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Communication Skills
by Skillsoft - Business
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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Workplace Communication Skills
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Poor communication is often blamed for discord errors and misunderstandings in the workplace. In fact and more correctly poor communication of intent causes these problems. They occur when people are unwilling to say exactly what they mean or what they want. They also occur when there is a reluctance or an inability to get clarification of another persons intent. These situations can be avoided by using certain communication techniques to establish intent both other peoples intent and your own. This course covers the three prime strategies that will enable you to do this. ...
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Resolving Conflict with Communication Skills
by Skillsoft - Business
Although through the use of good communication skills conflict in the workplace can be minimized it cant be eradicated entirely. On the occasions when disharmony inevitably arises there is a need for a different set of communication skills--those of negotiation mediation or arbitration. ...
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Effective Relationships with Customers
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Its time to disregard that old deferential model of short-term customer relations youre using. Why not replace it with a selection of long-term relational skills that work for you in the marketplace? Take control by picking the best customers and developing equal trusting partnerships with them. When you limit your investment in your customer relationships you also limit your growth potential. Developing strong respectful relationships with your customers is a win-win situation. This course introduces the ingredients for creating and maintaining more effective and productive relationships with your customers and explains why these elements can generate better outcomes than earlier customer paradigms. The most effective relationships are mutually supportive and mutually beneficial. And they last beyond next quarters returns. Investing in the relationship and creating value for your customers rewards your business as well. ...
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Effective Intergender Relationships
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Guess what. Men and women are different. Socially the differences offer an attractive mystique. But in professional situations and in the workplace the significant differences in male and female communication styles can cause problems. There is no denying that women and men vary significantly in their verbal inflections and tone their body language and how they listen to others. They pick up on different cues in conversations and often the meaning they interpret is not the message the speaker intends. Its almost as if the two genders speak different dialects. And in fact thats nearly the case. Communication confusion and breakdown between men and women at work can lead to inefficiency and expensive business errors. This course explains the differences in the language and communication behavior of men and women so each can more easily understand what the other is really saying. The course also provides tips on how to modify your own communication behavior to be more clearly understood by the opposite gender. ...
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Asserting Yourself Professionally
by Skillsoft - Business
Do you sometimes wonder if your professional style is too passive-hesitant and weak? Or do you find yourself acting too aggressively toward your co-workers or subordinates--too critical and overbearing? Do you wonder if there is another professional style that might be better for you? ...
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Avoiding Grammatical Errors in Business Writing
by Skillsoft - Business
Grammar: the very word strikes terror into the hearts of learners everywhere. For many people it recalls the most difficult or most boring classes they can remember from childhood. Yet using correct grammar is one of the key skills for any business writer. Poor grammar skills interfere with communicating a clear message; moreover they may suggest that the writer is careless and perhaps unprofessional. ...
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Managing Anger in the Workplace Simulation
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Like most people you have probably become angry at work. A disagreement with a coworker or manager could make you lose your temper and voice your anger but is this really a good idea? What will your coworkers or manager think of your outburst? While confronting anger in the workplace is inevitable its important to minimize your angry thoughts emotions and behaviors and channel your energy into more constructive activities. ...
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Making Telephone Calls Count
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Whether you handle one call a day or dozens you have the power to make every call count. Is the service you deliver to your customers over the telephone merely satisfactory or is it superior? When challenges present themselves how well do you handle yourself? What do your actions say about your company? You may think telephone interactions are all simple and straightforward. The customer talks. You listen. But how well do you listen on the telephone? Are you missing key opportunities to address the callers needs? Does the caller feel like she has really been "heard" and understood? By fine-tuning your listening skills youll be able to deliver truly superior customer service. ...
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Mastering Negotiation
by Skillsoft - Business
"Knowledge is a treasure but practice is the key to it." This quote by Thomas Fuller captures one of the guiding philosophies of master negotiating--the desire to constantly hone negotiation skills. Discovering your negotiation power is the first step. Unleashing your negotiating power is the second step; however you cant stop there. You need more than gumption and gusto to become a master negotiator. Commitment and discipline are a necessity. ...
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Effective Intercultural Relationships
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In a shrinking world businesses operate across borders whether they are borders between neighborhoods or borders between countries. All of these bordered areas large and small represent differing cultures. Whether comfortable or abroad chances are your business deals with people of varying cultures on a daily basis. In todays expansive work environment employees co-workers customers vendors and business partners can all have a different cultural background from yours. The most obvious cultural differences you encounter are language and dress. But there are a multitude of subtler ways in which people from different cultures vary in their behavior. If you dont understand the ways in which they might differ youre risking your business communication and relationships being misunderstood. When operating interculturally mistakes are easily made when you take appearances and meaning for granted. This course lends significance to the term "multiculturalism." In this course you will learn about the many ways in which mini- to macro-cultural behavior and attitude can vary around the corner and around the world. This course will prepare you to understand and relate better to people with different cultural backgrounds thus making your business deals with them easier and helping you avoid costly misunderstandings. ...
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The Dynamics of Interacting
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"The ability to make people believe in you and trust you is one of the few absolutely fundamental qualities of success." To make such a statement John J. McGuirk was probably inspired by a direct experience that he had in dealing with other people. Based on your own experience would you agree that interacting with others is connected to success? Think of a time when you got the results that you wanted. Can you also recall the quality of your interaction in that particular situation? How might your results be connected to success? ...
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Higher Purpose Listening
by Skillsoft - Business
Do you sometimes have difficulty using your listening skills to effectively evaluate arguments or appreciate complex ideas and emotions? This course teaches you how to listen more effectively for critical and empathic purposes to maximize your understanding. ...
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Interpersonal Communications: The Process
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It is almost impossible to be productive in todays business environment without being an effective communicator. This is particularly true if achievement of your goals depends on your ability to influence others. You need to be able to communicate your ideas instructions thoughts and feelings accurately. This is not as easy as it may seem and ineffective communication is often at the core of a high proportion of the errors misunderstandings and conflicts that occur in the workplace. This course is designed to give you an understanding of the prime causes of poor communication and more importantly the skills required to minimize their impact. ...
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What to Do When the Going Gets Tough
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"It is common sense to take a method and try it; if it fails admit it frankly and try another. But above all try something." Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke these words of wisdom. Negotiating can be challenging especially when the stakes are high. Its possible to be suddenly stopped in your tracks when an event or circumstance sends the whole deal reeling. Have you ever been involved in a tough negotiation? How did you handle it? Moving past the glitches in negotiation requires savvy and an ability to stay focused on your ultimate goal no matter what it takes to get there. ...
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Managing Your Anger
by Skillsoft - Business
Youre angry and you want to let everyone know it. But is this really a good idea? What will your co-workers or your supervisor think of your outburst? Is there something that you could do to control your anger? This course will help you manage your anger so that you will be less angry and will be able to channel your energy into more constructive activities. You will learn the three stages of managing your anger and techniques that will be useful for preventing your anger from getting out of control. This series provides techniques that a motivated person can use to deal with manageable anger. These techniques do not replace counseling or other professional assistance where such attention is appropriate. ...
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Taking Control of Your Time Simulation
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You are the Senior Editor for the catalog and online home furnishings company House and Homes Furniture. Currently you are working against a deadline to complete the copy on the companys new Polynesian Settings collection which is a collection of indoor and outdoor Polynesian-inspired Koa wood furnishings. This is a brand-new line and it has been a constant scramble and struggle to have these pieces included in the upcoming catalogs. The copy is due to both the print and web publishers by Friday and it is already Wednesday. Additionally you belong to the employee activities committee and the company employee barbecue and softball tournament is fast approaching. This is an event that you oversaw the planning of last year and youll have to decide what contributions you can realistically make this year based upon your schedule. You barely have enough time to get your work done so how you balance and manage your time and other activities is critical to your success. ...
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Lean Tools
by Skillsoft - Business
At its heart being Lean seeks to eliminate waste from the organization. By applying Lean tools and techniques organizations can become more competitive agile and responsive to customer demands. This course highlights the implementation of Lean tools in the production and manufacturing environment. These tools have derived largely from the development of the Toyota Production System (TPS). In addition the course examines how these improvement tools are used to maintain an orderly and efficient flow of materials throughout the Lean enterprise. By successfully adopting Lean tools companies can move significantly toward assuring their ability to competitively meet their customers needs. ...
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Effective Interfunctional Relationships
by Skillsoft - Business
Whom did you talk with at work this week? To accomplish your goals in todays workplace you not only have to interact with personnel in other departments you often have to coordinate or even rely on them. Tasks are fluid and flow across functional boundaries. The products or services your company offers require a cooperative effort to produce. But by nature most companies are structured territorially. Every department head and manager has his or her own troops on call and a personal domain to defend. Protecting your turf may be instinctual but its also counterproductive. By not cooperating openly with other sections or departments you not only interfere with their ability to accomplish their tasks you undermine your own efforts as well. In this course youll discover how you may be inadvertently sabotaging yourself when you let your territorial instincts guide your interactions. Once you understand how interfunctional relationships benefit you and your work goals youll be ready to learn some communication skills that will help you develop stronger more productive work alliances across functional boundaries. ...
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Listening Basics
by Skillsoft - Business
Do you sometimes feel like you are not getting the whole message when someone talks to you? If you have problems receiving information that is verbally communicated this is the course for you. This course will familiarize you with the communication and listening processes and how listening functions within communication. You will discover the factors and variables that influence communication and listening and learn strategies to overcome weak listening skills. You will then apply these skills to business-based examples. Knowing the basic communication and listening processes will make you aware of where communication can be adversely affected. ...
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E-mail and Organizational Communication
by Skillsoft - Business
E-mail is much more than sending information back and forth. This communication tool can change your entire organization. E-mail can affect how you communicate where you work what you do and even when you do it. This course will help you harness the power of e-mail and show you ways to optimize your e-mail use for maximum productivity and success. ...
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Communicating for Contacts
by Skillsoft - Business
Although the old adage "Its not what you know but who you know that counts" is not a firm basis on which to build your career it is true that your ability to build relationships with influential people both inside and outside of your company has definite benefits. ...
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Assertiveness from Inside to Outside
by Skillsoft - Business
Do you sometimes wonder if theres a way to alter your professional style--to change yourself from the inside out? Do you believe there may be strategies you could use to develop a more assertive professional style? Do you want to learn about strategies that can help you interact assertively with others in the workplace? ...
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Bloodborne Pathogens
by Skillsoft - Health and Safety
This one-hour course will provide you with a basic understanding of bloodborne pathogens common modes of transmission methods of prevention and what to do if an exposure occurs. Information presented will help minimize serious health risks to persons who may have personal exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials in the workplace. This course has been updated to reflect new legislation for needlesticks in OSHA regulations for Bloodborne Pathogens that went into effect on April 18 2001. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements. The training requirements established under the Bloodborne Pathogen standard require an employer to allow for an opportunity for interactive questions and answers with the person conducting the training session. Employers may use a variety of methods to meet the intent of the standard. As an example OSHA has previously stated that an employer can meet OSHAs requirement for trainees to have direct access to a qualified trainer by providing a telephone hotline. This course was developed with subject matter support provided by EnSafe Inc. a global professional services company focusing on engineering environment health and safety and information technology. ...
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Effective Relationships with Business Partners
by Skillsoft - Business
You have three options when you want to extend your base of business resources: Expand your company acquire another company or partner with a complimentary company. In many instances partnering is the most advantageous choice. Creating an alliance confers the same kind of benefits as an acquisition--but with fewer risks and better definition. The key to creating a successful partnership lies in the ways in which you define the relationship with your partner. The more explicit the definitions the more productive the alliance. Recent research indicates that the most successful business partnerships are built on openness trust and mutual goals. ...
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