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Promote inclusion and cultural competency in the workplace.This course introduces the F.A.I.R. approach as a practical way to improve an organization’s cultural competency. The approach can be used as a tool to build more positive, productive relationships at work that will help employees make better decisions that impact the overall productivity of the organization. Streaming course version.

Promote personal responsibility for creating respectful work environments. This program approaches sensitive issues without shame, blame or negative stereotyping and will show your employees where respect for differences makes common sense. Streaming course version..

New Micro-Learning! Navigating through a performance appraisal that addresses sensitive issues is one of the most difficult management responsibilities. It requires tact and compassion. But it’s also required to make the organization’s expectations clear, and to put an under-performing employee on the right track.

New Micro-Learning! Fostering a team atmosphere includes ensuring all employees are respected for their abilities and their differences. Differences in race, religion, age, ethnic background and sexual orientation add to the diversity of experience each individual brings to the team. By completing this course, you’ll have increased confidence as a manager and a more productive team, with fewer inter-personal conflicts.

A mentor is one of any organization’s greatest resources. Having a committed mentor is a key factor to improving employee engagement - and we know that good engagement means employees will stay longer and their contributions increase.

With critical legal information to guide decision making, this program helps managers understand their responsibilities under the ADA and how to sort through tough issues and respond effectively. Your managers will learn how the Act impacts them and their employees and find key answers to their most frequently asked questions.

Wouldn't it be nice to have a personal playbook of helpful tips and tricks while plugging away at the office, shop, plant, studio, etc.? A resource that would help you tackle tough workplace situations using easy-to-implement, common sense tactics and concepts.

With workers from multiple (up to 5) generations now active in the workforce, the potential for misunderstanding, frustration and conflict puts increasing pressure on productivity.

If you're like most people you never really give much thought to conflict. You either fight, take flight or simply freeze. Conflict is simply a part of life - and that's especially true in the workplace. Streaming course version.

New Micro-Learning! Integrity is everyone’s responsibility. By doing your part to build a business culture of high integrity, you can achieve greater personal job satisfaction and help others to do the same. As a leader, you have a responsibility to promote a culture of integrity in your organization. It starts with your own behavior and by showing your employees that ethical conduct is important. Integrity happens when you make it safe for employees to speak up and prevent retaliation against anyone who does.

New Micro-Learning! Dealing with attitude issues is a common problem for managers. You can have a terrific team of people, but one bad attitude can be the weak link in the chain that pulls everyone else down. It’s very difficult to hide a bad attitude. Research shows us that employees generally express their bad attitudes in three primary ways.

New Micro-Learning! Being a good leader or manager often involves delegating tasks to employees. This can be difficult to do for many people, but there are some tips and tricks to make it easier AND more effective. Whether you're a team leader, store manager, supervisor or in any manager role, delegation is a major component to maximizing your productivity and keeping yourself sane during tight deadlines or large workloads.

New Micro-Learning! As employees and staff begin their return to the workplace after the pandemic stay-at-home orders, they will have questions... many questions. Things will take time to get back to normal. And many think the 'new' normal might not be much like how we did things in the past. As a manager, you need to be prepared for questions and concerns brought to you by your team.

New Micro-Learning! Unpredictable times call for unprecedented leadership. During times of intense fluidity, employees, team members and associates are all looking for their leaders to set the tone. They need to feel inspired and motivated to navigate the unknown. They need to know their leaders have their backs and are ready for what's next! Most importantly, they need to trust that their leaders are beside them - every step of the way.

Like the best-selling book upon which it is based, The Goal shares the inspiring story of Alex Rogo, who uses the principles of the Theory of Constraints (TOC) like bottlenecks, throughput, and flow balancing to transform his mediocre division into a money-making machine. Alex and his team reject common 'nonsense' measurements and discover a commonsense, yet more effective approach to boosting the company's bottom line.

New Micro-Learning! In order to really reap the benefits of a successful mentoring relationship, you need to have a thorough understanding of planning for a successful discussion, setting goals, identifying career paths and establishing development needs. In this course, we'll take a close look at planning for a successful discussion.

New Micro-Learning! Mentoring is a powerful tool for building success. A key part of your conversations with your mentee involves diving more deeply into their future career paths. By this time, you’ve already looked at the big picture of where your mentee would like to be in the years ahead. In this program, we will look at some examples of what you might want to recommend depending on the situation.

New Micro-Learning! As a mentor, going through this process of working with you, your mentee will learn more about the organization, discover other opportunities to explore, uncover other leadership resources and above all, they’ll leave with a greater sense of self insight that will serve them well for the rest of their career.

New Micro-Learning! When an employee doesn’t seem to care about their job, it’s easy to make assumptions about why he or she might be acting that way. The problem is, you could be way off base and your actions could end up making the problem worse!

New Micro-Learning! Dealing with an employee who has ceased to care about the job, can be very frustrating but it is possible to work with the employee and uncover the underlying issues. When an employee doesn’t seem to care about their job, it’s easy to make assumptions about why they might be acting that way. The problem is, you could be way off base and your actions could end up making the problem worse.