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It's OKAY to be the BOSS - DVD

Release - 2009

It has never been more difficult to be a manager. The pressure to increase productivity and profits by doing more with less, while trying to corral a new high maintenance workforce that brings its own set of expectations and demands, has never been greater. All of this has led bestselling author and management consultant, BRUCE TULGAN, to declare the days of “hands-off” management officially over.

IT’S OKAY TO BE THE BOSS is a humorous, highly entertaining call to action for managers, supervisors and leaders. Based on Tulgan’s bestselling book, this motivational video dispels the 7 myths that have created the current under-management epidemic at all levels of business. As Bruce says, “Follow any problem in business…bad service, missed deadlines, soggy fries...whatever. Everything is somebody’s job and everyone has a boss. Everything leads back to the boss.”

Tulgan challenges managers everywhere to give up their “hands off = empowerment” style of managing and to re-engage with their employees - spelling out expectations, providing specific guidelines, correcting failure quickly and rewarding success even more quickly.

IT’S OKAY TO BE THE BOSS provides leaders and managers a step-by-step guide back to being the boss their employees appreciate and deserve.

Length: 27:00

IT'S OKAY TO BE THE BOSS includes...

  • It's OKAY to be the BOSS on DVD
  • Bonus Video - The Five Common Jerk Boss Scenarios
  • 10 Pocket Reminder Cards
  • Leader's Guide on CD-rom
  • Participant Guide on CD-rom
  • Self-Study Guide on CD-romIt's OKAY to be the BOSS on DVD
  • Bonus Video - The Five Common Jerk Boss Scenarios
  • 10 Pocket Reminder Cards
  • Leader's Guide on CD-rom
  • Participant Guide on CD-rom
  • Self-Study Guide on CD-rom

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Empowering Employees - DVD

Enpowerment is the ability to let other assume the responsibilities, risks and rewards associated with making their own decisions. Are your employees empowered? Can they make decisions without having to ask their supervisor? Do you feel comfortable with them representing your company?

To help your company grow and thrive in today's competitive marketplace your employees need to play a major role in its success. They must make decisions that will enhance the productivity of your organization, and they must take ownership of both successes and problems. Discover how to make this happen with the new video training program Empowering Employees.

You'll learn:

  • What empowerment really means and how it can help your company grow
  • Which employees you can empower and why
  • The six key factors needed to empower your employees and motivate them for success
  • What really motivates your employees
  • When and how to provide needed feedback!

The Empowering Employees video training program comes complete with a DVD, audio CD and copy of the book Empowering Employees by L. Kristi Long.

Available in NTSC and PAL. Length: 30 minutes.

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Fun Is Good - DVD

This course is also available for online training, see details below.

 

This highly motivational program takes you behind the scenes at Midway Field in Minnesota, where fun is encouraged daily. Visit a workplace where a costumed pig tosses out the balls, "ushertainers" serenade you in the stands and games are always sold out. See firsthand just how much fun, when combined with commitment, relates to organizational success and personal satisfaction.

Sure, a day at the ballpark might sound like a good time. But when it's your job, it can mean a fifteen-hour day of hard work, whether you're cleaning the bleachers, keeping the books or taking care of customers. How do they do it?

For the people who work here, fun is an attitude. An experience. It's why everyone from head groundskeeper to the president and co-owner is passionate about coming to work. Having fun on the job makes these employees more creative, more productive, and ultimately more satisfied. They don't take themselves too seriously. They treat each other with respect. And they make every day an event.

Key concepts in the video can bring this mindset to any workplace:

 

  • Discover Your Passion
  • Bring a Positive Attitude
  • Show People You Care

Program includes: VHS or DVD, Leader's Guide, PowerPoint Presentation on CD-ROM with film transcript, 10 Participant Workbooks, 10 Reminder Cards. Bonus extended-cut DVD version of show included with either video format.

 

Online Streamed Video Training Option:

  • Pricing - $9.95 per user
  • Minimum order - $500
  • Users receive a post-test and certificate of completion. You set the test’s passing grade.
  • You get an Administrator’s Page that shows who has logged on to take the training and the test score of each viewer.

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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Empowering Appraisal - DVD

Produced - 1993

Free Preview

The Empowering Appraisal contains everything needed to start, run or improve a company appraisal system. The main video uses a realistic drama to outline frequently-made mistakes and suggests ways to improve the skills needed to conduct effective interviews. It also stresses the importance of making objectives measurable, realistic and achievable.

The benefits:

  • Demonstrates how to make appraisal interviews a productive two-way process which will motivate and empower employees
  • Provides guidelines for introducing an objective setting scheme throughout any organization
  • Show how to prepare for the appraisal
  • Sets objectives which are realistic and achievable
  • Shows how to measure objectives and monitor results
  • The package includes a wealth of support material designed for both the appraiser and the appraisee.

Program includes: DVD (28 mins), self study DVD (28 mins), your appraisal DVD (5 mins), training notes, self-study workbook, generic appraisal form and generic preparation form.

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The Leadership Pickles! - DVD

Best-Seller!

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What Bob Farrell did for customer service in the run away hit Give `em the PICKLE!, he's doing again for leadership with The Leadership Pickles! A fun and exciting new video from Media Partners, The Leadership Pickles! combines Bob's passion for serving others with powerful leadership stories to create a memorable and motivating message for leaders of all kinds.

Just as customers need pickles - those special things you do for them to keep them coming back - your employees need their pickles too. They want and need certain things from you as their leader. If they get them, they'll follow you and achieve great things. If they don't get their leadership pickles, their belief and respect for you as a leader may begin to slip.

Being in leadership is a tough job. It requires you to be the best you can be. The Leadership Pickles! will inspire you to give your employees their leadership pickles!

Program Incudes: A 16 minute video or DVD, 1 50 sheet Pickle Sticky Pad, 10 Pocket Reminder Cards, 1 Gold Pickle Lapel Pin, 5 Green Pickle Lapel Pins and 1 Leader's Guide on CDRom

 

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Do Right II with Lou Holtz - DVD

Do Right II is an extension of the award-winning motivational video Do Right, starring Lou Holtz. Holtz recognizes teamwork as the cornerstone to every successful organization. To succeed in the nineties, everyone in your organization needs to be working together toward a common goal. Each employee in your organization must be committed to everyone’s success. With this as your goal, you can establish an effective means of communication, utilize your employees’ diverse talents and empower employees to make sound decisions.

  • Make a commitment to succeed
  • Set common goals
  • Communicate effectively
  • Be the best you can be
  • Utilize each individual’s talents
  • Empower others to accomplish objectives

Includes: 35 minutes DVD or video

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Values and Ethics: Situations for Discussion - DVD

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Lay a strong foundation for building and maintaining healthy corporate ethics. Program contains short dramatic vignettes that demonstrate typical every day situations of employees exhibiting questionable ethics.

As your managers struggle with the issues of ethics in the workplace, they may realize that your employees often do not have a clear understanding of the difference between ethical and unethical business practices.

The success of organizations who train their employees on ethics offers proof that honesty really is the best policy - for both your organization and your employees. That's why it's critical for you to clearly communicate exactly what the ethical and moral expectations are for your employees. Your organization's bottom line depends on it!

Values and Ethics can help your organization reduce wasted time and money, while increasing employee morale, confidentiality and productivity.

Synopsis

Values and Ethics is a series of 12 short dramatic What Would You Do? vignettes. Each situation is followed by a short video break to allow for group discussion. After each discussion, you can summarize by communicating your organization's policy on the situation presented.

Some video situations include:

  • Using an organization's toll-free number, copier and office supplies for personal use
  • Abusing confidential privileges
  • Wasting company time
  • Not being honest with coworkers and managers

Participants will learn to use the three-step checklist to decide if each situation is ethical: 1) Is it legal? 2) Is it a win-win situation? 3) Would you do the same thing if someone you respected were watching?

Key Training Points:

  • Recognize unethical employee behaviors
  • Implement ethical business practices
  • Understand your corporate ethics philosophy
  • Respond correctly to ethical situations
  • Develop a clear understanding of business ethics
  • Reduce wasted time, money and productivity
  • Discuss the three-step checklist to ethical decision making

Length: 12 min. Includes Training Leader's Guide and Doing the Right Thing book

  • Values and Ethics: Situations for Discussion - DVD $550.00 [Add to Cart]
  • Values and Ethics: Situations for Discussion - DVD Rental $295.00 [Add to Cart]
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The Lou Holtz Library - DVD

Best-Seller!

Purchase all four of Lou Holtz best-selling training programs for one low price. This package includes:

Do Right - This best-selling program is the perfect vehicle to instill the spirit of teamwork, commitment to excellence, loyalty to the organization and personal dedication to success. (23 min.)

Do Right II - focuses on the importance of teamwork, the cornerstone of every individual and organizational success. (22 min)

If Enough People Care - In this motivational program, Olympic Champion Mary Lou Retton introduces Lou Holtz who shares his three play-like-a-champion rules: Do It Right, Do Your Best, and Care About Others. (28 min.)

Do Right: The Plan - In Do Right – The Plan, Lou Holtz illustrates the way to apply these values to achieve individual and organizational success. Through trial and error, victory and defeat, every success begins with two things: a vision and a plan. Released in 2006. (35 min)

Package Includes: 4 DVDs or 4 VHS videos

You'll save $185.00 when you purchase all four programs - regular price $2,380.00

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Do Right with Lou Holtz - DVD

Do Right II is the follow-up to the best selling motivational video Do Right. In Do Right II, Lou Holtz focuses on the importance of teamwork, the cornerstone of every individual and organizational success. Lou Holtz discusses the four fundamental factors at the heart of every successful team or organization:

  • Develop a sense of purpose – a clear, strong and common goal
  • Communicate your goal
  • Utilize the diverse individual talents of everyone in your organization
  • Empower others to make their own decisions

Lou Holtz inspires listeners with a sense of teamwork, commitment to excellence, organizational loyalty, and personal dedication. Filmed in 1991, Do Right II continues to instill pride and dedication in executives, employees, students and athletes.

Includes: 35 minute DVD or video

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Emotional Intelligence - DVD

Best-Seller!

This course is also available for online training, see details below.

Emotional Intelligence provides an excellent overview of this breakthrough training topic and includes commentary from numerous EI experts including Daniel Goleman and Peter Salovey. Five EI competencies are introduced: Self-awareness, Self-regulation, Self-motivation, Empathy and Effective Relationships.

The program then takes viewers to organizations such as Kaiser Permanente, State Street Bank and Nichols Aluminum where training in emotional intelligence is being used to help employees access the power of emotions to create better, more productive working relationships. Through interviews with various employees, viewers see how EI competencies can be combined with other knowledge and technical capabilities to increase one's overall effectiveness on the job.

Viewers will come away with specific areas of improvement to focus on and a structured, step-by-step approach to developing the required emotional competencies to bring more creativity, energy and intuition to their work, whatever the industry or field.

Program includes: A 25 minute VHS or DVD of Main Program and separate Discussion Segments, Leader's Guide, PowerPoint presentation on CD-ROM, 10 Participant Workbooks with EI Quiz, 10 Reminder Cards.

Online Training Option

  • Pricing - $9.95 per user
  • Minimum order - $500
  • Users receive a post-test and certificate of completion. You set the test’s passing grade.
  • You get an Administrator’s Page that shows who has logged on to take the training and the test score of each viewer.

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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Leading With Passion: Facilitator Kit

Turning Passion Into Performance

With the emphasis shifting from managing to enabling others, leaders must find ways to help themselves, as well as their employees, learn, develop, and function at ever higher levels. Passion provides the driving force needed to energize careers, improve individual and organizational performance, and strengthen workforce loyalty. In Leading With Passion, leaders discover how to identify and integrate their personal passions and those of their employees with the organization's core passions and Key Profit Areas. Then, through our powerful Performance Scorecard methodology, they learn how to reinforce employee commitment and improve workgroup performance in these and other critical areas using measures.

Skill-Based Program Content

  • Increasing awareness of personal passions
  • Aligning personal passions with core organizational passions and goals
  • Defining Key Profit Areas that determine workgroup success
  • Using Performance Scorecards to focus on what matters to customers, employees, and other stakeholders and to improve performance in Key Profit Areas
  • Creating opportunities for personal, professional, and organizational success for both managers and their employees

Facilitator Kit:
The Leading With Passion Facilitator Kit includes materials listed below and must be purchased to order Participant Kits:

  • Facilitator Guide
  • (1) Participant Kit
  • Online Tools with PowerPoint Presentation (CD-ROM)

Participant Kit:
Participant materials required to support the training program are available. Each Leading With Passion Participant Kit includes materials listed below:

  • Participant Workbook
  • Other publication: The Passion Plan At Work

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The Bear Essentials of Business! - DVD

Free Online Preview

Travel to Shelburne, Vermont and take an inside look at what makes the Vermont Teddy Bear Company one of the nation's most famous and successful companies.See how it really cares about its customers and its employees.

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Bear with us and learn:

  • Why the customer comes first and is always the number one.
  • Why it's important to be dynamic and creative to truly make a difference.
  • Why it is important to have a "Yes, we can," attitude.
  • How teamwork can really make a difference.
  • Why it's critical to recognize the worth of your customers and fellow employees.
  • How having fun really makes a difference... right down to the bottom line!
  • And this is just the bear beginning!

The BEAR Essentials of Business is educational, entertaining and is truly repeatable. Make it part of your training library today!

Included Training Items:
Loaded with humor, animation and critical information, the purchase of this training program includes:

 

  • 19 minute videocassette
  • DVD with the full training program
  • CD-ROM with a PowerPoint presentation and reproducible training materials
  • Mouse pad (oops, make that Bear pad) for constant reinforcement of the BEAR Essentials of Business
  • 60 page facilitator guide

Rentals of this program are available in VHS or DVD format; you must select one or the other.

 

  • The Bear Essentials of Business! - DVD $595.00 [Add to Cart]
  • The Bear Essentials of Business! - DVD Rental $299.99 [Add to Cart]
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Manager's Library - (10 DVD Set)

Improve your management team with the new Manager's Library. Comprised of 10 DVDs, 10 CD audios, and 10 books, this library will help your managers get the needed jump on the competition.

Your cost $999.50! If you were to buy these programs individually the total would be $1,299.50. Buy the complete library and save $300.00!

The Manager's Library includes the following titles:

  • How to Deal with Cultural Diversity in the Work Place
  • Prevent Sexual Harassment in the Work Place
  • Negotiating for Business Results
  • Succeed by Coaching
  • Empowering Employees
  • How to Supervise People
  • The New Supervisor: Skills for Success
  • Hiring the Best
  • How to Hold Successful Meetings
  • Time Management: Get the Most Out of Your Time

Information about each program may be found under the individual listing on the website.

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Everest - DVD

Named One of the Best Training Programs in 2007

Free Online Preview

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:

 

  • Choosing the right people
  • Keeping the goal in sight
  • Banishing ego
  • Understanding sacrifice
  • Discovering your inner leader
  • Finding joy in the success of others
  • Overcoming immense setbacks
  • Believing in the dream

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

  • Pricing - $9.95 per user
  • Minimum order - $500
  • Users receive a post-test and certificate of completion. You set the test’s passing grade.
  • You get an Administrator’s Page that shows who has logged on to take the training and the test score of each viewer.

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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The Clarity Imperative - DVD

Release - 2009

Free Online Preview

The world's most successful teams and organizations have one thing in common.

Clarity

In these groups, everyone knows and can articulate what they do, the direction in which they're moving and what the culture is really all about.

Use of this program can lead to:

  • Effective Talent Management - Organizations recruit for and hire people whose values are in line with those of the organization and who will fit into the culture.
  • Productivity Improvement - Clarity of purpose and direction prevents a lot of wasted time and energy. Leaders and employees can walk away from opportunities/offerings that don't support what the organization is really trying to accomplish. Decision making and goal setting are streamlined because everyone is working from the same understanding about what is important.
  • Increased Employee Engagement - People buy-in more easily when they are clear about what their organization stands for, where it is headed and how their role plays a part in the overall plan.
  • Improved Sales and Customer Loyalty - Clear messaging leads to a stronger brand. Consistency in messaging increases customer trust and loyalty.

The essence of a brand lies in its consistency. This timely program gives much needed help to those who have been searching for an effective way to align the organization around a clear message despite ever-changing conditions. 

Content:

  • DVD
  • Leader's Guide with reproducible Participant Worksheets
  • 10 Reminder Cards
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Developing Employees Courseware

Developing Employees is a comprehensive two-day workshop to teach supervisors critical coaching skills that include continuous performance feedback, mentoring/teaching, delegating/empowering, and building relationships.

Developing Employees is part of the Professional Skills Courseware Collection of 8 highly effective, interactive, experiential training programs that comes complete, but can also be edited in Microsoft Word to match you specific situation. Developing Employees Courseware Includes:

  • Pre and Post Tests
  • Lesson Plans
  • Workshop Outline
  • Trainer's Quick-Start
  • Instructor's Guide
  • Participant Coursebook
  • Participant Evaluation Form
  • Self and Supervisor Development Planning Worksheets
  • PowerPoint Presentation
  • Unlimited ability to modify, re-brand, and print any of these training resources at a single site in any quantity

Each workshop is provided with a job-aid to assist trainers in customizing the content should they decide to do so.

Organization Outcomes with Developing Employees Courseware:

  • Supervisors become more skilled communicators and build stronger relationships with employees.
  • Supervisors create a more motivational work environment for direct reports.
  • Employees progress more quickly from novice to mastery in their responsibilities
  • Supervisors build continuous performance feedback into their daily dialogues with employees
  • Supervisors empower employees and delegate appropriately.
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And When You Fall - DVD

Meeting Opener

Dan Jansen's story isn't just about an athlete. In 1988, Dan Jansen's sister died on the day he was to skate for Olympic Gold in Calgary. He fell, twice, but got up with dignity and finished the race. In 1994, in Lillehammer, he fell in front of 90 million people and had one chance left. And then he won not only the Gold, but he set World and Olympic records. It's a story of life. Who hasn't slipped and fallen? Who hasn't worked hard and still lost? The more important question is — Who will bow to defeat, and who will never ever give up? Every organization and individual can find a way to apply Dan Jansen's story to their work and personal lives. In this video, you'll experience his anguish, then celebrate his explosive victory that moved the entire world to a standing ovation. After this compelling, thought-provoking meeting opener, you'll never again hear: "It can't be done."

Key Learning Points

  • Gain insight into the struggles we face in attempting to achieve our goals
  • The power and strength we have to keep pursuing our dreams
  • The value of reflecting on past setbacks and failures

Includes: DVD & Discussion Guide / Length: 4 minutes