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Internal barriers are any psychological self-limiting beliefs that inhibit productive, constructive job behavior. What are internal obstacles and how do you manage them such as fear, holding back, lack of business skills, avoiding politics and selfish development. Understand and manage the external obstacles including the 'glass ceiling', status leveling and political games. Apply tactics for dealing with office politics or games and we will show you how you can create positive plans for career success. Learning Objectives Overcome internal and external barriers to achievement, Create positive game plans for career success Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams

Words can make or break or break a good first impression. Choose them carefully. Discover why it is important to use positive language, expressing what you can do, not what you can't. Understand how to be specific in your written and spoken communication and how to end your sentences appropriately. Be careful how you express yourself. You may not be preventing wars, but one word can save or lose a valued customer! Learning Objectives Explain the power of words used in business, Choose appropriate, more powerful word choices, Edit writing to use less words for more impact Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams

You can make better sense of what you read, hear and become more persuasive by understanding arguments. The purpose of an argument is to make a valid point or persuade thinking. Understand the two parts of an argument and how to use evidence to support a claim. Understand how you can evaluate a persuasive argument by focusing on pinpointing the claim, identify evidence, test the evidence and identify conclusions. Learning Objectives Explain persuasive arguments used by critical thinkers, Summarize stages and steps for recognizing and evaluating persuasive arguments, Apply the four stages of persuasive arguments Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams

Rational decisions are based on reasonable, intelligent thinking. Discover how rational thinking can improve the quality of your life and help you to take a reasonable approach in knowing what to think. Understand why a checklist can help you in complex situations and apply our steps make rational decisions. Learning Objectives Explain how rational decision-making improves quality of life, Identify how the power of the checklist eliminates mistakes, Apply a checklist for rational thinking using the standards of intellectual thinking, Implement a checklist for decisions using the elements of sound reasoning Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams

Problem definitions provide a target boundary, description, and measure of success. To accurately define a problem, use techniques such as data collection, symptom analysis, brainstorming, key-word analysis, force-field analysis, writing it down, and writing a conflict definition. Discover why most problems exist and how to solve the root cause of a problem. Understand the difference between being at cause or at affect and how you can be in control. Learning Objectives Explain the importance of accurate problem definition, Implement nine ways to accurately define problems, Analyze and identify root causes Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams

A prospect's reaction to your opening benefit offer depends on their perception of their immediate situation. Identify the reaction mode of the prospect and how you should respond. When dealing with indifference, how do you choose the strategy that you feel is most appropriate for the type of resistance you receive? Learning Objectives Summarize the importance of preplanning for objections before selling, Describe the three conditions that determine a prospect's reaction to your offer, Explain a strategic opening benefit offer for a referred prospect, Describe the Four Reaction Modes--ways prospects will respond to your offering Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams

Discover the four reasons you should have a meeting and how you decide who should attend. Without the correct attendees you are wasting your time and theirs. Understand how to run an effective meeting and why it is important to balance structure with content and interaction. Apply our do's and don'ts and implement time-saving tips to run productive meetings in half the time. Learning Objectives Apply the four reasons for holding a meeting, Identify who should attend, Prepare an effective agenda, Implement time-saving tips for getting results in half the time 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

Closing ratios are the number of activities performed, compared to results achieved. Closing ratios can be expressed in many of your sales activities such as people called, to appointments booked. We will guide you how to track sales activities and how this will inform you where you are or are not getting results from. To increase closing your ratios, examine each step in the sales process. Learning Objectives Define closing ratios, Explain the importance of knowing your closing ratios to control sales results, Explain how to improve your closing ratios, Diagnose weak links in your sales process Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams

This course will ensure that you maximize your daily activities more effectively and take back control of your time. Understand the importance of setting a goal and why it is important to be proactive rather than reactive. Why is a mission statement important and what are the three elements of an effective mission statement? Prioritize your tasks more effectively according to the urgency and importance of the task at hand. Learning Objectives Schedule goals and activities, Find hidden sales time, Utilize the Sales Funnel for managing time, Apply the 80-20 Rule to allocate time Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams