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Writing for Business Results - DVD

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:

  • Put the "Five C's" of effective writing to work
  • Create a plan for letters, memos and e-mail
  • Keep your messages short and simple
  • Grab your readers with a strong opening line
  • Provide the detail needed to support your writing
  • Apply the Six Principles of The Writer's Edge

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:

  • Post training test and reporting results 24/7
  • Certificates of completion
  • Digital copies of the support materials

    Online Training Pricing:

    • 1 to 1000 $6 per person
    • 1001 to 3000 $5 per person
    • Minimum order for any one program $395.00

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    Negotiating for a Fast Job Search - DVD

    Free Online Preview

    Those who don’t ask, don’t get.”  That’s the most important law of negotiating.
    The key is to know when, what and how much to negotiate. Negotiating for a fast job search is a 7-step process that will answer these questions to ensure that job hunters get the best compensation package.

    Most people are frightened of blowing the deal by asking for too much.  Applicants don’t have to be afraid to ask for what they are worth.  Take the fear away by learning how to safely and effectively negotiate their way to that great job thru this process.
    Having a clear assessment of the job seekers value and identifying what  the future employer really wants to bargaining and reaching an agreement, this program will help candidates understand the process - and master the skills - of effective negotiating...

    Developing a plan for a negotiation, using verbal and body language, and take advantage of timing in negotiations and more ...

    Some of  the Areas Covered:
    1. Thank them for the Offer
    2. Express Interest in the Company
    3. Get the Details of the Offer
    4. Set Date to talk again
    5. Research Package offered
    6. Strategizing a Plan
    7. Negotiating Meeting
    8. Three more Fast Job Strategies

    Negotiating for a Fast Job Search will guide you thru the negotiating process and show you, step by step, how to negotiate the best possible deal into the next job.
    This is the  basis  for  this approximately 22 minute Program.

    $79.99 [Add to Cart]
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    50 Activities for Self-Development

    Comes complete with learning objectives, facilitator guidance, and reproducible materials.

    Activities cover

    • Observation skills
    • Influencing others
    • Group problem solving
    • Reducing stress
    • Personal motivation
    • Responding to new challenges

    Training Objectives

    • Identify areas needing particular attention
    • Determine a complete personal development plan
    • Remove blockages to personal success
    • Develop effective managers

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    Interviewing for a Fast Job Search - DVD

    Available on DVD or Audio CD

    Free Online Prevew - (Windows Media Player Required)

    In this Program Interviewees will learn and improve skills to achieve results. How to assess a candidate’s background, experience and skills is important but to be able to communicate those essential topics at the right time and only as extensively as necessary is imperative.

    This Training Program  provides the latest and most effective Job Search Techniques, full of real life engaging visual examples dramatized by actors.

    Candidates will also learn how to develop key statements for a successful interview. The interviewee who implements these techniques it’s who will Get Hired!
    Managers use interviews as a means to decide who the best candidate for a job might be.  But the best jobs do NOT necessarily go to the most qualified person; they go to the person who was the BEST at performing in the interview process!

    Some of  the Areas Covered:

    1. New Definition for Interviewing
    2. Informational Interviews
    3. Employee Referrals
    4. Five Main Interview Questions
    5. Types of Interviews
    6. Acting the Part
    7. Questions to Ask Interviewers
    8. Buying Signals
    9. Playing the odds
    10. Understand the Odds

    Interviewing for a Fast Job Search will teach you proven,  practical and effective methods that will help you in developing interviewing skills that get results so that you too can land that great job!

    This is the  basis  for  this approximately 33 minute Program.

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    Get Hired! How to Ace the Interview - DVD

    Get Hired! How to Ace the Interview will teach interviewees how to be confident and prepared with the knowledge of key interviewing skills presented in this program. The key learning topics focus on teaching job applicants how to develop a profile of their personal characteristics and career skills to help them be better communicators during an interview.

    Applicants will also learn how to develop skill/benefit statements and SHARE examples, which are both key elements of a successful interview. Basically, it's the interviewee who applies these techniques the best... who will Get Hired!

    How-To Training Points:

    • How to develop a profile of your skills
    • How to develop a realistic, honest description of both the technical skills and performance skills important to the job in question
    • How to identify someone inside or outside the target organization who can help sway a hiring decision in your favor
    • How to use skill/benefit statements to help present a positive, capable image
    • How to use the SHARE model to develop effective responses to questions
    • How to successfully answer difficult or strange questions
    • How to employ a general interviewing strategy that will fit any interviewer's method of interviewing

    Includes: 28 minute DVD or VHS video and leader's guide

    • Get Hired! How to Ace the Interview - DVD $695.00 [Add to Cart]
    • Get Hired! How to Ace the Interview - DVD Rental $295.00 [Add to Cart]
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    How to Deal with Cultural Diversity in the Workplace - DVD

    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:

    • Communicate effectively with individuals from diverse cultures
    • Mentor individuals from different backgrounds
    • Be sensitive to older employees within your organization
    • Build foundations for teamwork
    • Deal with the varying perspectives of individuals from diverse cultures
    • Resolve conflicts by focusing on the common goal
    • And, more
    This JWA/Video training program comes complete with a DVD, CD audio and copy of the book "Cultural Diversity in the Work Place" by Sally J. Walton, which is part of the Business Skills Express Series Published by The McGraw-Hill Companies.

    30 minutes.
    Additional books and CD audios available

    • How to Deal with Cultural Diversity in the Workplace - DVD $149.99 [Add to Cart]
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    675 Ways to Develop Yourself and Your People

    The perfect opportunity to reflect on yourself and where you’re headed

    Strategies, ideas and activities for self-development and learning in the workplace

    By Laurel Alexander

    We all struggle as professionals to stay on top of our game. Here is a book with hundreds of practical ways to take control of moving your career in the direction you want to go – and of helping your people do the same.

    675 Ways to Develop Yourself and Your People reflects the real needs of real people in today’s workplace. You’ll gain exercises, activities and strategies that will help you develop your ability to build positive work relationships, change an aspect of your interpersonal behavior, come across as powerful in meetings, listen, make decisions, survive a downsizing and much more. 

    The engaging and hands-on resource provides a set of 50 individual learning opportunities and over 600 ideas, techniques and activities for making the most of the learning opportunities. Each module begins with an overview of the subject and moves on to exercises in easy-to-use categories:

    • Individual tasks and reflections
    • Working with others – a peer, colleague or partner
    • Working with a mentor
    • Developing others – exercises for facilitators to use in groups
    • Useful Web sites

    You can pick up this book and start wherever you like. You’ll be amazed at how many opportunities you face each day to learn with and from your co-workers, facilitate the development process in others and travel purposefully through your life.

    • 675 Ways to Develop Yourself and Your People $149.99 [Add to Cart]
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    Winning Presentation - Next Speech DVD

    Be ready to anticipate the moment. Feel the goals and aspirations of your audience and make the presentation of your life! Divided into three sections—planning, writing and giving a presentation, The Basics of How to Plan, Write and Give a Winning Presentation! will help you overcome the “presentation jitters” and deliver what the audience expects—a great speech! Includes DVD and 75 Ways to Improve Your Next Speech book. 30 minutes.

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    How To Really Achieve Your Goals - DVD

    Nearly all companies and individuals say goals are important. Whether they are sales goals, production goals, personal finance goals, or weight loss goals they are deemed important. Yet many times we set our goals without much real thought. "Our new sales goal is to increase last year's sales by 10%." Why? Maybe it should be 20%. But without any real thought no one is really sure.

    In this new DVD training program you'll learn:

    • Why it's important to set accurate goals
    • How to set goals so they mean something
    • The GRASP IT goals achievement system
    • Why planning is critical to both your business and personal life
    • The six key elements to change

    "Decide upon your goals and then set your mind, body and world into motion. As a worthwhile being, you deserve success. Demand it. Require it. Insist upon it," says Blackman.

    Divided into segments, this DVD is perfect for group training or may be used for individual instruction. This how-to training program comes with a DVD, CD audio and goals-setting booklet. It is a must for any individual and organization. (Length: 35 minutes)

    Communications Library Set

    This new Communication Library allows you to improve your communication skills in a short period of time at a most reasonable price. The following new titles are included in the set:

    • Use the Telephone the Right Way
    • Better Meeting Management for Better Communication
    • Manage Your Time Better
    • Feedback Skills for Supervisors
    • Communication Skills That Build Winning Relationships

    Includes 5 DVDs, 5 CD audios and 5 booklets (5-Volume Set)

    Free Ground Shipping!

     

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    How to Ask Positive Questions - DVD

    The Hidden Communication Skill That Will Make Your Next Team Meeting More Productive

    With John O'Hurley

    We understand that speaking clearly, using proper listening skills, and knowing the importance of non-verbal cues all play vital roles in clear communication between people in organizations. Surprisingly, the impact of questions, and how to ask them properly, remain an unacknowledged part of the training curriculum. This sprightly and to-the-point video addresses that shortfall.

    Driving home the lessons is John O'Hurley, best known as J. Peterman on the Seinfeld series. His unique persona helps deliver these important learning points.

    • Appreciate how learning to ask positive question can improve team effectiveness.
    • Recognize that asking questions is a communications skill, just like speaking clearly or listening effectively.
    • Develop the ability to use inflection, phrasing, and timing to ask positive questions.

    This intriguing, involving, and entertaining video will improve:

    • Team Effectiveness
    • Communication Skills
    • Productivity In Meetings

    How To Ask Positive Questions is designed to be used during team training sessions devoted to productivity and communication skills, or before a meeting starts.

    By increasing the questioning ability of employees, the video's benefits extend beyond team impact. Employees who can properly ask questions will deal better with all colleagues throughout the entire organization. Additionally, communication with both external and internal customers will improve.

    Entertaining, motivational, and informative, How To Ask Positive Questions is a skill-building, consciousness-raising video that will energize your teams to perform at higher levels.

    Program Includes: DVD or VHS (Running time: 12 minutes) 32-page Leader’s Guide with Two Lesson Plans

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    Managing Conflict at Work - DVD

    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:

  • Post training test and reporting results 24/7
  • Certificates of completion
  • Digital copies of the support materials

    Online Training Pricing:

    • 1 to 1000 $6 per person
    • 1001 to 3000 $5 per person
    • Minimum order for any one program $395.00

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    Managing Stress On and Off the Job PowerPoint & Booklet Kit

    Managing Stress On and Off the Job PowerPoint & Booklet Kit

    Stress on the job is a triple threat to your business leading to Accidents, Absences, and business busting hostile Attitudes toward co-workers and customers. This PowerPoint training kit gives you a training class that's ready to go right out of the box.

    This kit includes:

    • A 30-slide customizable PowerPoint presentation
      Makes training a breeze by including prewritten speaker's notes. All you have to do is point, click, and train.
    • Completion certificates
      Print these out and document which employees completed training.
    • Quizzes and handouts
      Prewritten quizzes and handouts give you ready-made training materials and test your employees knowledge.
    • 20 booklets
      Includes 20, 16-page informative booklets with easy-to-read explanations on important topics such as: managing stress that starts at home, work-life balance, and the benefits of channeling stress in productive ways.

      • Managing Stress On and Off the Job PowerPoint & Booklet Kit $299.99 [Add to Cart]
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    Manager's Collection (9 DVD Set)
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    Develop your leadership and supervisory skills with these nine high-impact productions.

    We all know that being a manager isn't easy. Roles are changing and today's managers find themselves faced with not only being responsible for the goals of their workforce but for the entire organization as well. These nine top-selling management training DVDs provide proven techniques that are guaranteed to improve productivity and people skills for new managers and seasoned veterans.

    Learning points include:

    • How to look for positive behavior, and praise often.
    • Earn the trust of the people you manage.
    • Reduce frustrating miscommunications.
    • Nurture teams through development stages.
    • Set goals that can be achieved—and are worth achieving!
    Programs Include
    • Be Prepared to Lead
    • Be Prepared for Meetings
    • Breakthrough Listening
    • Criticism: Giving and Taking
    • Managing People - Key Skills for Great Managers
    • Motivating Your Employees
    • Performance Coaching
    • Supervising for Quality
    • Time Management: Getting Control of Your Life and Work

    Guarantee: This comprehensive management training series will have your staff making more confident and knowledgeable decisions than ever before.

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    How to Pull Off a Successful Redesign- DVD

    Free Online Preview

    Redesigning your Website starts with preplanning, goal setting, and getting early buy-in from stakeholders. Nine key steps are outlined, including developing a redesign blueprint, creating mockups to communicate to developers, and conducting user testing.

    $99.99 [Add to Cart]