Speaker Profile
KARLA BRANDAU
Karla Brandau is a thought leader in management and team building techniques. She trains individuals to improve their communications and thus their relationships with anyone they interface with.
She specializes in personalities, communication skills, leadership principles.
She is the CEO of Workplace Power Institute and has educated managers with her proven leadership principles in companies such as Motorola, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Panasonic, and BYD America.
She has a degree in education and is a Certified Speaking Professional, an earned designation given by National Speakers Association.
Karla’s book, How to Earn the Gift of Discretionary Effort, teaches managers how to be the leader people CHOOSE to follow, not have to follow because of their position on the organizational chart.

Project Management Features of Microsoft Outlook
This webinar is a game-changer for budget-conscious professionals and organizations. You’ll gain practical strategies to improve project outcomes while keeping your overhead low – a win-win for you and your organization.This session teaches the secrets of making Outlook a tool for exponential productivity on a personal level as well as on a project team level. When you attend as a team, all team members wil..

The Perennial Workplace - Five Generations Working in Harmony
The post-generational work environment individualizes the workplace by focusing on the unique preferences and abilities of each employee rather than generalizing needs based on age or generation. A benefit of the post-generational workplace is that teams are formed based on perennial skills, expertise, and project requirements versus stereotyping the individual by the decade in which they were born. T..

Leadership Success: Six Steps to Confidence, Charisma, and Gravitas
Structured into six straightforward steps, this webinar enhances your personal competence and presence. It offers practical, actionable guidance—not just abstract theory on developing an authentic, captivating, and compelling presence. Built on the foundation of confidence, the allure of charisma, and the authority of gravitas, this program equips you to leave a lasting impression in any setting.Through pra..

Outlook Techniques: Survive Avalanche Email
Research shows that most people with Microsoft Outlook on their desktops only use about 15% of the power of Outlook, leaving 85% unused. Some of the unused 85% includes the Inbox features of Outlook. By using these features, you will manage your productivity more effectively and “make” time for your own personal pursuits. In addition, when you are under pressure to perform, you won’t be stalled by ans..

BEST SELLER - Outlook for Attorneys: Law Office Rules for Productivity
Time management for an attorney in a busy law office is a difficult task. Complicating the issue is managing the productivity of your legal team and the entire firm. If you would like more productivity at your law practice sign up for this webinar on Outlook for Attorneys. You will learn the secrets of making Outlook a tool for exponential productivity for you as an individual and learn Outlook features tha..

Take a Deep Dive into Little Known Microsoft Outlook Features with HUGE Productivity Benefits
Microsoft Outlook is a powerful, comprehensive software tool because it combines email, a calendar, and tasks. The goal is to make your professional life more productive and fulfilling as you gain the ability to get more done in less time. You will conquer your task list in record time as you learn advanced Outlook techniques and how to: Use the features in the expanded ribbon in these Outlook folders: Mail..

Managing Team Workflow with Microsoft Outlook
No doubt you and your team are proficient at using Microsoft Outlook for email and meetings, but did you know you and your team are leaving about 85% of the power of Microsoft Outlook unused. Outlook is a powerful program that can simulate a programming language if you know how to use it. This webinar helps individuals customize Outlook for their personality and their job. It helps you manage those who repo..

Bringing your PowerPoint Presentation to Life
Even in today's online world, live, face-to-face presentations are still so crucial. That includes presentations of all types: training, sales, staff meetings, stock holder summaries, new company policies, church or organization meetings, fundraisers, etc. Microsoft PowerPoint is still the gold-standard of presentation tools. Because it comes with Microsoft Office and Office 365, most computers have access ..

Emotional Intelligence: The Missing Component in Leadership Success
Emotional Intelligence has several components and by balancing these components, you can be not only more successful as a leader, but you can be more successful at handling stress and crafting a satisfying life. From the leadership viewpoint, emotional intelligence gives you the ability to relate to employees and colleagues, create rapport with them, and influence their behaviors. You start with the compone..

How Leaders Improve Workplace Results: Do you have a Gap in Delegation and Accountability?
Are the people you delegate to missing deadlines? Do the people you delegate to fail to take responsibility? Are there no consequences if the task is not completed satisfactorily? If you have experienced any of these behaviors, sign up for this webinar and learn how to delegate with clarity, give responsibility plus authority and hold people accountable. Done correctly, delegating can be the man..

It’s Time for Results – Time Management Strategies for Busy Professionals
Perhaps you have fallen into the trap of thinking you can be an expert time manager by “flying by the seat of your pants” or handling issues as they come at you during the day. That may work to some extent but in today’s frenetic business environment, you need tried and true time management principles that enable you to work effectively using a producer’s mindset. With a producer’s mindset, you can start ea..

Leave Work On Time With Microsoft Outlook
This webinar is for individuals working in Outlook 2013, 2016, or 2019. If you want to catapult your career in addition to leaving work on time, sign up for this webinar. You will benefit professionally as you use Microsoft Outlook features to:Finish projects on timeRemember all assignmentsNever miss a deadlineNever miss a meetingYou will be recognized for your individual responsibility and accountability, ..

Negotiate Your Way To Success
Most people equate negotiation with conflict and since they hate conflict, they fail to see that negotiation skills lead to the resolution of conflict. In this webinar, conflict is discussed in tandem with negotiation. True negotiation demands a variety of skills and success begins with understanding these areas, then daily practice to improve them. In addition to conflict resolution skills, these skills in..

Outlook For Attorneys: Law Office Rules For Productivity
This webinar is for individuals working in Outlook 2013, 2016, or 2019. A partner is valuable in any endeavor but especially in such a complex issue as productivity. You need a partner to keep you on track when interrupted, when distracted by miscellaneous thoughts that pop in your head, and when you have concentrated, taken a break, and need to get back on track. This is a “must-attend” and “don’t miss” we..

Outlook Pro Tricks: Inbox, Search Folders, Tasks And Calendar
This webinar is for individuals working in Outlook 2013, 2016, or 2019. If you are a pro at using email and using the calendar for appointments and meetings and you want to expand your use of the tool, this webinar is for you. Microsoft Outlook will become your partner in productivity when you discover the hidden features taught. This webinar covers productivity, not just from a technology viewpoint, but fr..