Speaker Profile
KARLA BRANDAU
Karla Brandau is a leading authority on time management and team productivity in the workplace. With over 25 years of teaching and coaching time management and over 15 years of specializing in Microsoft Outlook training, she specializes in combining the power of time management with the technology tool of Microsoft Outlook to help individuals “get it all done” in less time. She is the CEO of Workplace Power Institute (www.WorkplacePower.com) and has educated managers with her proven time management and Microsoft Outlook productivity systems in companies such as Motorola, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Panasonic, and BYD America.
Karla’s time management with Microsoft Outlook workbook, “Have More Day at the End of Your Day”, is a valuable guide for anyone wanting to know how to use the power of technology to leave work on time. She is the author of “101 Time Management Tips for Busy Professionals,” writes a monthly informational newsletter, maintains a blog, and has authored many articles for digital information sites and magazines.
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Karla Brandau
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
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..
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Karla Brandau
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
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, ..
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Karla Brandau
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
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..
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Karla Brandau
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
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 Outlook Pro Tricks: Inbox, Search Folders, Tasks And Calendar](https://www.grceducators.com/image/cache/catalog/2022-Speaker%20/85-95/Karla%20Brandau-80x90.jpg)
Karla Brandau
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
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..
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Karla Brandau
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
Outlook: 15 Outlook Features That Give You SCREAMING Productivity
This webinar is for individuals working in Outlook 2013, 2016, or 2019. Using the hidden features of Microsoft Outlook to its fullest extent makes you more productive. It’s like putting time – which is money – directly into your pocket instead of letting it trickle down the drain. You paid a great deal for the privilege of using Microsoft Outlook – why not wring every dollar you can out of it? The tips, tri..
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Karla Brandau
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
Overhaul Your Outlook Inbox
Do you remember when hand-written or typed letters were the main means of communication? If so, you may also remember how glorious it was to send and receive information via the fax machine.With these methods of communication in mind, change your paradigm and celebrate email. It is fast, efficient, effective and almost instantaneous. If it is not meeting your needs, sign up for this webinar, overhaul your I..
![Powerful Stories: Storytelling Based on Neuroscience Captures the Imagination of Your Audience and Gains Their Trust Powerful Stories: Storytelling Based on Neuroscience Captures the Imagination of Your Audience and Gains Their Trust](https://www.grceducators.com/image/cache/catalog/2022-Speaker%20/85-95/Karla%20Brandau-80x90.jpg)
Karla Brandau
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
Powerful Stories: Storytelling Based on Neuroscience Captures the Imagination of Your Audience and Gains Their Trust
The neuroscience of storytelling is a field of study that examines how stories affect the brain. Research has shown that stories can activate the same areas of the brain that are involved in empathy, compassion, and trust. This makes stories a powerful way to connect with people on an emotional level and build rapport.In addition, stories are memorable and persuasive. When we hear a story, our brains releas..
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Karla Brandau
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
Project Management Features of Microsoft Outlook
Completing projects by the required deadline is a challenge for most project managers. The deadline is often put in jeopardy at the very beginning of the assignment because you are spinning your wheels getting the project organized and assignments made to the right team member. This is like throwing money down the drain. In contrast, you can put money in your pocket if you learn to use the project managemen..
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Karla Brandau
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
Strategies to Quell Quiet Quitting
To improve the engagement of employees, start with the examination of outdated people policies and practices. One 20th-century philosophy was “do more with less” which prompted companies under pressure to improve revenues by letting people go which put extreme stress on machinery, supply chains, and workers to produce the maximum in the shortest time with the fewest resources. Naturally, “do more with less”..
![Talking Less, Asking More: The Key to Effective Communication Talking Less, Asking More: The Key to Effective Communication](https://www.grceducators.com/image/cache/catalog/2022-Speaker%20/85-95/KARLA-80x90.jpg)
Karla Brandau
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
Talking Less, Asking More: The Key to Effective Communication
In the dynamic world of business, success is not solely defined by overseeing processes, procedures, and activities. It's about nurturing relationships, and at the heart of exceptional relationships lies effective communication. Welcome to our webinar, "Question Mastery: Elevate Your Conversations, Boost Your Success," where we'll explore the transformative power of both open-ended and closed-ended question..
![The Chameleon Leader: An Innovative Approach to Situational Leadership The Chameleon Leader: An Innovative Approach to Situational Leadership](https://www.grceducators.com/image/cache/catalog/2022-Speaker%20/85-95/Karla%20Brandau-80x90.jpg)
Karla Brandau
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
The Chameleon Leader: An Innovative Approach to Situational Leadership
The Chameleon leadership concept evolved from the premise that decision-making and conflict resolution are efficiently approached when the leader successfully combines two or more leadership styles. In essence, some leadership styles may be successfully combined to produce the most effective results when resolving situations of conflict. Blanchard in his compendium of Situational Leadership argued that the ..
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Karla Brandau
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
The Magic of OneNote
This webinar makes you more efficient and effective as you learn the ins and outs of OneNote and how it integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and YouTube. The perfect tool for reducing the spinning of wheels in the planning, organizing and execution of tasks, projects, and presentations. With this 21st century productivity wonder tool, you can be assured nothing slips through the cr..
![Why Employee Recognition Programs Don’t Work And What Leaders Should Do Instead Why Employee Recognition Programs Don’t Work And What Leaders Should Do Instead](https://www.grceducators.com/image/cache/catalog/2022-Speaker%20/85-95/Karla%20Brandau-80x90.jpg)
Karla Brandau
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
Why Employee Recognition Programs Don’t Work And What Leaders Should Do Instead
The goal of employee engagement is to earn the gift of discretionary effort. Discretionary effort is a gift because employees make a decision on a daily basis whether or not to give discretionary effort. Discretionary effort is the difference between what an employee does to get a paycheck and what the employee is capable of contributing. In a culture of rich employee experiences, employees naturally give d..
![Why Employee Recognition Programs Rarely Work and What Leaders Can Do Instead Why Employee Recognition Programs Rarely Work and What Leaders Can Do Instead](https://www.grceducators.com/image/cache/catalog/2022-Speaker%20/85-95/Karla%20Brandau-80x90.jpg)
Karla Brandau
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
Why Employee Recognition Programs Rarely Work and What Leaders Can Do Instead
The goal of employee engagement is to earn the gift of discretionary effort. Discretionary effort is a gift because employees make a decision on a daily basis whether or not to give discretionary effort. Discretionary effort is the difference between what an employee does to get a paycheck and what the employee is capable of contributing. In a culture of rich employee experiences, employees naturally give d..