Sooner or later, everyone finds themselves selling something. Contrary to popular opinion, the best sales people don’t all have their own style of selling. There is a process, and a series of practices that everyone can learn in order to...
Have you ever thought about starting a career in graphic design? Or do you want to learn some basic skills for promoting your business? Either way, you don’t need to go to design school to become a graphic designer. With...
In today's digital world, people buy from those they know, like, and trust. The modern buyer is overwhelmed by choice, especially online. So how do you attract your target prospects? How will they find you if you don’t offer value...
Developing a diverse and inclusive organization and network is just smart business. Teams, organizations, and networks benefit and grow from the unique experience of each member. This learning path explores why diversity in the workplace is so...
If you want to create an effective training program, it'll take more than just good content. This path is designed to give you key information, pointers and ideas for how to structure your next training program so that it can...
The begrudged sales call. You understand the fundamental principles behind selling, but you still dread the 'sales call'. There are several ways to manage a sales call, however, the 8 steps detailed below include the most succinct way you can...
As emails increase, we tune out more and over time become even less responsive. As incoming messages become increasingly challenging to navigate in volume and or urgency, here are a few ways managing your inbox that can be done on...
Let’s talk! It is true that anyone can begin a class conversation, but not all conversations are fruitful. It is not enough to simply open the floor for discussion. If you really want to initiate juicy and impactful discourse in...
Now it's time to get into the business side of the digital media field. Marketing is a major part of creating content, so here are some basics you should know before jumping in. In this section, we will discuss key...
Finding the right idea for a creative campaign is not always easy, but in order to uncover the insight you should get immersed into the target you are focused on. It's been said that getting involved and being part of...
Take ownership of the customer experience for internal and external customers. Every person within an organization contributes to positive or negative customer experiences. A single person can impact culture, life morale, innovate products, and create...
I’ve curated this list of selections because their subject matter either irreversibly changed the way I see the world or articulates the lens by which I now see the world. I hope this is as helpful for you as it...
To begin to study creativity, we must consider convergent versus divergent thinking. Our educational systems have long sought to teach students how to answer questions. What is the right answer? In most traditional teaching-learning situations,...
This path will introduce you to the basic principles of Evidence-Based Management, a revolutionary approach that is changing how we manage organizations, teams and people at work. For many years we have based our decisions on intuition and advice from...
This path will introduce characteristics and tendencies of the different generations and will help the learner understand the values, communication styles, and working styles of each. At the end of the path, learners will be able to identify ways of...
This learning path breaks down how to efficiently and effectively prep merchandise for purchase or rental with a simple three-step process.
This path introduces the concept of multiple leadership styles and tendencies. At the end of the path, learners will be able to classify their own leadership style and identify the strengths and weaknesses of different leadership styles. Participants...
Showing up every day feeling great and ready to rock. Parts of the 6 Vital Skills to Catapult Your Career series with Pete Mockaitis.
We create them all the time and they hold our futures on their pages, yet they are so difficult to get just right. Your resume is either too old, too modern, doesn't provide enough detail, or simply doesn't showcase your...
Being creative is work that is full of meaning, joy, personal learning, and frustration. It's also a journey. This path was inspired by my journey as a creativity coach, teacher, blogger, and writer; I hope it inspires you and piques...
This learning path explores the impact of fairness on performance and offers concrete strategies for leaders and individuals to create a fair workplace. Fair businesses outperform not only because employees are motivated and committed, but also...
At the workplace, we need to collaborate with others to achieve results. Whether these interactions are internal, with our colleagues, or external, with clients or providers; knowing how to effectively create and claim value in negotiation is an essential workplace...
Making the jump to your first leadership job is one of the most stressful events in life. More than 87 percent of first-time leaders feel frustrated, anxious and uncertain about their new role. Frontline leaders lack confidence and effectiveness in...
Getting started - as a startup, small business, or entrepreneur - is tough. The startup boom has created such a tsunami of information around developing a successful startup that it's difficult to separate a signal from all the noise. This...
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