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July 2
2008 |
Persuasion IQ: How to Get What You Want
Your professional success, income and personal relationships depend on your ability to persuade, influence, and motivate other people. Yet most people use outdated techniques for convincing others...or have no technique at all. Join Kurt Mortensen as he explains the essential habits, traits, and behaviors you need to cultivate your natural persuasive abilities.
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June 25
2008 |
High-Impact Decision Making
All too often, people faced with tough decisions procrastinate, rely on intuition, or allow outside events to take control. In many cases this leads to costly or disastrous business results. In this Webcast, you’ll discover innovative, easy-to-learn techniques enabling you to make high-impact decisions that are smart, timely and effective. You’ll see how to clarify objectives, use structured processes for decisive thinking, and effectively analyze, articulate and draw conclusions so you can commit to decisions with confidence.
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June 25
2008 |
High-Impact Decision Making
All too often, people faced with tough decisions procrastinate, rely on intuition, or allow outside events to take control. In many cases this leads to costly or disastrous business results. In this Webcast, you’ll discover innovative, easy-to-learn techniques enabling you to make high-impact decisions that are smart, timely and effective. You’ll see how to clarify objectives, use structured processes for decisive thinking, and effectively analyze, articulate and draw conclusions so you can commit to decisions with confidence.
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June 12
2008 |
The Myth, Mystery and Science of Talent Management
The term “talent management” is used loosely and often interchangeably across a wide array of human capital issues. The bottom line is that finding and developing the right people for your organization is a task not to be taken lightly. Join this Webcast as we explore the most predictive, valid and reliable ways to assess, manage and develop your company's present and future talent.
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June 11
2008 |
Succession Planning: Building the Leadership Pipeline
Identifying and retaining talented people is a critical priority for today's organizations. While many organizations are good at recruitment and training, fewer organizations have succession planning programs in place. Join this Webcast to learn what research and experience have discovered about some simple, straightforward ways to locate and develop the future leaders of your company.
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June 4
2008 |
Maximizing Project Value
Far too many projects lose sight of their original purpose due to shifting resources, changing objectives, and unexpected developments. This Webcast explores clear, immediately usable advice for delivering the kind of project success that truly provides value to your organization.
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May 21
2008 |
Age Curve: Examining the Changing Demographic Landscape
Are you and your organization realistically grounded in what the business world will look like in five, ten and fifteen years? As baby boomers retire, can you find people to fill the void of middle managers? Have you thought about who's going to be buying your products and services and what that group will want? Do you understand the workforce trends you should be tracking to plan your future employment path? Join us as we explore the many impacts of the retiring boomer generation as companies face a labor shortage and shifting marketplace demographics.
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May 14
2008 |
Strategic Alliances: The Business Imperative for Partnering in a Convergent World
Technology, globalization, change at the speed of light! No organization can afford to go it alone in today's economic landscape. This Webcast will examine why companies around the corner and across the globe are entering into collaborative relationships to leverage opportunities for growth and innovation in an increasingly competitive environment.
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May 7
2008 |
Proving the Value of Training to the C-Suite: The Language of Bottom-Line Results
Stories of training failure echo persistently through the halls of power. Senior executives often lack experience with successful learning initiatives and simply don’t understand their value to the organization. Thus a disparity exists between the value of training as a business partner and the perception of C-Level executives. In this Webcast Jim Kirkpatrick will offer advice and examples of how to "talk-the-talk" and make the case for training initiatives to senior executives.
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April 25
2008 |
Building Alliances: Savvy Networking for Administrative Professionals
As an office administrator, you are taking on more leadership roles every day. A major part of your success depends on getting things done through others. This Webcast will explore mastering the art of building alliances both in and outside your organization to help you accomplish goals for yourself and those you support.
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April 15
2008 |
The It Factor and How to Get It: Becoming a Master Communicator
If you’re like most of us, you struggle in social and business settings where you’re required to meet people and make a positive impression. Those who have “It” are just like you, but have figured out, cultivated, and practiced some fundamental skills. This Webcast will explore the simple steps you can take in every conversation to become more memorable and charismatic.
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April 2
2008 |
5 Ways to Grow Your Business in a Slowing Economy
Discover how to expand your business by introducing organic growth initiatives throughout your organization. Gain the insights you need to find your company’s next "blockbuster” product when time is short and resources are limited. Attend this complimentary Webcast and get tools to help you grow any business in this economic environment.
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March 19
2008 |
10 Steps for Leading Productive Meetings
All too often meetings become an aimless conversation that serves no purpose but to waste time. Good meeting skills are no longer optional—they are a core competency for every manager. In this Webcast, you’ll discover proven methods for leading your group through collaborative brainstorming, decision-making and problem-solving sessions.
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March 17
2008 |
Recruiting Secrets of Great Leaders: Finding and Keeping Talented Employees
To address these issues, many companies are trying “new” strategies for attracting and retaining employees or contracting with head-hunting firms. However, many of these approaches cost more and take more of your precious time, often with poor results. This Webcast explores the specific methods for increasing your ability to successfully recruit replacement staff and find the ideal hires for newly created positions.
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March 12
2008 |
Business at the Crossroads: Aligning Commerce, Earth and Humanity
Environmental and social issues have historically been of peripheral concern to business. So rather than treating social and environmental issues as expensive luxuries, many companies are now fusing social mission with competitive strategy. This Webcast explores the integration of sustainable development and environmentalism in business strategy and illustrates how such practices can increase shareholder value and competitive position.
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March 5
2008 |
How Ordinary People Become Extraordinary Leaders
Becoming a leader is not about education or pedigree or even native smarts. Most of the most successful leaders started life as a regular person just like you. During this Webcast, Stephen Baum will explain the success secrets of prominent CEOs as well as the inner stories that have molded their leadership abilities. He’ll ferret out the men and women behind the public personas, explaining the life-shaping experiences they all have in common that turn out to be the foundation for true success in career and in life.
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February 20
2008 |
Making the Transition from Selling to Sales Management
Sales organizations are often compared to sports teams. As Sales Manager, your role is to arm your team with the tools and resources it needs to attain peak performance and stay in the game. This Webcast explores the new skills, expectations, and characteristics associated with successful sales managers in addition to proven techniques for managing in, out, up, and down your organization to accelerate sales performance.
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February 6
2008 |
Green Leadership: Creating Business Value
As the business world wakes up to environmental issues, organizations are realizing that green initiatives can not only do good but also boost company profits. This Webcast explores how smart companies are using environmental strategies to innovate, create value and build competitive advantage.
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January 30
2008 |
Charles Handy on Life, Work & Organizations
Charles Handy is one of the world's most influential living management thinkers, having inspired and enlightened others for decades. In this Webcast, he shares his special brand of wisdom, giving you uncommon insight into management...as well as the choices we all have to make in our lives.
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January 23
2008 |
Building a Qualified Sales Pipeline: What`s Working Now
Finding and qualifying new leads is critical to driving your sales success. This Webcast explores fresh prospecting strategies to jumpstart your 2008 business: who to call, what to say, powerful networking techniques and proven approaches to using customer-centered messaging.
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January 16
2008 |
Effective Performance Reviews: What Managers Can Do to Start the Year Off Right
For most managers, the toughest discussions are coming up soon in the form of annual performance reviews. Turning these from a difficult conversation into a positive, goal-setting activity requires planning and practice. This Webcast provides rules of thumb to help you prepare for your discussions in a way that invites balanced participation, stays true to your message, focuses on performance and reduces defensiveness.
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December 6
2007 |
Revenue Recognition: What's in Your P&L?
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December 5
2007 |
How to Build a High-Performance Organization
This Webcast presents the results of the latest CMC/AMA/Institute for Corporate Productivity global survey focusing on the specific factors that high-performing organizations consider to be critical to their success. These factors were both internal and external to the organization and include global competition; workforce skills and talent; customer approaches; strategy; business processes; and leadership approaches. Join us for this informative hour and learn about the important building blocks that leading organizations use to build and maintain their success.
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November 28
2007 |
Effective Training: Implementing the Four Levels
Measuring how your training accomplishes its stated goals is an obvious challenge. Training managers need practical step-by-step instructions on how the four levels of program evaluation can link the value of learning to business results. During this Webcast, Donald Kirkpatrick, PhD, and James Kirkpatrick, PhD, will explain the key principles of conducting effective training and offer insight on evaluation methods for each of the four levels.
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November 14
2007 |
Mastering the Art of Working for Multiple Bosses
Administrative professionals who have multiple bosses with different agendas, priorities, styles and expectations competing for attention sets the stage for: clashes, stress and an inability to work effectively. This Webcast outlines specific techniques for juggling priorities, personalities and projects to handle the pressure without going crazy!
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November 7
2007 |
Lost Lessons of Peter Drucker
Bill Cohen was the first doctoral graduate of the Drucker School and a longtime friend of the master management thinker. In this Webcast, he will share a number of Drucker’s key teachings that never made it into his countless written works and explain how these ideas can be applied to the real-world challenges you face as a manager.
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November 2
2007 |
Sexual Harassment Prevention
This Webcast examines how managers should handle and respond to harassment complaints and how to recognize potential sexual harassment in the workplace.
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October 31
2007 |
Why Good Strategies Fail: Making Certain Execution Gets Results
A brilliant business strategy isn’t worth the paper it’s written on, unless it produces results. Far too many strategies fail simply because they are not executed successfully. This Webcast is for managers who must make their strategic initiatives succeed—despite common and unforeseen obstacles.
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October 26
2007 |
Surviving Corporate Mayhem
With your business at stake, do you have the skills and information to make quick decisions and take action in high-pressure situations? In this highly interactive web event, you’ll make rapid-fire decisions in a real time business simulation demonstration. Learn how to sift through and find the crucial information you need and understand the cross organization consequences of your actions. To be fully prepared for a leadership role in today's business world, you can’t afford to miss this exciting, insightful hour!
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October 24
2007 |
One Foot Out the Door
Years of layoffs, increasing workloads handled by fewer people and a take-it-or-leave-it management attitude have left your employees feeling alienated and ready to jump ship at a moment's notice. This Webcast Offers solutions for combating high turnover, low productivity and lackluster performance. It is a wake up call for restoring your employees' passion and enhancing the bottom line.
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October 17
2007 |
Coolhunting
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October 10
2007 |
Search Marketing: What Every Marketer Should Know
The art, craft, and science of driving web traffic to your web site changes constantly. This webcast explores how search engine marketing works and what you need to know to increase web traffic. You'll discover how to integrate search marketing into your strategy; which techniques work best; ways to maximize search engine visibility; and much more.
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October 3
2007 |
Discover How to Spot Winning Acquisition Targets!
In this exciting Webcast, participants will learn how to spot the ideal corporate merger or buyout that can drive profits and help meet growth goals. Targeting the right acquisitions should be a vital, ongoing component of every company's growth strategy: the right tactics (and their well-timed execution) can be the best way to grow quickly and efficiently. This fast-paced Webcast will show you what to look for—and what to avoid—when hunting for the "perfect" acquisition.
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September 26
2007 |
Leadership with a Twist
Employee surveys increasingly confront executives with major issues around trust, credibility, and caring. How can organizations develop leaders who are able to address these challenges? In this webcast, Kenny Moore, co-author of The CEO and the Monk, will describe several steps that leaders can take to develop themselves and, in so doing, help create healthier and more productive workplaces.
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September 19
2007 |
Business Is Human: Relationships Power Your Growth
The truth is that most people simply aren’t very good at building mutually beneficial relationships. Shaking hands and collecting business cards isn’t the answer. In this webcast, Keith Ferrazzi will share powerful tips and tactics for making and keeping connections with people who will shape your career and personal life.
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September 12
2007 |
The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Engage & Stay…or Disengage and Leave
Leigh Branham in his own words:
"If there is one thing that I've learned in my business career and in my research into what works to motivate, engage, and keep the right people, is that good management, a positive culture, and caring leaders are far more important than pay and benefits. I get tremendous satisfaction from helping leaders and managers identify and implement the employee engagement practices that best align with their business objectives, talent marketplace, and current workforce."
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September 12
2007 |
Make the Right Call: Tools to Guide Critical Financial Decisions
This fast-paced webcast examines simple yet effective financial decision-making tools and techniques. Armed with this know-how, you’ll understand how to determine which projects and products will deliver the greatest profits and growth.
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September 7
2007 |
Avoiding the Seven Deadly Sins of Negotiating
Whether you're asking your boss for a raise, or trying to secure a multimillion dollar overseas contract with multiple parties and issues, don't let yourself fall into "negotiating hell." Join master negotiators, authors and trainers Frank Acuff and Larry Ray as they discuss the seven negotiating mistakes that are virtually guaranteed to doom your cause to failure.
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September 5
2007 |
Get in the Game: Using Business Simulations to Drive Excellence
Organizations are using more on-line courses, simulations and complex game-based learning methodology to engage and enhance the learners' classroom experiences. Join us for a conversation with Bjorn Bilhart, principle and CEO of Enpire Learning, one of the pioneers in interactive simulation development. We'll discuss the use of games and simulations against the backdrop of today's training challenges including time pressures, the need for global deployments and computer savvy learners.
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August 22
2007 |
The Art of Managing Risk in Your Project Portfolio
Traditional risk management focuses on the risks associated with the performance of individual projects. When managing a project portfolio, the process becomes increasingly complex. This webcast will explore best practices for managing exposure across your entire portfolio, to ensure that you achieve an optimum overall level of risk.
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August 8
2007 |
eBay: The Overlooked Marketing and Sourcing Channel
eBay is a proven, ready-to-use e-commerce solution that can extend your organization’s marketing reach and lower purchasing costs. Find out how by attending this webcast, which will explore these opportunities and give you specific ways to integrate eBay into your business processes.
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August 1
2007 |
Handling Problem Employees: Avoiding Lawsuits and Investigation Disasters
It’s absolutely vital that you manage problems with employees efficiently, appropriately…and within the letter of the law. To keep everyday issues from escalating into full-scale disasters, it’s up to you to know the rules and apply best practices. This Webcast focuses on effective solutions to common problems and the essential processes for dealing with employees, including documentation and corrective actions.
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July 25
2007 |
8 Secrets to Building Win-Win Alliances and Partnerships
This Webcast will focus on crucial elements that anyone entering into or managing a strategic alliance should know. Case studies will be presented illustrating "best and worst" practices and how collaboration and partnerships can help—or if not done right—hinder corporate growth and innovation.
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July 11
2007 |
Wake-Up Call: Aggressively Develop Your Talents or Disappear
It’s already the middle of 2007 and you’ve been scrambling just to get your job done. Whatever happened to those New Year’s Resolutions and development goals about becoming better at some role, skill or competency? Spend one hour with a world-class, talent development coach for ideas on jump-starting your personal action plan.
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June 20
2007 |
Rebuilding Brand America
Other nations and cultures have singled out American businesses, government and way of life for harsh scorn, widespread resentment, even violence. Join author Dick Martin in this Webcast as he explores the roots of this anti-American sentiment and offers some practical advice on what American business can and must do about it.
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June 13
2007 |
Using Talent Management to Build a Culture of Excellence
This Webcast was recorded on June 13, 2007.
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June 6
2007 |
7 Secrets of Analyzing Financial Statements
Financial statements provide key information for running a company. They can warn of potential problems and when used correctly will provide you with the knowledge to run your business profitably. In this Webcast, revealing scenarios and practical rules-of-thumb will give you insight into analyzing income statements, balance sheets and cash flows.
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