Leading People through Change: In-House Training Research shows that 70% of change initiatives fail in large organizations. The largest factor contributing to this failure rate is leadership - the inability to plan and lead people through change. In many change situations, tremendous focus is put on strategy, processes, and systems, while the issue of changing people's behavior is assumed it will 'just happen'. In this interactive course, you will learn why the people side of change is crucial. We will begin by understanding why and how people resist change, and how important it is to become strong and effective change champions. Next, we will focus on critical change management practices - creating our vision of the future state, planning for acceptance in our change audience and stakeholders, mitigating threats, and capitalizing on opportunities. We will use metrics to plan, show progress, and confirm success. Lastly, we will focus on the need to reinforce and sustain change, and to prevent relapse to old ways and methods. What you will Learn At the end of this program, you will be able to: Realize the nature of change and describe how resistance manifests in people Compare prevalent change models and categorize their similarities Identify and rate the skills, traits, and behaviors of effective change champions Envision the future state and assess stakeholders Plan for change communication, training, and risks Evaluate change effectiveness using feedback and metrics Develop reinforcement practices for benefits and communication Foundation Concepts What is Change? Resistance to Change Common Change Management Theories Becoming a Change Champion Plan Envisioning the future state Planning for people Change management plan Do Change communication Training Piloting Risks Study Feedback Metrics Variance analysis Act Benefits realization Change sustainment Reinforcement messaging and communications
Gain an in-depth understanding of GDPR solutions and how they map to compliance requirements. Learn how to perform and lead Privacy Information Management System (PIMS) certification audits to ISO 19011 standards. Enhance your existing or learn with new skills in the field of Data Protection; Candidates deliver Assurance services to organisations by advising on conformance with PIMS requirements; Become a Technical expert on the preparation required for ISO 27701 Certification About This Course Learning outcomes Understand a Privacy Information Management System (PIMS) and its processes based on ISO/IEC 27701 Identify the relationship between ISO/IEC 27701, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27002, and other standards and regulatory frameworks Acquire the competences of the auditor's role in planning, leading, and following up on a management system audit in accordance with ISO 19011. Learn how to interpret the requirements of ISO/IEC 27701 in the context of a PIMS audit Course Overview Domain 1-The Process of Auditing Information Privacy Systems & Solutions Domain 2-Governance & Management of Information Privacy Technology Domain 3-Information Systems Acquisition, Development & Implementation Domain 4-Information Systems Operations, Maintenance & Service Management Domain 5-Protection of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Assets Course Agenda Day 1: Introduction to Privacy Information Management System (PIMS) and ISO/IEC 27701 Day 2: Audit principles, preparation, and launching of an audit Day 3: On-site audit activities and Closing the Audit Accreditation This course is Accredited by NAS and Administered by the IECB Assessment All candidates at official training courses will be tested throughout the course delivery, with quizzes and exercises. The final exam is a 10 question essay type exam, offered on the afternoon of the final day. This exam should be completed within 180 minutes. A passing score is achieved at 70%. Self-study candidates can purchase an exam voucher from our Store. Prerequisites None, but candidates would benefit from having a fundamental understanding of Audit principles What's Included? Comprehensive course materials totalling some 450 pages Case Study Exam fees Exam pass guarantee Who Should Attend? Auditors seeking to perform and lead Privacy Information Management System (PIMS) certification audits Managers or consultants seeking to master a PIMS audit process Individuals responsible for maintaining conformance with PIMS requirements Technical experts seeking to prepare for a PIMS audit Expert advisors in the protection of Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
Conflict Resolution Skills: In-House Training Many organizations have assumed that workplace conflict is always destructive. So, they have often believed that conflict is best dealt with by managers or even via policies and procedures. After all, conflict creates workplace stress and leads to many performance problems, generating very real organizational costs! However, savvy organizations have embraced the fact that when conflict is understood and harnessed, it can be leveraged to add value to teams and even enhance performance. With the right knowledge, skills, training, and practice, conflict can be productive and make organizations better! In this highly interactive course, learners will discover the connection between individual conflict response and team-empowering conflict resolution skills. Participants will explore conflict's visceral dynamics and the nuanced behaviors we individually engage in to communicate and respond to conflict. Learners will apply techniques for transforming unproductive conflict responses into productive ones. Additionally, learners will use a systematic method that prepares them to objectively dissect real-world conflict, while practicing many strategies for resolving it. They will also develop proactive conflict approach plans, which they can transfer back to their own workplaces. What you will Learn At the end of this program, you will be able to: Recognize the organizational costs of conflict Explain our physical and mental responses to conflict Communicate proactively and effectively with different types of people during conflict Replace unproductive conflict responses with productive ones Use the Conflict Resolution Diagram (CRD) process and conflict resolution approaches Relate team stages of development to shifts in conflict Develop a proactive conflict approach for your organization Create a conflict resolution plan for a real-world scenario Getting Started Introductions and social agreements Course goal and objectives Opening activities Conflict Facilitation Readiness Conflict responses and perceptions Conflict basics Conflict and organizations Dynamics of conflict Conflict Styles and Communication A look at the color energies model Conflict through the color energies and DiSC® lens Communication with opposite color energies Individual Response to Conflict The anatomy of conflict Recognizing unproductive conflict responses 4 steps to productive conflict Choosing productive conflict responses Team Performance and Conflict High-performing team relationships Conflict and project team performance Conflict Resolution Diagram (CRD) and process Conflict Facilitation - Preparation Recognizing context and stakeholder needs Using team conflict resolution approaches Preparing for Crucial Conversations® Conflict Facilitation - Clarity Exposing assumptions and biases Defining the conflict and using the CRD Conflict Facilitation - Action Proactive conflict management Conflict facilitation practice Summary and Next Steps Review Personal action plans
Effective Presentation Skills: In-House Training In today's results-oriented, global working environment, the ability to create and deliver presentations effectively is a necessary skill set for people at all levels of an organization. Regardless of your role, it's important to know how to synthesize your ideas into a coherent and focused narrative, add visuals that support and reinforce your message, and deliver it in a way that resonates with your audience. In this highly interactive course, we will unpack and practice some of the tools and techniques used by top speakers and influencers all over the world. In this engaging two-day course, you will plan, write, refine, practice, and deliver a presentation to the class. Your presentation will be filmed on both days, and you will leave the course with a flash-drive copy of your videos; participants of the virtual classroom workshop should be prepared to present via webcam. In addition to discovering and enhancing your own personal delivery style, you will learn how to create an overarching goal for your presentation and then organize and structure it for maximum impact. You'll gain insight into how to anticipate your audience's needs and tailor the content and delivery in a way that connects with them and sustains their attention and engagement. You will also learn skills that will help you control nervous energy, remain focused on and attuned to your audience, improvise under pressure, deal effectively with questions, and build a compelling call to action. What you will Learn At the end of this program, you will be able to: Construct an effective presentation goal statement, opening, body, and closing that connect with an audience Analyze an audience's needs and style preferences, including relevant DiSC®-related elements Deliver a complete criteria-based presentation that will persuade others Align usage of visuals as well as verbal and non-verbal techniques to maximize the impact of your presentation Getting Started Introductions and social agreements Course structure Course goals and objectives Opening activities Planning and Organizing Video: 'The Art of Misdirection' Setting your presentation goal Writing a goal statement Analyzing your audience Applying the 'reality' test Creating and strengthening supports Structuring your presentation 5 components of an effective opening Presentation body Presentation closing Write your presentation opening Audience Analysis Video: 'How to Tie Your Shoes' Everything DiSC® introduction Audience DiSC® Styles Analyzing your audience Further audience analysis Effective Delivery Delivery challenges: virtual and in-person Keeping your audience engaged Your body as your instrument Verbal / paraverbal elements Body stance and nonverbal communication What are your 'tells?' Controlling nervousness Staying attuned to your audience Responding to questions Review and edit your opening Deliver your opening Visuals and Enriching Elements Using images in your presentation Guidelines for visual composition Using questions to engage your audience The power of the pause Practicing and Applying What You've Learned Preparation Delivery Feedback Opportunity to put into practice the program content and receive a video copy Summary and Next Steps What did we learn and how can we implement this in our work environment? Your personal action plan
Internet of Things training course description A concise overview course covering The Internet of Things and the technologies involved. Particular emphasis is placed on the high level architecture of IoT and the benefits achievable. What will you learn Describe the structure of the IoT List the technologies involved in IoT. Explain how IoT works. Internet of Things training course details Who will benefit: Non-technical staff working with IoT. Prerequisites: None. Duration 1 day Internet of Things training course contents What is IoT The Internet, what is IoT? IoT and M2M, IoT technologies, IoT architecture. Wired and wireless communication. IoT applications; Smart houses, smart cities, smart cars, wearable, environment, other domain specific IoTs. IoT architecture Physical objects, virtual objects, cloud computing, data capture, communications. Big data. Components Hardware, sensors, actuators, chips, firmware, embedded systems. Open source platforms. Power options: Battery, solar, PoE. IoT communication RF, ZigBee, Bluetooth, Bluetooth LE, RFID, WiFi, 802.11ah, mobile technologies. Wired. Arduino (as an example) Microcontrollers, the platform, development, Arduino software, reading from sensors, I2C, SPI. Arduino and the Internet, HTTP, WiFi, GSM. The cloud and IoT: Pachube, nimbits, ThingSpeak Security in IoT Authentication, Encryption, secure booting, firewalls.
Tableau is an intuitive and simple tool to learn. This Tableau training course is a jumpstart to getting report writers and analysts who are self-taught or have no previous knowledge to being productive. It covers everything from connecting to data, through to creating interactive dashboards with a range of visualisations in three days. Having a quick turnaround from starting to use Tableau, to getting real, actionable insights means that you get a swift return on your investment. At the end of this course, you will be able to communicate insights more effectively, enabling your organisation to make better decisions, quickly. This accelerated approach is key to getting engagement from within your organisation so everyone can immediately see and feel the impact of the data and insights you create. Our Tableau Desktop Fast Track course combines all of our Foundation (Fundamentals) and Analyst (Intermediate) content into a 3 day live online course with added access to online bonus content of 3 additional modules. Gathering Requirements, Bring Your Own Data and Engaging Users. What do you get? This course is delivered live virtually and has all material provided through our online portal, together with email support and live coaching sessions. The full program includes all of the following elements: 3 days of live and interactive instructor-led sessions delivered by an expert Tableau Trainer 6 weeks access to our live coaching program delivered by expert Tableau coaches 50+ practical exercises to practice what you learn 12 months access to video’s that walk you through the theory and exercise solutions Practical advice, tools and resources for using Tableau in the real world The three additional online modules provide:Clarity on the approach to gathering dashboard requirements in a way that can be translated into dashboard designs.An agile and iterative development process that delivers products that meet user needs more quickly and effectively.An understanding of how end users will interact with dashboards to ensure that designers deliver actionable results. THE SYLLABUS PHASE 1: DESIGN MODULE 1: UNDERSTAND TABLEAU What is possible How does Tableau deal with data Know your way around Review of Type Conversions How do we format charts Dashboard basics – My first Dashboard MODULE 2: TRANSFORM DATA Connecting to and setting up data in Tableau Modifying data attributes How Do I Structure my Data – Groups & Hierarchies, Visual Groups How Tableau Deals with Dates – Using Discrete and Continuous Dates, Custom Dates How do I create calculated fields and why? – Creating Calculated Fields, Types of calculated fields, Row Level v Aggregations, Aggregating dimensions in calculations, Changing the Level of Detail (LOD) of calculations – What, Why, How MODULE 3: GATHER REQUIREMENTS(ONLINE CONTENT ONLY) Brainstorm and assess possible priorities Pitfalls to avoid Gather requirements PHASE 2: DEVELOP MODULE 4: CREATE CHARTS Charts that Compare Multiple Measures – Measure Names and Measure Values, Shared Axis Charts, Dual Axis Charts, Scatter Plots Showing progress over time Creating Tables – Creating Tables, Highlight Tables, Heat Maps Showing Relational & Proportional Data – Pie Charts, Donut Charts, Tree Maps Making things dynamic with parameters MODULE 5: COMBINE DATA Relationships Joining Tables – Join Types, Joining tables within the same database, cross database joins, join calculations Blending – How to create a blend with common fields, Custom defined Field relationships and mismatched element names, Calculated fields in blended data sources Unions – Manual Unions and mismatched columns, Wildcard unions Data Extracts – Creating & Editing Data extracts MODULE 6: ANALYSE INFORMATION Table Calculations Sets, Reference Lines, Trends and Forecasting Answering spatial questions – Mapping, Creating a choropleth (filled) map, Using your own images for spatial analysis, Mapping with spatial files Advanced charts Bar in Bar charts Bullet graphs Creating Bins and Histograms Creating a Box & Whisker plot Viz in Tooltips PHASE 3: DESIGN MODULE 7: BUILD DASHBOARDS Using the Dashboard Interface Device layouts Dashboard Actions – Set actions, Parameter actions Viz in Tooltips for Dashboards Dashboard containers – Horizontal & Vertical containers, Hidden containers Navigate between dashboards Telling data driven stories MODULE 8: BRING YOUR OWN DATA Design Best Practices & Resources Wireframe templates Questions Process Start building and testing MODULE 9: EMPOWER STAKEHOLDERS What is Tableau Server Publishing & permissions How can your users engage with content The Tableau ecosystem Review your progress Your next steps HOW MUCH OF YOUR TIME WILL THIS TAKE? Delegates are also provided 6 weeks access to our Tableau Coaching. We run Live Q&A sessions from 4pm-5pm on a Monday (Connecting to Data and Calculated Fields), 2pm-3pm Friday (Creating Charts) & 4pm-5pm Friday (Dashboard Design). The coaching helps delegates to transition from the theory of using Tableau to its practical use. We’d be expecting them to apply the exercises you’ll be doing during the course, onto your own data after the course. In our experience, this is the best way to increase both understanding and long term memory retention. The live coaching also acts as a troubleshooting platform for any practical issues that delegates need to overcome in the real world. Delegates also have 12 months access to all of the training material covered in the course in the form of an online portal (this includes theory videos, exercise solution videos, exercise materials and even quizzes). We have a growing LinkedIn community that delegates are encouraged to join and participate in. We regularly post useful blog posts and additional training that will enhance the Tableau journey and understanding. We help teams using Tableau to transform in the following ways : From a disjointed understanding of Tableau – To being familiar with Tableau terminology and capability From ad-hoc data uploads and error prone calculations – To reusable data connections and robust metrics From disjointed stakeholder questions – To clear and concise requirements that lead to decision making From being unsure how difficult Tableau will be to learn – To being able to develop standard charts and tables in Tableau with dynamic reporting capabilities From manually combining data for each analytical task – To dynamically combining data from multiple tables for analysis From being unsure how to answer analytical questions and what options there are – To being equipped with multiple actionable, dynamic, analytical use cases From not knowing Why, When and How to create Dashboards or Story’s – To being able to combine analysis to answer complex questions and tell data driven stories From using demo data theory – To Delivering value [Answering questions] on their own data From spending lots of time answering colleagues ad-hoc (data) questions – To empowering stakeholders in answering ad-hoc queries and reducing the time to analyse and steer the business
Project Management Fundamentals: Virtual In-House Training Many projects are performed by highly competent and effective people who have little or no project management training. They perform projects like process improvement, marketing campaign development, new product development, event planning and production, and other 'tasks' which are projects. Project Management Fundamentals (PMF) is designed to support those people who need a solid foundation in project management, without being unnecessarily burdened to learn it while on the job. The course offers practical skills, concepts, and principles that can be taken back to the workplace, along with insights needed to adapt them to specific project environments. In today's environment, that means possibly adapting to Agile / Iterative methods. So, we have recently added key Agile concepts to provide a basic understanding of shifting towards agility. Since PMF's course goal is to achieve quality performance by learning effective planning and control, the focus is on a process orientation and an analytical, systems-oriented approach. Together, these frameworks promote project-related problem solving and decision-making skills necessary for real world projects. They honor project needs for collaboration, clear communications among people, and interpersonal and relationship skills. Recognition of these needs are woven throughout PMF, but are highlighted in two specific areas: Module 2 - People and Projects Module 8 - Executing, Communicating, and Developing the Team
Work Breakdown Structures: In-House Training It's amazing how often project managers begin the project planning process by making an outlined list of every task they believe will be required to complete a project and then proclaim they have created the work breakdown structure (WBS) for the project. The result is a list of hundreds, or even thousands of tasks, many of them having durations of a few days or a few hours. Essentially, what they have done is create a 'to do' list, which they then use as a 'checklist' to measure progress. This approach leads to, and even encourages, micromanagement of the resources working on the project without consideration of more critical aspects of project management such as: requirements management, risk management, procurement management, estimating, scheduling, executing, and controlling. Further, it makes it impossible to see the big picture, at levels of detail, in keeping with the needs of sponsors, clients, project and functional managers, team leaders, and project performers. Join us for this exciting program and learn how to use the WBS to make better-informed business decisions. What You Will Learn You will learn how to: Describe the need for a project WBS Describe the WBS role in the project Gain practical experience in the development, decomposition, and use of the WBS Determine the appropriate level of detail in the WBS. Explain how the WBS integrates with project requirements, risk, procurement, estimating, scheduling, and overall project execution. Provide the basic tools to enhance efficient re-use of key information in your future projects Foundation Concepts Key definitions History of the WBS Importance of the WBS Overall structure Terminology Other breakdown structures WBS tools WBS & Scope Project scope management processes Specification of the project objectives WBS design based on project deliverable WBS decomposition process and 'The 100% rule' Work Packages and Control Accounts WBS & Risk Risk management planning and WBS Risk identification to enhance the WBS Risk analysis and the WBS Risk responses and updating the WBS Implementing risk response and Monitoring risks and the WBS WBS & Estimating Use of WBS in the estimating process Components and work packages Sizing and algorithmic estimates WBS & Scheduling Component Scheduling - High-Level Milestones WBS activity decomposition WBS elements dependencies Work Package Level Schedules Responsibility assignment matrix WBS & Execution and Control Earned Value Management and tracking of work performance Progress reports, forecasts, and corrective and preventive actions used to manage work performance Necessary information to close out a project
Essential DHCP training course description Almost all businesses use DHCP. This course builds on delegates existing IP knowledge and focuses on IP Address management using DHCP. Also covered is the role of DHCP in plug and play environments. What will you learn Explain how DHCP works. Configure DHCP servers. Troubleshoot DHCP. Essential DHCP training course details Who will benefit: Anyone working with TCP/IP. Prerequisites: TCP/IP Foundation for engineers Duration 1 day Essential DHCP training course contents Introduction What is DHCP?, IP configuration: Address, mask, default gateway, DNS. History of DHCP: RARP, BOOTP. Hands on Client configuration, releasing and renewing. DHCP servers Installation. Base configuration: Scope. Lease period. DHCP options. Hands on Server setup, Impact of lease times. Server monitoring. How DHCP works Client states. Obtaining, renewing leases. DHCP messages: DISCOVER, OFFER, REQUEST, NAK, ACK, DECLINE, RELEASE, INFORM. Hands on Troubleshooting DHCP using Wireshark. DHCP architecture DHCP relay agents. Server platforms, resilience, DHCP fail over, split scopes. Dynamic DNS and DHCP. Hands on DDNS, routers, Troubleshooting.
ICA Advanced Certificate in Practical Customer Due Diligence (CDD) Course The CDD training course covers best practice in dealing with Customer Due Diligence and working with CDD documentation. Adequate due diligence on new and existing customers has never been so instrumental to protecting a business from reputational, operational, legals and financial risks. Designed for KYC Analysts and professionals working with the CDD process, this course provides a practical qualification in CDD that will help you make clear and informed CDD judgements. In doing so, this course will also improve your ability to identify areas of potential risk for your firm in relation to Customer Due Diligence. Benefits of studying with ICA: Flexible learning solutions that are suited to you Our learner-centric approach means that you will gain relevant practical and academic skills and knowledge that can be used in your current role Improve your career options by undertaking a globally recognised qualification that hiring managers look for as part of their hiring criteria Many students have stated that they have received a promotion and/or pay rise as a direct result of gaining their qualification The qualifications ensure that you are enabled to develop strategies to help manage and prevent risk within your firm, thus making you an invaluable asset within the current climate Students who successfully complete the course will be awarded the ICA Advanced Certificate in Practical Customer Due Diligence and will be entitled to use the designation- Adv.Cert(CDD) This qualification is awarded in association with Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester. This three workshop training programme will use CDD documents and hands-on learning to cover the following topics: Outcomes and success criteria of KYC Identification and verification Understanding the customer Understanding the relationship Beneficial ownership Understanding the control structure of the entity Customer screening Risk acceptance Enhanced due diligence How will you be assessed? Three hour examination which comprises multiple choice questions and short form written response questions (including a section where you will be provided with a set of CDD documentation and asked to assess the information/respond to questions based upon them.) Pre-reading/exercises/tasks to be completed in advance of virtual workshops, delivered via the online learning platform. Four compulsory virtual classrooms covering key areas and embedding them through discussions and practical exercises (workshops are compulsory as part of the exam is based on the case study used in the workshops). The innovative workshop exercises that use mock CDD documents, genuinely reflecting the practical issues encountered in the CDD environment.