The Competitiveness Institute

  • Customer Service Training: Critical Elements of Customer Service

    $1,999
    This course is all about the critical elements of customer service: a customer service focus that is defined within, and given life by, your organization. In order to be successful, this focus must be reinforced every day, measured, and improved upon.
  • Entrepreneurship 101

    $1,999
    In this course, you'll learn the basics of entrepreneurship. You will learn how to find and evaluate business ideas, flesh out those ideas by developing value propositions and financial projections, consider your ownership options, prepare the appropriate documents (including a business plan, pitch deck, and white papers), and gather funding for your business. You'll also learn the steps of developing, testing, marketing, and launching a product or service. To wrap things up, you'll learn how to grow your business and become an entrepreneurial leader.
  • Telemarketing: Using the Telephone as a Sales Tool

    $1,999
    In this course, you will learn how to communicate effectively over the telephone, develop your personal telemarketing script, and close a sale. You'll also learn how telemarketing can add to your sales strategy.
  • Orientation Handbook: Getting Employees Off to a Good Start

    $1,999
    In this course, you will learn why orientation is so important. You will learn about the four components of employee commitment as well as the commitment curve. You will also learn how to develop successful orientation and training programs.
  • Active Listening

    $1,999
    In this course, you will learn what active listening is and what qualities active listeners have. You will also learn how to manage your body language, create a positive listening attitude, encourage conversation, build relationships, and get over listening roadblocks.
  • Writing a Business Plan

    $1,999
    In this course, you will learn the essential steps for creating a business plan, including creating a first draft; identifying the audience; gathering information; researching; describing product plans; and marketing, sales, and accounting terms.
  • Coaching and Mentoring

    $1,999
    In this course, you will learn how coaching and mentoring differ from each other. You will also learn the key aspects of each skill as well as supporting skills (such as goal setting, communication, feedback techniques, and adult learning principles).
  • CRM: An Introduction to Customer Relationship Management

    $1,999
    This course will teach you how to make a decision about the need for CRM, the benefits of CRM, and how to coordinate the base requirements for a CRM undertaking.
  • Safety in the Workplace

    $1,999
    This course will teach you how to create a safety culture in your organization by developing a safety committee, identifying and resolving hazards, taking proactive safety measures, developing a safety plan, and reviewing your safety program. You will also learn how to respond to, document, and investigate safety incidents.