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A New Approach to a Better Life (15 hours)
Business Etiquette (10 hours)
Getting Your Way (5 hours)
Having it All (10 hours) **NEW**
Making Smart Decisions (10 hours)
Managing Your E-Mail (10 hours)
Mastering the Art of Doing it Now (10 hours)
Order From Chaos (10 hours)
Organize Your Life (10 hours) **NEW**
Personal Efficiency (15 hours)
The 4-Hour Workweek (10 hours)
The Power of an Hour (10 hours)
Professional Woman’s Guide to Success (10 hours)
Resolving Conflicts at Work (15 hours)
Secrets of Persuasion (10 hours)
Social Intelligence (15 hours)
Time Management from the Inside Out (10 hours)
Total Money Makeover (15 hours) **NEW**
Why Smart Executives Fail (15 hours)
A New Approach to a Better Life
| This is not your typical self-help book full of tired motivational platitudes and cute little business parables. The book can make you better, but it will tick you off. The author is direct, in-your-face, controversial, and caustic. You won’t like or agree with everything he has to say, yet his advice is full of wisdom and truth that can’t easily be argued with. The book’s “your results are your own fault, no one cares about your problems, get off your butt and go to work” approach will help you achieve more success, make more money, improve your business, and have more fun. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |  |
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Course Number: PD403 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $75.00. | |
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| This course gives you the tools you need to be confident in any business setting--from pitch to presentation, from networking to contract negotiations, and everything in between. You will easily master the art of small talk, the protocol of the perfect business introduction, and the many nuances of the business lunch. More than simple good manners, business protocol is a set of tools that allows you to move with confidence through any business setting and act with ease in any meeting or presentation. Course level: Basic. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |  |
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Course Number: PD305 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $50.00. | |
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Because persuasion occurs in so many different areas of life and business, the author leads you from mental readiness to the principles of getting your way and the power that persuasion offers. It demonstrates how to change a presentation into a performance and shows how this can be done in any environment. But because persuasion most often takes place in business, he draws special emphasis to your ability to write and sell persuasively. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |
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Course Number: PD727 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $30.00. | |
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Imagine having someone take you by the hand to help you evaluate where you stand in your health (both mental and physical), relationships (significant other, friends and family), finances, and career/business, and then helping you lay out your goals in each of those areas. Well, now that you've imagined, visualized, and felt it, that is exactly what this course will do for you. The author’s materials and goal setting procedures help you understand why they work, and why other things don't work. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |
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Course Number: PD844 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $50.00. | |
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| Meeting today's tough challenges requires complete mastery of a full array of management skills, from communicating and coaching to public speaking and managing people. This course provides strategies that will help managers avoid common decision-making traps, focus on the right data, and increase the odds of being right. Concise, action-oriented, and packed with invaluable strategies and tools, it will help managers improve their job performance today and give them the edge they need to become the leaders of tomorrow. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |  |
Course Number: PD457 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $50.00. | |
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| Presents new strategies for dealing with e-mail inefficiencies and practical tips on getting and staying organized. Presents practical, research-based explanations, solutions, and quick tips on topics such as: best practices for responding to e-mail; when to choose more traditional communication methods over e-mail; how to structure an e-mail for high-impact; how to craft more readable and understandable messages; legal pitfalls to avoid; common e-mail myths; and how to reduce e-mail volume in your organization Course level: Basic. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |  |
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Course Number: PD512 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $50.00. | |
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Mastering the Art of Doing it Now
| Almost everyone procrastinates. For most people, procrastination is
a troublesome habit we would like to overcome. This course will help you
to get started. It includes proven tips and techniques for: identifying
how and why you put things off; motivating yourself to begin -- and finish
-- unpleasant tasks; organizing your time and efforts to achieve your goals;
and more. The text is filled with useful advice and real-life stories of
people who have overcome procrastination. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites:
None. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading
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Course Number: PD262 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $50.00. | |
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| This is the organizing course for disorganized people. In six easy steps, it offers a system that will help you clean up your act. It demonstrates how to clear your desk by teaching you what's trash and why, reveals what a calendar is really meant to be, and provides a no-fail system for prioritization. At the end of the day, your desk will be clear and your mind will be free to relax. Rather than offering over-complicated instructions for filing systems and time management plans, the text focuses on ease of use. There is not one person who will not benefit from this straightforward, easy-to-maintain plan. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |  |
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Course Number: PD263 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $50.00. | |
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| In this course, you'll discover eight simple steps to regain control of your life, learn how to plan and prioritize to save time, and get things done. Whether you're overwhelmed by things to do (errands, phone calls, picking up, or putting away) or things you have (clothing you never wear, piles of paperwork, overflowing closets, and stuffed storage boxes), this course is filled with easy tools and tips to get organized in every area of your life. |  |
Course Number: PD871 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $50.00. | |
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| Find out how to get organized at work, get more done, and carve out more time to do what you really want to do. This course will help you work more quickly and efficiently, freeing up more time for the life you live outside the office. The text is the ultimate labor-saving, stress-busting, career-boosting guide designed to help you take complete control of every challenge and chore you face at work. Course level: Basic. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |  |
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Course Number: PD510 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $75.00. | |
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| The author, Tim Ferriss, has spent years learning the secrets of the New Rich, a fast-growing subculture who have abandoned the “deferred-life plan” and instead mastered the new currencies—time and mobility—to create luxury lifestyles now. Whether you are an overworked employee or an entrepreneur trapped in your own business, this book is the compass for a new life. The author will teach you how to eliminate 50% of your work in 48 hours using the principles of a forgotten Italian economist, how to outsource your life to overseas virtual assistants for $5 per hour, and how to trade a long-haul career for short work bursts and frequent "mini-retirements". Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |  |
Course Number: PD725 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $50.00. | |
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| Great businesses are built on great leaders, and changing your business for the better often means changing yourself first. This course identifies specific core areas of personal, professional, and business improvement, and then guides you through a step-by-step process that keeps you focused so you can reinvent your life and business. You'll learn about managing your time, improving your personal relationships for the good of yourself and your business, dealing with customers, managing employees, and creating and following a vision of your future success. Course level: Basic. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |  |
Course Number: PD632 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $50.00. | |
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Professional Woman’s Guide to Success
| Carolyn Kepchar has attracted media attention as Donald Trump’s
no-holds-barred adviser. In Carolyn 101, she reveals the secrets of her
own success and provides readers with guidance for their professional lives.
By looking at the types of people most often encountered in the workplace,
she illustrates her advice with examples from her career, showing you how
to: ace an interview; ask for a raise or promotion; maintain a balance between
work and home life; deal with a difficult boss; spot and seize business
opportunities; dress for success; be a strong team member or team leader.
Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes text, interactive
study guide, final exam, and grading service. |
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Course Number: PD401 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $50.00. | |
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| This definitive and comprehensive course provides a handy guide for resolving conflicts, miscommunications, and misunderstandings at work. It outlines eight strategies that show how the inevitable disputes and divisions in the workplace actually provide an opportunity for greater creativity, productivity, enhanced morale, and personal growth. It includes current case studies that put the focus on leadership, management, and how organizations can design systems to change a culture of avoidance into a culture of creative conflict. Course level: Basic. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |
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Course Number: PD634 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $75.00. | |
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| This course shows you how to use effective persuasion techniques to
get what you want the right way. The author’s methods don’t involve
cheating, controlling, manipulating, or forcing others to submit to your
will. You’ll learn how to: conquer your fear of attention; draw in
your listener; use metaphors to make your point; master the quick pitch;
use the power of free gifts; be dynamic and distinct in your pitch; overcome
resistance; look the part; make the platform pitch; and more. Course level:
Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes text, interactive study guide,
final exam, and grading service. |
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Course Number: PD402 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $50.00. | |
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| Social intelligence is defined as the ability to get along well with others while winning their cooperation. It is a combination of sensitivity to the needs and interests of others, sometimes called your “social radar”, an attitude of generosity and consideration, and a set of practical skills for interacting successfully with people in any setting. This course provides a highly accessible and comprehensive model for describing, assessing, and developing social intelligence at a personal level. It is filled with intriguing concepts, enlightening examples, stories, cases, situational strategies, and a self-assessment tool all designed to help you learn to navigate social situations more successfully. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |
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Course Number: PD453 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $75.00. | |
| Study with a Friend--Extra tests are only $30 | |
Time Management from the Inside Out
| To plan a hectic week, you use a calendar. But to plan a hectic life, you must begin with balanced priorities. Don’t manage a heavy schedule by cramming nasty tasks into each moment. Instead, focus on what you want most. Whether you need success, friendships, or encyclopedic knowledge -- or even all three -- the author can show you how to purge your schedule of meaningless to-dos so you can make time for what matters. Organizing is a not a mysterious talent, but rather a completely learnable skill. This course brings a sensible, human approach to time management. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |  |
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Course Number: PD503 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $50.00. | |
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In this course, respected financial expert Dave Ramsey offers a comprehensive plan for getting out of debt and achieving financial health. Against a playful backdrop of fitness terminology, Dave gives solid, hard-hitting advice needed to make your goals a reality. Filled with both the “hope” and the “how-to,” the text includes: useful worksheets and forms; readable and informative charts and graphs; the four factors that keep people from getting in shape financially; and more. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |
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Course Number: PD852 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $75.00. | |
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| A company is voted one of the most admired in the world. Then it's in dire financial trouble. What goes wrong in these cases? Usually it seems that the top management made some incredibly stupid mistake. But the people responsible are almost always remarkably intelligent and usually have terrific track records. How does this happen? To answer these questions, the author has carried out the largest research program ever devoted to business breakdowns and he uncovers the causes regularly responsible for major business breakdowns. The text relates the stories of great business disasters and demonstrates that there are specific, identifiable ways in which many businesses regularly make themselves vulnerable to failure. Course level: Basic. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service. |  |
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Course Number: PD513 |
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| If you already have the book, you can order the rest of the course for $75.00. | |
| Study with a Friend--Extra tests are only $30 | |