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Hiring for Success: Behavioral Interviewing Techniques
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: This course will take you through the hiring process from start to finish, including cost analysis, position profiles, finding candidates, screening resumes, testing candidates, interviewing (including different types of questions), evaluating responses, and reference checks. You will also learn about some of the problems commonly encountered in the hiring process and how to overcome them. Duration: 4 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Employee Dispute Resolution: Mediation through Peer Review
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: In this course, you will learn about the peer review process, which includes a statement being filed, gathering evidence, creating the peer review panel, conducting the peer review hearing, and making a decision. Duration: 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Identifying and Combatting Fake News
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: After you complete this course you will be able to: define fake news, recognise the difference between fake news and objective reporting, understand the impacts of fake news on your organisation, examine proactive strategies and how they work, learn reactive strategies and why they are essential, discover opportunities for promotion and growth within fake news , and create your own fake news action plan. Duration: 2 hours. Available in English. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Advanced Writing Skills
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: After you complete this course, you will be able to make your writing clear, complete, concise, and correct, improve sentence construction and paragraph development, deal with specific business requests, create effective business cases, proposals, and reports, and thoroughly document sources that you use in your writing. Duration: 2 hours. Available in English. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Getting Stuff Done: Personal Development Boot Camp
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: To start this course, you'll explore what personal efficiency is all about, as well as useful attitudes and skills that you might want to develop. Then, you'll outline your vision statement, dreams, and goals. Next, you'll learn about the 80/20 system, what characteristics your organisational system should have, how to design a functional workspace, and techniques for organising your daily to-do items. You'll also learn how to set up and maintain information management systems (both physical and virtual), prioritise tasks, create routines, and tackle procrastination. Finally, you'll learn how to get organised at home. Duration: 4 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Skills for the Administrative Assistant
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: In this course, you'll learn about the elements of a professional attitude, including dressing appropriately, developing a positive outlook, being assertive, and communicating well. You'll also learn some fundamental skills for administrative assistants, such as writing letters, managing your time, saying no, working with others, and dealing with stress. All of these tools will help you achieve your goals and help the people that you support achieve their goals, too. Duration: 4 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Business Writing That Works
$399.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: This course will teach you the four Cs of writing: clear, concise, complete, and correct. You will also learn some of the fundamentals of good writing, including word agreement, active and passive voice, sentence construction, punctuation, and spelling. Finally, you will have a chance to apply these skills to real-life situations, such as writing e-mails, memos, and letters. Duration: 4 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Basic Business Management: Boot Camp for Business Owners
$179.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: This course will give you all the skills that you need as a new business owner. You'll learn how to develop your organisational chart, manage operations, speak knowledgeably about finance, hire the right people, build your brand, market your product online and offline, complete a strategic plan and a succession plan, and build your customer base. You'll also learn the basics of leadership and tips for taking your business to the next level. A full description of the course is located below. Content last updated January 2020. Certificate of Completion provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Self-Study Guide provided. Access period 30 days. Duration: 6 hours. -
An Environmental Audit Primer
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: This course will give you the tools to conduct an internal environmental audit at your workplace. You will learn of the different types of audits and about auditors and the basic steps of an audit. This course will also teach you the essential aspects of an audit checklist and how to develop a checklist based on Environmental Management System procedures. You will also explore noncompliances, corrective actions and an audit closing meeting. Duration approximately 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of this course is located below. -
Safety in the Workplace
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: This course will teach you how to create a safety culture in your organisation by developing a safety committee, identifying and resolving hazards, taking proactive safety measures, developing a safety plan, and reviewing your safety program. You will also learn how to respond to, document, and investigate safety incidents. Duration approximately 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of this course is located below. -
Intermediate Project Management
$129.00In this course, you will focus on the last three stages of the project life cycle: planning, execution, and termination. This includes identifying tasks and resources; using scheduling techniques like the work breakdown structure, Gantt charts, and network diagrams; preparing a budget; executing a project; and controlling changes. A full description of this course is located below. Duration approximately 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. -
Research Skills
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: In this course, you will learn basic research skills, such as reading, memory recall, and note-taking. You will also learn how to create different kinds of outlines for different stages of your project, and how to move from the outline to writing, editing, and polishing. As well, you'll learn how to find information using the library's Dewey Decimal System, journals, and the Internet. Duration: 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Purchasing and Procurement Basics
$399.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: In this course, you will learn the basics of purchasing and procurement. You'll receive an introduction to the supply chain, the purchasing cycle, and basic purchasing tools. You'll also learn about the competitive bidding process, how to manage supplier performance, risk management techniques, and ways to build relationships. Duration approximately 4 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of this course is located below. -
Risk Management
$129.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: In this course, you will learn about the seven Rs and four Ts that traditionally represent the key activities of risk management. This will give you a framework that you can customise for a single project, a department, or an entire company. Duration approximately 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of this course is located below. -
Effective Planning and Scheduling
$129.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: This course will teach you how to use a variety of planning and scheduling tools, including the work breakdown structure, network diagrams, program evaluation and review technique (PERT), and Gantt charts. You will also learn how to properly estimate time, schedule resources, identify task dependencies, manage risks, communicate your schedule, and keep the schedule updated. Duration approximately 4 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of this course is located below. -
Creative Thinking and Innovation
$399.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: In this course, you will identify ways to develop your creative side and build a creative environment. You'll also learn a basic problem-solving process, individual creative thinking tools (such as the RAP model, shoe swap technique, mind mapping, metaphors, and toys), and team-based creative thinking tools (such as brainstorming, brainwriting, rolestorming, the stepladder technique, and slip writing). Duration: 4 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Project Planning: All You Need to Know
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: Once you complete this course you will have learned several valuable new skills that will allow you to properly plan for a project. You will come away from this course knowing about project management basics and how to being project planning. You will learn about the Work Breakdown Structure, how to prepare a basic schedule and all about Resource Breakdown Structures. You will conclude this course by learning about project planning worksheets. Duration: 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Basic Internet Marketing
$179.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: In this course, you will learn how to market online, where your target market is, and what results you are getting. You will also learn about search engine optimisation, e-mail campaigns, pay per click advertising, and more. Duration: 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Anger Management: Understanding Anger
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: This course will help you identify how anger is affecting you. You will also learn about the anger process, trigger thoughts, behavior types, and coping strategies. Duration: 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Digital Citizenship: Conducting Yourself in a Digital World
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: You will be presented with the concept that, just as in the real world we have certain rights, responsibilities, and standards of behaviour as citizens, this is true in the digital world as well. This will be supported by looking at the similarities between the two worlds. Your understanding of what digital citizenship entails will be increased by examining its three principles, each of which is comprised of three elements. You will be counselled on how to practice good citizenship using each of the elements. The course finishes up with giving you exercises designed to reinforce the principles. Duration approximately 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of this course is located below. -
GDPR Readiness: Getting the Message Out
$199.00In this one-day course, you will learn: about internal communication methods, about privacy training, and promoting a good privacy culture,about the elements of a good customer privacy policy, how to write and design a cookie banner disclaimer for your website, and how to design a privacy-compliant web form. -
Intrapreneurship
$179.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: In this course, you'll learn what intrapreneurship is all about. You will learn about the history and culture of intrapreneurship and assess your own intrapreneurial qualities. You'll also explore different ways that you can contribute to the intrapreneurial process. As well, you'll learn how to develop, screen, sell, and implement your ideas. A full description of the course is located below. Content last updated January 2020. Certificate of Completion provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Self-Study Guide provided. Access period 30 days. Duration: 2 hours. -
The Minute Taker’s Workshop
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: You'll begin this course by learning what a minute-taker does and what skills they should have. Then, you'll learn about different styles of minutes, what to record, how to prepare minutes, and how to keep a minute book. Duration: 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Global Business Strategies
$379.00This course provides an overview of the various factors that a business must consider before going global. Students will also begin considering how they can expand their business to the global marketplace using a variety of planning techniques. We strongly recommend that participants complete our Entrepreneurship 101 and Basic Business Management programs before taking this course. A full description of the course is located below. Content last updated January 2020. Certificate of Completion provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Self-Study Guide provided. Access period 30 days. Duration: 6 hours. -
Onboarding: The Essential Rules for a Successful Onboarding Program
$399.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: This course will explore the benefits of onboarding, show you how to design an onboarding framework, give you ways to customise the program for different audiences (including managers and executives), and demonstrate how to measure results from the program. Duration: 4 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Conflict Resolution: Dealing With Difficult People
$129.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to recognise how your own attitudes and actions affect others; find new and effective techniques for dealing with difficult people; be familiar with some techniques for managing and dealing with anger; and develop coping strategies for dealing with difficult people and difficult situations. A full description of this course is located below. Content last updated January 2020. Certificate of Completion provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Self-Study Guide provided. Access period 30 days. Duration: Approximately 2 hours. -
Bullying in the Workplace
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: In this course, you will learn what bullying is and what it can cost an organisation. You will also learn how to protect yourself from bullying, what to do if you are bullied, and what to do if you witness bullying. Duration approximately 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of this course is located below. -
Managing the Virtual Workplace
$129.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: This course will teach managers and supervisors how to prepare employees for the virtual workplace, create telework programs, build virtual teams, leverage technology, and overcome cultural barriers. Duration approximately 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of this course is located below. -
Becoming a Better Learner
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: After you complete this course, you will be able to understand what it means to learn and become a life-long learner, know what a mindset for learning looks like and how to adopt one, set realistic goals, understand what your network is and why expanding it is important, know how to ask questions and why that is important, become accountable for your goals and take responsibility, and know how to accelerate your learning. Duration: 2 hours. Available in English. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Balanced Scorecard Basics
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: You will begin this course by learning what the balanced scorecard is and what types of organisations it is most useful for. Then, you will review some sample scorecards, strategy maps, and tactical action plans. You will also learn how to develop your organisations mission, vision, and values (which form the basis for the balanced scorecard); a project vision statement; plans to implement the scorecard; and balanced scorecard teams. Duration approximately 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of this course is located below.
