Available courses

Entrepreneurship 101

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Wouldn’t it be nice to be your own boss, work on your own schedule, and make money doing something that you’re passionate about? Millions of people around the world are living that dream and running their own business. This 24 hour course will teach you the basics of entrepreneurship. You’ll consider if entrepreneurship is right for you and learn the basic steps of creating your own business. At the end of the course, you’ll have a solid foundation to start your entrepreneurial journey. (Course Outline) The cost of this 24 hour instructor-facilitated course is $150.00 U.S.

Writing A Business Plan

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This 16-course is designed for business owners and entrepreneurs who are ready to create a business plan. All the essential steps are covered, including drafting the original document; identifying the audience; gathering information; researching; describing product plans; and marketing, sales, and accounting terms. Students will come away from the course energized and prepared to write their business plans. (Course Outline) The cost of this 16-hour instructor-facilitated course is $150.00 U.S.

Building A Consulting Practice

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Today’s business environment isn’t focused on 9-to-5, lifelong, static positions like it was decades ago. Our world is constantly shifting and evolving, meaning that businesses (and workers) must evolve with it. As a result of this shift, consultants have more opportunities than ever before. This workshop will show you how to build a business as a consultant. (Course Outline)  The cost of this 8 hour instructor-facilitated course is $100.00 U.S.


How to Start Your Coaching Business

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Welcome to Coaching Authority, a guide to starting your own coaching business online. This book will give you the information and the tools that you need to start your own coaching business, and detail some of the ways that you can set it up so that you can be successful.

The cost of this 8 hour instructor-facilitated course is $100.00 U.S.

21st Century Entrepreneurship

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The 21st Century Entrepreneurship course provides an introduction to entrepreneurship and guidance on how to research, establish and grow a business. There is only one reason to start a business. That is to make money. If that is not your primary reason for starting a business, you might be better off spending your time doing something else. With that in mind, our Entrepreneur Boot Camp course will provide you with the knowledge, skills, abilities and resources you need to start a successful business. With that being said, being an entrepreneur is one of the most rewarding activities you can ever do; especially if you are successful at it. The cost of this 16 hour instructor facilitated course is $100.00 U.S.

Basic Business Management

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The business environment is a complex place to be. Whether you wish to work as a consultant or freelancer, establish a corporation, or set up an operation that meets a need for very particular type of customer, there is a tremendous amount of information that you need to know and to apply. This twenty-four hour course provides essential learning for new business owners, whether the business is just in the idea stage or you have already begun and need to fill in the gaps. (Course Outline). The cost of this 24 hour course is $150.00 U.S.

Creating Winning Proposals

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Proposals are persuasive documents that are fundamental tools in organizational funding and output. This course will look at sources of funding, types of proposals and how to write proposals that will meet funding agencies requirements. This will include a number of tips and techniques to increase the potential success of your proposals. (Outline) The cost of this 16 hour course is $100.

Conducting Effective Performance Reviews

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Performance reviews are an essential component of employee development. The performance review meeting is an important aspect of career planning, and the outcomes of the meeting should be known to the employee and supervisor before the meeting actually takes place. Setting goals and objectives to aim for will give both supervisors and employees a focus, and is one of the key aspects to meeting overall company objectives. Supervisors must also learn how to give feedback, both positive and negative, on a regular and timely basis so that employees can grow and develop. Performance appraisals involve all these activities. (Course Outline) The cost of this 24 hour instructor-facilitated course is $150 US.


Onboarding: The Essential Rules for a Successful Onboarding Program

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Did you know that most employees decide to leave a job within their first 18 months with an organization? When an employee does leave, it usually costs about three times their salary to replace them. You can greatly increase the likelihood that a new employee will stay with you by implementing a well-designed onboarding program that will guide the employee through their first months with the company. This two-day workshop will explore the benefits of onboarding, show you how to design an onboarding framework, give you ways to customize the program for different audiences (including managers and executives), and demonstrate how to measure results from the program. (Course Outline) The cost of this 16 hour course is $100 US.


Orientation Handbook: Getting Employees Off to a Good Start

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An effective human resource professional knows that managing employee performance is more than responding to problems, conducting performance reviews, or hiring staff. Performance management begins with an orientation to the organization and the job, and continues on a daily basis as employees are trained and coached. (Course Outline) The cost of this 16 hour course is $100.


Fundamentals of Global Strategy

The globalization of the competitive landscape has forced companies to fundamentally rethink their strategies. Whereas once only a few industries such as oil could be labeled truly global, today many—from pharmaceuticals to aircraft to computers—have become global in scale and scope. As a consequence, creating a global competitive advantage has become a key strategic issue for many companies, and students need to possess an understanding of the impact of global strategies on a business.

International Business

Importing Into The US

This course provides participants with details of the process to import products into the United States.

The Global Entrepreneur

The Global Entrepreneur uncovers all the hidden secrets to doing business in the real work. Author Jim Foley is praised for his street-smart advice. First printed in 1999, this text has been adopted by numerous colleges and universities for export and international trade education. It has also been used as a study resource guide for the NASBITE CGBP exam.

Delegation: The Art of Delegating Effectively

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Effective delegation is one of the most valuable skills you can master. It reduces your workload and develops employee skills. Delegating prepares employees who work for you to be able to handle your responsibilities and simultaneously allows you to advance to other career opportunities within your organization. Delegation is often one of the hardest skills for a manager to master. However, the skill can be learned. This one day workshop will explore many of the facets of delegation, including when to delegate and whom to delegate to. We will also go through the delegation process step by step and learn about techniques to overcome problems. (Course Outline) The cost of this 8 hour course is $50.


Crisis Management

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Viable organizations need to be ready for emergencies because they are a fact of doing business. The worst plan is not to have any kind of plan at all, and the best plans are tested and adjusted so that they work over time. Fortunately, you do not need separate plans for fire, weather disasters, and all the different kinds of crises that can occur. One solid plan will help you to prevent, respond, and recover from all crises. This two-day course will help you ensure your organization is ready to manage any kind of crisis. (Course Outline) The cost of this course is $150.


Building Better Teams

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Teams have become a principle building block of successful organizations. This 8 hour workshop is a basic course for team leaders and team members, designed to focus on the characteristics of an effective team player and the elements of an effective team. You will leave the workshop with plans for your personal development as a team player and ideas for developing your back-home team. (Course Outline).  The cost of this 8 hour course is $100.00 U.S.

The ABC’s of Supervising Others

This course is for people who are new supervisors or who are interested in a supervisory position, as well as those who are team leads or part-time supervisors without a great deal of authority. (Course Outline)

Introduction to E-Mail Marketing

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E-mail marketing is here to stay, and knowing how to do it well is essential for marketers as well as small business owners, coaches, and consultants. In this two-day workshop you’ll learn the essentials of planning, creating, and delivering exceptional e-mail marketing campaigns that support your overall marketing strategy. After this workshop, you will be able to reach more clients and potential clients through your efforts at being an e -mail influencer. (Course Outline)  This 16 hour course costs $150.

Overcoming Objections to Nail the Sale

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If you are like most sales professionals, you are always looking for ways to overcome customer objections and close the sale. This 8 hour course will help you to work through objectives effectively. We will help you plan and prepare for objections so that you can address customer concerns, reduce the number of objections you encounter, and improve your averages at closing sales. (Course Outline) The cost of this 8 hour instructor-facilitated course is $100.00 U.S.

Selling Smarter

It’s no secret that the sales industry continues to change and evolve rapidly. This is an exciting and dynamic profession, although it is often underrated and misunderstood. The back-slapping, high pressure, joke-telling sales person has disappeared. In his place is a new generation of sales professionals: highly trained and well groomed, with the characteristics of honesty, trustworthiness, and competence. (Course Outline).

Body Language as a Sales Tool

Body language can make or break our efforts to establish long, trusting relationships. Our body language can help to reinforce and add credibility to what we say, or it can contradict our words. Understanding what signals you are sending, as well as being able to read the signals that your clients send, is an essential skill in sales and throughout our lives. What is your body language saying about you? Find out in this one-day workshop! (Course Outline).

Marketing for Small Businesses

Marketing is about getting your business known and building your position within the marketplace. Small businesses don`t always have a big budget for marketing, so they have to do things a little differently than big business in order to grow their presence, increase results, and meet business goals. This two-day workshop will help small business owners and managers develop their marketing message, create a marketing plan, and apply the right strategies (Course Outline).

Communication Fundamentals

Effective communication is essential for personal well-being and professional success. Being able to actively listen and effectively share information and ideas in conversation and writing enables efficient operations, enhanced productivity, growth in confidence and skills, and overall ease in the workplace. Individuals feel valued and can rise to their best when they are listened to and are able to clearly share their thoughts with others. The cost of this 3 hour workshop is $25.

Time Management - Get Organized for Peak Performance

Time is money, the saying goes, and lots of it gets lost in disorganization and disruption. In this 8 hour workshop, participants will learn how to make the most of their time by getting a grip on their office space, organizing their workflow, learning how to use their planner effectively, and delegating some of their work to other people. (Course Outline) The cost of this 8 hour course is $50.00 U.S.

Goal Setting

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We all have things we want in life. The route to success is to take the things that we dream about and wish for, and turn them into reality. This 8 hour course will lead participants through thinking, planning, and taking action on the things they really want. They will learn ways to ensure that they get where they want to go in life. (Course Outline). The cost of this 8 hour course is $100.00 U.S.

Problem Solving and Decision Making

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We make decisions and solve problems continually. We start making decisions before we even get out of bed (shall I get up now or not?). Sometimes, we will have made as many as 50 decisions by the time we leave for work. Despite all the natural decision making that goes on and the problem solving we do, some people are very uncomfortable with having to make decisions. You may know someone who has a hard time making decisions about what to eat, never mind the internal wrestling they go through in order to take on major decisions at work. (Course Outline)  The cost of the course is $150.

Business Ethics for the Office

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What exactly makes a decision ethical? The problem with ethics is that what may seem morally right (or ethical) to one person may seem appalling to another. This 16 hour training will not provide you with an easy way to solve every ethical decision you will ever have to make. It will, however, help you define your ethical framework to make solving those ethical dilemmas easier. We’ll also look at some tools that you can use when you’re faced with an ethical decision. And, we’ll look at some techniques you can use so you don’t get stuck in an ethical quandary. Best of all, we’ll look at a lot of case studies so that you can practice making decisions in a safe environment. (Course Outline) The cost of this 16 hour course is $150.

Business Etiquette

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This one‐day workshop will help you handle most of those socially difficult moments. You’ll have an extra edge in areas that you may not have given a lot of thought of until now.  (Course Outline) The cost of this 8 hour course is $100.

Critical Thinking

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In today’s society, many people experience information overload. We are bombarded with messages to believe various ideas, purchase things, support causes, and lead our lifestyle in a particular way. How do you know what to believe? How do you separate the truth from the myths? The answer lies in critical thinking skills. The ability to clearly reason through problems and to present arguments in a logical, compelling way has become a key skill for survival in today’s world. This 8 hour course will give participants some practical tools and hands-on experience with critical thinking and problem solving. (Course Outline).  The cost of this 8 hour instructor-facilitated course is $100 US.

Skills for the Administrative Assistant

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Work is not the only thing that matters in life, but most of us want to take pride in what we do. While we don’t have to like the people we work with, or report to, at the very least we should be able to interact positively with them. The biggest influence on our job satisfaction is our relationship with others. Our work should not be a burden to us and our offices shouldn’t be battlefields. We are human beings working with other human beings. This 16 hour workshop is about working to the best of your abilities, and encouraging the best in those who work with you, or for you.  (Course Outline) The cost of this course is $150.

Critical Elements of Customer Service

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While many companies promise to deliver an incredible customer experience, some are better at delivering than others. This 16 hour course is designed around six critical elements of customer service that, when the company lives them, bring customers back to experience service that outdoes the competition. (Course Outline). The cost of this 16 hour instructor-facilitated course is $150.00 US.

Core Negotiation Skills

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Negotiation is a key skill that, when mastered, can enhance communications and provide better results from communication. This 8 hour course will teach participants the basics of negotiation, how to prepare to negotiate, ways to respond to negotiation challenges, how to create win-win solutions, and how to create sustainable agreements.  The cost of this 8 hour instructor-facilitated course is $100.00 U.S.

Conflict Resolution

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This 8 hour course is designed to teach individuals about conflict resolution. There are two major myths about conflict: that it always involves anger and that it's always negative. Conflict can actually be a positive tool for growth if you know how to manage it properly. This one-day course will teach participants just how to do that.  (Course Outline). The cost of this 8 hour instructor-facilitated course is $100.00 U.S.

Business Process Management

Business process management helps organizations leverage processes to achieve their goals and be successful. Once processes are implemented, they must be monitored, evaluated, and optimized to make sure they are still meeting the goals that they were designed to accomplish. A business that can successfully manage its processes is able to maintain a competitive edge, while increasing productivity and efficiency and decreasing costs. (Course Outline)


Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

This self development classic is based on the book, "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill. We will give you an overview and resources that have changed the lives of millions and can change yours also, if you are willing to participate with an open mind. The cost of this 8 hour course is $50.00 U.S.