Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for Professionals who want to develop or strengthen their leadership position will benefit from this course. Overview Enhance your leadership effectiveness through your message Communicate with greater openness and authenticity Craft compelling messages that connect people to purpose Engage, motivate, and inspire others to embrace change Apply your leadership voice to increase your impact and influence Leaders inspire followership in others. Whether speaking conversationally or presenting before a group, a powerful leadership message delivered with impact and focused on the needs of the audience, can motivate and energize others. Private classes on this topic are available. We can address your organization?s issues, time constraints, and save you money, too. Contact us to find out how. 1. Leading with Authenticity Adopting a Structured Approach Linking Authenticity and Awareness Enhancing Self-Awareness Applying the Johari Window 2. Your Leadership Voice Becoming an Authentic Leader Assessing Key Competencies Defining Your Leadership Purpose 3. A Compelling Vision Crafting Your Vision for Change Clarifying Goals and Outcomes 4. Crafting Your Message Speaking with Credibility, Emotion, and Logic Leading from Anywhere Applying Techniques for Engaging Others Engaging Through Storytelling 5. Delivering Your Message Bridging Different Thinking Flexing Communication Styles Adjusting for Style and Impact 6. Reviewing Your Results Reviewing and Adjusting Taking an Iterative Approach Repeating, Reiterating, and Building Support
Linux shell scripting training course description A practical introduction to writing scripts using the Bourne shell under any Linux operating system. Applicable for those using the Korn shell as well. What will you learn Read shell scripts. Write shell scripts. Use different types of quotes. Recognise the role of shell scripts within the Linux system. Linux shell scripting training course details Who will benefit: Programmers developing programs under UNIX. Administrators / support personnel who wish to find out more about the workings of Linux or write simple utility programs. Prerequisites: Linux Fundamentals Duration 2 days Linux shell scripting training course contents Review of Linux fundamentals Basic shell scripts What does the shell do? How are commands executed? Different shells. what is a shell script? Comments, creating shell scripts. Variables Setting variables, using variables, set, scope, export, sourcing, environmental variables, read. Positional parameters $0 to $9, $#, $* and others. shift parameter substitution. Control statements The test command The if statement while loops for loops The case statement. Special characters Redirection of errors, here documents, quoting. Arithmetic in shell scripts The expr command. System shell scripts Screen handling The terminfo database, The tput command. Advanced issues (optional session) Shell functions, getopts, xargs, debugging shell scripts, portability issues. Extras in the Korn shell. Optimising shell scripts The time command, performance tips.
UNIX shell programming training course description This course has been designed as a follow on course for the XML primer course. The course looks at the use of XSLT in the transforming and styling XML documents. What will you learn Read shell scripts. Write shell scripts. Use different types of quotes. Recognise the role of shell scripts within the UNIX system. UNIX shell programming training course details Who will benefit: Programmers developing programs under UNIX. Anyone working with XML. Administrators Support personnel who wish to find out more about the workings of UNIX or write simple utility programs. Prerequisites: UNIX fundamentals Some programming experience would be useful although not essential. Duration 2 days UNIX shell programming training course contents Review of UNIX fundamentals Basic shell scripts What does the shell do? How are commands executed? Different shells. What is a shell script? Comments, creating shell scripts. Variables Setting variables, using variables, set, scope, export, sourcing, environmental variables, read. Positional parameters 0 to $9, $#, $* and others. shift parameter substitution. Control statements The test command, The if statement, while loops, for loops, The case statement, Special characters, Redirection of errors, here documents, quoting. Arithmetic in shell scripts The expr command. System shell scripts Screen handling The terminfo database The tput comand Avanced issues (optional session) Shell functions, getopts, xargs, debugging shell scripts, portability issues. Extras in the Korn shell. Optimising shell scripts The time command, performance tips.
Concise Cisco switches course description A hands on course covering the product specifics of Cisco switches. Installation, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting are all covered in a practical oriented way. VLANs often take up a large part of the course. The course covers all interfaces but concentrates on using the command line interface. Delegates are, however, free to use the web based interface in all exercises. What will you learn Install Cisco switches. Use the command line interface and the web based interface to manage Cisco switches. Configure and troubleshoot Cisco switches. Perform software upgrades and maintain configurations using TFTP. Concise Cisco switches course details Who will benefit: Anyone working with Cisco switches. Particularly aimed at engineers and technicians supporting Cisco switches. Prerequisites: None. Duration 2 days Concise Cisco switches course content Ethernet review Single segment Ethernet, CSMA/CD, Broadcast domains, collision domains. Hubs, Extending the LAN. Hands on Hub based Ethernet. Cisco switches What are switches, frame forwarding and filtering, the forwarding database. Hands on Switched based Ethernet. Configuring Cisco switches Accessing the switch, installing the switch, The CLI, connecting PCs using the switch. Hands on Configuring Cisco switches. The command line interface User and privilege modes, online help, show, basic troubleshooting. The configuration editor, Global, major and sub commands, enable, secret and other passwords. Hands on Simple troubleshooting using the CLI. Port configuration Speed, duplex, security, trunking. Hands on Port trunking. Spanning Tree Protocol Spanning Tree, Loops, effect, root bridges, bridge port states, STP reconfiguration. RSTP and variants. Hands on STP. VLANS What are VLANs, configuring VLANs, access ports and trunks, 802.1Q, inter VLAN routing. Hands on Access ports, trunks, layer 3 switching. Housekeeping Configuration management, software management, password recovery. Hands on TFTP. Managing interconnection devices SNMP, RMON, RMON II. Troubleshooting LEDs, CDP, logging, Layer 1, layer 2, layer 3. Hands on Fixing things.
HP ProCurve training course description A hands on course covering the product specifics of HP switches. Installation, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting are all covered in a practical oriented way. VLANs often take up a large part of the course. The course covers all interfaces but concentrates on using the command line interface. Delegates are, however, free to use the web based interface in all exercises. What will you learn Install HP ProCurve switches. Use the command line interface and the web based interface to manage HP ProCurve switches. Configure and troubleshoot HP ProCurve switches. Perform software upgrades and maintain configurations using TFTP. HP ProCurve training course details Who will benefit: Anyone working with HP switches. Particularly aimed at engineers and technicians supporting HP switches. Prerequisites: None. Duration 2 days HP ProCurve training course content Introduction Traditional Ethernet, Hubs, Frames, MAC addresses. Hands on Building a network with a hub What is a switch? Switches versus hubs, the MAC address table, handling unknown addresses. Hands on Building a network with HP switches. Configuration methods How to configure a HP switch using: Console port access menus, CLI, telnet, web based access. Hands on Console access, show commands, using the menus, IP address configuration, telnet. Command Line Interface Operator mode, Manager mode, configuration mode, passwords, online help, CLI commands, basic troubleshooting. Hands on More show commands, basic troubleshooting, setting a password, displaying status and counters. Web based interface Web access, basic format, Getting started. SSL. Hands on Web based configuration. Port configuration Common port configuration tasks, port security, port aggregation. Hands on Configuring ports. Trunking and failover. STP configuration Broadcast storms. What is STP? RSTP. Configuring STP. Hands on Enabling and disabling STP, investigation failover. VLAN configuration What are VLANS? 802.1Q, tagged/untagged, creating VLANS, applying VLANS. Addressing and VLANs, Layer 3 switches and VLANs. Hands on Setting up VLANS, setting up tagged ports, Inter VLAN traffic. Housekeeping TFTP, software upgrades, downloading configurations. Hands on Software upgrade, downloading a configuration. SNMP SNMP configuration, HP OpenView. Hands on Using SNMP to manage a HP ProCurve switch. Basic troubleshooting Putting it all together. Layer 1 troubleshooting, Layer 2 troubleshooting. Miscellaneous exercises CDP. Logging
HP switches training course description A hands on course covering the product specifics of HP switches. Installation, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting are all covered in a practical oriented way. VLANs often take up a large part of the course. The course covers all interfaces but concentrates on using the command line interface. Delegates are, however, free to use the web based interface in all exercises. What will you learn Install HP switches. Use the command line interface and the web based interface to manage HP switches. Configure and troubleshoot HP switches. Perform software upgrades and maintain configurations using TFTP. HP switches training course details Who will benefit: Anyone working with HP switches. Particularly aimed at engineers and technicians supporting HP switches. Prerequisites: None. Duration 2 days HP switches training course content Introduction Traditional Ethernet, Hubs, Frames, MAC addresses. Hands on Building a network with a hub. What is a switch? Switches versus hubs, the MAC address table, handling unknown addresses. Hands on Building a network with HP switches. Configuration methods How to configure a HP switch using: Console port access menus, CLI, telnet, web based access. Hands on Console access, show commands, using the menus, IP address configuration, telnet. Command Line Interface Operator mode, Manager mode, configuration mode, passwords, online help, CLI commands, basic troubleshooting. Hands on More show commands, basic troubleshooting, setting a password, displaying status and counters. Web based interface Web access, basic format, Getting started. SSL. Hands on Web based configuration. Port configuration Common port configuration tasks, port security, port aggregation, Hands on Configuring ports. Trunking and failover. STP configuration Broadcast storms. What is STP? RSTP. Configuring STP. Hands on Enabling and disabling STP, investigation failover. VLANs What are VLANS? 802.1Q, tagged/untagged, creating VLANS, applying VLANS. Addressing and VLANs, Layer 3 switches and VLANs. Hands on Setting up VLANS, setting up tagged ports, Inter VLAN traffic. Housekeeping TFTP, software upgrades, downloading configurations. Hands on Software upgrade, downloading a configuration. SNMP SNMP configuration, HP OpenView NNM. Hands on Using SNMP to manage a HP switch. Basic troubleshooting Putting it all together. Layer 1 troubleshooting, Layer 2 troubleshooting. Miscellaneous exercises CDP. Logging