The Competitiveness Institute
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.