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Meetings, Bloody Meetings - DVD

Meetings, Bloody Meetings - DVD

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 Learn more
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Budgeting: Constructing and Controlling Budgets - DVD

Budgeting: Constructing and Controlling Budgets - DVD

Produced: 1996

To help managers appreciate the importance of budgets to business activity and to give guidance on building up and controlling a budget. Learn more

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The John Cleese Best-Seller DVD Library

The John Cleese Best-Seller DVD Library

Here’s an opportunity for you to purchase some of john Cleese's best selling programs at a huge savings. The regular price of this package Learn more
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Going to a Meeting Series (Part 1 & 2) - DVD

Going to a Meeting Series (Part 1 & 2) - DVD

Featuring John Cleese

The Going to a Meeting series is an engaging two-part program hosted by John Cleese (that's right...he's back). The series focuses on the attendee's role and how to make the most of meetings.

 

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Helping Hand: Coaching Skills for Managers - DVD

Helping Hand: Coaching Skills for Managers - DVD

Featuring John Cleese

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Taking more time to coach creates more time for work! No single person can do every job. Learn more

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It's Your Choice: Selection Skills for Managers - DVD

It's Your Choice: Selection Skills for Managers - DVD

Featuring Hugh Laurie, Dawn French, John Cleese, Simon Shepherd and Philip Franks. Release date: 1993

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A selection interview is a bit like detective work. Suspects must be eliminated until the right person is found, whether from inside or outside the organization. Learn more

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Return on Investment - DVD

Return on Investment - DVD

Once again Julian Carruthers (John Cleese) is on the receiving end of good advice from his patient friend Scroggs (John Bird). This time he learns the importance of valuing returns. This video unravels the complexities of return on investment by explaining the relationship between investment and profit, and establishing the true rates of return in the marketplace. Learn more

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More Bloody Meetings - DVD

More Bloody Meetings - DVD

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. Learn more

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Performance Matters: The Need for Constructive Criticism - DVD

Performance Matters: The Need for Constructive Criticism - DVD

Hosted by John Cleese

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To enable managers to employ criticism as a means of preventing the recurrence of mistakes and improving staff performance. Learn more

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So You Want to Be A Success At Selling (4 Program Series) - DVD

So You Want to Be A Success At Selling (4 Program Series) - DVD

This classic four-part series is ideal for new sales recruits or as a refresher for experienced members of the sales team. Learn more
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Telephone Behavior: The Rules Of Effective Communication - DVD

Telephone Behavior: The Rules Of Effective Communication - DVD

Talking on the phone is a no-brainer. But truly communicating is an art form. John Cleese demonstrates it humorously in this new version of Telephone Behavior. Now employees at all levels can master the techniques of positive, friendly telephone communication. Learn more
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The Balance Sheet Barrier - DVD

The Balance Sheet Barrier - DVD

The light-hearted approach of this world-famous video helps take the fear out of financial documents and complex concepts, and although accounts might never become a manager's favorite topic it does at least make them understandable. Learn more
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The Dreaded Appraisal - DVD (English)

The Dreaded Appraisal - DVD (English)

This training program is designed to ensure managers conduct positive appraisals that focus on staff motivation and business effectiveness. Learn more
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The Unorganized Manager: Part 1 - DVD

The Unorganized Manager: Part 1 - DVD

Featuring John Cleese

 

The first two parts of The unorganized manager series show that no matter how efficient managers may think they are, they cannot be fully effective until they learn how to manage their time.

 

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The Unorganized Manager: Part 2 - DVD

The Unorganized Manager: Part 2 - DVD

Featuring John Cleese

 

The first two parts of The unorganized manager series show that no matter how efficient managers may think they are, they cannot be fully effective until they learn how to manage their time.

 

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The Unorganized Manager: Part 3 - DVD

The Unorganized Manager: Part 3 - DVD

Featuring John Cleese

Release date: 1997

 

This program, which picks up from the story in the first two parts of the series but can be used as a stand-alone resource, shows how effective managers can create time to focus on their teams.

 

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The Unorganized Salesperson - DVD

The Unorganized Salesperson - DVD

In Part 1, Valuing your customers, a ‘Flash-Harry’ salesman takes every opportunity to show off his expertise. He’s all action - rushing from call to call, trying to satisfy customers’ every whim. But it soon descends into chaos and inevitably he starts missing appointments.

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Think or Sink: Professional Team Decision Making - DVD

Think or Sink: Professional Team Decision Making - DVD

Humorous Drama Featuring John Cleese and Robert Lindsay

A manager has made some poor decisions - making them himself, rather than using his team's experience. He learns the four stages of professional team decision thinking: asking the right questions, creating a choice of answers, looking at the dangers of each particular option and then weighing up the chances of success. The video is based on the book The Professional Decision Thinker by Ben Heirs, included with each purchase.

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Not My Type: Valuing Diversity - DVD

Not My Type: Valuing Diversity - DVD

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This new style of program introduces individuals who are both familiar to us and differ from us in significant ways. Learn more

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Straight Talking: The Art of Assertiveness - DVD

Straight Talking: The Art of Assertiveness - DVD

Straight talking shows that the basic rule of assertive behavior is honesty and that it's usually for fear of the response that honesty is avoided. Learn more
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Can You Spare a Moment? - DVD

Can You Spare a Moment? - DVD

Featuring John Cleese, Angus Barnett, Lorraine Brunning, Ricky Gervais and Jaye Griffiths. Release date: 2001

 

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The Control of Working Capital - DVD

The Control of Working Capital - DVD

Free working capital trapped in your organization. Ready to grow, but wondering where the money will come from? Even a flourishing business can find itself hamstrung by a lack of ready cash. Learn more
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This is Going to Hurt me More than it Hurts You - DVD

This is Going to Hurt me More than it Hurts You - DVD

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This program uses humor to explain the steps that should be taken by a manager or team leader to ensure that their employees facing bad news accept the decision with as little damage as possible to morale.

Three sections highlight how to prepare for the interview, cope with the reaction, and face up to responsibilities.

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  • Suitable for general interviewing and management skills courses
  • Specific learning points for three important interviews

Programm includes: DVD(27 mins), Briefcase booklet and Discussion guide

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Working with Aggression - DVD

Working with Aggression - DVD

Violence and aggression at work can be emotional as well as physical. This powerful drama, based on the research of specialist consultant Roy Braithwaite, will help people manage aggressive situations at work by seeing how such behaviour is expressed. Learn more
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Cost, Profit and Break-Even - DVD

Cost, Profit and Break-Even - DVD

Featuring John Cleese

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This DVD course is also available for online traininglearn more 

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