Professional Development

Many of us flinch when we hear terms like depreciation, cash flow, balance sheet, and (worst of all!) budgets. However, these are all important concepts to understand if you’re going to succeed in today’s business world, particularly as a supervisor. Even better, financial terms are not as scary as they seem!

There are currently five generations in the workforce. Only a few short years ago, employers who were expecting to be faced with mass retirements are now looking at accommodating workers who cannot afford to retire or are simply healthy and happy enough that they would like to stay at work. However, the labor force continues to put in hard work and lots of strategy to find the right people to fill vacancies and to be able to serve their customers. This course examines the history and reality of the generation gap, especially for recruiters and succession planning. In it, we will explore whether defining the actual limits of each generation is most important, or whether the merits of people within the context of employment is the bigger issue. After all, understanding others helps us to understand ourselves and to manage the people that we work with. We will also explore problems, solutions, and strategies to help overcome issues of the generation gap.

People with disabilities represent a significant portion of our population. Though there are employment laws in place to protect this demographic this still remains a highly discriminated against group. By increasing our disability awareness we gain more knowledge on how to increase diversity in the workplace, empathize, correct faux pas, suspend judgment, and properly communicate with people with disabilities.

More than ever, a workplace is a diverse collection of individuals proud of who they are: their gender, their sexual orientation, their religion, their ethnic background, and all the other components that make an individual unique. One of the challenges for workplace leaders is how to help these diverse individuals work as a team.

Diversity is recognizing our individual differences whether they be age, gender, race, place of origin, color, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic status, religious beliefs, marital status, family status or culture.

Reducing employee turnover and attracting as well as retaining quality staff members have been common pain points all employers are facing in the post-pandemic workforce. This course provides timely insight to the “Great Resignation” phenomenon with very relatable topics to help quash “quiet quitting”, which has become prevalent across all industries. Participants will explore common causes for employees leaving jobs they once loved, the significance of workplace culture and job satisfaction, different work style modalities, and what key ingredients inspire employees to stay committed to an organization (hint: it’s NOT loyalty).

Interviewing sounds easy enough: you arrange for a conversation between you and potential candidates, and then select the best person for a particular position. But what if you could refine the process in such a way that you were confident that you are selecting the right person? How do you separate the good from the great, when they have similar work experience and strengths to offer? This workshop will give you the skills and tools to hire successful candidates.

Discipline is not something any manager wants to do but it is a skill that is important to be able to perform consistently and fairly.

How do you prevent harassment from occurring? What sorts of policies should be in place? What should managers do to protect their employees? And if a complaint is filed, what will we do? A course for HR Pros, Managers, and Executive Leadership, all of these questions (and more!) will be answered in this one-day workshop.

What is Sexual Harassment? A class for every employee, this half-day workshop provides an overview of sexual harassment and explains how to prevent it from happening in the workplace.

We may make decisions based on unseen preferences – where we grew up or lessons learned in childhood, for example – that may lead us to favor a certain car over another, or a certain person over another – based not on qualifications, but on appearances, culture, or ‘something I just can’t put my finger on.’

Bullying, especially workplace bullying, can be hard to identify and address. When most people think of bullying, images immediately come to mind of children in a schoolyard being taunted, pointed at, called names, ostracized, and physically threatened. However, workplace bullying is something that looks very different and can be detrimental to teams and organizations. This workshop will help participants recognize workplace bullying and harassment and will give them proactive techniques so that it doesn’t become something their team or organization suffers.

Participants will learn about what accountability is, how to promote it in their organization, and how to become more accountable to themselves and others.

Effective leaders understand how powerful an opportunity can be when they can tap into the intelligence, wisdom, and innovation present in their workforce. Conversational leadership provides the space and infrastructure for knowledge sharing to take place, and to generate solutions that people within the organization can take action on.

Coach, Mentor, Role Model, Supporter, Guide... do these words ring a bell? Being a coach involves being able to draw from several disciplines. Coaching is based on a partnership that involves giving both support and challenging opportunities to employees. Mentorship is a related skill that is often a part of coaching. It’s about being a guide, offering wisdom and advice when it is needed.

​Viable organizations need to be ready for emergencies because they are a fact of doing business. The worst plan is not to have any kind of plan at all, and the best plans are tested and adjusted so that they work over time. Fortunately, you do not need separate plans for fire, weather disasters, and all the different kinds of crises that can occur. One solid plan will help you to prevent, respond, and recover from all crises. This course will help you ensure your organization is ready to manage any kind of crisis.

Inspiring someone to be their best is no easy task. Just how do you manage for optimum performance? How do you create a motivating environment that encourages people to go beyond their best? This one-day workshop will help you teach participants some ways of achieving those tasks.

Reducing employee turnover and attracting as well as retaining quality staff members have been common pain points all employers are facing in the post-pandemic workforce. This course provides timely insight to the “Great Resignation” phenomenon with very relatable topics to help quash “quiet quitting”, which has become prevalent across all industries. Participants will explore common causes for employees leaving jobs they once loved, the significance of workplace culture and job satisfaction, different work style modalities, and what key ingredients inspire employees to stay committed to an organization (hint: it’s NOT loyalty).

In today’s fast-moving world, many managers and supervisors are expected to deal with some human resource issues. They may be asked to take part in developing job descriptions, take part in interviewing job candidates, or terminating employees. This workshop will introduce those managers to human resource concepts.

This two-day workshop is a tool for your leadership development. It is designed to help you create and accomplish your personal best, and to help you lead others to get extraordinary things done.

Supervisors represent an important force in the economy. You have the power to turn on or turn off the productivity of the people who report to you. You are the crucial interface between the employee on the shop floor or the service desk and the managers of the organization. Although you usually have more technical experience than the employees you supervise, you may not have had a lot of leadership experience. This one-day course will give you the skills in communication, coaching, and conflict that you need to be successful.

Virtual workers and virtual teams are an essential part of today’s workforce. More than ever, people are using technology to work anywhere, anytime.

It’s no secret that employees who feel they are valued and recognized for the work they do are more motivated, responsible, and productive. This one-day workshop will help supervisors and managers create a more dynamic, loyal, and energized workplace. It is designed specifically to help busy managers and supervisors understand what employees want, and to give them a starting point for creating champions.

Teams are an important building block of successful organizations. An organization’s success can depend on how well team members operate together—their level of trust in each other, their ability to disagree and work through the problems, and their abilities to strategize and hold each other accountable to be committed to achieving top performing results in reaching their goals.

Discipline is not something any manager wants to do but it is a skill that is important to be able to perform consistently and fairly.

We make decisions and solve problems continually. We start making decisions before we even get out of bed (shall I get up now or not?). Sometimes, we will have made as many as 50 decisions by the time we leave for work. Despite all the natural decision making that goes on and the problem solving we do, some people are very uncomfortable with having to make decisions. You may know someone who has a hard time making decisions about what to eat, never mind the internal wrestling they go through in order to take on major decisions at work.

We make decisions and solve problems continually. We start making decisions before we even get out of bed (shall I get up now or not?). Sometimes, we will have made as many as 50 decisions by the time we leave for work. Despite all the natural decision making that goes on and the problem solving we do, some people are very uncomfortable with having to make decisions. You may know someone who has a hard time making decisions about what to eat, never mind the internal wrestling they go through in order to take on major decisions at work.

Anger is a universal experience. Dogs get angry, bees get angry, and so do humans. You don’t have to be a psychologist to know that managing anger productively is something few individuals, organizations, and societies do well. Yet research tells us that those who do manage their anger at work are much more successful than those who don’t.

Teams are an important building block of successful organizations. Whether the focus is on service, quality, cost, value, speed, efficiency, performance, or other similar goals, teams are the basic unit that supports most organizations.

What exactly makes a decision ethical? The problem with ethics is that what may seem morally right (or ethical) to one person may seem appalling to another.

This one-day workshop will help you handle most of those socially difficult moments. You’ll have an extra edge in areas that you may not have given a lot of thought of until now.

We can get into a routine where it feels like everyone we speak with is either having a bad day, or we are having a bad day ourselves. We feel like we constantly meet people who seem to be inconsiderate, stubborn, incorrigible, indecent, miserable, or passive-aggressive. Sometimes we can be equally awkward ourselves. While it might seem that the easiest remedy is to lock yourself up at home and avoid people, we eventually have to pick up the phone or step outside and have an interaction with somebody.

This course is designed around six critical elements of customer service that, when the company lives them, bring customers back to experience service that outdoes the competition.

While many companies promise to deliver an incredible customer experience, some are better at delivering than others. This two-day course is designed around six critical elements of customer service that, when the company lives them, bring customers back to experience service that outdoes the competition.

We are bombarded with messages to believe various ideas, purchase things, support causes, and lead our lifestyle in a particular way. The answer lies in critical thinking skills.

This one-day course will give you tools to be able to be successful and create the type of company environment that you crave through building personal and nurturing effective workplace relationships.

​Change is something that excites people who love opportunities for growth, to see and learn about new things, or who like to shift the status quo. Some changes, however, are harder to adjust to and lead to expressions of resistance and anger. We can take concrete steps to make change more palatable by understanding people’s hesitation, enlisting the help of others, setting up plans, and managing stressors. These steps can also ensure that desired changes are implemented successfully.

Diversity is recognizing our individual differences whether they be age, gender, race, place of origin, color, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic status, religious beliefs, marital status, family status or culture.

In business writing, the language is concrete, the point of view is clear, and the points are well expressed. Good writing is hard work, and even the best writers get discouraged. However, with practice you can feel more confident about your own writing. This one day workshop will give participants the tools to become better writers.

A great presenter has two notable qualities: appropriate skills and personal confidence. Confidence comes from knowing what you want to say and being comfortable with your communication skills. In this one day workshop, participants will master the skills that will make them a better speaker and presenter.

Emotional intelligence is the ability to be aware of and to manage emotions and relationships. It’s a pivotal factor in personal and professional success. IQ will get you in the door, but it is your EQ, your ability to connect with others and manage the emotions of yourself and others, that will determine how successful you are in life.

Studies have shown many leaders throughout the world to be lacking empathy with their employees; however, those same studies show that when empathy is learned and applied in the workplace, productivity increases and relationships thrive. This half-day workshop will help participants develop and practice their empathy skills to have better productivity and better relationships at work.

When we talk about influence and persuasion, we often talk about marketing and sales. However, we influence in many ways and with great frequency. If you want a raise, sometimes you need to persuade your boss. If you want to convince your team to adopt a change, help your staff make choices, or choose the best place for lunch, there is often influencing taking place. This workshop will help participants learn how to influence and persuade in a variety of areas.

A major goal of this workshop is to help participants understand the impact that their communication skills have on other people. They will also explore how improving these skills can make it easier for them to get along in the workplace, and in life.

Motivation requires a commitment from individuals to decide what they want from life and to do what’s necessary to get the results they want. This workshop will help participants internalize the four pillars of motivation and to make meaningful, empowered choices while taking action to get where they want to go.

This one-day workshop will give you the tools to manage difficult conversations and get the best results possible out of them.

Negotiating is about resolving differences. People who can master the process of negotiation find they can save time and money, develop a higher degree of satisfaction with outcomes at home and at work, and earn greater respect in their communities when they understand how to negotiate well.

Negotiating is about resolving differences. People who can master the process of negotiation find they can save time and money, develop a higher degree of satisfaction with outcomes at home and at work, and earn greater respect in their communities when they understand how to negotiate well.

Meetings come in all shapes and sizes, from the convention to a quick huddle in an office hallway. This one-day workshop will be concerned with small working meetings; with groups that have a job to do requiring the energy, commitment, and talents of those who participate.

Knowing what we want to accomplish and how we intend to accomplish it is the first step to taking constructive action steps to meeting our work goals.

Today’s workforce is experiencing job burnout and stress in epidemic proportions. This one-day workshop explores the causes of such stress, and suggests general and specific stress management strategies that people can use every day.

Many people find that they flit from one task to another, trying to get everything done. In this one-day workshop, you will learn how to make the most of your time by getting a grip on your workflow and office space, using your planner effectively, and delegating some of your work to other people.

This three-day course will give you the skills that you need so that your students not only learn, but also enjoy the process, retain information shared and use their new skills back in the workplace. Participants will also have the opportunity to identify their personal learning objectives.

Participants will complete an MBTI personality trait inventory and learn principles of self-leadership, explore leadership styles, and how to lead from within regardless of hierarchy on the management ladder. At the end of this workshop, students will be able to understand why/how personality assessments are used in different situations, know specific traits of each of the 16 different personality types, and more!

Your management skills are an important part of your success as a project manager, so it is crucial that you grow both of those skill sets. There are also some advanced project management techniques that you can master to help bring your projects to successful completion.

Project management isn’t just for construction engineers and military logistics experts anymore. Today, in addition to the regular duties of your job, you are often expected to take on extra assignments, and to get that additional job done well, done under budget, and done on time.

Project management is not just restricted to certain industries, or to individuals with certification as a project manager. Lots of us are expected to complete assignments that are not a usual part of our job, and to get the job done well, within our budget, and on time.

An active shooter is an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and other populated areas. In most cases, active shooters use firearms and there is no pattern or method to their selection of victims. Active shooter situations are unpredictable and evolve quickly. All employees can help prevent and prepare for potential active shooter situations. This course provides guidance to individuals, including managers and employees, so that they can prepare to respond to an active shooter situation.

During this active training session simulation of activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities for daily living (IADLs) from an elderly perspective will be completed. Additional discussion will focus on communication best practices with the elderly.

Learn how to protect yourself from exposure to bloodborne pathogens, how to act appropriately when a bloodborne pathogens exposure occurs, how to clean up after a bloodborne pathogens exposure, and how to properly report any bloodborne pathogens exposure

This instructor-led training manual provides a general overview of the HIPAA legislation; specifically the HIPAA Five Titles (Rules) with main focus on Title II.

Did you know that the current survival rate for sudden cardiac arrest is less than 7%? Dramatically improve those odds with training that prepares participants to respond to a medical emergency. The combination of instructor, video-self instruction and hands-on training assures maximum skills retention.

This course combines basic First Aid and CPR skills, instruction, and practice with an AED. It is intended to provide training for individuals who want to learn basic CPR, First AID, and AED Skills, as well as acquire a 2-year NSC certification. This course also uses the PACT acronym (Protect, Act, Clean, Tell) and tagline, “Make a PACT, Know How to Act™,” to help students learn and easily recall bloodborne pathogens training.

This course combines basic First Aid and CPR skills, instruction, and practice with an AED. It is intended to provide training for individuals who want to learn basic CPR, First AID, and AED Skills, as well as acquire a 2 year NSC certification.

The core objective of SAFER is establishing sustainable safe operations for employers and workers as they navigate what the world of work looks like as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

When we talk about influence and persuasion, we often talk about marketing and sales. However, we influence in many ways and with great frequency. If you want a raise, sometimes you need to persuade your boss. If you want to convince your team to adopt a change, help your staff make choices, or choose the best place for lunch, there is often influencing taking place. This workshop will help participants learn how to influence and persuade in a variety of areas.

Negotiating is about resolving differences. People who can master the process of negotiation find they can save time and money, develop a higher degree of satisfaction with outcomes at home and at work, and earn greater respect in their communities when they understand how to negotiate well.

Negotiating is about resolving differences. People who can master the process of negotiation find they can save time and money, develop a higher degree of satisfaction with outcomes at home and at work, and earn greater respect in their communities when they understand how to negotiate well.

Prospecting is one of the keys to your sales success. A new generation of sales professionals are emerging: highly trained and well groomed, with the characteristics of honesty, trustworthiness, and competence.