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What you will learn - Learn About The Peer Review Process
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Get BIG Savings with our Employee Dispute Resolution Online Bundle, 5 Certificate Courses
- Employee Dispute Resolution: Mediation through Peer Review
- Conducting Effective Performance Reviews
- Conflict Resolution - Dealing With Difficult People
- Employee Accountability
- Performance Management - Managing Employee Performance
1. Employee Dispute Resolution: Mediation through Peer Review: Learn About The Peer Review Process
Have you ever been in a workplace situation where a supervisor has made a decision that you didn’t agree with? Did you wish that you could ask someone else what they thought of the decision and whether they would have done the same thing? The peer review process offers employees just that chance.
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.
After you complete this Employee Dispute Resolution: Mediation through Peer Review course, you will be able to:
- Describe what the peer review process is.
- Apply a process for employees to file grievances and for management to respond.
- Choose a facilitator and panel.
- Understand what is involved in the hearing process, from preliminary meetings to the hearing, and the decision process.
- Explain what responsibilities and powers a panel should have.
- Apply professional questioning and probing techniques.
- Understand why peer review panels fail and how to avoid those pitfalls
2. Conducting Effective Performance Reviews: Conduct Effective Performance Reviews
Trainers who work with HR consultants, managers, and supervisors can conduct a rich training experience in this training course, Conducting Effective Performance Reviews. You’ll teach the reasons why a performance review meeting is such an important aspect of career planning, and that the outcomes of the meeting should be known to the employee and supervisor before the meeting actually takes place.
This course will help you teach participants:
- To recognize the importance of having a performance review process for employees.
- How to work with employees to set performance standards and goals.
- Skills in observing, giving feedback, listening, and asking questions.
- An effective interview process and the opportunity to practice the process in a supportive atmosphere.
- How to make the performance review legally defensible, and much more.
3. Conflict Resolution - Dealing With Difficult People: Learn the Basics of Conflict Resolution
Sometimes it seems like the world is full of difficult people. While it might seem that the easiest remedy is to lock yourself up at home and avoid people, we eventually have to pick up the phone or step outside and interact with someone. This course will give you practical tools to deal with difficult people.
In this Conflict Resolution: Dealing With Difficult People course, you will learn the benefits of conflict, techniques for getting to the heart of the matter, anger and stress management tips, and ways to improve your own attitude. You’ll also learn a practical three-step model that will help you resolve conflict in a positive manner.
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Recognize how your own attitudes and actions affect others.
- Find new and effective techniques for dealing with difficult people.
- Learn some techniques for managing and dealing with anger.
- Develop coping strategies for dealing with difficult people and difficult situations.
4. Employee Accountability: Explore What Accountability Is All About
Organizations who promote accountability are more successful and more productive. This course gives workplace leaders techniques for promoting accountability in their organization, starting with themselves.
You will begin this course by exploring what accountability is all about and some recent events that have caused people to look at accountability more closely. Then, you’ll learn ways to build accountability and ownership in your organization and make yourself more accountable. Supporting skills, like goal setting, feedback, and delegation, are also covered.
After you complete this Employee Accountability course, you will be able to:
- Understand what accountability is and what events in history have shaped our view of it.
- Identify the requirements for personal and corporate accountability.
- Apply the cycle of accountability and the fundamental elements required to build an accountable organization.
- Describe what individuals must do to become accountable.
- Build skills required for accountability, including goal setting, giving and receiving feedback, and delegation.
- Pinpoint ways to build ownership in your organization.
- Isolate areas for further self-improvement.
5. Performance Management - Managing Employee Performance: Motivate Employees To Go Beyond Their Best
Inspiring someone to be their best is no easy task. How do you manage for optimum performance? How do you create a motivating environment that encourages people to go beyond their best? This course will give you some of those skills.
In this course, you will learn about the Shared Management Model, which helps the manager transfer motivation and responsibility for results to the employee. This course will cover all three phases of the model: preparing the employee for the job, motivating them to do it, and evaluating their performance.
After you complete this Performance Management: Managing Employee Performance course, you will be able to:
- Understand the role of goal setting in performance management.
- Have tools to help your employees set and achieve goals.
- Have a three-phase model that will help you prepare employees for peak performance, activate their inner motivation, and evaluate their skills.
- Have a better knowledge of motivational tools and techniques.
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Employee Dispute Resolution 5 Course Bundle includes the following courses, below is a summary of each course:
Course 1 - Certificate in Employee Dispute Resolution: Mediation through Peer Review Online Course
Session 1: Course Overview
- Learning Objectives
- Pre-Assignment
Session 2: What is Peer Review?
- Defining Peer Review
- EDR and ADR
- Objectives of Peer Review
- Peer Review Roles
- When to Use Peer Review
Session 3: Initiating the Proces
- The First Three Stages
- The Employee’s Role
- The Grievance Form
- The Manager’s Role
- Obtaining Witness Statements
- Other Documents
- Making Connections
- Record of Disciplinary Action
Session 4: The Peer Review Panel
- Appointing a Facilitator
- The Facilitator's Responsibilities
- Ensuring Fairness
- Choosing the Panel
- Choosing the Panel
- Making Connections: Case Study One
- Case Study Two
- Case Study Three
- Case Study Four
- The Panel's Contract
- The Panel’s Role and Responsibilities
Session 5: Asking Questions
- Asking Good Questions
- Open Questions vs. Closed Questions
- Closed Questions
- Open Questions
- Overcoming Closed Questions
- Probing
- Results of Probing
- Probing Tools
- Probing Tools
- Probing Tools
- Probing Tools
- Pushing My Buttons
- Part Two
Session 6: The Peer Review Process
- Preparing for the Hearing
- Group Work
- Deciding the Question
- Making Connections
- The Hearing
- Making the Decision
- Questions to Ask
- Voting
- The Decision
- About Recommendations
Session 7: Panel Walkthrough
- Preparation
- Role One: Aaron Mayfield (Employee)
- Role One: Aaron Mayfield (Employee)
- Role Two: Jason Smith (Supervisor)
- Role Two: Jason Smith (Supervisor)
- Role Three: Lucinda Donalds (Witness)
- Role Three: Lucinda Donalds (Witness)
- Panel Presentation
- Decision Time
Session 8: Why Does the Process Fail?
- Key Factors
- The Importance of Transparency
- Key Skills
Session 9: A Personal Action Plan
- Starting Point
- Where I Want to Go
- How I Will Get There
Course 2 - Certificate in Conducting Effective Performance Reviews Online Course
Session One: Course Overview
Session Two: Performance Appraisals Done Well
- What are Performance Appraisals?
- Making Connections
- Building Trust
Session Three: Errors We Make
- Three Slippery Areas
- Making Connections
Session Four: Types of Performance Reviews
- Choosing What Works
- Winning Performance Appraisals
Session Five: The Performance Management Process
- The Four Steps
- Sample Performance Appraisal Forms
Session Six: Goals with SPIRIT
- Identifying Dreams and Setting Goals
- My Dreams and Goals
- Putting it All Together
Session Seven: The Performance Management Cycle
- The Four Phases
- The Basis for Review
Session Eight: Setting Standards
Session Nine: Creating a Performance Development Plan
Session Ten: Feedback and Communication
Session Eleven: Listening Skills
- Active Listening
- The Mission: To Listen
Session Twelve: Communication Strategies
- Basic Skills
- Probing
- Non-Verbal Messages
- Interpretation Exercise
Session Thirteen: Giving Feedback
- The Importance of Feedback
- Six Characteristics
- Case Studies
Session Fourteen: Accepting Criticism
Session Fifteen: Planning the Interview
Session Sixteen: The Interview
- A Basic Format
- Preparation
Session Seventeen: Goal Setting Role Play
Session Eighteen: Providing Feedback
Session Nineteen: Coaching
- The Importance of Coaching
- Task Preparation
Session Twenty: Appraisal Preparation
Session Twenty-One: The Interview
Session Twenty-Two: Maintaining Performance
Session Twenty-Three: Handling Performance Problems
- Make the Commitment
- Behavior Contracts
- Recognizing Mrs. Stanford
Session Twenty-Four: The Part Where Someone Gets Fired
- If You Have To Let Them Go…
- Role Play
Session Twenty-Five: Pre-Assignment Review
Session Twenty-Six: Performance Management Checklists
- Recommended Reading List
- Post-Course Assessment
- Pre- and Post-Assessment Answer Keys
- Personal Action Plan
Course 3 - Certificate in Conflict Resolution - Dealing With Difficult People Online Course
Session 1: Course Overview
- Learning Objectives
- Pre-Assignment
Session 2: Conflict as Communication
- Understanding Conflict
- Do We Have To Fight?
- What is A Conflict?
- How About Avoidance?
- Self-Assessment
- Initiating the Move
Session 3: Benefits of Confrontation
- To Talk or Not to Talk
- Determining Your Involvement
- Reciprocal Relationships
- Pre-Assignment Review
- Improving Relationships
Session 4: Preventing Problems
- The Importance of Empathy
- Dangerous Misconceptions
- How You Prevent Problems
- Preventing Problems
Session 5: Getting Focused
- Getting to the Heart of the Matter
- What's Missing?
- Peeling to the Core
- The Three F's
- Facts
- Frequency
- Frustrated Relationship
Session 6: Managing Anger
- Coping Strategies
- Expressing Anger
- Dealing with Other People's Anger
- Guidelines for Assertive Anger
- Start Positively
- Be Direct
- Specify the Degree of Anger
- Don't Accuse Others of Making You Angry
- Share Your Feelings of Threat and Fear
- Acknowledge Your Responsibility
- Avoid Self-Put Downs
- Self-Protective Techniques to Block Criticism
Session 7: Dealing with Problems
- Dealing with Problems
- Working With the Suggestions
- Explaining the Suggestions
- Causes of Difficult Behavior
- The Difficulty of Others
- Dealing with Others
Session 8: The Three-Step Conflict Resolution Model
- The Three-Step Model
- Research
- Presentation
- Presentation – What to Do
- Take Action
- Getting the Hang of Things
Session 9: Practice Makes Pretty Good
- Planning: Step 1 - Research
- Planning: Step 2 - Presentation
- Planning: Step 3 - Take Action
Session 10: Changing Yourself
- Negative vs. Positive Interactions
- Negative Interaction
- Positive Interaction
- Take the Wheel!
- Walking Away
- Your Organization
- Dealing with Negative Feelings
- Put Yourself in Charge of You
- Monitor Your Self-Talk
- Be in Control
- Work on Your Sense of Humor
- Have a Support Team
Session 11: Why Don't People Do What They Are Supposed To?
- The Big Question
- Answering the Question
Session 12: De-Stress Options to Use When Things Get Ugly
- Belly Breathing
- Visualize
- Music
- Acupressure and Massages
- Laughter
- General Coping Thoughts When Things Get Messy
Session 13: A Personal Action Plan
- Starting Point
- Where I Want to Go
- How I Will Get There
Course 4 - Certificate in Employee Accountability Online Course
Session 1: Course Overview
- Learning Objectives
- Pre-Assignment
Session 2: Defining Accountability
- What is Accountability?
- Why the Focus on Accountability?
- The Results Are In
- The Era of Distrust
- 1960's
- 1970's
- 1980's and 1990's
- The First Years of 2000
- Lessons Learned
Session 3: Creating an Accountable Organization
- The Accountability Cycle
- The Accountability Cycle
- Ways to Increase Accountability
- The Building Blocks
- Case Study
- Questions
- Accountability Starts with Me!
- Assertiveness,Part One
- Assertiveness, Part Two
- Responsibility
- A Final Note
- Pre-Assignment Review
Session 4: Setting Goals and Expectations
- Tips and Tricks
- SPIRIT
- Structuring Expectations
- A Final Note
- Making Connections
- Top Ten Ways to Create and Share Ownership
Session 5: Doing Delegation Right
- Understanding Delegation
- Four Basic Steps to Delegation
- Deciding What to Delegate
- The Five Levels
- Breaking Down the Model, Part One
- Breaking Down the Model, Part Two
- Monitoring Delegation
- How Do You Monitor?
Session 6: Offering Feedback
- The Ingredients of Good Feedback
- In Private
- Balanced
- Relevant
- Specific
- Documented
- Personal (In the Right Way)
- Making Connections
Session 7: A Toolbox for Managers
- Identifying Learning Opportunities
- Making Connections, Part One
- Making Connections, Part Two
- Making Connections, Part Three
- Making Connections, Part Four
A Personal Action Plan
- Starting Point
- Where I Want to Go
- How I Will Get There
Course 5 - Certificate in Performance Management - Managing Employee Performance Online Course
Session 1: Course Overview
- Learning Objectives
- Pre-Assignment Questions
Session 2: The Shared Management Model
- What is Performance Management?
- The Rake
- The Shared Management Model
- About The Shared Management Model
Session 3: Setting Goals
- Setting Goals with SPIRIT
- Example: Improving My Performance
- Getting Into It
Session 4: Phase I (Preparation)
- Overview
- Choosing the Right Person for the Job
- Setting Standards
- Effective Training
- Coaching 101
- What Coaching is Not
- What Coaching is Really About
- The Coaching Toolkit
- The Coaching Formula
- Checklist for Success
Session 5: Phase II (Activation)
- Overview
- Motivation
- The Carrot
- The Whip
- The Plant
- Motivation
Session 6: Phase III, Part A (Ongoing Evaluation)
- Overview
- Characteristics of Effective Feedback
- Case Study
- Individual Exercise
- Scenario One
- Scenario Two
- Scenario Three
- Scenario Four
- Scenario Five
- Accepting Criticism
Session 7: Phase III, Part B (Formal Evaluation)
- Overview
- Causes of Poor Performance
- Techniques for Success
- What Not To Do
- Case Study: What Upset John?
- Questions
- About Performance Reviews
- Sample 1
- Sample 2
- Sample 3
- Sample 4
- Sample 5
- Common Questions
Session 8: A Personal Action Plan
- Starting Point
- Where I Want to Go
- How I Will Get There
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About This Course
What you will learn - Learn About The Peer Review Process
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Get BIG Savings with our Employee Dispute Resolution Online Bundle, 5 Certificate Courses
- Employee Dispute Resolution: Mediation through Peer Review
- Conducting Effective Performance Reviews
- Conflict Resolution - Dealing With Difficult People
- Employee Accountability
- Performance Management - Managing Employee Performance
1. Employee Dispute Resolution: Mediation through Peer Review: Learn About The Peer Review Process
Have you ever been in a workplace situation where a supervisor has made a decision that you didn’t agree with? Did you wish that you could ask someone else what they thought of the decision and whether they would have done the same thing? The peer review process offers employees just that chance.
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.
After you complete this Employee Dispute Resolution: Mediation through Peer Review course, you will be able to:
- Describe what the peer review process is.
- Apply a process for employees to file grievances and for management to respond.
- Choose a facilitator and panel.
- Understand what is involved in the hearing process, from preliminary meetings to the hearing, and the decision process.
- Explain what responsibilities and powers a panel should have.
- Apply professional questioning and probing techniques.
- Understand why peer review panels fail and how to avoid those pitfalls
2. Conducting Effective Performance Reviews: Conduct Effective Performance Reviews
Trainers who work with HR consultants, managers, and supervisors can conduct a rich training experience in this training course, Conducting Effective Performance Reviews. You’ll teach the reasons why a performance review meeting is such an important aspect of career planning, and that the outcomes of the meeting should be known to the employee and supervisor before the meeting actually takes place.
This course will help you teach participants:
- To recognize the importance of having a performance review process for employees.
- How to work with employees to set performance standards and goals.
- Skills in observing, giving feedback, listening, and asking questions.
- An effective interview process and the opportunity to practice the process in a supportive atmosphere.
- How to make the performance review legally defensible, and much more.
3. Conflict Resolution - Dealing With Difficult People: Learn the Basics of Conflict Resolution
Sometimes it seems like the world is full of difficult people. While it might seem that the easiest remedy is to lock yourself up at home and avoid people, we eventually have to pick up the phone or step outside and interact with someone. This course will give you practical tools to deal with difficult people.
In this Conflict Resolution: Dealing With Difficult People course, you will learn the benefits of conflict, techniques for getting to the heart of the matter, anger and stress management tips, and ways to improve your own attitude. You’ll also learn a practical three-step model that will help you resolve conflict in a positive manner.
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Recognize how your own attitudes and actions affect others.
- Find new and effective techniques for dealing with difficult people.
- Learn some techniques for managing and dealing with anger.
- Develop coping strategies for dealing with difficult people and difficult situations.
4. Employee Accountability: Explore What Accountability Is All About
Organizations who promote accountability are more successful and more productive. This course gives workplace leaders techniques for promoting accountability in their organization, starting with themselves.
You will begin this course by exploring what accountability is all about and some recent events that have caused people to look at accountability more closely. Then, you’ll learn ways to build accountability and ownership in your organization and make yourself more accountable. Supporting skills, like goal setting, feedback, and delegation, are also covered.
After you complete this Employee Accountability course, you will be able to:
- Understand what accountability is and what events in history have shaped our view of it.
- Identify the requirements for personal and corporate accountability.
- Apply the cycle of accountability and the fundamental elements required to build an accountable organization.
- Describe what individuals must do to become accountable.
- Build skills required for accountability, including goal setting, giving and receiving feedback, and delegation.
- Pinpoint ways to build ownership in your organization.
- Isolate areas for further self-improvement.
5. Performance Management - Managing Employee Performance: Motivate Employees To Go Beyond Their Best
Inspiring someone to be their best is no easy task. How do you manage for optimum performance? How do you create a motivating environment that encourages people to go beyond their best? This course will give you some of those skills.
In this course, you will learn about the Shared Management Model, which helps the manager transfer motivation and responsibility for results to the employee. This course will cover all three phases of the model: preparing the employee for the job, motivating them to do it, and evaluating their performance.
After you complete this Performance Management: Managing Employee Performance course, you will be able to:
- Understand the role of goal setting in performance management.
- Have tools to help your employees set and achieve goals.
- Have a three-phase model that will help you prepare employees for peak performance, activate their inner motivation, and evaluate their skills.
- Have a better knowledge of motivational tools and techniques.
Receive Lifetime Access to Course Materials, so you can review at any time.
For comprehensive information on units of study click the units of study tab above.
This is an incredible opportunity to invest in yourself and your future, sharpen your training skills and learn what it takes to create your own success with Courses For Success Today!
Course Fast Facts:
- All courses are easy to follow and understand
- Only 6 to 8 hours of study is required per course
- Unlimited lifetime access to course materials
- Study as many courses as you want
- Delivered 100% on-line and accessible 24/7 from any computer or smartphone
- You can study from home or at work, at your own pace, in your own time
- Certificates
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Employee Dispute Resolution 5 Course Bundle includes the following courses, below is a summary of each course:
Course 1 - Certificate in Employee Dispute Resolution: Mediation through Peer Review Online Course
Session 1: Course Overview
- Learning Objectives
- Pre-Assignment
Session 2: What is Peer Review?
- Defining Peer Review
- EDR and ADR
- Objectives of Peer Review
- Peer Review Roles
- When to Use Peer Review
Session 3: Initiating the Proces
- The First Three Stages
- The Employee’s Role
- The Grievance Form
- The Manager’s Role
- Obtaining Witness Statements
- Other Documents
- Making Connections
- Record of Disciplinary Action
Session 4: The Peer Review Panel
- Appointing a Facilitator
- The Facilitator's Responsibilities
- Ensuring Fairness
- Choosing the Panel
- Choosing the Panel
- Making Connections: Case Study One
- Case Study Two
- Case Study Three
- Case Study Four
- The Panel's Contract
- The Panel’s Role and Responsibilities
Session 5: Asking Questions
- Asking Good Questions
- Open Questions vs. Closed Questions
- Closed Questions
- Open Questions
- Overcoming Closed Questions
- Probing
- Results of Probing
- Probing Tools
- Probing Tools
- Probing Tools
- Probing Tools
- Pushing My Buttons
- Part Two
Session 6: The Peer Review Process
- Preparing for the Hearing
- Group Work
- Deciding the Question
- Making Connections
- The Hearing
- Making the Decision
- Questions to Ask
- Voting
- The Decision
- About Recommendations
Session 7: Panel Walkthrough
- Preparation
- Role One: Aaron Mayfield (Employee)
- Role One: Aaron Mayfield (Employee)
- Role Two: Jason Smith (Supervisor)
- Role Two: Jason Smith (Supervisor)
- Role Three: Lucinda Donalds (Witness)
- Role Three: Lucinda Donalds (Witness)
- Panel Presentation
- Decision Time
Session 8: Why Does the Process Fail?
- Key Factors
- The Importance of Transparency
- Key Skills
Session 9: A Personal Action Plan
- Starting Point
- Where I Want to Go
- How I Will Get There
Course 2 - Certificate in Conducting Effective Performance Reviews Online Course
Session One: Course Overview
Session Two: Performance Appraisals Done Well
- What are Performance Appraisals?
- Making Connections
- Building Trust
Session Three: Errors We Make
- Three Slippery Areas
- Making Connections
Session Four: Types of Performance Reviews
- Choosing What Works
- Winning Performance Appraisals
Session Five: The Performance Management Process
- The Four Steps
- Sample Performance Appraisal Forms
Session Six: Goals with SPIRIT
- Identifying Dreams and Setting Goals
- My Dreams and Goals
- Putting it All Together
Session Seven: The Performance Management Cycle
- The Four Phases
- The Basis for Review
Session Eight: Setting Standards
Session Nine: Creating a Performance Development Plan
Session Ten: Feedback and Communication
Session Eleven: Listening Skills
- Active Listening
- The Mission: To Listen
Session Twelve: Communication Strategies
- Basic Skills
- Probing
- Non-Verbal Messages
- Interpretation Exercise
Session Thirteen: Giving Feedback
- The Importance of Feedback
- Six Characteristics
- Case Studies
Session Fourteen: Accepting Criticism
Session Fifteen: Planning the Interview
Session Sixteen: The Interview
- A Basic Format
- Preparation
Session Seventeen: Goal Setting Role Play
Session Eighteen: Providing Feedback
Session Nineteen: Coaching
- The Importance of Coaching
- Task Preparation
Session Twenty: Appraisal Preparation
Session Twenty-One: The Interview
Session Twenty-Two: Maintaining Performance
Session Twenty-Three: Handling Performance Problems
- Make the Commitment
- Behavior Contracts
- Recognizing Mrs. Stanford
Session Twenty-Four: The Part Where Someone Gets Fired
- If You Have To Let Them Go…
- Role Play
Session Twenty-Five: Pre-Assignment Review
Session Twenty-Six: Performance Management Checklists
- Recommended Reading List
- Post-Course Assessment
- Pre- and Post-Assessment Answer Keys
- Personal Action Plan
Course 3 - Certificate in Conflict Resolution - Dealing With Difficult People Online Course
Session 1: Course Overview
- Learning Objectives
- Pre-Assignment
Session 2: Conflict as Communication
- Understanding Conflict
- Do We Have To Fight?
- What is A Conflict?
- How About Avoidance?
- Self-Assessment
- Initiating the Move
Session 3: Benefits of Confrontation
- To Talk or Not to Talk
- Determining Your Involvement
- Reciprocal Relationships
- Pre-Assignment Review
- Improving Relationships
Session 4: Preventing Problems
- The Importance of Empathy
- Dangerous Misconceptions
- How You Prevent Problems
- Preventing Problems
Session 5: Getting Focused
- Getting to the Heart of the Matter
- What's Missing?
- Peeling to the Core
- The Three F's
- Facts
- Frequency
- Frustrated Relationship
Session 6: Managing Anger
- Coping Strategies
- Expressing Anger
- Dealing with Other People's Anger
- Guidelines for Assertive Anger
- Start Positively
- Be Direct
- Specify the Degree of Anger
- Don't Accuse Others of Making You Angry
- Share Your Feelings of Threat and Fear
- Acknowledge Your Responsibility
- Avoid Self-Put Downs
- Self-Protective Techniques to Block Criticism
Session 7: Dealing with Problems
- Dealing with Problems
- Working With the Suggestions
- Explaining the Suggestions
- Causes of Difficult Behavior
- The Difficulty of Others
- Dealing with Others
Session 8: The Three-Step Conflict Resolution Model
- The Three-Step Model
- Research
- Presentation
- Presentation – What to Do
- Take Action
- Getting the Hang of Things
Session 9: Practice Makes Pretty Good
- Planning: Step 1 - Research
- Planning: Step 2 - Presentation
- Planning: Step 3 - Take Action
Session 10: Changing Yourself
- Negative vs. Positive Interactions
- Negative Interaction
- Positive Interaction
- Take the Wheel!
- Walking Away
- Your Organization
- Dealing with Negative Feelings
- Put Yourself in Charge of You
- Monitor Your Self-Talk
- Be in Control
- Work on Your Sense of Humor
- Have a Support Team
Session 11: Why Don't People Do What They Are Supposed To?
- The Big Question
- Answering the Question
Session 12: De-Stress Options to Use When Things Get Ugly
- Belly Breathing
- Visualize
- Music
- Acupressure and Massages
- Laughter
- General Coping Thoughts When Things Get Messy
Session 13: A Personal Action Plan
- Starting Point
- Where I Want to Go
- How I Will Get There
Course 4 - Certificate in Employee Accountability Online Course
Session 1: Course Overview
- Learning Objectives
- Pre-Assignment
Session 2: Defining Accountability
- What is Accountability?
- Why the Focus on Accountability?
- The Results Are In
- The Era of Distrust
- 1960's
- 1970's
- 1980's and 1990's
- The First Years of 2000
- Lessons Learned
Session 3: Creating an Accountable Organization
- The Accountability Cycle
- The Accountability Cycle
- Ways to Increase Accountability
- The Building Blocks
- Case Study
- Questions
- Accountability Starts with Me!
- Assertiveness,Part One
- Assertiveness, Part Two
- Responsibility
- A Final Note
- Pre-Assignment Review
Session 4: Setting Goals and Expectations
- Tips and Tricks
- SPIRIT
- Structuring Expectations
- A Final Note
- Making Connections
- Top Ten Ways to Create and Share Ownership
Session 5: Doing Delegation Right
- Understanding Delegation
- Four Basic Steps to Delegation
- Deciding What to Delegate
- The Five Levels
- Breaking Down the Model, Part One
- Breaking Down the Model, Part Two
- Monitoring Delegation
- How Do You Monitor?
Session 6: Offering Feedback
- The Ingredients of Good Feedback
- In Private
- Balanced
- Relevant
- Specific
- Documented
- Personal (In the Right Way)
- Making Connections
Session 7: A Toolbox for Managers
- Identifying Learning Opportunities
- Making Connections, Part One
- Making Connections, Part Two
- Making Connections, Part Three
- Making Connections, Part Four
A Personal Action Plan
- Starting Point
- Where I Want to Go
- How I Will Get There
Course 5 - Certificate in Performance Management - Managing Employee Performance Online Course
Session 1: Course Overview
- Learning Objectives
- Pre-Assignment Questions
Session 2: The Shared Management Model
- What is Performance Management?
- The Rake
- The Shared Management Model
- About The Shared Management Model
Session 3: Setting Goals
- Setting Goals with SPIRIT
- Example: Improving My Performance
- Getting Into It
Session 4: Phase I (Preparation)
- Overview
- Choosing the Right Person for the Job
- Setting Standards
- Effective Training
- Coaching 101
- What Coaching is Not
- What Coaching is Really About
- The Coaching Toolkit
- The Coaching Formula
- Checklist for Success
Session 5: Phase II (Activation)
- Overview
- Motivation
- The Carrot
- The Whip
- The Plant
- Motivation
Session 6: Phase III, Part A (Ongoing Evaluation)
- Overview
- Characteristics of Effective Feedback
- Case Study
- Individual Exercise
- Scenario One
- Scenario Two
- Scenario Three
- Scenario Four
- Scenario Five
- Accepting Criticism
Session 7: Phase III, Part B (Formal Evaluation)
- Overview
- Causes of Poor Performance
- Techniques for Success
- What Not To Do
- Case Study: What Upset John?
- Questions
- About Performance Reviews
- Sample 1
- Sample 2
- Sample 3
- Sample 4
- Sample 5
- Common Questions
Session 8: A Personal Action Plan
- Starting Point
- Where I Want to Go
- How I Will Get There
Requirements
Entry requirements
Students must have basic literacy and numeracy skills.
Minimum education
Open entry. Previous schooling and academic achievements are not required for entry into this course.
Computer requirements
Students will need access to a computer and the internet.
Minimum specifications for the computer are:
Windows:
Microsoft Windows XP, or laterModern and up to date Browser (Internet Explorer 8 or later, Firefox, Chrome, Safari)
MAC/iOS
OSX/iOS 6 or laterModern and up to date Browser (Firefox, Chrome, Safari)
All systems
Internet bandwidth of 1Mb or fasterFlash player or a browser with HTML5 video capabilities(Currently Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Chrome, Safari)
Students will also need access the following applications:
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Requirements
Entry requirements:
Students must have basic literacy and numeracy skills.
Minimum education:
Open entry. Previous schooling and academic achievements are not required for entry into this course.
Device requirements:
Students will need access to a computer/any device and the internet.
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1. Who are Courses For Success?
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with 5 courses, since then we have grown to over 10,000 online courses.
Our courses span across the following categories:
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take this course.
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study this course, this course is open to anyone who would like to take
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6. What if English is not my first language?
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our training, you can take your time studying the material and make use
of tools such as google translate and Grammarly.
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All our courses are accessible online on any device. You may complete them at your own pace and at your own time.
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By studying an online course, the usual boundaries caused by location and time constraints are eliminated, meaning you are free to study where and when you want at your own pace.
Of course, you will need to be able to self-manage your time and be organized, but with our help, you’ll soon find yourself settling into a comfortable rhythm of study.
11. What computer skills do I need for my course?
You
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but you should be comfortable typing, using the internet and be capable
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The majority of our courses have unlimited lifetime access, meaning you can access this course whenever you want.
Please also check the course summary, as a small selection of courses have limited access.
13. How long will my course take?
Course duration, is listed under Course Summary
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All the required material for your course is included in the online system, you do not need to buy anything else.
15. Is the course interactive?
Yes, all our courses are interactive.
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Yes,
you will be required to complete a multiple-choice test online at the
end of your course, you can do this test as many times as you require.
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