DON'T PANIC! A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS IN TIMES OF STRESS



What happens when eight fascinating people with experience in successfully navigating challenging or stressful situations at work come together to cook a meal? Insights fly along with the food in Don't Panic! A Recipe for Success in Times of Stress. In this entertaining and thoughtful video, cooking serves as a metaphor for working through a challenge together. After the flames die down, the participants enjoy the meal they've created and explore insights gleaned from their dialogue. The program examines five main points: Know Yourself: Know what you know, what you don't know, and the difference between these. Self-awareness is critical to successfully navigating challenges. Build Support: Develop a network of people you trust and who trust you both inside and outside your organization. Don't be afraid to ask for feedback and support. Assess Your Situation: Realistically assess the situation you face. Filter noise and rumors from reliable information. Step back and interrogate reality. Take Action: Don't be immobilized by fear. Be resilient in the face of a setback. Remember you always have options and that hope trumps fear. Look for opportunities in a crisis or difficult situation and pursue them. Learn from Everything: Look for learning opportunities even in what may appear as bad news. Every shadow has a light source. Find it. Learning is the ultimate benefit from a challenging situation.

THE LITTLE BIG THINGS SERIES WITH TOM PETERS



This is not your average training film, but then Tom Peters is not your average management expert! This is Tom Peters with his in-your-face, thought provoking, call to arms for all businesses to "get back to basics” or perish! This is Tom telling stories and reminding managers and employees to get out from behind their desks and stop the status quo. This series contains short video segments of Tom Peters sharing humorous stories, funny antidotes, and inspiring advice on what it takes to survive and succeed in business anytime, but especially in these trying times. The 91 individual video clips are short (between 2 to 4 minutes long) and categorized under 5 different topics on separate DVDs. Each DVD has multiple short video clips, perfect as a meeting opener, closer, or discussion starter. Take advantage of their short length and the variety of topics to add new context to your workplace learning, current employee training programs, or to kick start a whole new training initiative! The 91 segments are available under the following 5 topics: 1. Excellence (52 minutes) 16 segments 2. Leadership (54 minutes) 21 segments 3. Service (28 minutes) 12 segments 4. Strategy (61 minutes) 24 segments 5. YOU (44 minutes) 18 segments

IT'S OKAY TO BE THE BOSS - WITH BRUCE TULGAN



It has never been more difficult to be a manager. In the current economic downturn, managers are being asked to turn things up. They feel the pressure to increase productivity and profits by doing more with less while trying to corral a new high maintenance workforce that brings its own set of expectations and demands. All of this has led best-selling author and management consultant, Bruce Tulgan, to declare the days of "hands-off" management officially over. Tulgan challenges managers everywhere to give up their "hands off = empowerment" style of managing and to re-engage with their employees by spelling out expectations, providing specific guidelines, correcting failure quickly and rewarding success on the spot. IT'S OKAY TO BE THE BOSS provides a step-by-step guide back to being the boss that employees appreciate and deserve. THE FOUR HABITS OF A GREAT BOSS! 1. Make Time to Talk about the Work 2. Talk Like a Coach 3. Make Accountability a Process - Not a Slogan 4. Deal with Low Performers Closed Caption

LEADERSHIP: WHAT'S TRUST GOT TO DO WITH IT - 2ND EDITION



Has your organization lost trust in its leaders? Precisely when organizations need employee involvement, trust levels are low and people are disengaged. What can managers and team leaders do to regain trust? This video provides realistic methods for rebuilding trust and gaining employee involvement. Leadership: What's Trust Got To Do With It? tells the story of a team leader who realizes that he cannot lead his team without first gaining their trust. As the story progresses, he puts into practice 5 trust-building behaviors, which help him to regain the trust and active participation of his team. Let this program teach leaders in your organization how to build trust and create a more productive work force.

JUGGLING ELEPHANTS



The Juggling Elephants DVD tells a simple but profound story about one individual with a universal problem. Mark has too much to do, too many priorities, too much stress and too little time. Using the circus as a metaphor for his life, Mark shares the secrets that he learned from a real ringmaster. You'll learn that you too can be a great ringmaster of your own life. It is designed for organizations that are looking for a simple way to teach these simple techniques in small group training sessions.

PLEASE RESPECT MY GENERATION! 5 GENERATIONS AT WORK



For the first time, we have as many as five different generations together in the workplace. Please Respect My Generation! bridges the gap between them and shows audiences how to avoid conflict and increase productivity in their generationally diverse workplace. By learning about life experiences, values, and ideas of all five generations, participants gain a better understanding of their coworkers as it relates to their own experience and behaviour. For example, learn what our newest generation, Generation 9/11, and our oldest, the Traditionals, have in common. Both managers and employees will gain insight and learn simple dos and don'ts when dealing with coworkers of different generations. All five generations discuss their own generational traits and that of their coworkers. Learn to communicate better, deal with change, increase productivity, and develop a more respectful workplace. Please Respect My Generation! 5 Generations at Work integrates respect and unity at work for people at all stages of life. Key Learning Points: Learn how each generation is identified and defined Explore which traits are commonly associated with each generation and how that impacts the workplace Gain a better understanding of how generational stereotypes, both good and bad, can be as disrespectful as cultural and ethnic ones Discover how miscommunication between generations can be avoided Understand the importance of respect and unity in the workplace for people of all ages Available in French: S'il vous plaît respecter ma génération! cinq générations au travail

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What makes a good manager? What makes a good leader? Is leadership just a fashionable name for management or are the skills of leadership distinctly different? If leadership is different, what's the best mix of management and leadership for your job? In these challenging times getting it right is ...
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