The Competitiveness Institute

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Business Management

    $1,999
    This course will give you all the skills that you need as a new business owner. You will learn how to develop your organizational chart, manage operations, speak knowledgeably about finance, hire the right people, build your brand, market your product online and offline, complete a strategic plan and a succession plan, and build your customer base. You will also learn the basics of leadership and tips for taking your business to the next level.