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Leadership and Management


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5927A: Microsoft Office Project
2007, Managing Projects
 

$495.00 

This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to build, maintain, and control well-formed project plans. This is the first course in the Microsoft Office Project 2007 Official Curriculum series and serves as the entry point for other Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC) courses covering Microsoft Office Project 2007 and the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) 2007 Solution.

5928A: Managing Projects 

$495.00 

This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control, and close enterprise projects by using the Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 enterprise tool. This is the second course in the Microsoft Office Project 2007 Official Curriculum series and covers the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution.

Better Business Communication
Course
 

$99.00

Do you feel that you have difficulty expressing your business goals in precise terms? This Metrotek course, based on the book Better Business Communication by Dr. Phillip Bozek can help you! Learn quick and easy techniques to improve all types of business communication–memos, letters, presentations and meetings.

Coaching Employees to Deliver
Their Best Course

$119.00

Coaching Employees to Deliver their Best teaches managers how to coach employees to become motivated, self- tarting problem solvers to reach their optimum performance. This means more success for your team, your company, and you. You will learn the different roles that a good coach must take on in order to create a high- erformance team. You’ll learn critical coaching skills, when it’s OK to get personal with your employees, how to give constructive feedback, and how to help employees solve their own conflicts.

Diversity Dynamics Course

$99.00

Diversity is a key element in any successful workplace. But to be successful, a diverse workforce must learn to work together. This course helps you implement a company-wide diversity training program. At its conclusion, you’ll understand how to expose key issues, get your management’s buy-in, develop and implement your plan, and more.

Effective Meeting Skills Course

$99.00

Use this concise planning guide to help you eliminate time-wasting components and benefit from lean, productive sessions. This interactive Metrotek training course based on the book, Effective Meeting Skills by Marion E. Haynes has an entertaining format that includes exercises and checklists as well as examples and case studies to help you plan, conduct, and improve any meeting, on or offsite. You’ll learn how to spot and avoid meeting problems in advance, how to handle conflict and digression and how to improve future meetings through evaluation and feedback.

Effective Presentation Skills
Course

$99.00

Enhance your presentation skills and shine in any meeting with this friendly, concise Metrotek course based on the book Effective Presentation Skills by Steve Mandel. Learn everything you need to know to deliver a solid sales pitch or presentation with clarity, persuasiveness, and confidence. With this interactive training, you’ll learn how to organize your thoughts and data for maximum impact, develop eye-catching visual aids and use effective body language.

Employment Law Compliance Series

$785.00

 

Empowerment Course

$5.00

Generate excitement and ownership at every level of your organization by using this step-by-step plan for empowerment. Gauge the current environment, strengthen team relationships and develop new processes that support a proactive workforce. Enable employees to use their full talents and abilities to make a real difference for your company, your team, and yourself! This is a Metrotek course based on the book Empowerment by Dr. Cynthia D. Scott & Dr. Dennis T. Jaffe.

Excellence in Supervision Course

$145.00

The Excellence in Supervision course from Metrotek gives new supervisors the tools and experiences to start on the right track and provides existing supervisors with practical and proven strategies for success. Discover the critical success factors supervisors need to create a positive, powerful, motivating environment for employees. With Excellence in Supervision, you can quickly learn and immediately apply the people skills needed to succeed.

Executive Leadership Series

$355.00

This groundbreaking series will take your organization from ordinary to revolutionary. The entire concept of leadership is changing. In this series from Metrotek, Joel Barker explores old ideas and stagnant patterns, transforming your outlook to move beyond the natural resistance to change and create successful new opportunities. This course is for anyone who wants to increase innovation, create a paradigm shift and generate greater wealth. Includes Leadershift, Tactics of Innovation, The New Business of Paradigms and Wealth, Innovation and Diversity.

Executive Management Series – New
2009

$365.00

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Giving and Receiving Criticism
Course

$139.00

Effective criticism made easy. Criticism is an essential component of growth and improvement. Learn to give and take criticism in ways that benefit the individuals involved, as well as your organization. This course will take you through a 3 step formula for successful criticism. Use these lessons to establish a spirit of cooperation and growth, and create a more effective organization. Course Time: 00:19:40

Handling Conflict and
Confrontation Course

$145.00

There’s no escaping conflict in the workplace, at home or with your personal relationships. Whenever diverse individuals work together, there are bound to be differences of opinion, miscommunication and unwelcome criticism – even out-and-out confrontations. In this solution-based interactive media, you’ll find proven tactics to help you defuse volatile situations and remain in control when tempers flare and emotions overheat.

How to Coach an Effective Team Course

$99.00

In this results-focused, high-energy interactive media, you’ll discover the crucial coaching and leadership skills you need to mold a group of diverse individuals into a cohesive team of motivated, enthusiastic achievers. Coach Joe will inspire you to develop the leadership techniques that will encourage people to rise to new levels of performance. You will discover new communication approaches that will get everyone to pull together, while inspiring trust, commitment and respect.

How to Supervise People Course

$145.00

Managing, supervising – you could be the world’s greatest supervisor if only your employees would cooperate! There’s nothing more challenging than trying to achieve your goals through others. You have to be a manager, a psychologist and a den leader all in one. Now, effective leadership is within your reach, with this step-by-step interactive media course.

IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Training

$295.00

The IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is a collection of documents that are used to support the implementation of a framework for IT Service Management (ITSM). Taken as a whole, ITIL provides a comprehensive set of guidelines for management processes linking the technical implementation and operations guidelines recommended by specific equipment or software manufacturers and the strategic management, operations management and financial management of a modern business.

IT Service Management (ITSM)
Training

$395.00

As businesses demand more from IT managers, organizations are looking to ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) Service Management as the best practice approach to operational and service excellence. This ITSM course explores ITIL documented best practices and in most cases extends into additional areas such as enhanced processes and implementation to provide additional value-added functionality. ITSM methods have evolved to include specific ways to enable and optimize assessment, planning, and implementation of ITIL best practices.

ITIL® Foundation Course

$405.00

ITIL® Foundation (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) is a set of concepts and policies for managing information technology (IT) infrastructure, development, and operations. In this course you will learn a range of benefits including: reduced costs, improving IT services through the use of proven best practice processes, improved customer satisfaction through a more professional approach to service delivery, standards and guidance, improved productivity and so much more.

ITIL® Foundation Course

$405.00

ITIL® Foundation (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) is a set of concepts and policies for managing information technology (IT) infrastructure, development, and operations. In this course you will learn a range of benefits including: reduced costs, improving IT services through the use of proven best practice processes, improved customer satisfaction through a more professional approach to service delivery, standards and guidance, improved productivity and so much more.

Leadershift Course

$99.00

The entire concept of leadership is changing. In this course you will explore leadership shifts and learn five concepts that will expand the performance of any leader. Using bridge-building as a metaphor, Metrotek expert Joel Barker teaches us that, more than anything else, the 21st century leader will build bridges – bridges of hope, ideas, and opportunities. Bridges that help us move from where we are to where we need to be.

Leadership Series

$575.00

The Leadership Series from Metrotek provides five complete courses of instruction to help organizations develop effective leaders and successful teams. Courses include Powerful Communication Skills, Powerful Presentation Skills, How to Supervise People, How to Coach an Effective Team and How to Handle Conflict and Confrontation.

Leadership Skills for Women Course

$99.00

Polishing communication styles, developing team-building skills, and creating a successful leadership model are at the heart of this informative course. This is a great first step for women who want to become tomorrow’s business leaders. Let the experts show you how to overcome stereotypes of women as leaders and develop the characteristics of effective leaders.

Manage Time Course

$145.00

It’s a fact of life – if you can’t manage time effectively, you’ll have difficulty meeting deadlines and handling your most pressing priorities. The Manage Time training course from Metrotek helps you maintain your schedules, priorities, and commitments without running behind. Learn to effectively plan and prioritize each day, week, and month. Manage Time will show you how to make space for all the important things in your life.

Managing a Diverse Workforce
Course

$119.00

You will learn how to build a workplace that is accepting, understanding, and respectful of all the differences seen in others. Learn to appreciate individual characteristics that coworkers bring to the mix. Employees will discover how to break through the stereotypes and prejudices that can prevent them from accepting the differences they see around them.

Managing Change at Work Course

$99.00

Become a motivating influence during times of change. This interactive Metrotek course, based on the book Managing Change at Work by Dr. Cynthia D. Scott & Dr. Dennis T. Jaffe, provides the skills managers need for understanding and supporting people through the process of change. Real world examples teach you how to rise to the challenge of mergers, takeovers, and downsizing to build a motivated workforce in any situation.

Managing Disagreement Course

$145.00

Most of us go out of our way to avoid disagreements, let alone try to manage them. Yet, effectively managing disagreement can be one of the most important supervisory and managerial skills. In the Managing Disagreement training program from Metrotek, users can take a sophisticated assessment of their own conflict management style, learn the nine ways to approach and deal with disagreement and see examples of each of these styles illustrated in dramatic vignettes.

Managing for Commitment Course

$99.00

In today’s changing workplace, employee commitment and company loyalty are major issues faced by employers in every business sector. This Metrotek course based on the book Managing for Commitment by Carol Kinsey Goman, provides organizations and supervisors specifically defined  steps for establishing good management skills and increasing employee trust and loyalty. By presenting concepts that teach balancing self-fulfillment with job commitment, managers empower employees, thus increasing productivity and company loyalty.

Mentoring Course

$99.00

Is mentoring right for you? You’ll find this interactive training course from Metrotek to be an insightful guide to better mentoring in today’s workplace and learn the skills of a competent, inspiring teacher. This course, based on the book Mentoring by Gordon F. Shea, explains the many styles of mentoring, how to understand mentee needs andwhat types of behaviors to practice and avoid.

Microsoft Project 2003 Training

$295.00

Students will learn the fundamentals of Project 2003. Some of the things discussed in this course are calendars, resources, tasks, costs, and the different views used within the software for budget, status, allocations, and earned value. This course takes you step-by-step through your mastery of Microsoft Project 2003.

Microsoft Project 2007 – Level 1

$345.00

You need to gather information about the various tasks involved, resources required to accomplish the tasks, and the overall cost in order to plan a project. Microsoft® Office Project Professional 2007 acts as a tool that assists you in managing your projects. In this course, you will create and modify a project plan.

Microsoft Project 2007 – Level 2

$345.00

In Microsoft Project 2007: Level 1, you used your project management skills to create a complete project plan. Now the plans need to be updated and modified regularly to keep the project moving on track. Project Level 2 will build upon the knowledge gained, and give you the opportunity to work with a project plan once it reaches the project implementation phase.

Motivation and Goal Setting Course

$145.00

Are you tired of setting goals and then never quite achieving them? Would you like to rocket out of your current routine and become more productive? Are you eager to break through the barriers that hold you back? You can do it! This invaluable training course for professionals will not only help you determine your goals, but will also give you strategic tools you can apply right away to motivate yourself toward making your goals realities.

Powerful Communication Skills
Course

$145.00

Communicating is more difficult in today’s fast-paced technological world. It takes special skills to get people to listen to you - skills you will learn in this interactive media presentation. This dynamic course will help you identify the key elements of communicating and learn specific techniques for improving. Send a clear message…be a powerful communicator.

Powerful Presentation Skills
Course

$145.00

No matter what your role, the power and impact of a clear, persuasive presentation style is your most effective business ally…whether you’re in front of one or 100 people. Learn to skillfully present your ideas with impact and confidence! This course is a truly innovative, practical approach to mastering the fundamentals of presentations. Present with confidence, you can do it!

Productivity Series

$615.00

Nearly every manager wants to be more productive personally and inspire his or her team to increase productivity. The Productivity Series from Metrotek can help you achieve that goal. The series includes five complete courses: The Art of Communication; The Art of Stress Management; The Art of Organization; Attitude for Success; and Manage Time.

Project 2003 Course

$135.00

With the Project 2003 course from Metrotek, you will discover how to effectively plan, manage, and track the advancement of projects with Microsoft Project 2003. Expert instructor, Erin Olsen, begins this course with some project management basics. She will then take you through step-by-step, demonstrating ways to maximize your efforts and get the most from Project 2003.

Project 2007 Course

$135.00

Learn to use the software to create and manage projects with minimal effort. Understand the value of well organized projects that can come in on budget, on time, and using the resources available. Find out how in today’s busy world to handle project management. Whether your company is big or small project management is central to business success. This 3 session courses takes you from basic project management, understanding Gantt charts and critical path tasks, to working with tasks and manipulating resources to keep projects within budgets.

Project Management Course

$99.00

This training teaches you the four phases of a project’s life cycle, planning for quality, time and cost to make the best use of your resources. You will go through the steps to control your work-in-progress with interim reviews and bring your project to a successful conclusion. The principles of project management are applicable at all levels of an organization. Whether you are managing a construction project, software development, office relocation or a class reunion, your project will run more smoothly using these methods.

Project Management Professional
(PMP) Training

$295.00

This course builds a solid foundation for project management knowledge that can be readily applied in the workplace. It begins with the PMBOK process framework and proceeds through the 8 areas of Communications Management, Cost Management, Human Resources Management, Integration Management, Procurement Management, Quality Management, Risk Management, and Time Management. The course closes with strategies for taking the PMP exam.

Project Management
Professional® 2009 Certification Prep Course

$380.00

The Project Management Professional 2009 course guides you through the journey of understanding the basic fundamentals involved in high level project management. Discover what defines a project life cycle, how project management process mapping works and how to develop a project scope statement. By the end of this course, you will have the knowledge to successfully define and execute projects while gaining a strong understanding of administrative or contract closure.

Project Management Series

$610.00

retired 12/23/09

Quality Focused Supervision Course

$95.00

Build morale and productivity through engaged leadership. Your managers will learn to build supervisory skills that maintain discipline and command respect, without creating resentment. This course will help your managers recognize their management strengths and weaknesses, and will provide a benchmark for their improvement. Course Time: 00:25:17

Successful Management Series – New
2009

$395.00

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Successful Negotiation Course

$99.00

Save money, time and achieve satisfaction by learning to negotiate profitably. This Metrotek course, based on the book Successful Negotiation by Robert B. Maddux, covers win/win negotiating ideas and methods. Discover the best techniques for managing conflict through negotiation by using the updated case studies and examples.

Tactics of Innovation Course

$99.00

In this ground-breaking course, Metrotek expert Joel Barker goes on location to share stories about why people say “no” to new ideas. More importantly, he introduces a ten-step strategy designed to remove barriers between new ideas and people who naturally resist change. These tactics will dramatically increase acceptance of any kind of idea. Tactics of Innovation relays an important message to any organization that wishes to discover new ideas and bring them into practice.

Team Development Series

$495.00

Metrotek’s Team Development Series is a collection of six interactive courses – Mentoring, Working Together, Team Leadership, Increasing Employee Productivity, Effective Meeting Skills, and Team Problem Solving. Each course contains valuable tools and insights, and completing this series will arm you with an array of skills that will help you to develop an efficient, effective team.

Team Leadership Course

$99.00

This interactive course from Metrotek, based on the book Team Leadership by Dr. Don Hackett and Dr. Charles L. Martin, explores methods and concepts to bring out the collaborative voices of your team members. Learn how to get started with this simple six-step plan and increase participation and team efficiency. They will demonstrate how to develop feedback and clarification skills creating a shortcut to team consensus.

Team Problem Solving Course

$99.00

Team dynamics often create their own set of problems. Don’t try to find solutions alone – do it with the proven resolution techniques outlined in this easy-to-follow, ready-to-apply program. This interactive Metrotek course based on the book Team Problem Solving by Sandy Pokras shows you step-by-step how to rationally confront issues and how to systematically resolve them. Real solutions prevent recurrent problems.

The Business of Listening Course

$99.00

Metrotek’s The Business of Listening course, based on the book Business of Listening by Diane Bone, will show you how to become a better listener by demonstrating how your listening skills build either barriers or bridges. You will learn ten steps to controlling emotional ”hot buttons” and the impact of good listening skills on productivity. Becoming an active listener will help your productivity and success by helping you extract important details from every message.

The Employee Hunt: Recruiting Good
People Course

$119.00

The Employee Hunt: Recruiting Good People shows you how to use technology to reach the smart, talented, loyal, hardworking employees that you want to hire. Discover how to increase your company’s appeal and draw in qualified candidates. Learn how to identify your organizations top performers and reap the benefits of hiring and promoting from within. You’ll also find out how to create an employee referral program and turn existing employees into your top recruiters.

The New Business of Paradigms
Course

$99.00

You can choose to change your paradigm. Transforming your outlook about change is highly effective in creating success and new opportunities. In The New Business of Paradigms, Metrotek expert Joel Barker delivers an important message about identifying, embracing and acting on change. This course gives past and present examples of paradigm shifts, and shows how you can choose to change your paradigm.

Wealth, Innovation and Diversity
Course

$99.00

The course, Wealth, Innovation and Diversity, takes you on a journey around the world to understand a fundamental truth: Diversity is the key to creating wealth for all. Drawing from history, science, and business, Metrotek expert Joel Barker contends that your organization will experience long-lasting success only when you collaborate with individuals who are different from yourself. This course is for everyone in your organization and will help you move successfully into the future.

Working as a Team Course

$95.00

Working as a team builds involvement, improves communication and cooperation, and generates innovative business solutions. This course will teach your employees how to streamline decision making and expand competencies. At the end of this course your employees will know both what to expect from teams and what their teammates will expect from them. Course Time: 00:23:11

 

TOTAL COST OF ALL COURSES WITHOUT
PACKAGE:

$12,248.00