Improve your judgment and decisiveness skills. Business Acumen is all about seeing the big picture and recognizing that all decisions no matter how small can have an effect on the bottom line. Increase your financial literacy and improve your business sense.

Unlock an advantage everyone wishes they had. The course will help you recognize learning events, manage risk better, and increase your critical thinking. Business Acumen has the ability to influence your whole organization, and provide that additional edge that will lead to success.

Today’s business environment isn’t focused on 9-to-5, lifelong, static positions like it were decades ago. Our world is constantly shifting and evolving, meaning that businesses (and workers) must evolve with it. As a result of this shift, consultants have more opportunities than ever before. However, starting your own business, even if it’s just a part-time venture, is a big responsibility. It’s important to invest your money, time, and energy wisely. This course will show the best way to build a business as a consultant.

Transform your communication … Transform your life! It’s hard to get the slightest things done … If you can’t communicate well. Master communicators enjoy better careers, relationships, happiness and more success! Gain an unfair advantage over those who are missing these skills … And join the ranks of the top 1% of communicators!

You will learn:

Visual merchandising is one of a retailer’s most valuable assets. When done well, it can drive sales, inspire loyalty in customers, improve the buying experience and communicate a brand’s core values and ideals. This course will provide you with a comprehensive overview of the principles and practices of visual merchandising.

Emotional intelligence, also called EQ, is the ability to be aware of and to manage emotions and relationships. It’s a pivotal factor in personal and professional success. IQ will get you in the door, but it is your EQ, your ability to connect with others and manage the emotions of yourself and others, that will determine how successful you are in life. We have all worked with and listened to brilliant people. Some of them were great and… well, some were not so great. The mean and the meek and all those in between can teach us more than they realize.

Touch typing is a skill with powerful benefits, including: enhanced productivity, improved focus, increased speed, accuracy, job opportunities and even health. When you know how to touch type you open up a whole new world of productivity and information management capability.

“Time is money”, the saying goes, but lots of it gets lost in disorganization and disruption. Many people find that they flit from one task to another, trying to get everything done. By implementing the right time management tools and techniques you can become more efficient at work, reduce stress and enjoy a good work-life balance.

In this course, you will learn how to make the most of your time by setting your goals and identifying your priorities, getting a grip on your workflow and office space, using your planner effectively, and more.

OBJECTIVES

With a host of new challenges and responsibilities to tackle, new supervisors need training that helps them adjust to their new role. Learning how to supervise your new employees on a trial and error basis can lead to discouragement. This course can help you overcome many of the problems a new supervisor may encounter, and to set the groundwork for a successful change in your working life! You will be able to:

Whenever we are at a milestone in our lives, the start of a new year, a birthday, an anniversary, or even a new season, it is usually time to introspect and assess where we are in our life journey. In this course we learn about how to consciously create a Positive Beginning, learn many new Positive-Thinking Exercises, and stay Positive beyond the milestones. We also look at how to operate with a beginner’s mind by creating and keeping to our resolutions.

OBJECTIVES

At the end of this course you will be able to:

Most people are familiar with modern conventional medicine and ancient herbal remedies. Holistic medicine is the happy medium between herbal medicine and conventional medicine with a twist. It uses a wider selection of treatments and an entirely different way of going about curing or adapting to disease.

People who take the time to learn about holistic health often find themselves feeling more in control over their health, finding a sense of balance in their wellbeing, an improved diet, better physical health and more.

Every child has the right to live a life free from abuse. Sadly, many children are mistreated, often by those closest to them. Child abuse, which takes several different forms, has long-lasting repercussions. For example, adults who have been abused as children are significantly more likely to develop mental health problems. They are also at increased risk of perpetrating abuse against others.

Approximately 1 in 3 older adults living at home will have at least one fall each year. In most cases, falls do not result in serious injury. However, in some cases, they can have devastating effects. For instance, an older adult with osteoporosis may sustain a serious fracture following a fall.

This course will teach you why older people often suffer falls and how falls can be prevented in domestic settings. You will learn practical strategies for adapting the environment and working with healthcare professionals, in order to reduce the risk and promote independence.

Beginning with the Organizational Safety Policy, the company’s Safety Plan shows that Senior Management takes the commitment to worker health and safety seriously. The safety plan provides a system of policies, procedures and practices to help prevent accidents/incidents, gives workers the knowledge to help them create a safe working environment and outlines a consistent methodology for the company’s approach to Health and Safety. It is one of the more important safety documents that a company can produce.

Over 300 cases of Legionnaires’ disease are reported every year in England and Wales. The majority of these cases occur in the workplace. It is a serious illness that proves fatal in up to 12% of cases.

Legionnaires’ disease is caused by Legionella bacteria, which may grow in water systems. Fortunately, it is relatively simple to identify potential sites of Legionella growth. In this course, you will learn how to identify and manage Legionella and meet your obligations under health and safety law with regards to risk management at work.

The workplace is one of the leading locations where people experience stress and anxiety. Every employee will encounter it sometime during their career. Everyone should be aware of the signs of anxiety and the tools needed to cope and deal with it.

Our Managing Workplace Anxiety course provides the important skills and resources to recognize and manage workplace anxiety. By identifying these symptoms and coping skills, you will be better suited in dealing with these common situations and managing challenges that the workplace can bring.