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Strategic HR Training and Development
Strategic HR training is a fine line of clear education that supports specific goals, and it is not accomplished through extremes. From the employer downloading free PowerPoints off a website to the employer engaging the most expensive consultant to drone on for hours, both approaches will fail and will create both disengaged employees and legal problems.Strategic HR training is a deliberate, systemic appro..
Stressed Out: How to Deal with Conflict, Difficult Co-workers, Peers and Even Bosses
Conflict is an inevitable part of life. No matter how hard you try, it can seem that there will always be something that causes you or someone around you to be frustrated, angry, and impatient – or a whole host of other not-so-pleasant emotions.Conflict arises when the people we work with have different ideas, perspectives, backgrounds, values, goals or expectations. Yes, conflict can be destructive! It div..
Succeed with Collaborative Leadership
Human nature does not change but our understanding of human nature does change. Every manager must become adept and getting the best performance out of every employee. Today that means adapting the traditional management and leadership categories to the current situation. For example, employees are assigned specific tasks to perform and goals to meet. Collaborative spend time with each employee and then wit..
Successfully Manage People Who Are Older Than You
Generational diversity” is no longer just a buzzword. We’re seeing younger and younger individuals in positions of power and influence in the workforce, and these days it’s not uncommon for the power hierarchy to be reversed, with older individuals reporting to younger bosses. You cannot manage an experienced worker based on authority from your position title alone. Managing someone older than you don’t hav..
Surveying & Benchmarking
No matter what business you are in, you must be able to understand customers’ expectations, even when they cannot articulate them easily. You must measure yourself against industry leaders to assure you are able to provide great value to your internal and external customers. Although there are times when you want a third party to conduct these studies, you can learn simple tools and approaches and dig out w..
Surviving an EEOC Investigation
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has come knocking -- uh, oh....what do you do now? Well, this program has the answers. Too many employers think that the EEOC process is a hazard to be survived, and the next, even more evil, step, also known as litigation, is a bridge crossed at a later date. Believe it or not, going through the EEOC's process can provide a lot of useful tips and tools to a savvy..
Surviving in an Emotionally Toxic Workplace
Are you feeling Frustrated? Exhausted? – trying to deal with all the emotions that swirl around in your workplace. Feeling like you just don’t know what to do?Sometimes it’s the same person you have to deal with day in and day out – you feel overwhelmed and just want to avoid them, but you can’t – you have a job to do – things to get done.Sometimes you’re blindsided – suddenly, out of the blue someone is an..
Taking Action on your Employee Engagement Results
Your company spends time and money on designing, developing and implementing your employee engagement, experience, and pulse surveys. Join us to find out how to maximize that investment by leading accountability through the follow-through phase. Learn the top five most important steps to take to get the follow-through that you are looking for.Employees who are well supported and committed to their organizat..
Targeting/ Prospecting-Developing a Prospecting Process to Fill the Funnel with Leads
How to Build and Execute a Lead Development/ Prospecting Process to increase quality leads to your organization. This webinar will detail the process required to make an inquiry and get it to a Sales Accepted Lead. We will also focus on how to increase the number of inquiries through content marketing, social selling, and referral generation.Prospecting for Quality Leads/ Social selling/ Referral generation..
Tattoos, Piercing and Cross-Dressing, Oh My!
Tattoos were always associated with sailors, marines, and bikers. Not today. Over the past few decades, there has been real progress towards accepting tattoos and other body art in the workplace. At the same time, highly visible piercings and tattoos still have a negative connotation.The same is not true with those who have gender orientation or gender identity issues. The workplace is still confused and co..
Tax Ethics and Circular 230
Congress is currently considering legislation that would require all tax preparers to follow the ethical guidelines and rules under Circular 230.Currently, the IRS only requires practitioners who represent taxpayers before the IRS to follow Circular 230 due to the Loving case. Even though tax representation creates a jurisdiction hook, tax representatives can still run afoul for tax preparation issues under..
Tax Logic: The Foundational Legal Framework
The seminar will explain the law, the underlying legal principles, and the logic for both used by tax authorities and by the courts in evaluating, judging, and enforcing the law.Fundamental issues like recognition of income, allowance of deductions, proper and improper capitalization, permissible depreciation and amortization methods, qualifications for credits, and differences between civil tax enforcement..
The 10 Most Powerful Value-Rich Words in Selling
If you are serious about selling a product or service you must also get serious about learning the right words to you use in the process. Your sales conversations should not be haphazard but planned, focused, and deliberate. Those who get the best sales results know this. Your capacity to choose the right words in sales situations has the potential to open your prospect’s mind or close it. That’s why, succe..
The 1099 & W-9 Annual Update Course –Complying with IRS Information Reporting
What are the rules regarding paying and IRS reporting on Independent Contractors? How do we avoid the IRS CP-2100 (B-Notices)? What if our vendor/payee claims exemption; must we obtain a W-9 anyway? What are the best practices for handling our information reporting obligations? How can we minimize the risk of improper exemption claims by our payees and vendors? Get the answers to these and related questions..
The 1099 and W-9 Annual Update Course
What are the rules regarding paying and IRS reporting on Independent Contractors? How do we avoid the IRS CP-2100? (B-Notices)? What if our vendor/payee claims exemption; must we obtain a W-9 anyway? What are the best practices for handling our information reporting obligations? How can we minimize the risk of improper exemption claims by our payees and vendors? Get the answers to these and related ques..