At its core, social engineering is not a cyber attack. Instead, social engineering is all about the psychology of persuasion: It targets the mind like your old-school grifter or con man. The aim is to gain the trust of targets, so they lower their guard, and then encourage them into taking unsafe actions such as divulging personal information or clicking on web links, or opening attachments that may be malicious. Learning Objectives The following are some of the key outcomes in this course: Understand Social Engineering and how to spot common infiltration methods Learn about the different types of social engineering attacks and how to avoid becoming a victim Understand what phishing is and how to spot the red flags of fraudulent emails Explore the best cybersecurity practices to protect your systems and accounts Learn about the five types of business email compromise Detect the warning signs of this scam and how to prevent attacks Target Audience Young Professionals
Cultural competence, or the ability to interact sensitively and respectfully with individuals from diverse backgrounds, is an essential skill. Many business professionals face challenges in this area, such as misinterpreting cultural norms, leading to misunderstandings, and even unintentionally offending partners or clients. Discover the knowledge and skills to bridge these cultural gaps, fostering positive relationships, and enhancing business success in a globalized world. Participants will gain insights into cultural differences, communication styles, and strategies for fostering cross-cultural understanding. Learning Objectives The following are some of the key outcomes in this course: Learn what it means to be culturally competent and why it's advantageous. Explore techniques for developing greater cultural competence in all facets of your organization. Understand why it's important to understand cultural differences and how you can overcome potential barriers when delivering a presentation to an audience from another culture. Explore the stages of cultural sensitivity and how to improve your ability to effectively and authentically interact across cultures. Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals
There are many challenges to getting the right help, most of which are our own mental self-doubt that gets in the way. We will teach you the guidelines for getting the right help. The one technique for getting help is to ask for it in the form of a statement. We will show you how to ask for the detail, be specific and thanking your helper. You will understand the benefits of a buddy system approach and group brainstorming. We will guide you on certain areas you need to be sensitive when asking or giving help. Learning Objectives Explain the challenges of getting appropriate help, Apply guidelines for getting help, Describe working with gender style differences Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
In each complex sale, there are four vital buying roles--anywhere from one to many may play one or more decision-making roles. Understand the role of each buyer and discover how to sell to all four buying influencers in order to build a solid strategic foundation. Understand the three points of entry to gain access to buying influencers. Learning Objectives Explain the importance of qualifying buying roles in complex sales, Describe four types of buying influencers, Identify the primary buying focus for each role, Summarize decision-making criteria for each buying role, Describe how to gain account entry in complex sales Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Mistakes will happen and the key is how you handle the situation when a mistake happen. Discover eight tips for working through service mistakes and ten customer service mistakes you can avoid. Understand the five service mistakes organizations should avoid. Learning Objectives Apply eight tips for working through service mistakes, Implement ten service mistakes you can avoid in order to keep customers loyal Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Buyer's remorse is emotional regret after a purchase. Buyer's remorse is a natural human reaction emerging from a sense of caution and doubt over a decision. Understand the causes of buyer's remorse and how you could be in control to prevent buyer's remorse. Learning Objectives Explain the causes of buyer's remorse, Prevent buyer's remorse, Describe how to avoid seller's remorse Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Everything you do or say sends a message. Be aware of how your verbal, vocal and visual messages convey your intended meaning. We will guide you to present with vocal impact by controlling monotone, volume, rate of speech, and non-words. Understand how to control your posture, movement, eye contact, clothing and gestures. Learning Objectives Identify the challenges of ambiguous messages, Express your message with vocal and visual impact, Close your presentation with impactful results Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Providing effective feedback and maintaining a continuous performance management process are essential components of ensuring employee growth and productivity. Discover the skills needed to deliver constructive feedback and facilitate ongoing performance discussions. Participants will learn how to provide feedback that motivates and fosters development, set clear performance expectations, and engage in regular, meaningful conversations that drive continuous improvement. By mastering these skills, participants can create a performance-driven culture that enhances employee satisfaction, development, and organizational success. Learning Objectives The following are some of the key outcomes in this course: Recognize the significance of feedback in enhancing employee performance, motivation, engagement, and self-awareness Learn a structured approach to delivering effective feedback Understand key principles for delivering effective feedback Grasp the concept of continuous performance management Learn practical methods for implementing continuous performance management Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals
Understand how to base duty-principled decisions on doing what is right according to natural laws such as the right to life, health and safety. How do you take the emotion out of a situation and decide what is right? We will show you how to understand the facts, the ethical dilemma, stakeholders, the consequences, duties and responsibilities, character and integrity and clarify these before reaching a decision. Learning Objectives Apply three philosophical approaches for resolving ethical dilemmas, Implement seven steps to ethical dilemma decision-making Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Problem recognition occurs when you become aware of a gap between where you are and where you want to be. We will guide you to proactively look for hidden problems using tools such as a gap analysis, surveys and interviews. How do you unpack a problem to see the entire problem and not only a small part of the problem? Understand what you can do to initiate problem recognition and how you can gather data. Learning Objectives Define a problem, Recognize early symptoms of common problems, Initiate a formal problem recognition process Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams