Ultimate Basic Business Skills: Training an Effective Workforce | by Christee Gabour Atwood | 2009 | ISBN: 9781562865894. Business Writing Skills. Business Social Skills. Business Communication Skills. Customer Service Skills. Interpersonal Skills. Decision Making and Problem Solving.
Ultimate Basic Business Skills: Training an Effective Workforce
by Christee Gabour Atwood
2009 (304 pages)
ISBN:9781562865894
Covering more than 20 individual topic areas, from customer service and decision-making to business writing and communication skills, this book will get frontline workers up to speed on critical business skills.
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Ultimate Basic Business Skills—Training an Effective Workforce
Preface
Section One – Getting Started
Chapter 1 – How to Use This Book
What’s in This Chapter?
Why Business Skills Training?
How to Use This Workbook
What’s on the CD?
Chapter 2 – Facilitating Business Skills Training
What’s in This Chapter?
Establishing a Learning Environment
Workshop Preparations
Principles of Effective Facilitation
Section Two – Customer Service
Chapter 3 – Customer Service Skills Overview
What’s in This Section?
What’s in Each Module?
What Are the Ultimate Outcomes?
Chapter 4 – Basics of Customer Service
What’s in This Chapter?
Training Objectives
Materials
Sample Agenda
PowerPoint Slides
Chapter 5 – Telephone Skills Training
What’s in This Chapter?
Training Objectives
Materials
Sample Agenda
PowerPoint Slides
Chapter 6 – Dealing With Diffcult Customers
What’s in This Chapter?
Training Objectives
Materials
Sample Agenda
PowerPoint Slides
Chapter 7 – Internal Customer Service
What’s in This Chapter?
Training Objectives
Materials
Sample Agenda
PowerPoint Slides
Section Three – Interpersonal Skills
Chapter 8 – Interpersonal Skills Overview
What’s in This Section?
What’s in Each Module?
What Are the Ultimate Outcomes?
Chapter 9 – Communication Skills
What’s in This Chapter?
Training Objectives
Materials
Sample Agenda
PowerPoint Slides
Chapter 10 – Presentation Skills
What’s in This Chapter?
Training Objectives
Materials
PowerPoint Slides
Chapter 11 – Basic Networking
What’s in This Chapter?
Training Objectives
Materials
Sample Agenda
PowerPoint Slides
Chapter 12 – Conflict Management
What’s in This Chapter?
Training Objectives
Materials
Sample Agenda
PowerPoint Slides
Section Four – Basic Business Skills
Chapter 13 – Business Skills Overview
What’s in This Section?
What’s in Each Module?
What Are the Ultimate Outcomes?
Chapter 14 – Priority Management
What’s in This Chapter?
Training Objectives
Materials
Sample Agenda
PowerPoint Slides
Chapter 15 – Decision Making and Problem Solving
What’s in This Chapter?
Training Objectives
Materials
Sample Agenda
PowerPoint Slide
Chapter 16 – Business Writing and Email
What’s in This Chapter?
Training Objectives
Materials
Sample Agenda
PowerPoint Slides
Chapter 17 – Basic Business Knowledge
What’s in This Chapter?
Training Objectives
Materials
Sample Agenda
PowerPoint Slides
Section Five – Professionalism
Chapter 18 – Professionalism Overview
What’s in This Section?
What’s in Each Module?
What Are the Ultimate Outcomes?
Chapter 19 – Professional Image
What’s in This Chapter?
Training Objectives
Materials
Sample Agenda
PowerPoint Slides
Chapter 20 – Social Skills and Basic Etiquette
What’s in This Chapter?
Training Objectives
Materials
Sample Agenda
PowerPoint Slides
Chapter 21 – Working in Teams
What’s in This Chapter?
Training Objectives
Materials
Sample Agenda
PowerPoint Slides
Chapter 22 – Work-Life Balance
What’s in This Chapter?
Training Objectives
Materials
Sample Agenda
PowerPoint Slides
Chapter 23 – Professional Development
What’s in This Chapter?
Training Objectives
Materials
Sample Agenda
PowerPoint Slides
Appendix A – Using the Accompanying Compact Disc
Using the Compact Disc—General
PowerPoint Presentations
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