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.
Karla Brandau
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Win With Assertiveness, Not Aggressiveness
The proper amount of assertiveness can earn you respect, decrease confrontation, and increase your effectiveness in conversations. The definition of assertiveness is communicating your needs, wants, and opinions to others in a direct and tactful way, then listening to and being receptive to their needs and opinions. Being assertive is not being confrontational or aggressive. In this webinar, you will gain a..
Karla Brandau
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
When 24 Hours is Not Enough - Time Management and Technology Tips
One of the first things to do when evaluating where your time goes is to evaluate the items that are vital to your progress and the ones that are urgent but not so vital. Individuals who are good at time management know how to manage the most important tasks to get them done, refuse to mourn over what did not get done, and have the ability to let go of the syndrome of “I have to get everything done that is ..
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..
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..
Karla Brandau
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
Why Opposite Personalities Irritate Each Other at Work
The factors listed above that we will discuss mean it is complex to figure out exactly why another team member annoys you. If the truth were known, you may drive him crazy as well. Looking at irritations from the top of the mountain, every team has conflict on the rough terrain as they wind their way to the top. The normal viewpoint of team conflict is negative, especially conflicts based on personality dif..
10 Features of Microsoft Outlook that Give You Screaming Productivity
Margaret Thatcher said: “Think of a day when you are supremely satisfied. It is not a day when you lounged around and did nothing, but a day when you had everything to do and you did it.” If this speaks to your daily purpose and emotional makeup, sign up for this webinar. Projects, deadlines, bosses, and your internal psychic all scream for ways to check off more items on your task list in a short amo..
10 Great Time Savers In Outlook 2013 And 2016
Do you use Outlook just for email or do you use it as the headquarters for your daily planning and execution of tasks? Whichever way you use Outlook, you will want to take advantage of the 10 in-depth tips outlined in this webinar that will make you more efficient and effective every day of your life. You’ll learn how to save precious minutes throughout the day, setting you free to use those minutes in prod..
10 Microsoft Outlook Features Attorneys Should Use
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 and learn the 10 most valuable Outlook features you must be using in your law practice. The outlook is a one-stop-shop for email, calendar, and tasks, and when yo..
10 Reasons OneNote is Perfect for Attorneys
Do you wish you could magically simplify your notetaking, sharing of files, and record keeping with a powerful software program? That magic is OneNote. If you have purchased OneNote in either the full-featured desktop version or the “universal” mobile-device-friendly edition and are wondering where the magic is, attend this webinar. You will discover the features that start the magic working, simplifying an..
17 Microsoft Outlook Quick Tricks Every Legal Professional Should Know
Superior technical and organizational skills are critical for the success of a busy legal office. This is a difficult task when you consider managing yourself PLUS the productivity of your entire legal team. If you would like increased productivity in your legal office, sign up for this webinar and learn the 17 most valuable Outlook features your entire firm must use.Outlook is a one-stop-shop for email, ca..
Make Outlook a Partner in Productivity
Are you one of those people who regularly sign up for time management seminars but you still can’t get a handle on all your projects and tasks? Then sign up for this webinar and get real help, not theory.Effective time management demands that you understand time management principles AND have a tool to implement those principles, this webinar combines both. You are given fundamental time management principl..
Meeting Facilitation Skills For Managers
Most people consider meetings the bane of their existence – pulling them away from meaningful work. They make sure they have their phone to check email, texts, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn or even shipping dates on Amazon.This webinar helps you facilitate meetings that matter. With this instruction, you will avoid meetings can are considered a total waste of time. Your meetings will have a clear purpose no..
Outlook For Finance Professionals
As a finance professional, if you want to get more done in less time and stay on top of your closeout deadlines every month, sign up for this webinar and learn the details of using Microsoft Outlook for increased productivity. Microsoft Outlook is a critical partner for your financial software and it deserves specific instruction to take advantage of the productivity benefits of little-known Outlook feature..
Planning, Prioritizing and Execution with the Outlook Calendar and Tasks
Do you face daily dilemmas trying to figure out where to start on your task list? Task lists can be overwhelming with a great range of items to complete. Some can wait but others are urgent and demand immediate attention. When you have 5 or 6 urgent requests at one time, the choice of which one to work on first can be agonizing. The principles taught in this program solve the puzzle for you. You will learn ..
Stop Microsoft Outlook Illiteracy from Slowing Productivity
Anything new introduced into your schedule has the potential to slow down your productivity. This is disconcerting to individuals who have the producer’s mindset and makes them shy away from the new, impairing their movement into the future. In the case of the complex Microsoft Outlook software, time spent learning how to use it pays huge dividends in productivity, even when upgrading from one version to a ..