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.

December 27, 2009 by kutenk
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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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