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Exceptional Service for All Generations Term: Fall, Spring Do you interact with several generations of internal and external customers? Have you noticed how the expectations of one generation differ from anoth... Facilitation Skills Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible Participants will gain the knowledge and skills to both understand and deliver in-house facilitation services. The first day covers the foundation of ... Finance and Accounting for the Non-Financial Professional - CELEMI Virtual Apples and Oranges鈩 Location: Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom Term: Fall, Spring Do you know how to read and interpret financial statements? Are you comfortable discussing with your colleagues and leaders cost drivers, cash flow, f... Fundamentals of Lean Kaizen Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible Lean is a systematic approach to eliminating waste so that every process step adds value for the customer. Fundamentals of Lean provides an overview o... 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How to Think About and Leverage Data Term: Fall, Spring For the business professional data is the voice of the process. This voice is used to distinguish between satisfactory and unsatisfactory products and... Human Resources (HR) Fundamentals for Non-HR Leaders Location: Independence, North Canton Term: Fall, Spring In this program frontline leaders will learn about relevant human resource (HR) topics and functions that impact daily operations. Participants will g... Influencing Others Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible In this program, a variety of psychological techniques are presented and discussed. It includes a range of role plays and group discussions that will ... Influencing Up Location: Independence, North Canton Term: Fall, Spring When you take the time to cultivate a productive working relationship 鈥 by understanding the strengths and weaknesses of your superiors 鈥 everyone win... 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Introduction to Social Media Location: Online - Self-paced Term: Fall, Summer Course OverviewGet involved in the move from in-person to online communication. Learn what social media are and their role in your business and person... Leadership Foundations Certificate Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible Leadership not only entails driving organizational results, but also developing people who perform at their highest level to meet their individual goa... Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Training and Certification Location: Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom Term: Fall, Spring A Lean Six Sigma Black Belt is known as a highly trained team leader, communicator, statistical analyst and project manager. In this program you will ... 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Managing Transition and Embracing Change During Challenging Times Location: Independence, North Canton Term: Fall, Spring For the past several months we鈥檝e been living in a scary, unpredictable world. Change is happening at an alarming rate both personally and professiona... Marketing Using Social Media Location: Online - Self-paced Term: Fall, Summer Course OverviewDevelop a two-way communication and marketing strategy for your organization using social media. Let your instructor guide you in explo... Mental Bandwidth - Strategies for Team Leaders Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible Leadership not only entails driving organizational results, but also developing people who perform at their highest level to meet their individual goa... Mental Bandwidth Basics Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible Mental bandwidth is the moment-to-moment amount of brain resources that each person possesses. Like time and physical energy, there is a limit to the ... Mentoring: The Quest and the Legacy Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible Mentoring is thought of usually from the perspective of youth development programs such as Big Brothers Big Sisters. Mentoring goes far beyond that an... Micosoft Word - Intermediate Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible Build your Word skills by learning how to create and manage styles, work with templates, format tables and columns, and use review and document manage... Microsoft Excel - Advanced Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible Apply the if and sum if functions; use a nested if function to evaluate complex conditions; use the round function to round off numbers, use pmt funct... Microsoft Excel - Basic Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible Learn how to use the help system and navigate worksheets and workbooksCreate basic workbooks by entering and editing text, values, formulas and pictur... Microsoft Excel - Intermediate Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible Work with more advanced formatting options including styles, themes, backgrounds and watermarksSave workbooks as webpages and pdf filesInsert and edit... Microsoft Outlook - Advanced Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible Manage the mailboxWork with notes and journal foldersManage calendar and contactsWork with collaboration featuresTemplates and formsBusiness contact m... Microsoft Outlook - Intermediate Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible KentThe Center for Corporate and Professional DevelopmentMicrosoft Outlook - IntermediateCustomize OutlookWork with multiple foldersCustomize messages... Microsoft Powerpoint - Basic Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible Create presentationsAdd graphics, tables, charts to slidesRearrange and format slidesAdd transitions, animations, timingsPrint slides in different lay... Microsoft Powerpoint - Intermediate Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible Create and use templates and themesAdd and modify graphics and multimediaInsert and customize tables and SmartArt graphicsDesign interactive and custo... Microsoft Word - Basic Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible Write and edit documentsFormat and adjust fonts, font sizes, colors, bullets and marginsCut, copy and paste textAdd and modify graphics and tablesUse ... Motivating Employees Location: Independence, North Canton, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom Term: Fall, Spring Motivating employees is a critical skill for supervisors to engage their team in the organization鈥檚 success. Participants will review motivational the... Moving Positively Through Change Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible Change is difficult but it鈥檚 a fact of life. This session will help you to understand the process of change and give you ways to navigate and manage i... Navigating the Transition from Peer to Supervisor Location: Independence, North Canton Term: Fall, Spring Moving into a leadership role is a natural progression in an employee鈥檚 career. Often this transition means that the new leader is now 鈥榠n charge鈥 of ... Online Certificate Programs Location: Virtual Term: Flexible Develop your skills at home with these online certificate programs!Complete these certificate programs in just a few short months. Engage with other o... Online Industrial Maintenance Training Location: Online - Self-paced Term: Fall, Spring 绿帽社 offers a nationally recognized Online Industrial Maintenance Technician Training program designed to meet the increasing demand ... Positioning Yourself as a Brand Ambassador Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible In this two-day program, you will:Instill Greater Level of Confidence as a Brand Ambassador (i. e., Media Spokesperson, Client Representative or Commu... Power BI Certificate Location: Online - Self-paced Term: Flexible Gain insights into your data using business intelligence software 鈥 Power Business Intelligence. Power BI is a widely used business analytics service ... Practical Agile Project Management Location: Independence, North Canton Term: Fall, Spring The Agile Project Management approach has been helping organizations reach strategic results since the Agile Manifesto was written in 2001. Since then... Practical Tools for Managing Workplace Anxiety Location: Independence, North Canton Term: Fall, Spring The workplace is one of the leading locations where people experience stress and anxiety.Workplace anxiety is a serious condition that affects two out... Presenting a Persuasive Business Case Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible Achieving buy-in from decision-makers requires a concisely prepared and dynamically presented persuasive message. Decision-makers often have preconcei... Preventing Workplace Harassment Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible In this program, the participants will define and understand harassment terminology so that they can recognize what is and is not unlawful harassment ... Prioritizing Projects, To-Do Lists and Interruptions Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible This program is for busy managers, supervisors, leaders and professionals who need to juggle multiple projects, tasks and interruptions. Learn to shri... Professional Certificate in Digital Marketing + Professional Certified Marketer from American Marketing Association Location: Online - Self-paced Term: Flexible Course OverviewTwo Great Marketing Leaders. One Powerful Course. Not only will you receive a DMI certification, but you also receive the Professional ... Professional Customer Service Communication Skills Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible What is your impact on both internal and external customers? Would they recommend you to others? Achieving individual and company goals, developing hi... Project Leadership Location: Independence, North Canton Term: Fall, Spring Organizing and managing the day-to-day activities of a project can be challenging enough. However, successful project managers must also have the skil... Project Management Executive Overview Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible There is a noticeable trend among excellent organizations 鈥 they are moving toward a more project-oriented approach to managing their businesses. Proj... Project Portfolio Management Location: Independence, North Canton Term: Fall, Spring Successfully managing a single project takes a precarious blend of structure and socio-cultural skills. Managing a portfolio of projects is that same ... Quick Changeover Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible Quick Changeover is a five-step process aimed at reducing the changeover time in any process that requires the flexibility to adapt to changing custom... Securing Project Success Through CELEMI Cayenne鈩 Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible Everyone wants to lead successful projects and be an effective project manager. However, project management is challenging. Time constraints, budgets ... SHRM Certification Prep+ Location: Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom Term: Fall, Spring Establish yourself as a globally-recognized human resource expert by earning the standard in HR certification: SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) a... Social Media for Business Certificate Location: Online - Self-paced Term: Flexible Get in on this exciting and growing way to communicate, market and serve your customers and clients. For businesses, nonprofits, government and other ... Standardized Work and Continuous Flow Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible Standardized Work is essential to achieving and sustaining Lean processes. Standardized Work is a people focused tool designed to document current bes... Statistical Process Control Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible Participants will gain basic training regarding the use of statistical methods in order to assure consistent quality of a manufactured product or serv... Strategies for Leading the Multigenerational Team Location: Independence, North Canton Term: Fall, Spring Today鈥檚 workplace is affected by six generational mindsets. Each generation offers diverse assets to any organization. This program explains the origi... Supervision And Management Advanced Certificate Location: Independence, North Canton, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom Term: Fall, Spring Take Your Skills Even HigherIn addition to the Certificate of Supervision and Management Fundamentals Certificate, we offer a Certificate of Supervisi... Supervision and Management Fundamentals Certificate Location: Independence, North Canton, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom Term: Fall, Spring Rising To The Challenges Supervising and managing employees is an incredibly challenging role, especially in today鈥檚 ever-changing work environment. I... The Business Plan Location: Online - Self-paced Term: Fall, Summer Course OverviewWhether starting a business or growing the one you have, a business plan serves as a roadmap and can help secure needed funding. In th... The ROI of Happiness: Proven Strategies for Becoming Happier and More Successful at Work Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible We鈥檝e always been taught that if we work hard enough and achieve our goals, then we鈥檒l be happy. But research shows that success comes as a result of ... Theory of Constraints Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible A system is only as strong as its weakest link. Generally, Lean tools that teach us how to create flow ignore this. We are taught to balance the line ... Turning Conflict Into Collaboration Location: Independence, North Canton, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom Term: Fall, Spring Conflict is natural within the workplace and a predictable part of working with others. Yet unresolved conflict negatively affects morale, motivation,... Understanding Debits and Credits Location: Online - Self-paced Term: Fall, Summer Course OverviewIn this course, participants will learn about the accounting equation and the five categories involved in every business (Assets, Liabi... Understanding Emotional Intelligence to Increase Your Effectiveness Location: Independence, North Canton Term: Fall, Spring Studies have shown that an individual鈥檚 level of Emotional Intelligence (EI) can be a greater predictor of success in the workplace than IQ. We see th... Value Stream Mapping (VSM) Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a powerful tool for analyzing information and material flow throughout an organization. You will learn the step-by-step ... What Communication Style Are You? Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible The most productive work teams are those whose team members understand and adapt to the diverse communication styles of their colleagues. The facilita... What's Preventing Your Team's Success? Overcoming the Critical Five Dysfunctions of a Team Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible Based on Lencioni鈥檚 Five Dysfunctions of a Team the facilitator will define the Five Dysfunctions of a Team Model. Participants will engage in a team ... Working Together to Achieve Results Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible In today鈥檚 collaborative work environments, it is imperative for employees to find ways to work together effectively to achieve required results. In t... Workplace Bullying Location: Your Preference Term: Flexible In this program, participants will leave with an increased understanding of harassment and bullying behaviors and be able to identify warning signs of... Writing News and Press Releases Location: Online - Self-paced Term: Fall, Summer Course OverviewBeing able to write a good news story, press release or publicity notice is a skill that can set you apart in the workplace. Getting th...
