gone wrong and criticizing them personally rather than what they had done. Learning how to handle the situation correctly means understanding how the problem arose, and the assistant is able to suggest a means of avoiding such mistakes in the future. Features and applications:
Program includes: 24 minute VHS or DVD video
 To succeed in business today you must become an effective communicator. Why then are some people better communicators than others? In most cases the mastery of effective listening skills gives the best communicators the desired competitive edge. With the new video training program Listen and Win you'll learn:
The Listen and Win video training program comes complete with a DVD, audio CD and a copy of the book Effective Listening Skills by Dennis M. Kratz and Abby Robinson Kratz. Length - 30 minutes.
 Everyone knows that managers need to be trained to lead successful performance appraisal meetings. But did you ever consider the other side of the table? Your employees are a critical piece of the puzzle. Only when both parties are feeling well-prepared and confident can the appraisal meeting achieve its highest potential. Program Synopsis James, an intern with an enthusiastic attitude, is ready for his very first performance appraisal. His coworker, Doris, is skeptical based on her years of dissatisfaction with the process. Once enlightened on the how-to's of participating productively in the meeting, she gains a new perspective and puts it to the test. Both James and Doris experience appraisal meetings that not only look back at what's been done, but also look forward at the potential for the future. The training points covered include:
When employees take an active role in the two-communication of an appraisal discussion, EVERYONE wins. Looking Forward: Your Performance Appraisal will empower your employees to approach appraisal meetings without fear and trepidation, but instead ready to learn and share. They'll leave the meeting feeling informed, motivated and ready to move forward with enthusiasm! Two-Part Series: $1,595 Includes the employer version of this program, Care and Candor: Making Performance Appraisals Work.
 Release - 2000 Everyone is aware that employee retention is a growing and expensive problem for companies today. But do managers and supervisors understand the key role they play in keeping their talented employees on board? Many believe that the “glue” that makes employees “stick” is made up of money, perks, and benefits-issues over which they have no control. The truth is that there are many simple and inexpensive ways to create a loyal and enthusiastic workforce. This program offers the “how” by covering:
The information improves retention by focusing on the leadership, teamwork and communication skills required of successful managers in today’s workplace. Both seasoned managers and new supervisors will discover the “a-ha’s” a long list of easily implemented tactics to improve moral and retain their most valuable assets-their employees. Added features and benefits of DVD training include:
Length: 22 minutes
 Meetings are the hub of team communication and decision making. This workshop addresses why meetings should be called, how to prepare for them, and most importantly how to conduct them effectively. Workshop Includes:
Time Required: 4 hours
Faster. Sooner. Better. More. Now. Yesterday! Can you ever get it all done? The time we spend each day not accomplishing what we want or need to accomplish can add significant stress to our business and personal lives. But since we can't change time, we must learn how to make the most of the time we have. This training program shows how to virtually "add" minutes to each day by forming a logical, prioritized sequence or "plan of action" that incorporates the use of symbols, notes, teamwork, clear communication processes, and much more. You'll Learn To:
Includes 23 minute DVD, book and audio CD
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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 Customer Favorite! Meeting the challenges of a rapidly changing and increasingly diverse world is more important than ever. This animated, award-winning video featuring Perry the peacock and his exotic feathered friends illustrates employee empowerment, effective communication and team building skills within the context of diversity. Insightful and inspiring. Key Learning Points:
Includes: A 10 minute video or DVD and leader's guide.
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From the Global Scenario Series Ideal for team building activities, Building the Multicultural Team: Diversity in the Workplace will take you on an exciting journey to observe a global team in action. You'll watch a problem-plagued meeting between five managers from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and South America, and discover powerful techniques for working effectively with other cultures. Benefits of this training program include:
With this powerful yet easy-to-use training program, you'll find out how to foster effective leadership on a multicultural team, and how to overcome differences and benefit from cultural diversity. In this exciting dramatization, you'll profit from success stories on multicultural teams, as your employees gain essential skills for being effective with other people and cultures. Ideal for group discussion, team building activities, and improved multicultural communication in the business world. Includes: 14 minute DVD, PDF Download SCRIPT, EXERCISES, and ROLE PLAYS
From the Global Senario Series As businesses increasingly outsource operations across the globe, it's essential that you train your people how to work across technology with other cultures. To survive in business today, you need to master the often overlooked but potentially damaging impact of ancient culture on 21st century communications. Ideal for team building exercises, Building the Virtual Team: Communication Across Cultural Diversity observes a group leader and the problems she faces in virtual team management as she struggles to lead her managers in Asia, India, Africa and Latin America. Benefits of this training program include:
Designed to stimulate lively discussion and effective learning, this easy-to-use yet highly effective team building training video is based on expert articles on starting a virtual team and communication. This cutting-edge dramatization will enable you to get maximum virtual team benefit, and is ideal for team building exercises on modern technology and communicating in business. Program includes: 18 minute DVD, PDF script, exercises and role plays.
 Featuring John Cleese
Too many meeting are genuine nightmares. They lack preparation, direction, and worst of all, results. Thankfully, there's Meetings, Bloody Meetings. This award-winning program, remade in 1993, is essential viewing for anyone who chairs meetings. You'll learn how to make your get-togethers shorter, more focused, and more productive. And you'll find plenty to laugh at along the way. John Cleese's nightmare meetings land him in court for negligent conduct of meetings. The court pronounces Cleese guilty of all five counts: failing to prepare, failing to inform others, failing to plan the agenda, failing to control the discussion, and failing to record the decisions. Learning Objectives:
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Includes: 31 minute videocassette and Leader's Guide. *Also available in French and Spanish
Produced 2007 Generation conflict costs billions of dollars in lost productivity to organizations like yours worldwide - not to mention the incalculable effects on motivation and morale. Now there's help with generational expert Cam Marston's new DVD course, Mixing Four Generations in the Workplace. This program will educate and stimulate positive interaction among your people. It will also dramatically reduce workplace conflict and provide managers and supervisors with strategies for dealing with recruiting, retaining, and motivating, using the generational differences in a positive way. Key Learning Points:
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Program includes: 2-program DVD; CD Support Package with 32-page Facilitator's Guide, 30-Page Participant Guide, Participative Exercises and PowerPoint Presentation. All support materials customizable and reproducible.
Best-Seller Featuring John Cleese
Too many meeting are genuine nightmares. They lack preparation, direction, and worst of all, results. Thankfully, there's Meetings, Bloody Meetings. This award-winning program, remade in 1993, is essential viewing for anyone who chairs meetings. You'll learn how to make your get-togethers shorter, more focused, and more productive. And you'll find plenty to laugh at along the way. John Cleese's nightmare meetings land him in court for negligent conduct of meetings. The court pronounces Cleese guilty of all five counts: failing to prepare, failing to inform others, failing to plan the agenda, failing to control the discussion, and failing to record the decisions. Learning Objectives:
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Includes: 31 minute videocassette and Leader's Guide.
Powerful ideas and techniques to ignite and motivate your workforce! Create a work environment where people do their very best every single day. Based on the proven strategies of Bob Nelson, author of 1001 Ways to Energize Employees, this documentary-like video uses real-life examples from managers and employees at Boardroom Inc. and United Airlines to illustrate pratical techniques and approaches that managers at all levels can implement. From Motivation: Igniting Exceptional Performance, managers will learn about the powerful benefits of encouraging communication, soliciting suggestions, developing trust and confidence, encouraging creativity, and providing rewards and recognition. Communication can make or break an organization. Teach your managers the performance enhancing advantages of promoting "spontaneous interaction," managing by "walking around" and promoting an open door policy at all levels. Viewers will also learn to tap into individual intitiative and solicit suggestions so employees become their own agents of change. And because the people who do the job know the job best, you'll hear why a suggestion system should include every employee in your organization. How-To Training Points:
Training Package Includes: Training Leader's Guide with session agendas, discussion materials, training assessments, interactive exercises and overhead and handout masters. Also included is the soft-cover version of Bob Nelson's 1001 Ways to Energize Employees, when you lease/purchase this new video. Length: 21 minutes
 This humorous program gives learners the opportunity to recognize poor listening skills. Manager Ray only listens to his employee, Leo, with the intent to respond and get out the door, rather than with the intent to really understand him. As Ray is forced to repeat the same interaction with Leo over and over again until he gets it right, viewers see the consequences of poor listening: inefficiency of communication, frustration, and plenty of inaccuracies and errors. But, in the end, viewers are also reminded that:
Program Includes: A 11 minute DVD or Video and Leader's Guide Online Training Option
Please contact us by email if you have more than 1000 users for special pricing options. Note: When you order the online training version of this program, our shopping cart will show 50 items listed (minimum number of participants) for $500, each additional participant/item added is $9.95
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