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- Administrative Leadership
- Advanced Project Management
- Business Writing On-The-Web™
- Business Writing Skills
- Coaching, Counseling and Discipline
- Coaching
- Communicating for Results
- Communicating Up, Over, & Out
- Complete Communication
- Creative Problem Solving
- Dealing With Difficult People
- Executive Presentation Skills
- Grammar On-The-Web™
- Influence and Negotiation
- Leadership
- Manager as Leader
- Minutes Made Easy
- Peer Coaching
- Presentation Skills
- Problem Solving
- Producing Successful Meetings and Events
- Project Management Made Easy
- Project Management Workshop
- Re-Charge Your Writing
- Stress Management
- Supervisor as Leader
- Supervisory Workshop
- Team Building
- Teamspeak
Differentiate
yourself! There are 4 million administrative professionals
in the U.S. Discuss how to lead the way as support staff positions
evolve and grow in scope. Gain practical knowledge in problem
solving and how to be better organized. Practice techniques for
responding to other people's needs without giving up your own.
A mix of video, role-play and group exercises makes this class
fun and lively. You will hate to see this two-day workshop end,
but will leave with an enhanced self-image, ready to take on authority
and more interesting responsibilities.
Length: 2 consecutive
days
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It's your project!
These words can bring delight and fear to our hearts! Most of
us are not born with the ability to successfully manage a project.
There are rules and tools, methods and procedures that must be
followed. Follow them and you will succeed. Join your colleagues
in this two-day program to learn how to plan the project, match
people with tasks, monitor their progress, and finish on time
and within budget. In addition you can earn 14 Professional Development
Units (PDUs) 14 Practicing Institute of Engineers PDHs as applicable. Length:
2 consecutive days
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Write right!
Learn to write and edit clear, concise, effective business correspondence.
Explore ways to enhance your professional image on the page or
computer screen. Practice techniques to make writing tasks easier,
quicker and more effective. Receive constructive critiques after
each writing practice and discover your unique writing strengths
and trouble spots. Topics covered in the program include: Getting
Organized, Avoiding Common Errors, Critiquing and Editing, and
Grammar and Usage Refresher.
Length:
2 consecutive days
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You chose the learning
environment! Log in from work, home, a park or Starbucks,
and learn to write better. Learn to write emails that say what you
mean without needing to add smiley face "emoticons." Master
those tough grammatical areas that have always stumped you. Learn
to select the appropriate tone and style. Practice writing clearly
and get personal, private feedback from your online coach. Chill
out in the Cyberspace Café and "blog" with your
classmates. Spend only a few hours a week, at the time and place
of your choosing, during the 6-week program. Mastering university-style
online learning is an added benefit.
Length: 6 modules
spread over 6 weeks
Location: Your computer, over the Internet, at work or home
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Coaching, Counseling
and Discipline
Anyone responsible for managing a staff will appreciate learning
the differences between coaching, counseling and disciplining. This
one-day program provides an opportunity to conduct coaching and
counseling sessions while providing an understanding of potential
legal issues related to each.
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Most of us have had
a coach at some point in our lives - a sports coach, a business
coach or a friend or family member, acting in the role of coach.
Good coaches have a tremendous effect on our ability to succeed
and their influence often has a lifelong impact. Coaching involves
guiding, teaching, motivating and mentoring. It requires strong
interpersonal and communication skills. Coaching Others is a skill
building program for managers and supervisors on how to utilize
the practice of coaching to help employees achieve greater business
results and grow professionally. Topics covered include: The
Coaching Partnership, Coaching with Style, Coaching Tools, Adult-to-Adult
Coaching; Coach as Listener, and The Power of Positive
Reinforcement.
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Speed limits
are for others! Put your foot on the gas and feel
the power of Communicating for Results. Why let stressful interpersonal
situations slow you down and limit your potential? Learn how to
read others behavior, identify listening blocks, disarm
conflict and assertively get what you want and need. Challenging
practice drills assure that you leave the program equipped with
new and immediately useful communication skills.
Length:
2 consecutive days
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You are the center
of the wheel! This program presents the case that
all employees are communication "hubs" and need to communicate
effectively in many directions. Workplace communications are analyzed
against a tried and true communication model, with certain interactions
clearly emerging as the preferred option. Participants explore
the importance of networking, and learn networking practices that
can result in increased effectiveness and efficiency. A final
unit on upward communication encourages participants to consider
the value they can add to the organization by courageously "managing
the boss."
Length:
1 day
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Holt
Complete Communication offers a detailed examination of
one of today's most dangerous corporate caveats - communicating
effectively. There are a few simple tools that every employee
can utilize to enhance communication on every day issues as well
as important projects. Learn how to be an effective listener as
well as how to adeptly interpret non-verbal communication. Many
clients have credited this course as one of the most beneficial
new HOLT courses to date.
Length:
1 day
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Administrative Professionals
make decisions and solve problems daily. They feel pressure to
make GOOD decisions and deliver the BEST solutions FAST!
This program offers techniques for decision making and problem
solving, as well as the added twist - which decisions and problems
do you tackle alone versus which you work on with your manager,
an HR representative, an attorney, or with others on your team?
Participants sample a wide variety of helpful creative problem
solving methods designed to use alone or with others. Finally,
participants solve real-life problems using creative thinking
and a handy problem-solving model. Length:
1 day
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Is your team reflecting boredom, disinterest, disgruntled and difficult behavior? Then we have two programs that might interest you. Dealing with Difficult People is a program that will assist you in clearly identifying the behaviors that you find difficult, understanding what motivates the difficult people in your life, and recognizing your choices for interacting with these individuals and the implication of these choices. Length:
1 day
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Executive Presentation Skills
This advanced program is meant for experienced presenters including
those who have attended presentation skills courses in the past,
and/or those who have practical experience of presenting and knowledge
of the basics. The overall purpose is to develop existing presentation
skills further, and introduce new skills and techniques enabling
participants to deliver more complex and sophisticated presentations.
Class size is small to ensure adequate practice time and feedback
from the instructor and classmates. Participants arrive with an
already developed presentation that they deliver several times,
revising and perfecting the structure and delivery based on feedback.
Topics covered in this program include: Presentation Structure,
Working with Technology, Group Dynamics and Facilitation Skills,
Adapting to Your Audience, Presentation Settings - From On Stage
with a Podium to Seated at a Conference Table, and Handling
Difficult Situations. Videotaping and personalized coaching
and feedback results in increased poise and confidence and more
polished delivery skills. (Continued one-on-one coaching is available.)
Length:
2 consecutive days
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Would you like
to feel more confident about your grammar usage? Join
your fellow Administrative Professionals and an expert instructor
in six weekly online sessions. You will spend less than two hours
a week, and can participate from your computer at work or home.
Complete weekly assignments at a time during the week that's convenient
for you. Enjoy private, personalized feedback from the instructor.
An added benefit is mastering online learning, which can prepare
you for a lifetime of continued study and growth.
Length: 6 modules
spread over 7 weeks
Location: Your computer, over the Internet, at work or
home
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Better than a
Broadway play! The negotiation simulation in this program
draws rave reviews from participants! In this lively activity,
representatives from both sides of an issue meet to negotiate
an agreement. After intense preparation, the representatives and
their cohorts in the audience are heavily invested
in the outcome. Using influence skills and tactics presented early
in the session, the negotiators try for a win-win agreement rather
than a heated debate. The skills and knowledge acquired in this
fast one-day program are valuable to Administrative Professionals
for internal negotiation on a wide variety of issues, externally
with vendors and personally in daily transactions. Length:
1 day
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Leadership
One of our fastest growing programs, Holt
Administrative Leadership is designed specifically for
Support Staff Professionals. Finally, the business world has recognized
the value of this critically important segment of any company
infrastructure. HOLT developed a
program with the understanding that today's support person assumes
responsibilities that extend far beyond typing letters, taking
dictation and answering phones. Our ALS curriculum provides development
opportunities that enable your support staff to perform optimally.
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This workshop explores
complex leadership concepts and challenges. Each module of the
program addresses one of these dilemmas faced daily by managers.
Additionally, there are four key messages that are threaded throughout
the program: 1) Learn to Learn - becoming a great manager
and leader is a life-long learning process, 2) Thrive on Chaos
- the ability to see paradoxes and make good choices in light
of contradictory evidence is a required skill, 3) See the Whole
- being able to see the whole picture helps leaders solve problems
and seize opportunity, 4) Know your Strengths - gain a
clear understanding of your strengths and build on them. Skill
building activities are included in each of the modules. Easy
solutions are not always provided, rather managers are prompted,
via the four key messages cited above, to make informed choices,
analyze the consequences of those choices, and learn from the
results. A special feature of this program is a Leadership Makeover
Kit - a booklet filled with ideas and suggestions for further
reading, study, and follow up for each topic covered.
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Ever wish you
were included in more departmental meetings? Once others
know you have the knowledge, skills, and confidence to take relevant
meeting notes and present them as useful minutes, you will rarely
be excluded! Learn how to: outline the purpose of each section
of a meeting; recognize pertinent information to record; take
accurate notes; present information in logical order; quickly
create a draft; and, distribute finished minutes that meet the
needs and expectations of attendees.
Length:
1 day
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May
I help? Administrative Professionals work side-by-side.
You are expected to support each other, give directions, train
each other, and offer helpful suggestions. All of these behaviors
qualify as "coaching." In this highly interactive program
you will learn how to: gauge a colleague's readiness and willingness
to be coached; coach on an adult-to-adult level; understand the
difference between coaching and feedback; and, deliver descriptive
feedback that helps rather than hurts or offends. (This class
is very effective delivered in-house to an intact team of secretaries
or other Administrative Professionals.) Length:
1 day
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It is not difficult
for most of us to make a presentation to an individual or a group.
But it is not so easy to give a presentation that is engaging,
thoughtful, informative and memorable.
Holt Presentation Skills outlines how to build
a speech from the very beginning that will assure a successful
end result. This animated course will require intensive live and
videotaped feedback. We will also address the use of visual aids,
modern technology and how to manage Q & A.
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We encounter problems
on the job every day. Most of us tackle problems in a linear,
traditional way. Many of us are blind to the assumptions that
are barriers to problem solving. This half day, fast paced program
prompts participants to change perspectives and look at old problems
in new ways. By changing perspectives, you change what you see
and how you act and react. Once you see a problem differently,
you are more likely to come up with a different solution. In addition
to prompting changing perspectives, you'll discover a multitude
of problem solving methods, tools and resources that can be used
alone or with a team. By using these techniques you can start
to tackle problems that can otherwise seem huge, overwhelming
and complex. These tools will give you a starting point in problem
solving and help you gain a reputation as both a creative and
critical thinker.
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This workshop provides
the latest techniques in planning and managing corporate special
events and meetings. Employees will be provided with the ammunition
they need to execute polished and memorable events. We will address
the five key points to successful event planning, identify creative
and unexpected event options, and practice negotiation skills
with hotels, caterers and other vendors. Length:
1.5 days
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Project Management
Made Easy
Administrative Professionals who take this course will feel confident
to jump at the opprotunity to plan and manage new projects, as
well as volunteer as knowledgeable project team members. This
program promises to take the mystery out of basic project planning
tools and terminology such as Work Breakdown Structure (WBS0,
Critical Path Method (CPM), PERT and Gant charting. Lively activities
provide practice in seeing the big picture; breaking the project
into bite size pieces; organizing the work effort; setting up
a monitoring system; and gaining project team support from the
very beginning. Length:
1 day
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This course de-mystifies
project management by giving participants a solid comfort level
with the real-world planning and monitoring tools needed by project
leaders. This workshop provides answers to questions such as:
What are we building? Which task should you do next? How do you
schedule tasks and activities to ensure successful project completion?
Who is doing the work? This is a highly interactive workshop.
The methodology includes lecture, case study, small group exercises
and open discussion.
Upon completion participants are awarded 7 Project Management
Institute PDUs or 7 Practicing Institute of Engineers PDHs as
applicable. Length:
1 day
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As a reader, do you
always read every word a writer sends you? The obvious answer
is "no." Readers skim and scan documents rather than
reading "word for word." Savvy business writers know
this. They also know that the average reader will invest less
than 30 seconds on a document before they make the decision to
read it now, read it later, or never read it! Re-Charge Your Writing
is an accelerated version of our two-day program. It is meant
for those who already have a solid grasp of grammar and usage
rules and conventions. The goal of the program is to help you
produce writing that is read, understood and acted upon. Topics
covered include: Planning, Guidelines for Effective Writing,
Professional Emails, and Editing. Length:
1 day
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Job stress is one of the leading problems related to employee
absence and attrition in the workforce today. Holt
Stress Management will assist your staff in identifying
techniques to alleviate the harmful effects of stress and, in
turn, how to use stress to their advantage. This one-day course
has been highly successful, particularly when used in conjunction
with Holt Time Management. Length:
1 day
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The supervisory position
is a key leadership position in organizations. Most supervisors
see their roles too narrowly, just focusing on their relationships
with direct reports. This content rich program takes an expanded,
holistic approach to supervisory training by including the additional
key roles of: direct report to manager; peer with other supervisors;
and senior-level individual contributor. Emphasis is placed on
how behavior influences others' perceptions and how important
those perceptions can be. This workshop is designed to provide
supervisors with practical advice, easy-to-learn and easy-to-use
tools and a forum to share their frustrations and their successes.
Simulations, group discussions and a unique closing review activity
called The Great Debate are standout features of this intensive
program. Topics covered include: Roles of the Supervisor, Listening,
Motivation, Setting and Communicating Expectations, Delegating,
and Giving and Receiving Feedback.
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Supervisory Workshop
The Holt Supervisory Workshop series
is comprised of six courses that address the professional development
of supervisors and how to maximize the performances from the people
they manage. Areas of study include interviewing skills, coaching,
counseling and discipline, and conducting performance appraisals.
For further information on the Holt Learning Supervisory Workshop
please visit our Law Firm Training section.
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Team
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No one can be successful without the support and assistance of
others. Teambuilding, a new HOLT course
launched in 2000, offers an in-depth look at the anatomy of a
team and why the individuals who make up that team must recognize
their interdependence. The elements of personal style within the
team are examined along with informative, interactive activities.
In order to personalize the course for each participant, each
learner will complete a DISC Style Analysis.
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Teamspeak
This intensive half-day program is designed specifically for small
groups who are required to join efforts to produce services or
projects. Ultimately, the team will utilize all the group's talent
and input to deliver a successful project.
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Holt Learning's
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INDIVIDUAL EFFECTIVENESS
PROGRAMS
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Administrative Leadership
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$1000
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Administrative Professionals
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Advanced
Project Management Workshop
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$1100
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Anyone who manages or is involved in project-based
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Business Writing
On-The-Web™
(internet program)
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$1000
6 weeks
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Anyone who would like to learn more about
the tools and techniques of business writing
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Business Writing Skills
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$1000
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Complete Communication
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$500
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Administrative Professionals
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Communicating for Results
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$1100
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Anyone who wants to build communication
skills
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Communicating Up,
Over & Out
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$500
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Administrative Professionals
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Creative Problem Solving
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$500
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Administrative Professionals
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Dealing With Difficult People
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$500
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Administrative Professionals
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Grammar
On-The-Web™
(internet program)
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$1000
6 weeks
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Anyone who would like to brush up on Grammar
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Influence and Negotiation
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$500
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Administrative Professionals
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Minutes Made Easy
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$500
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Peer Coaching
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$500
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Presentation Skills
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$1100
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Anyone
who wants to overcome fear of public speaking or would like
to brush up on presentation skills
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Producing Successful Meetings and Events
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$1000
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Anyone who plans meetings and events
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Project Management Workshop
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$500
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Anyone who manages
or is involved in project-based work
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Team Building
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$1100
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Anyone interested
in being a successful, effective team player and helping
to lead a team to high performance
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