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Changing the Rules - DVD

The only way we can get other people to change, since we cannot control their behavior, is to change our own behavior. In order to do this, we need to 'speak' gender differences." -- Dr. Pat Heim Based on a real-life case study, the purpose of CHANGING THE RULES is to help viewers move from understanding to solving gender communication problems by identifying the invisible rules men and women play by, and providing a model for choosing effective strategies for most successful communication between genders in the workplace. This is the problem-solving follow-up to the POWER DEAD-EVEN RULE and INVISIBLE RULES: MEN, WOMEN AND TEAMS.

Length: 36 minutes

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A Grander Goal - DVD

Sometimes the lessons we most need to learn are found half a world away, in lands far different from our own. This is the case with A Grander Goal, a training program offering a profound shift in our approach to leadership.

A Grander Goal brings to bear that which is at once the simplest and most complex: love and forgiveness. It is a striking look at character illustrated by one man's unselfish desire to be a role model and provide direction for young unemployed men in Uganda. War-torn, strife- and poverty-ridden, Uganda is rife with directionless young men who haven't the means to continue their educations nor any prospects for work. Americans Michael and Laura Timmis help these young men put together a soccer practice, which, in turn, brings them Stone.

Once a star member of Uganda's professional soccer team, Stone's professional career ended abruptly after a knee injury, which was intentionally inflicted by another player. But Stone holds no bitterness. He simply tells his opponent, 'You did what you had to'. It is this selfless forgiveness that permeates all he does and sets the stage for the boys he mentors to learn important lessons about their lives and choices.

Viewers of A Grander Goal learn to:

  • identify the characteristics of transformational leaders
  • examine the power of mentorship and map it to their organization's needs and goals
  • explore the agents of change
  • recognize the impact of individual choice when addressing difficult situations
  • ...and more.

A Grander Goal is a profound look at the power of character from Dr. Stephen Covey, founder and chair of the Covey Leadership Center and author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

Includes: A 11 minute DVD or VHS video and leader's guide.

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Covey Leadership Library - DVD

A 5 Video or DVD Program Library Set

The Covey Leadership Library consists of the following video programs:

I Know Just What You Mean! - This workshop explores the difference between listening with the intent to respond and listening with the intent to understand. It underscores the vital importance of diagnosing needs before prescribing solutions and demonstrates why much-hyped "active listening techniques" may actually contribute to miscommunication. (Length: 20 minutes)

Leading By Example - Powerful, principle-centered video learning workshop that illustrates the difference a mentor and coach can make. Through the dramatic story of Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller, this case study enables leaders to identify ways in which they can be more effective models, how they can set lasting examples, and how they can bring out the best in others. (Length: 20 minutes)

Mauritius - In this documentary, participants learn guiding principles designed to turn individual viewpoints into lasting organizational cohesiveness. Mauritius offers timeless insights designed to create an environment where people subordinate "mine" to "ours", and "now" to "the future", by recognizing the power of diversity. (20 minutes)

Max and Max - This program is designed to increase leaders' awareness of the waste of human potential within organizations, and to help create a culture that fosters independent initiative, creativity, and resourcefulness. (20 minutes)

Tearing Down Walls - This program uses the Berlin Wall as a metaphor for the barriers that exist between individuals, teams, departments, or even between an organization and its customers. Help people eliminate miscommunication, distrust, and stereotyping to improve performance and productivity in the workplace. (20 minutes) Program Contents: 5 Program DVDs or Video set and 5 Participant Guides for each title.

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50 Case Studies For Management and Supervisory Training

Managers and supervisors will sharpen their analytical and decision-making skills with this new collection of fully reproducible case studies. Based on actual, real-life situations, these exercises prepare supervisors and team leaders for the challenging problems they face in today's complex workplace.

Each case study includes

  • Summary of the case
  • Discussion questions which evoke thought and analysis
  • Suggested solutions to the problems presented
Training Objectives
  • Improve participant's listening skills
  • Empower employees to negotiate
  • solutions fairly
  • Provide opportunities for participants to practice new skills in a supportive environment
  • Illustrate the skills needed to respond productively to complex issues
Activities Cover
  • Performance appraisal
  • Managing effectively
  • Sexual harassment/discrimination
  • Managing disruptive employees
  • Coaching/counseling employees
  • Hiring the right person

400 page 3 ring binder

  • 50 Case Studies For Management and Supervisory Training $149.99 [Add to Cart]
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Follow the Leader - DVD

Released - 2006

Guess what? There's a whole new generation of business leaders in the incubator. The Gen X-ers, and Gen-Yers right behind them, demand a new kind of leadership training.

Armed with hundreds of hours of research over thee years, Executive Producer Bob Allen, who himself spent twenty five years as a leader in the Disney organization, set out to create a fast-paced, reality television-like, leadership training program for young people that really works!

Follow The Leader is a new "rubber meets the road" course featuring three very different business leaders - different ages, different places in their careers, and very different industries. But there's a common thread - they're all successful, and they all possess similar traits and behaviors as business leaders. We follow them around and learn from them on the job. We hear from their people. No gurus. No acronyms. It's about positive role models.

  • Chairman of Hy-Vee, Inc. one of the 15 largest supermarket chains in the U.S. (and Chairman of the Food Marketing Institute - the largest trade group of its kind in the country) - Ron Pearson
  • President and Owner of "Homes by Carmen Dominguez," also serves as Vice President of the Home Builders Association of Metro Orlando where she was recently voted "Home Builder of the Year." - Carmen Dominguez
  • V.P. Operations, Hard Rock Cafe International, which has become a truly global phenomenon with more than 120 restaurants in over 40 countries. - - Ken Hoffman

The Follow the Leader DVD is divided into three 20-minute segments which can be viewed in one three-hour workshop or broken into three one-hour workshops titled:

    1. VISION & COMMUNICATIONS
    2. INTEGRITY & REALISM
    3. LOVE & PASSION

Upon completing the entire training program, your participants should be able to:

  • Define the leadership traits in terms of observable behaviors
  • Define these traits and behaviors in terms of your own company's professional/leadership development goals
  • Discuss how their own style may influence how the featured behaviors "look" on them
  • Design a plan to practice these traits in their everyday role as leaders in your company

Program includes: DVD and a CD-ROM containing an 18-page Trainer's Guide, a 24-page Participant Workbook, and a 34-frame Microsoft PowerPoint« Presentation.

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Sexual Harassment Toolkit

Ready-to-Use PowerPoint™ Training Stops Sexual Harassment

Sexual Harassment Toolkit. This comprehensive resource provides everything you need to avoid the embarrassing, expensive lawsuits that have damaged so many American companies recently.

You get a customizable, fully-prepared presentation in PowerPoint that has been carefully researched, so you don't have to re-create the wheel. Extremely flexible, it is designed to accommodate either employees or managers/supervisors. HR editors and attorneys explain definitions and types of sexual harassment, as well as critical issues such as how to handle a complaint, enforce policies and prevent incidents.

The complete sexual harassment training program also includes sample policies, training notices, trainee workbook, speaker's notes, handouts, employee quizzes, a completion certificate for training documentation, and regulatory information.

Use this this training package to increase employee awareness, sensitivity, and encourage employees to bring problems to your attention before they become costly legal claims!

The Sexual Harassment Toolkit includes:

  • Case studies and real-life scenarios that illustrate key sexual harassment points
  • Full-color customizable training presentations Policies, reproducible handouts, quizzes, and training certificates
  • Sample sexual harassment policies, incident report and training evaluation form
  • Training acknowledgement form
  • Simple explanations of applicable statutes and regulations
  • EEOC guidance and fact sheet
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Leaders of Character: Leadership - The West Point Way - DVD

Free Online Preview

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

Leaders of Character: Leadership the West Point Way takes us into some of this country foremost organizations, including Proctor & Gamble, the FBI, Penguin Publishing, and the Peoples Health Center, where we see West Point graduates putting their skills to the test. These are people who, like all of us, combat time and resource pressures, yet practice daily the principles of leading with character, heading top-notch teams, uplifting entire organizations.

Includes: VHS video or DVD, Leaders Guide, 10 Participant Workbooks, 10 Reminder Cards and PowerPoint Presentation on CD-ROM

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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Mauritius - DVD

This is part of the The Covey Leadership Library

Free Online Preview

What can organizations learn from a small island 1,200 miles off the coast of Africa? View this inspirational program and find out.

Mauritius is a nation with five distinct societies, four major religions and nine spoken languages, yet it is a model of cohesiveness. In documentary style, viewers are shown how the people of Mauritius learned to replace "mine" with "ours" and change their mindset from "now" to "the future" by recognizing the inherent power of diversity.

Included in the presentation is an introduction and summarizing insights from Dr. Stephen R. Covey, founder and chairman of the Covey Leadership Institute and best-selling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

Trainers will be able to apply this film in training on: leveraging diversity, optimizing teams, and improving interpersonal and problem-solving skills.

Program Contents A 20 minute VHS or DVD, 5 Leader's Guide/Workbook combos

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Max and Max - DVD

This is part of The Covey Leadership Library

Free Online Preview

Meet Max, a recent college graduate, full of talent and ideas. And meet Max, a purebred Golden Retriever, eager to do his master's bidding. What do these two have in common? Mr. Harold -- a shortsighted manager who uses the same control style of leadership with both man and dog. An approach that inevitably leads to cynicism and frustration. An approach that disempowers.

This workshop is about empowerment. It's designed to increase leaders' awareness of the waste of human potential within organizations, and to help create a culture that fosters independent initiative, creativity, and resourcefulness.

Included is an introduction and summarizing insights by Dr. Stephen R. Covey, founder and chairman of the Covey Leadership Center and best-selling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Trainers will be able to apply this film in training for empowerment, team building, leadership skills, stress management and customer service.

Program Contents: A 20 minute VHS or DVD, 5 Participant Guides

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Stephen Covey's Lessons in Leadership Series - DVD

Dr. Stephen Covey, founder and chair of the Covey Leadership Center and author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, once again brings us an inspirational set of leadership training programs. The series breaks new ground, shifting the paradigm in ways that will surprise even the most seasoned leader. For instance:

A Grander Goal takes a striking look at character, bringing to bear that which is at once the simplest and most complex: love and forgiveness. It's a story of how one man's unselfish character is providing direction for young unemployed men in Uganda. (11 minutes)

Journey to Discovery tells the tale of a successful writer at a crossroads, a man questioning his life from a personal and professional perspective. Unable to write, he wanders the streets and finds the character he needs to once again take pen in hand. This heartwarming story (and its surprise ending!) will help your leaders rediscover the passion from which breakthroughs and innovations arise.(14 minutes)

A Better Way offers a new approach to the concept of 'win-win.' It's an intriguing look at three South African retailers, each facing unique challenges to one common concern: increasing profitability. They find increased profits - and more - with customers, vendors and employees by simply shifting from an attitude of competition to one of cooperation. (15 minutes)

Law of the Harvest provides an enlightening look at the true meaning of 'reaping what you sow.' Viewers meet a potato farmer whose story exemplifies that the technology and quick fixes many of us have come to rely on are no substitute for patience, perseverance and preparation(7 minutes).

Throughout this series the lesson is clear: there is plenty in this world for everyone if we work with integrity, respect and cooperation. Each is an excellent stand-alone program; used together, they comprise a comprehensive multi-session training program.

program contents:DVD or Video, 4 programs (A Grander Goal, Journey to Discovery, A Better Way and Law of the Harvest), Leader's Guide and Participant's Workbook

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Teamwork with Pat Riley - DVD

Award Wining Program

Free Online Preview

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

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Fair's Fair - DVD
Free Online Preview

Shows employees how all types of discrimination can and should be avoided in the workplace.

This video demonstrates some of the common discrimination problems using dramatized case studies. It shows that it may be wrong to treat everybody as if they are the same, because people are individuals. It may be equally as wrong to treat them as different, either because of stereotypes or by judging one aspect of their persona, such as age and race.

Features and applications:

  • Case studies with/without commentary, and flexible written materials
  • Sensitive treatment of a problem issue for all staff members
  • Wide-ranging problems treated in a sensible, practical way Includes: 45 minute DVD or VHS Video, Course Leader's Guide, 6 Overhead Transparencies, and Quick Guide

The Art of Coaching in Business - VHS

Great coaching dramatically improves performance

Effective coaching is essential to building any successful organization. It's the most powerful tool managers have to improve individual and team performance. Look behind any high-performing individual or team and you're likely to find a skilled and committed coach.

But what is great coaching?

In many ways, it's like great art. There are many styles that define greatness. But the bottom line for all great coaching is that it helps people perform to the best of their ability.

The theories of effective coaching are fundamental and straightforward. The artistry of great coaching is the ability to translate these theories into practical actions. Learn the practical art of coaching from seven "masters" The Art of Coaching in Business is a "Master Class" in coaching. You will have a first-hand opportunity to learn how to coach successfully from seven extraordinary individuals who understand the coaching process inside and out.

This program is unique because its "stars" aren't actors reading a script about coaching. They are experts in the Fields of business, sports , music and dance sharing their wisdom and experience about what it takes to coach successfully.

The Coaching Model

While our experts are from different fields, they all agree that there are certain coaching fundamentals and practices that, when applied consistently, result in sustained performance improvement. When you listen to their collective advice, a clear and practical coaching model emerges.

Who is this video for?

The Art of Coaching in Business will help all managers in your organization, from the shop floor to the boardroom. Managers will learn:

  • How coaching impacts the bottom line
  • How to use the coaching process to improve the associates' performance

This video is ideal for use as a:

  • Framework for a coaching seminar
  • Self-directed learning experience
  • Module in performance appraisal training
  • Off-site management retreat

Program Includes: 35 minute VHS video or CD-ROM, leader's guide, reproducible participant materials and a self-assessment.

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Twelve Angry Men: Teams That Don't Quit - DVD

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:

  • Open inquiry
  • Accepting responsibility for making a decision
  • Equality of team members as participants in the process
  • Value of conflict in uncovering ideas and new information
  • The essential role of diversity in making effective decisions

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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Ethical Type Indicator - Leaders Kit

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:

  • Background information on The Ethical Type Indicator
  • Detailed instructions for its use
  • The trainer's guide for conducting a seminar on ethical reasoning using The Ethical Type Indicator
  • Seminar outlines
  • PowerPoint® slide show

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.

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