Overview/Description Do you have a strong professional network of people who can help you move forward professionally? Does the thought of networking scare you because you feel uncomfortable in situations where you're expected to be outgoing and make conversation with people you don't know? Regardless of your strengths and weaknesses, situation or occupation, a key factor in advancing your career is using good communication skills to build strong professional relationships and maintain an effective business network of contacts. This course provides you with the essential communication skills...

Overview/Description Office politics are often a slippery slope. This Challenge examines options for dealing with them. Expected Duration (hours) 0.2 Lesson ObjectivesOffice Politics - What Will You Do?

Overview/Description You have the knowledge to assess current work/life balance and overcome internal and external obstacles to achieving balance. You know where you are and where you want to be, but now what? How do you achieve and maintain that balance? How will it be affected by external factors and behaviors? This course will focus on techniques for maintaining work/life balance. It includes recognizing the behaviors of passiveness, aggressiveness, and assertiveness and how those affect a person's ability to find balance in life. Techniques that can be used to achieve and preserve...

Overview/Description Knowing how to make a decision doesn't always lead to having a strong decisive nature. Indecisiveness is often due to personal barriers that individuals use to protect themselves from failure. Fortunately, recognizing barriers as they arise can go a long way toward overcoming indecisiveness in the workplace. This course introduces the concept of procrastination in decision making and the drivers that may cause you to stall when faced with several choices. A main driver in the decision-making process is fear: fear of making a 'wrong' choice. This course examines fear and...