The Competitiveness Institute

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Overcoming Objections to Nail the Sale

    $1,999
    In this course, you will learn how to overcome objections, identify buying signals, and close the sale. You will also learn supporting skills, such as building credibility, being observant, and communicating well.
  • Leadership Skills for Supervisors: Communication, Coaching, and Conflict

    $1,999
    In this course, you will learn about coaching models, conflict resolution techniques, and ways to communicate with your employees. You will also complete Velsoft's signature leadership assessment to help you identify how to connect with others. As a bonus, you will receive an introduction to some important leadership theories, including the Situational Leadership II model and servant leadership.
  • 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.
  • Business Leadership: Becoming Management Material

    $1,999
    The first part of this course will teach you about Peter Senge's five learning disciplines: personal mastery, mental models, shared vision, team learning, and systems thinking. You will also learn about Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard's Situational Leadership II ® model, servant leadership, and the five practices in James Kouzes and Barry Posner's "The Leadership Challenge." In addition to these leadership models, basic skills (such as building trust, managing change, personal productivity, resolving conflict, solving problems, and leading meetings) will also be covered.
  • Call Center Training: Sales and Customer Service Training for Call Center Agents

    $1,999
    In this course, you will learn how to present yourself appropriately on the telephone. You will also learn tips for saying "no," giving bad news, selling on the phone, overcoming objections, dealing with difficult customers, taking messages, and managing voice mail. We will also share a basic telephone script that you can customize.
  • 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.