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TrainUp.com is your one-stop source for the best virtual business skills training and live courses nationwide. Start your search now and browse among 398 live instructor-led business skills training classes near you, from the industry's best business skills training companies such as SkillSoft, BizLibrary, and American Management Association International TrainUp.com also lists more than 4309 self-paced online business skills training courses, micro-learning videos, and eLearning bundles. If you have a team to train, we can conduct a course just for you. Check out our onsite on-site business skills training page to request a custom virtual or in-person training quote today.

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TrainUp.com is your one-stop source for the best virtual business skills training and live courses nationwide. Start your search now and browse among 398 live instructor-led business skills training classes near you, from the industry's best business skills training companies such as SkillSoft, BizLibrary, and American Management Association International TrainUp.com also lists more than 4309 self-paced online business skills training courses, micro-learning videos, and eLearning bundles. If you have a team to train, we can conduct a course just for you. Check out our onsite on-site business skills training page to request a custom virtual or in-person training quote today.

Transitioning to Supervisor

-Making The Move Smooth To Supervisor- This supervisory training was specifically designed to address the needs of anyone who is new to managing...
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Project Management Professional (PMP)® Certification Exam Prep

This course is powered by Project Management Academy, a fellow Educate 360 brand and PMI Authorized Training Partner. Prepare to pass the PMP exam on your first attempt with an instructor-led PMP Exam Prep Training course - The PMA Way™. After the 35-hour course, which satisfies the PMI contact hours requirement to sit for the exam, you will be prepared to successfully take the PMP exam and have the knowledge, tools, and resources needed to take the next step in your career. Certified Project Managers on average earn over 25% more than those without the certification....
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Effective Executive Speaking

<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...
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3 Days
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Leadership and Team Development for Managerial Success

<p>When should you be a motivator...and when should you be a coach? Can you empower team members to self-manage? Or do your teams fall apart when you're not there?</p> <p>Learn how to foster team cohesiveness and collaboration. You'll step up to&nbsp;be a leader, a coach, a persuasive communicator and much more. Sharpen your team-building skills and discover&nbsp;new ways to drive&nbsp;performance and&nbsp;productivity.</p> ...
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2 Days
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2 Days
Price: $2695 VIEW DETAILS

Instructional Design Certificate Program

This comprehensive program for powerful instructional design takes you through the steps of building a training program: analyzing training needs, planning an interactive program, creating engaging activities that accelerate learner’s comprehension and application, preparing others to teach the course, and evaluating course effectiveness.&nbsp;&nbsp; At this workshop, you’ll apply what you are learning to create a short training session that addresses some of your company’s specific training nee...
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3 Days
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How to Communicate with Diplomacy Tact and Credibility

Be a consistently professional communicator—even in difficult circumstances
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2 Days
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2 Days
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Getting Results Without Authority

Whether you’re dealing with bosses, colleagues, staff members or senior management, the ability to win respect, influence people and cultivate cooperation is absolutely essential to career success. In this persuasive skills training, you’ll focus on the key elements of influencing others when there is lack of authority—personal power, persuasion and negotiation.<br> <br> Learn how to influence people by building your power base using the Personal Power Model…understand exchange and reciprocity...
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4 Days
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4 Days
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Fundamentals of Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Managers

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...
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4 Days
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Assertiveness Training for Women in Business

In todays ever changing business environment it is vital for women to have an assertive voice in business. Assertiveness techniques, when used effectively, can enhance almost every aspect of your job and life — Knowing which tools and techniques to use, and how and when to use them, is critical. AMA’s assertiveness training for women is a 3-day seminar that addresses the unique challenges women face in business and provides them with the assertiveness techniques essential for survival and advanc...
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4 Days
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4 Days
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AMA's Comprehensive Budgeting Workshop

<p>Your Immediate Take-Aways</p> <ul> <li>Use&nbsp;and analyze robust budgets</li> <li>Use budgeting to help determine strategic direction</li> </ul> <p>Being responsible for the budgeting means you’re playing a vital role in your organization’s future.&nbsp;Your budget enables you to pinpoint critical variables that impact profit so your company can successfully pursue business goals and create value.<br> <br> In this seminar, you will learn how to work with, develop and present bu...
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2 Days
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2 Days
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Succession Planning: Developing Talent from Within

<p>Research shows that most companies have little or no deliberate succession planning in place—and aren’t fully aware of how much the lack of it can cost their organization, especially in an unstable economy. Managing the succession of talent is a vital strategic process that minimizes gaps in leadership and enables your best people to develop the skills necessary for possible future roles.<br> <br> This seminar will show you how to design and implement an effective and flexible succession pl...
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2 Days
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Making the Transition to Management

<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...
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2 Days
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2 Days
Price: $2595 VIEW DETAILS

The SLII Experience™ – Powering Inspired Leaders

<p>SLII® is the most widely taught leadership model in the world. It teaches leaders to use the appropriate leadership style in response to the needs of the person and the situation.</p> <p>Our learning design—The SLII Experience™—uses game-changing techniques that immerse learners in SLII quickly, deeply, and effectively. In this program, you will learn a new language for leadership that will help you increase the quality and quantity of conversations you have with your team members, acceler...
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2 EVENTS
Duration
2 Days
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2 Days
Price: $2595 VIEW DETAILS

AMA's Advanced Course in Strategic Marketing

<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>...
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Duration
3 Days
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3 Days
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Innovation and Design Thinking Certificate Program

What if you could create radical solutions that could stimulate an emotional response? Better yet, what if you could do so rapidly? Experimental, collaborative and holistically innovative. That’s design thinking. It’s a mindset for success. It’s for anyone who wants to see infinite possibilities and turn problems into solutions. Putting the customer front and center, design thinking offers a strategy for successful companies to be more agile and innovative. Using a proven process to drive inn...
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Duration
2 Days
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2 Days
Price: $2995 VIEW DETAILS

Territory and Time Management for Salespeople

Want to shorten the sales cycle? Target accounts with the greatest growth potential? Balance personal and professional goals? In just two days, you'll learn how to take control of your time and work day so you can increase productivity, maximize your selling effectiveness and meet your goals. You'll adopt an organized approach to managing your responsibilities. Prioritize activities and accounts to increase revenue. Identify time management roadblocks by participating in exercises and creatin...
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2 EVENTS
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2 Days
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2 Days
Price: $2495 VIEW DETAILS

Selling to Major Accounts: A Strategic Approach

<p>You can no longer afford to expend energy on account development without a plan or focus. Major account selling requires a long cycle and a big investment of resources. That’s why today’s successful sales professionals are more than just tactical pros…they’re strategic experts. Now, in this account management training seminar, learn how to develop a strategic selling plan that will save you time, money and hassles by identifying the right account and project, why your offer matters to them, w...
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3 Days
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3 Days
Price: $2695 VIEW DETAILS

Essentials of Project Management for the Non-Project Manager

To work together effectively on any project, everyone on the team needs to use a common language and have a clear understanding of all expectations. This unique project manager training seminar is designed for individuals with little or no prior knowledge of project management who serve on project management teams, those who simply want to know more about PM or those who are making the transition to project management. In just two days, you’ll develop an understanding of essential terminology an...
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2 Days
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2 Days
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AMA's Comprehensive Project Management Workshop

Delays, cost overruns, or quality problems can wreck your project. Keep it on course with this 5-day overview of project management. Aligned with PMI’s PMBOK®, this project management workshop helps you master the entire PM process. You’ll earn 35 professional development units (PDUs) pre-approved by PMI, and you’ll gain skills and in-depth knowledge that prepare you for the next level: the Project Management Professional certification. You Will Learn How To: Manage projects with con...
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5 Days
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5 Days
Price: $3295 VIEW DETAILS

Secrets to Boosting Productivity

The truth is that your work will continue to pile up if all you do is check tasks off of your to-do list. <p>Improve your productivity and efficiency by taking control of the pile of work that is driving you crazy.</p> <p>You need to develop&nbsp;a goal-driven plan and a step-by step method of helping you meet your deadlines. This instructor-led, online workshop shows you how to examine what needs to be done and determine the best approaches to complete your work in the time you are given mak...
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1 Days
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1 Days
Price: $279 VIEW DETAILS

Leading Your Team Through Change

<p>Good business teams produce results during times of prosperity. It’s a different story during times of change and uncertainty, when only prepared and motivated teams have the agility, focus and motivation to successfully in navigate the shifting environment.</p> <p>As a leader, you must help your people overcome their reactions, embrace the change initiatives, and use focused approaches to keep team activities on course. </p> <p>In this workshop, you’ll gain practical tools that will enable...
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1 Days
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1 Days
Price: $279 VIEW DETAILS

Fundamentals of Cost Accounting

Manufacturers have a multitude of costs that must be included in inventory and cost of goods sold: material, labor, direct variable costs, indirect variable costs and fixed costs. You will learn how to properly identify these costs. Using multiple case studies, this seminar will provide you with detailed information on the various techniques companies have devised to apply all these costs to inventory. Doing so ensures that inventory and cost of goods sold are properly valued for both internal a...
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2 Days
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2 Days
Price: $2595 VIEW DETAILS

Time Management

<p>Do you find yourself overloaded with work? Feel so stretched to the limit you can't set priorities? Exhaust yourself daily without accomplishing your goals?</p> <p>Remember, every minute of your day impacts the business. If you answer yes to one or more of the above, it's time to make real choices about how to manage your time. This seminar is designed to combat the pitfalls of time management. It will help you identify causes of procrastination and indecision, pinpoint personal time-waste...
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4 EVENTS
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4 Days
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4 Days
Price: $2295 VIEW DETAILS

Leadership Development for Women

<p>Despite years of advances in both legal and corporate policy, many qualified women don’t get the jobs they want. Misperceptions, stereotypes, and misplaced emotions on the part of either sex can still sabotage a woman’s career hopes—unless she takes a more strategic approach to her career.<br> <br> This hands-on leadership course shows women how to strategically use your strengths and abilities—your competitive edge—while mastering your emotions in even the most unwelcoming atmosphere. You’...
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2 Days
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2 Days
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Advanced Sales Management

<p>In three days of advanced sales management training, you’ll get skills to keep pace with all the issues that are revolutionizing sales force management. It’s the sales management training seminar to choose if you want to become a more effective manager—and advance further, faster, in your career. You'll discover the can't-fail techniques that have already benefited thousands of your colleagues. Here is advanced sales management training that will help you learn how to achieve peak performance...
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3 Days
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Tame Your Email Inbox with Microsoft Outlook

Take the Cure for Email Overload and Be More Productive at Work
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1 Days
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1 Days
Price: $199 VIEW DETAILS

Time Management Focus and Practices for Greater Results

Learn focus techniques and practices you can immediately put in place for greater results in managing your time efficiently....
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Crash Course in Mistake-Free Business Writing

How to Troubleshoot Writing Errors That Make You Look Bad
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1 Days
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1 Days
Price: $199 VIEW DETAILS

Customer Service Manager Training

Customer Service Manager Training
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230 minutes
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230 minutes
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Frontline Customer Service Representative Training

Frontline Customer Service Representative Training
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Essential Phone Techniques for Customer Service

Essential Phone Techniques for Customer Service
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Prioritize, Organize, and Focus - Time Management Essentials

Prioritize, Organize, and Focus - Time Management Essentials
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Price: $119 VIEW DETAILS

Six Sigma Green Belt: Analyze

Six Sigma Green Belt: Analyze
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Microsoft Office 2013 - SharePoint for Power Users

Microsoft Office 2013 - SharePoint for Power Users
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Microsoft Office 2016 Word Level 1

Microsoft Office 2016 Word Level 1
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Microsoft Office 365 - Creating and Formatting Documents in Word

Microsoft Office 365 - Creating and Formatting Documents in Word
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Grammar Essentials for Business Writing

Grammar Essentials for Business Writing
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Microsoft Office 2013: Beginning Outlook

Microsoft Office 2013: Beginning Outlook Bundle
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Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 for iPhone

Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 for iPhone
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Microsoft Office 2010: Beginning Project Part 2

Microsoft Office 2010: Beginning Project Part 2
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Microsoft Office 365 - Setup and Organize Email in Outlook

Microsoft Office 365 - Setup and Organize Email in Outlook
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Security, Archiving, Contact Managment, and Unified Messaging in Microsoft Outlook 2007

Security, Archiving, Contact Managment, and Unified Messaging in Microsoft Outlook 2007
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Working with Data in Microsoft Office 365 Excel Online

Working with Data in Microsoft Office 365 Excel Online
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Price: $193 VIEW DETAILS

Six Sigma Green Belt: Measure

Six Sigma Green Belt: Measure
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Customer Service Representative, Process

Customer Service Representative, Process
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Microsoft Office 2013: Beginning PowerPoint

Microsoft Office 2013: Beginning PowerPoint Bundle
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Customer Service Fundamentals Part 2

Customer Service Fundamentals Part 2
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Microsoft Office 2013: Beginning Excel Part 2

Microsoft Office 2013: Beginning Excel Part 2
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Microsoft Office 2013: Advanced Word Part 1

Microsoft Office 2013: Advanced Word Part 1
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Microsoft Office 2007 - Outlook Web Basics

Microsoft Office 2007 - Outlook Web Basics
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Microsoft Office 2010: Lync for End Users

Microsoft Office 2010: Lync for End Users
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Microsoft Outlook Mail for Web - Setup and Essential Tasks

Microsoft Outlook Mail for Web - Setup and Essential Tasks
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Microsoft Office 2013: Beginning Word

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Microsoft Office 365 Teams Setup and Essential Tools

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Business Writing Basics

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Microsoft Office 2010: Beginning Outlook Part 1

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TrainUp.com is your one-stop source for the best virtual business skills training and live courses nationwide. Start your search now and browse among 398 live instructor-led business skills training classes near you, from the industry's best business skills training companies such as SkillSoft, BizLibrary, and American Management Association International TrainUp.com also lists more than 4309 self-paced online business skills training courses, micro-learning videos, and eLearning bundles. If you have a team to train, we can conduct a course just for you. Check out our onsite on-site business skills training page to request a custom virtual or in-person training quote today.

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Business Skills Courses and Workshops

As the tools that businesses use have changed, so have the skills necessary to succeed in the workplace.  Business skills impact every department within an organization and employees must be skilled in the latest technologies.  Business skills in sales, marketing, human resources, accounting, IT, communications, leadership, customer service, or management are essential skills to maintain within your career.

The most effective and efficient employees have a wide range of business skills that are applicable to any industry, with knowledge and skills that can transfer into various roles in any organization.  Business skills, regardless of the business environment, have remained one of the most important skills employers seek when recruiting new employees and is the fastest way to elevate your career.


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What is business skills training?

Business skills training focuses on mastering areas like communication, critical thinking, finance, leadership, negotiation and problem-solving. These are key areas of knowledge in business. It is important for individuals in business to understand the big picture of both organizational and consumer behavior, as it impacts everyday decisions and overall how they run a business.

What training is needed for business management?

Employers typically seek to hire individuals with a bachelor's degree in business administration, or business management, for positions in business management at a company. Beyond this, additional training may also be needed. Possible postions held by a business management professional are sales, advertising, operations management, and human resources.

What are basic business skills?

Basic business skills are skills that help you perform essential functions within the business world. These include communication, critical thinking, problem solving, writing, leadership, and negotiation. Management and Leadership skills are very important, as is the ability to work well with others in a team. Strong communication and teamwork skills are essential for employees operating at every level of business.

How can I improve my business skills?

The best way to improve your business skills is to attend training. Trainup.com is one such place where you can find training over a variety of business skills. In addition to training, it is helpful to keep up with the latest business articles, as well as join professional networking groups, or groups focused on learning and sharing informaiton about business skills.

What is the difference between soft skills and business skills?

Some business skills are considered to be hard skills, while some are considered soft skills. Hard skills are said to be more measurable and include abilities such as writing, reading, and math. On the other hand, soft skills refer to the abilities that make you a good employee, leader, and coworker. Examples of soft skills are etiquette, communication, and getting along with other people. Although soft skills aren't as measurable as hard skills, they are equally as important to your success on the job.

What skills are essential for business professionals?

Some of the essential business skills in today's workforce include the ability to manage your finances, marketing, sales, and customer service. These things all incorporate a person's hard and soft skills such as communication, negotiation, Leadership, project planning, delegation, time management, problem-solving, networking, and more.

What is the difference between managers and supervisors?

In the simplest terms, a manager relies more heavily on his or her people management skills and business strategy skills, while a supervisor is responsible for running the day-to-day work done by the employees, and overseeing that tasks are completed on time. Therefore, a manager has a more strategical role than a supervisor. And a supervisor has more of an objective-driven responsibility in running the daily business operations that are outlined in that strategy.

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