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• Click here to listen to - Outsourcing Trends - Jay Jamrog & John Simke
  

  The discussion covers the emerging trends in corporate and human resources outsourcing within the Canadian and American markets. This discussion has a breadth that outlines some of the benefits and pitfalls of using an outsourcing company verses bringing outsourced functions in house.
  
  Running Time: 12mins and 38secs
  

  

General Management

• Click here to listen to - Suggestions on How to Improve Your Time Management Skills -  Karen  Rae Short
  

  This CMC Training seminar on Time Management will give you practical techniques for controlling time and making it a manageable resource.
  
  Running Time: 2mins and 10secs

  
• Click here to listen to - Management Training Tips On Matching Your Management Technique to Your Employees' Requirements -  Karen  Rae Short
  

  Management Skills for New Managers course provides practice in the skills every manager must have in order to achieve team synergy and success. Interactive activities take you through the paces of motivation, delegation, communication, performance management and coaching.
  
  Running Time: 4mins and 25secs
  

  
• Click here to listen to - Management Training Tips On Delivering Constructive Criticism Properly -  Elizabeth Murphy
  

  As a manager, your success is measured both by your individual contribution, and by how well you get the work done with and through others. The Management Training Course - Management Skills for New Managers will be of benefit to the new Manager.
  
  Running Time: 3mins and 24secs
  

  
• Click here to listen to - Motivational Seminar - The 9 Aspects of Power and Influence -  Nick Pollice
  

  The Motivational Seminar - Mastering Organizational Influences and Developing Strategic Alliances will enable you to understand and control all the forces that shape your career and get what you need for and from your team.
  
  Running Time: 4mins and 56secs

  
• Click here to listen to - Management Training - The 6 Keys to Attain Managerial Success -  Nick Pollice
  

  Learn how to recognize what drives the people you work with. With the CMC Training course Successfully Managing People. Take a look at how to energize people and how to counter what de-energies employees. Learn how to ensure your people's values and your organization's goals are in sync.
  
  Running Time: 3mins and 31secs

  

Communications & Interpersonal Skills

• Click here to listen to - Further your professional development with tips on how to improve your multicultural communication skills - Dr. Jeffery  Stookey
  

  Get the business language skills you need to succeed in today's workplace with the CMC Communication and Interpersonal Skills course Business Conversation Skills When English is a Second Language.
  
  When English is your second language, simply learning how to write business documents is not enough. Learn how to express ideas directly and clearly in any business conversation - with confidence.
  
  Running Time: 1min and 17secs

  
• Click here to listen to - Improve Your Interpersonal Communication Skills with this Professional Development Course -  Janelle Van Halst, CSP
  

  Improve your effectiveness and your influence. Learn how to communicate more effectively and create a climate for positive action with the Interpersonal Skill Seminar. Return to work better able to motivate and influence change and foster teamwork.
  
  Running Time: 2mins and 05secs

  
• Click here to listen to - Professional Development - 6 Ways to Improve Your Negotiation Skills -  Frank Acuff
  

  Negotiating to Win Seminar will teach you how to establish a formal planning process, prioritize key issues, break deadlocks and negotiate as part of a team. Practice persuasion techniques and identify the negotiation ploys of successful negotiators. Return to work equipped with the tools to employ winning negotiating strategies.
  
  Running Time: 2mins and 01sec
  

  

Supervisors

• Click here to listen to - Professional Development - 4 Tips on How to Make the Transition from Staff Member to Supervisor Easier -  Nick Pollice
  

  With the Making the Transition from Staff Member to Supervisor seminar this will prepare you for a complete change of responsibilities and help eliminate the anxiety that can accompany it. You'll come away with a better understanding of what your boss, peers, staff and company expect from you. Plus, you'll take home an invaluable set of tools that will prepare you to assume that all-important first supervisory role.
  
  Running Time: 3mins
  

  
• Click here to listen to - 4 Career Training Tips on How to Be an Effective Supervisor -  Nick Pollice
  

  Management Skills for New Supervisors equips you with proven supervisory techniques that you can put into action immediately...plus the tools savvy supervisors use to plan, organize, communicate and monitor effectively in every situation.
  
  Running Time: 2mins and 39secs

  

Project Management

• Click here to listen to - Good Project Goals -  Harry Mingail, PMP, CBA
  

  Great professional development tips on the importance of setting great setting good project goals.
  
  Running Time: 2min and 51secs

  
• Click here to listen to - Tips on How to Manage Team Dynamics -  Harry Mingail, PMP, CBA
  

  People skills are essential for the successful completion of today's complex and critical projects. To gain buy-in and support, you need to create a cohesive project team through improved communication and an environment that fosters co-operation. The project management course Managerial and Team-Building Skills for Project Managers
  
  Running Time: 4mins and 13secs

  
• Click here to listen to - The Five Process of Project Management -  Harry Mingail, PMP, CBA
  

  Project management training fundamentals – The Five Process of Project Management
  
  Running Time: 2mins and 55secs
  

  
• Click here to listen to - Being the Best Project Leader you Can Be -  Harry Mingail, PMP, CBA
  

  Great tips for the seasoned as well as the novice Project Managers on developing new and existing skills to be the best Project Leader you can be.
  
  Running Time: 3mins and 05secs

  
• Click here to listen to - 4 Tips on How to Deal With Human Resource Problems in Project Management -  Francine Durivage, PMP
  

  The PMP / CAPM Certification Exam Preparation Course will allow you to get on track to a recognized credential and greater career potential. This seminar covers all the major process and knowledge areas of the PMBOK, 3rd Edition - including professional responsibility - through readings, instruction and testing.
  
  Running Time: 3mins and 34secs
  

  
• Click here to listen to - Project Management Training - Tips on Planning your Project -  Francine Durivage, PMP
  

  CMC Training's Project Management Portfolio presents the seminar Improving Your Project Management Skills: The Basics for Success for new project management professionals and those seeking formal project management training to round out their management skills.
  
  Running Time: 2mins and 55secs
  

  
• Click here to listen to - Project Management Training - The 10 Step Process to Fix a Project That Has Gone Bad -  Francine Durivage, PMP
  

  With the CMC Training Course When Good Projects Go Bad...and How to Fix Them you will learn these three key elements of project management:
  1. Learn to recognize, diagnose and turn a difficult situation around
  2. Take corrective actions and increase your chances of completing the project on time and on budget
  3. Learn how to manage unexpected and difficult situations
  
  Running Time: 1mins and 39secs

  
• Click here to listen to - Improve Your Project Management Skills - Tips on developing your human resources estimates -  Robert Smith, PMP
  

  New project management professionals and those seeking formal project management training to round out their management skills this is the CMC Training course Improving Your Project Management Skills; The Basics for Success is for you.
  
  Running Time: 4mins and 29secs

  

Leadership

• Click here to listen to - 8 Ways a Leader Can Improve Themselves with the CMC Leadership Seminar - Dr. Richard Casavant
  

  With the CMC Training Course Moving from an Operational Manager to a Strategic Leader you will discover the key factors to define and drive your business goals and opportunities
  
  Running Time: 3mins and 25secs

  

Strategic Management

• Click here to listen to - Management vs. Leadership, learn the difference with CMC’s Management Training Course - Dr. Al Coke
  

  Canadian Management Centre's 5-Day "MBA" Strategic Management Program is the fast track to achieving your personal and organizational management goals.
  In just five days, you'll cover the core curriculum of most university-level graduate business programs. The knowledge you'll acquire in this interactive course will provide you with a strong overall business foundation.
  
  Running Time: 2mins and 34secs

  
• Click here to listen to - Tips for Leaders in the Oil and Gas Industry -  Jack Pratt
  

  Canadian Management Centre's new Oil & Gas 5-Day MBA program is designed specifically for science-based engineers and professionals. Canadian Management Centre’s intensive, practical course will cover the core curriculum of most university-level graduate business programs but from the perspective and unique needs of the oil and gas industry.
  
  Running Time: 3mins and 09secs
  

  

Human Resource Management

• Click here to listen to - Gaining Strategic Advantage In Recruitment and Retention -  Bill Johnston
  

  John Eckmire of the Canadian Management Centre and Bill Johnston address the issues surrounding an aging Canadian workforce and its impact on the totality of Canadian business. Compounding this demographic shift is the mobility of today's workforce, their need for engagement and professional development. John and Bill put forth valuable recommendations for dealing with this shift in values.
  
  Running Time: 32mins and 33secs

  

Outsourcing

• Click here to listen to - Outsourcing Trends -  John Eckmire
  

  The discussion covers the emerging trends in corporate and human resources outsourcing within the Canadian and American markets. This discussion has a breadth that outlines some of the benefits and pitfalls of using an outsourcing company verses bringing outsourced functions in house.
  
  Running Time: 12mins and 38secs
  

  

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