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 Employee Development New Employee Orientation: Essential Skills Training is a ready-to-use training program that will make your job easier. With this affordable, timesaving program, you can give new hires a complete overview of critical topics in just one short session! The New Employee Orientation: Essential Skills Training program helps you improve employee morale, reduce turnover, increase workplace safety, avoid costly litigation, boost worker productivity, and cut training prep time. A 25-minute video covers 10 essential topics that affect new employees:
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Will your employees make the right decision?
What would they do? We all face ethical decisions in the workplace, and in many cases the answer isn't black or white. Ethics: The L.O.G.I.C. of Right, will help your employees make the legal and ethical decision - no matter how difficult. Protect your organization from the cost of unethical behavior - devastating lawsuits, negative publicity, wasted time, loss of money, and low employee morale. Length: 22 minutes
 Best-Seller! Your employees need to know that they are just as responsible for maintaining a harassment-free office as you are. Things like inappropriate pictures, jokes, emails, gestures, and touching can create a hostile environment where protected characteristics become targets. Get employees to see that certain behaviors can be interpreted as offensive. Once they know exactly what will and will not be tolerated, everyone can work together to ensure that your diverse workplace operates on a level of respect and understanding. Duration: 20 Minutes
 Best-Seller! Strengthen your leadership skills as a manager or supervisor."...best value in the leadership category. Focuses on issues none of the others touch." — View Magazine Different management situations demand different styles of leadership in order to get the job done. And different types of employees respond better to different methods of direction. This leadership video defines four distinct management approaches, and helps you see which style you tend instinctively to fall back on when the going gets tough. It then describes which employees respond best to the different methods, and explains how you can modify your own natural approach, using the other techniques as needed to achieve better outcomes. Learn how to:
Duration: 27 Minutes / Includes Study Guide
 Winning Workforce: Raising Your Employees' Awareness Video Series helps you train your employees on sensitive issues that may affect productivity, create a hostile work environment, or pose a legal threat to your organization. Winning Workforce: Raising Your Employees' Awareness packs vital information into four attention-grabbing videos ... each covering a sensitive training topic in just 10 minutes or less. These hard-hitting videos will help provide understanding and awareness on sensitive issues and help employees understand how they can make a difference. Available on DVD and VHS, the Winning Workforce: Raising Your Employees' Awareness series includes:
Great for new and experienced trainers alike, this helpful tool includes a list of questions to help facilitate discussion and information on how to easily add company-specific information and policies to your training session. Each program also includes the following:
 Best-Seller! Sometimes your employees’ behavior is blatantly offensive while other times it can be hard to know what is inappropriate. This best-selling video offers a thorough explanation of what kinds of behaviors constitute sexual harassment. Dramatic scenes cover the two types of harassment recognized by the courts: hostile work environment and quid pro quo. Employees learn that any form of sexual harassment violates your zero tolerance policy, and that this is a subject that should never be taken lightly. Duration: 25 Minutes
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Do you know an alcoholic or an illegal drug addict? Chances are good that you know or work with one. This important program will help employees recognize alcoholism and drug abuse in the workplace and show them what to do about it when they do.
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 This title is divided into five sections. Each section has ten exercises designed to stimulate discussion and promote inquiry regarding business ethics. The activities focus on Leadership, Corporate Citizenship, Salesmanship, Management, and Teamwork. Contributing to this collection is a range of trainers from a wide variety of disciplines and locations, including Europe, India, Canada, and a broad cross-section of the United States. Training Objectives
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Time Guidelines: 50 activities vary in length from 15 minutes to 60 minutes.
 Focuses on the importance of diversity and avoiding discrimination. Winning Workforce: Raising Your Employees' Awareness DVD Series helps you train your employees on sensitive issues that may affect productivity, create a hostile work environment, or pose a legal threat to your organization. As part of the Winning Workforce series, Diversity and Discrimination focuses on different forms of discrimination and how to avoid it. Employees will also learn how to work with different people and why a diverse work environment is important. This training program includes the following components:
 This course is also available for online training, see details below. Meet Peta, an experienced administrator who has been interviewed for a position at a prestigious museum. The president believes she is perfect for the position and is excited about her joining the team. Before accepting the job, Peta wants to spend a day at the museum getting to know the people who work there. The rest of the team willingly accept the task of giving Peta a guided tour of their work environment. The following day Peta declines the position. What went wrong? Our video follows the team's experiences and gives each of them a second chance to correct the behavior that led to her decision. Once the team learns a few important tips on business etiquette, the impression they give Peta is a positive one-- leaving us to believe she will accept the position after all. Program Includes: An 18 minute DVD or VHS 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
Avoid embarrassing errors and make your best impression on customers and colleagues. Email is fast becoming the preferred method of contact for sharing information and resolving problems. The impression you leave with others about the quality of your organization and your own personal competency is largely based on the courtesy and professionalism of your email correspondence. Learn about:
• Email etiquette and best practices.
• Openings and closings.
• Proper formatting and subject lines.
• Grammar and punctuation.
• Writing “bad news” emails.
• Email customer service.
No matter how long you’ve been using email, you’ll learn some very important guidelines in this video—guidelines that will protect you from catastrophes and ensure your messages are professional, every time.
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 Today’s workforce is faced with multiple priorities and tight deadlines. The most successful and productive workers are those who have mastered the art of time management. Create a more productive and stress-free work environment with BLR's new Click 'n Train PowerPoint® presentation. The presentation will help supervisors and managers train employees to manage time properly by giving them the basic tools they need.
Time Management Skills for Employees includes:
 Workplace violence is an issue that can affect any organization, of any size, in any industry. This training video takes on this important topic without sensationalizing, but by approaching the subject directly and honestly. The employee version of this video details the ten warning signs of workplace violence, as seen from the employee perspective. The manager version provides supervisors with additional content, including guidelines for holding information-gathering meetings, confronting a bully, or terminating a problem employee. Order both manager and employee versions together to ensure your entire workforce becomes tuned in to what to look for and understands what they can do to lessen the chances of a violent encounter.
 This movie-like version of the powerpoint presentation with audio makes it easy to deliver workplace ethics training. HR experts and labor and employment attorneys agree that businesses— regardless of their industry or size—should be concerned about the ethical conduct of their supervisors and employees. According to a survey by the Ethics Officers Association and American Society of Chartered Life Underwriters, half of U.S. workers have committed one or more illegal or unethical acts. These acts included stealing office supplies, abusing sick days, massaging quality control figures, and using or abusing drugs and alcohol while on company time. When the training is complete, supervisors will be able to:
This time-saving program includes everything you need:
 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
 Customer Favorite! As the American workforce continues to reflect our increasingly diverse population, organizations must make diversity more than a buzzword or a recruiting tactic. The best way to attract and keep high-quality employees and create a cooperative, creative, productive work environment is to effectively manage your diverse workforce. This new Click 'n Train PowerPoint® presentation helps supervisors and managers teach employees about diversity - why it is important, how it works and what they can do to contribute to the organization’s diversity program. Diversity for all Employees includes:
Safety orientation training is crucial for all new employees, not only for their own safety but also for that of co-workers. New workers have much to learn when they begin a new job, not all of which is safety related. Their other orientation materials may, in fact, distract them from safety concerns in such a way that they put themselves and their co-workers at risk. Now it's even easier to deliver a new employee orientation training meeting with BLR's new Click 'n Train PowerPoint Presentation. This meeting was carefully written by BLR's experts and helps deliver effective training on new employee orientation.
Length: 20 minutes In this course Dr. Marianne Jennings teaches the importance of the example that all employees are setting from the bottom to the top. Dr. Jennings uses the analysis of pressure, communication, personal complacency, and indifference to educate that the "tone" of ethics resonates with each and every employee.
 Produced - 2004 The aim About the program Jamie Oliver's passion and vision transformed a bunch of unemployed kids into an efficient, organized team, capable of running a first-class London restaurant. Fifteen lessons on teamwork identifies the key stages of team development - forming, storming, norming and performing. It follows Jamie's young trainee chefs as they move through these stages to come together as an effective unit. The program identifies four easy-to-remember learning points so your team can apply the trainees' experiences to improve their own team skills: Get it straight Get on board Get stuck in Get better
Program includes: DVD (25 minutes),course leader's guide, self-study workbook, customizable worksheets, powerPoint slides and handouts.
 Government, Healthcare & Manufacturing versions also available Based on the principles developed by Glenn M. Parker in the best-selling Parker Team-Player Survey, this film shows in detail the four primary team-member styles in action -- the contributor, the collaborator, the communicator and the challenger. The object is to make the most of each team player's unique perspective. To accomplish this goal, team players must learn to identify their own style and the style of other team members, avoid carrying their style too far, learn to acknowledge the value of others' styles, use the appropriate style to maximum team advantage, and learn to switch their style when it suits the needs of the team. Participants will be able to identify:
Program includes: 20 minute DVD or VHS Video and Leader's Guide
Online Training Option
 Winning Workforce: Raising Your Employees' Awareness video series helps you train your employees on sensitive issues that may affect productivity, create a hostile work environment, or pose a legal threat to your organization.
As part of the Winning Workforce series, Substance Abuse in the Workplace covers the dangers of the most commonly abused drugs, how to recognize the warning signs of drug use, and how drug and alcohol abuse affects the work environment. This hard-hitting video explains how employees can help keep their workplace drug- and alcohol-free, as well as the benefits of doing so. Also includes information on the different treatment options available to abusers. Substance Abuse in the Workplace includes...
Additional Trainer's Guides and Skill Cards available separately.
 Award Wining Program In this video program, Pat Riley demonstrates the management concepts and techniques that have made him one of the top coaches in NBA history. Using exciting footage of the LA Lakers in action, Riley shows how managers, businesses and other organizations can apply his teamwork concepts to build a unified and motivated team. Length 24 Minutes
 Produced - 2007 Teamwork has never been captured in such a fresh and exciting way! But then most training programs don't feature the engaging meerkat of the Kalahari Desert in a starring role. One for All - The Meerkat Way is an inspirational new program that utilizes riveting footage of meerkats in their natural habitat using teamwork and cooperation to ensure their survival! One for All both trains and motivates with its down-to-earth demonstration of important teamwork principles. Participants will clearly understand the value of team-oriented behaviors as the following training points are highlighted:
Everybody loves meerkats. But as a species, the meerkat should never have survived at all. These tiny, vulnerable creatures live in an incredibly hostile environment full of savage predators, such as jackals and martial eagles. The fact that they survive at all can be attributed to a single extraordinary talent: their ability to cooperate and create an interdependent culture. That is the heart of this upbeat and informative documentary-style training program. Beautifully filmed by BBC crews, One for All can work wonders to improve an attitude of teamwork and cooperation in your organization. Added features and benefits of DVD training include:
Length: 21 minutes
 4-DVD Set! Winning Workforce: Raising Your Employees' Awareness DVD Series employees on sensitive issues and give them a complete orientation ... in 30 minutes or less! Winning Workforce: Raising Your Employees' Awareness packs vital information into five attention-grabbing videos ... each covering a sensitive training topic in just 10 minutes or less. These hard-hitting videos will help provide understanding and awareness on sensitive issues and help employees understand how they can make a difference. Employee Training Smart-Value Pack - 4-DVD series includes ...
Production Date - 1995 / Length: 46 minutes Like the outstanding and best-selling business book upon which it is based, The Goal shares the inspiring story of Alex Rogo, who used principles like bottlenecks, throughput, and the theory of constraints to transform his mediocre division into a money-making machine. Alex and his team reject common perform measurements and discover a commonsense, yet more effective approach to boosting the company's bottom line. If you're tasked to meet organizational goals, this program can put you well over the mark. An engaging how-to drama, it not only demystifies corporate buzzwords like standards and benchmarking but also shows how to run your company with efficiency and humanity. The Goal is based on Eli Goldratt's book. Key Training Points:
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This dramatic program by international quality expert Dr. Richard Chang shows employees how their personal actions can make a huge difference throughout their entire organization and ultimately in the minds of the customers who benefit from the products or services supplied by their organization. Managers and other leaders will receive practical steps for implementing quality and for showing their employees who express resistance to ongoing improvement how changes in their processes can make a tremendous impact. Training Points:
Run time 20 minutes
 This innovative program uses the simple experience of running a lemonade stand to provide participants with a foundation in the basics of accounting. Based on the popular seminar series, this program covers the three common accounting statements:
Scenarios are given that help participants see how different business transactions affect the statements. Key Learning Points:
Includes: DVD or Video, one student workbook, a CD-ROM with printable leader's guide and customizable PowerPoint Presentation
 Best-Seller! This program is also available for online training. See details below. If you write well, you will often do well. It's that simple. But many of us haven't taken a writing course since high school or college. When we sit down to write, we confront a frustrating, time-consuming task. Words and meaning elude us. Precious hours march by as we stare at a blank computer screen. Don't despair. You don't have to be a best-selling author to write clearly and effectively. You just need to follow the program in Writing for Business Results. This clear-cut, non-threatening approach gives you the principles you need to make your writing powerful, interesting and relevant to the reader. You'll improve all aspects of your business writing from memos to e-mails to detailed annual reports by learning how to:
Sharpen your pencils, fire up your computer, and write for results! This new training program comes complete with a DVD, CD audio and copy of the book Writing for Business Results by Patricia E. Seraydarian, which is part of the Business Skills Express Series published by The McGraw-Hill Companies. 25 minutes. 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:
 Named One of the Best Training Programs in 2007 Climbing Mount Everest is hard. Climbing Mount Everest blind is ... impossible. Or at least that's what they told Erik Weihenmayer. This incredible true story follows Erik's quest to reach the summit of the tallest peak in the world - and the amazing team that made it possible. Erik Weihenmayer has never believed in limitations - even though he is blind. And he's good at questioning other people's perceptions of his abilities. That's why it was easy to ignore the ones who said he was crazy to pursue his dream of climbing Mount Everest. Erik knew that he couldn't do it alone. And here's the key - he never wanted to. He knew that his vision could only be achieved through the power of teamwork. Remarkable, yet unfathomable, Everest is essential for anyone who has ever worked on a team -- or is responsible for making teams strive to reach higher performance goals. Unlike any other training program, Erik's journey vividly illustrates the weight and significance of teamwork and leadership at a most crucial time. Team interviews and footage from the actual climb help viewers learn about:
Viewers see the amazing things that are possible when people work together as a cohesive team. Includes: 14 minute DVD or VHS video and discussion 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
 One-sixth of violent crimes occur in the workplace, and there are over 1.5 million incidents of workplace violence a year across America. Click 'n Train PowerPoint® presentation will help you train your employees on how to recognize potential threats, how to defuse violent situations, and how to follow proper security procedures to prevent workplace violence. The session will train them on the tools they need to prevent workplace violence, as well as heighten their awareness of this serious and pervasive workplace problem. Violence in the Workplace - How to Prevent and Diffuse for Employees includes:
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