Business Skills Training Classes and Seminars In St John's, NL

Learn how to focus your efforts on the traits and skills that drive excellence — all while managing a new workload and zeroing in on your most precious resource, the individuals on your team....

This LIVE, virtual course provides introverts who manage others (or who have leadership aspirations) with helpful insights and solid strategies for thriving in a leadership position....

Microsoft® Visio® stands out among similar applications because of its unique ability to draw a wide variety of diagrams, flowcharts, workflows, and organization structures—anything that can be represented by shapes connected by lines. Most importantly, these shapes can be rearranged and with corresponding lines remaining intact. Visio has improved over the years as features common among Microsoft® Office applications have been added. Today, Visio is well integrated with other members of the Office family as well as Microsoft's cloud-based services. This greatly enriches the sharing and publishing of Visio drawings. In Visio® Introduction, you learned the basic skills needed to create and modify various Visio drawings. In Visio® Advanced, you will learn about more advanced features—making you a more efficient and effective Visio user....

Would you like a quick and easy method for composing documents—letters, memos, reports, proposals and performance appraisals—in an organized format? This business writing workshop provides you with basic formats and formulas for tackling any kind of writing task—and communicating to your readers what they need to know. You’ll streamline your process for effective business writing and save time by focusing on what to write instead of how to write it.  Bring a current project and ge...

Feeling overwhelmed? What if you could learn a process for thinking to make better decisions and create better solutions? In this course, you’ll learn and practice techniques to generate breakthrough ideas and solve your most pressing problems. You’ll also discover how to ask the right questions, challenge assumptions and see others’ viewpoints with clarity. You’ll learn how to: Translate abstract ideas into tangible results Evaluate ideas and adjust assumptions Solve problems based...

<p>Technical writing is unique because of its specialized content. It must convey objectivity and reach both technical and nontechnical audiences with exactness and clarity. Along with writing emails, letters and reports, the technical writer must be able to prepare definitions, physical descriptions, product specifications, procedures, test and laboratory results, and many other kinds of documents.</p> <p>This seminar offers you a battery of tools and techniques to help you jumpstart the wri...

Are you ready to&nbsp;develop a high-performance team and get more done? Resolve team conflict using emotional intelligence and get more from your team by adapting your management style to every situation. You’ll learn how to: Motivate every member of your team—even if they don’t share your values Use positive and corrective feedback to turn problem employees around and maximize productivity Apply the most relevant conflict resolution style to eliminate friction You’ll also get...

<p>It’s happened to all of us—you’re asked unexpectedly during a meeting to give a project update, or are stopped in the hallway with an important question, or are cornered in a challenging conversation. You can’t plan for these unrehearsed events, but you can take steps to always be confident and ready when they do happen.</p> <p>Now you can <strong>apply preemptive and in-the-moment strategies to excel when communicating in unscripted situations</strong>. You’ll learn strategies for managin...

<p>From presentations to public speeches, your effectiveness as an executive and future career hinge on your ability to step up to the podium, command attention and transform every presentation into a credible and compelling communication. </p><p> <p>Let's conquer your fear and connect with the minds and hearts of your audience. Take control of the room with ease and inject every presentation with your style and energy. Gain confidence as you learn by doing, and turn your next speech or present...

<P>At this seminar, you’ll take the next step toward becoming a strategic marketing guru. You’ll discover cutting-edge strategic marketing models—and their real-world applications. And you’ll get the strategic marketing knowledge and tools you need to increase the spending rate of current customers and cost-effectively acquire new ones…integrate your strategic marketing mix elements with corporate goals…and maximize the benefits of e-commerce technology.</p>...

<p>Your former peers are now your direct reports. Do you know how to adopt the mindset of a manager, let go of your previous role and get work done through others? Can you communicate your priorities to your team? Or set mutual goals so you can increase productivity?</p> <p>This basic training for managers provides you with easy-to-apply tools needed to make a successful transition into your new role. In just two days you will master the practical basic management know-how—and gain the confid...

Feel empowered to hit the ground running with the skills learned in this course. Be ready to take on any task and bring your best self to the job, while adopting new habits that will quickly get you on the path to greater success. In this high-impact, 2-day seminar, our faculty will help new supervisors like you avoid common pitfalls. Get the secrets and essential skills of managing people, from delivering corrective feedback and coaching to conflict resolution and delegation. With expertly g...

Change is the norm. You are responsible for your own productivity and that of your staff. Your day-to-day dealings may now include colleagues, your boss, and senior management who all have different interests and viewpoints. This seminar will equip you with proven supervisory techniques that you can put into action immediately. The&nbsp;skills savvy supervisors use to plan, organize, communicate and monitor will become part of your toolkit to effectively manage&nbsp;everyday interactions with...

<p>This leadership training course is uniquely designed to help leaders-to-be get ready for their new challenges and responsibilities. You'll discover the heart, soul and mind of true leadership. Through role-playing, self-assessment tests and other leadership training scenarios, you'll explore leadership roles as strategist, change agent, coach, manager, communicator, mentor and team member. And you'll learn how to develop your unique leadership style for maximum impact.</p> <div class="smal...

Get heard—regardless of positional power!

Believe it or not, you’re probably making a ton of bad communication mistakes right now. You can’t afford to stay stuck in a rut, making the same bad communication mistakes over and over again. And that’s exactly why you can’t miss this vital career-enhancing good communication vs bad communication training session. Let us help you stop these problems before they start....

The Key to Working More Effectively With All Types of PeopleLearn why Emotional Intelligence is so i...

Strengthening Your People Skills in the Workplace is an intensive new people skills training workshop that provides you with a way to gain the essential people skills you need to push ahead in your career....

<p>Conflict in business is all too familiar—particularly under increased business pressures. Still, most of us lack basic conflict management skills. Rather than react to conflict on a purely emotional level, you can learn how to manage disputes and disagreements in a positive manner, or even avoid them altogether. This conflict management training will show you how to recognize the causes of interpersonal conflict. It emphasizes skills to help you critically evaluate conflict situations and the...

Be a consistently professional communicator—even in difficult circumstances

Can you demonstrate your value and ROI to your boss? Are you able to interpret financial reports and make decisions based on the data they provide? Can you draft an accurate budget? Can you justify your ideas in dollars and cents? You didn’t get to this point in your career only to be held back by weak financial skills. This program for non-financial managers makes the basics of finance accessible to anyone in just&nbsp;2 days.<br> <br> You’ll learn how to: Interpret and respond appro...

<p>In a complex environment, work is accomplished through the collaborative efforts of many. Differences are a positive force if you know how to harness them.</p> <p>Your ability to develop good interpersonal skills and create rapport in this environment can make—or break—your career. Get set to step up and become a "conscious communicator." Develop self-awareness, analyze situations, and consciously select and use productive communication strategies. You’ll find your relationship style, iden...

<p>Successful managers get things done. Learn the art of management that will set you apart—FAST. Using extensive guided role plays, self-audits and in-depth skills exercises, you will explore motivation, delegation, coaching, communication, performance management and leadership.</p> <p>Take this course to fill your skill gaps and elevate your team—and your career—to new levels of greatness. Be ready to apply what you learn and return to work with new knowledge, insights and practical methods...

<p>Broaden your managerial effectiveness to ensure your success in today’s hyper-speed, technology-driven and diverse workplace.</p> <p>Impact, engagement and results depend on a situationally balanced combination of technical, function-related, operational and interpersonal proficiencies. Interpersonal skills are pivotal to building credibility, trust, accountability and commitment in your team. This 2-day, interactive, hands-on, action planning and skill-building experience will equip you w...

For an optimal experience with this course, we recommend Excel 2016 and later. Windows platform preferred....