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Communication Skills
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Effective communication is essential to the success of any customer-oriented business. Each customer will have their own style of communication as well as an emotional response to contacting a support center. In order to effectively communicate the Customer Service Representative (CSR) must understand how to adapt to these different styles and emotions before the customers problems can be dealt with. This course explains how to adapt to the different communication types and identifies the common emotions that customers experience when contacting the support center. It also explains how to adapt your writing skills to communicate through e-mail and to document incidents. This course helps to prepare learners interested in the CSR Certification which is targeted to individuals wishing to qualify to work in a customer support center or help desk environment. ...
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Strategies for Communicating with Tact and Diplomacy
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Communicating with diplomacy and tact requires strategy, awareness, and skills. Its aim is to establish trust and rapport in relationships while delivering messages effectively. However, it's often pushed aside by good intentions cloaked by gut reaction and misinterpretation. This course provides techniques you can use to navigate through conversations in a way that shows sensitivity and respect for others. As well as exploring what you should say, the course shows you how you can use proper timing and delivery when conveying your message. This will enable you to deliver messages tactfully and diplomatically, without sacrificing your reputation or professional relationships.Audience: Individuals who want to improve their ability to communicate in a more diplomatic and tactful mannerObjectives: Strategies for Communicating with Tact and Diplomacy recognize the benefits of being able to communicate with diplomacy and tact assess whether an individual has communicated with tact in a given scenario identify skills that will enable you to communicate with tact recognize examples of guidelines for communicating with diplomacy communicate with diplomacy and tact in a given scenario Duration: 1 ...
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Programs to Benefit Employees (HRCI/PHR - 2007-aligned)
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The Human Resource Certification Institutes (HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues including the work rules and practices that apply to employee benefit programs. As a human resources professional you are responsible for helping to ensure that your companys practices comply with any legislation governing employee benefits and that the benefit programs are competitive enough to attract and retain employees. These are some of the topics you will need to understand to prepare for the Human Resource Certification Institutes Professional in Human Resources certification examination (HRCI/PHR). ...
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Standard Business Etiquette
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The rules of proper business etiquette are changing. In many corporations middle management and the concept of seniority are being replaced by a flat organizational structure and intense competition. Such an environment makes the need for appropriate behavior especially crucial particularly if youre looking to advance your career. How do you maintain your private "space" when you sit in one of a dozen cubicles? How should you address your peers and superiors and whats the proper attire for todays corporate culture? In this course youll learn how to conduct yourself in the standard business environment with poise and confidence. ...
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Communication Business Etiquette
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"Hows it going?" Is this an appropriate greeting in todays corporate workplace? How about telephone use? Is it always necessary to return phone calls? If so how soon should you do it? Is e-mail the method of choice for communicating all your ideas or is another way better? How important is your tone of voice when dealing with a customer? All these questions are a matter of etiquette. How you communicate--in person over the phone electronically and with customers--has a direct effect on how people treat you on whether you sell your idea or product and on how quickly you advance in your career. In this course youll learn the subtleties of communication etiquette in the world of business. ...
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Personal Productivity: Self-organization and Overcoming Procrastination
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How is organization related to procrastination? In fact, the two often go hand in hand. A lack of organization, coupled with a tendency to procrastinate, can be a vicious cycle. Becoming disciplined, setting priorities, and eradicating time-wasting activities can reduce the desire to put things off. The key to becoming your most productive self is to embrace organization and to overcome procrastination. This course introduces you to ways of becoming organized to help you accomplish more with the hours you have. It examines the common reasons for procrastination and ways you can overcome them in the workplace. Overcoming the desire to procrastinate can be aided by implementing a strong system of organization. The course presents ways to develop the discipline required to get things done, guidance on setting priorities, as well as approaches to overcommitment.Audience: Individuals wishing to improve their productivity in the workplace.Objectives: Personal Productivity: Self-organization and Overcoming Procrastination recognize the causes of workplace procrastination recognize the benefits of overcoming procrastination recognize ways to develop discipline in a given scenario address time-wasting activities in a given scenario recognize how to set priorities and keep focused say "no" and avoid overcommitment in a given scenario Duration: 1 ...
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Getting Started with Word 2010
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Word 2010 is the newest version of Microsoft's dynamic word processing tool and it offers features that allow you to create attractive and engaging documents. The Ribbon menu, which is unique to Microsoft Office, organizes Word’s many features into related tabs and makes it easier to quickly access those you need. The new Backstage view provides a single streamlined 'stage' for all file-level tools, such as those used for saving, printing, and sharing your files. This course explores these topics and many other basics of using Word 2010, including opening the application, creating new documents, and an introduction to the many tools that will help you create and edit your documents.Audience: Individuals and business users with basic computer literacyObjectives: Getting Started with Word 2010 recognize tasks you can perform in Word 2010 open a Word 2010 document create a new document in Word 2010 distinguish between the various ways of entering, selecting, and deleting text in Word 2010 distinguish between the primary functions of key Word 2010 user interface components use basic features of Word 2010 Duration: 1 ...
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Getting Started with Excel 2010
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Excel 2010 is the newest version of Microsoft's comprehensive spreadsheet tool that offers features that support a wide range of functions. The Ribbon menu is unique to Microsoft Office and stacks the many features of Excel into related tabs, making it easy to quickly access the ones you need. Backstage view is a streamlined gathering of all file-level tools, such as those used for saving, printing, and sharing your files. This course explores these topics and many other basics of Excel 2010, including opening the application, creating new spreadsheets, entering data and, AutoFill features. It also provides an introduction to the many tools that will help you create and use your spreadsheets productively.Audience: Individuals and business users with basic computer literacyObjectives: Getting Started with Excel 2010 start Excel 2010 and open an existing workbook identify the features of spreadsheets recognize the functions of key Excel 2010 interface elements create a new workbook enter data in a given scenario open a workbook based on an existing template open an Excel workbook enter data into an Excel workbook Duration: 1 ...
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Principles of Accounting and Finance for Non-financial Professionals
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Finance and accounting are at the heart of every business. These functions deal with recording, summarizing, and analyzing financial information across all departments for decision making, directing, and controlling their resources and activities. Every activity or non-activity in an organization has financial implications and financial acumen is expected at every organizational level. Professionals and functional managers in every department and functional area should have a certain amount of comfort and familiarity with the basic accounting and financial concepts, processes and practices so that they can use it to better manage and control their activities and make decisions that support organization's larger goals. This course aims at familiarizing non-financial professionals with basic accounting and financial concepts. You are introduced to key finance and accounting terms and concepts such as the accounting equation, accrual-based accounting, financial risks and returns, and basic accounting principles. This course also takes you through the steps in the accounting process and helps you recognize how business transactions affect various financial statements and the bottom-line of your business.Audience: Non-financial professionals who wish to gain understanding or refresh their knowledge of finance and accountingObjectives: Principles of Accounting and Finance for Non-financial Professionals recall the basic accounting equation identify the key differences between cash- and accrual-based accounting match phases of the accounting process with actions that are performed at each phase match each basic accounting principle to its description recognize how a business transaction affects a financial statement in given examples identify four types of financial risks Duration: 1 ...
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Cash Flow Management Essentials for Non-financial Professionals
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Cash flow management involves monitoring, analyzing, and adjusting your business's cash flows to maintain a steady flow of cash available for your activities when needed. Sustaining working capital while managing the flow of cash is often a challenge with many businesses. Sale of goods and services results in cash coming in, while paying bills, taxes, dividends, and the repayment of loans result in cash going out. This course provides some insights into managing cash flow in your area of operation. You are guided through the classification of cash flow into operating, investing, and financing activities. You are then introduced to the idea of the Total Business Float with help of a case-based example and how to recognize the implications of working capital on cash flow. Finally, some strategies for sound cash flow management are also presented.Audience: Non-financial professionals who wish to gain understanding or refresh their knowledge of finance and accountingObjectives: Cash Flow Management Essentials for Non-financial Professionals classify examples of cash flow as operating, investing, or financing activities calculate the potential cash gain when reducing the Total Business Float, given the annual sales volume, in a case-based example recognize the effect an increase or decrease in working capital has on cash flow determine which cash management techniques will help achieve the cash management strategy for a given scenario Duration: 1 ...
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