HRCI Approved Courses
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Right now, all of our HRCI-approved courses are offered as live seminars. However, stay tuned for webinars soon!
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1 HRCI Credit
The Coming Skill Shortage - Bridging the Gap and Staying Competitive
This one-hour course reviews the main causes for the coming skills shortage, as well as identifying where those gaps are (technology, medical, financial, manufacturing, etc.). HR Managers will learn to identify whether their organization has a gap, and come up with a specific proactive action plan for addressing the gaps. There has never been a better time for HR to address these issues. Organizations that fail to address the skill gap issue today will find themselves less competitive in tomorrow’s marketplace
Changing the HR Mindset: From Process-Driven to Strategic Profitability
Do you wish you knew the magic formula for thinking like a CEO? In this 1 hour session, discover how to be more proactive and less reactive, while cultivating a business mindset. Participants will learn simple ways to rephrase HR issues in ways that connect with the C-suite, techniques for reducing redundancy in processes and improving efficience, and most importantly, how to create a fresh perspective for your HR role.
Creating a Psychologically Safe Workplace
Organizations are looking for ways to reduce risk, increase productivity, and position themselves for success in an economic recovery. The focus in this 1-hour session is to provide practical, concrete tips for organizations to help their employees and organizations thrive. This public workshop is designed to be a 1-hour workshop and an educational tool for HR professionals to improve the culture and climate of the workplace. The goal is to reduce risk of work-related psychological injuries when there is a culture of inappropriate workplace behaviors.
2 HRCI Credits
Avoiding Unionization (coming soon!)
Resolving Conflict to Reduce Risk
Participants will learn how to approach conflict and resolve it using win-win solutions. You will understand the language involved in conflict and how certain communication choices can trigger or escalate conflict. You’ll leave the session having learnt how to gain and build trust, how to utilize communication skills in conflict and how to implement strategies for producing a win for all parties involved in the conflict.
3 HRCI Credits
Co-Employment: Balancing Risk and Reward
This public workshop is an educational opportunity for HR professionals whose companies utilize temporary staffing to augment their workforce. Employers who rely on the services of temporary workers to subsidize their staffing needs can do themselves a great service by becoming educated about co-employment to safeguard their companies from exposure to litigation. Co-employment is an important issue for any company using temporary employees. In 2000, Microsoft’s $97 million settlement for benefits liability to former contract workers raised co-employment awareness nationally. A solid understanding of both co-employment and how to work with a staffing firm to best handle this issue is an important step in managing risk.
Performance Management
This workshop is an educational opportunity for HR professionals to develop a more effective Performance Management system in their organizations. Participants learn to develop their management team in setting expectations for new employees, monitoring performance on an ongoing basis, and then giving written and verbal feedback. Feedback techniques include coaching, mentoring and designing a performance improvement program for poor performers. The purpose of the workshop is to focus on the soft skills needed to deliver one-on-one, legally-defensible performance evaluations that are encouraging and not punitive. Various aspects of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act are covered in the course.
An Overview of Title VII (webinar)
This is an online self-directed course providing employers with advice on how to prevent harassment and discrimination in the workplace. In addition, participants are shown the process steps of an EEO investigation including guidance for minimizing its effects on business operations. At the end of this course the learner will be able to: Define purpose and intent of Title VII Define Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Identify areas of concern during the Pre-Employment Phase Elaborate on the Americans with Disabilities Act Elaborate on Harassment and its effect on employers List the Steps of an EEO Claim and the Subsequent Investigation.
3.5 HRCI Credits
Increasing Productivity Through Employee Motivation
Organizations need a well-trained management team to design and implement an employee motivation and engagement program that moves employees from “have to do” to “want to do.” Failure to establish a trusting and motivating environment can cause people to retire on the job, but never leave the workforce: resulting in increased costs, increased waste, lower productivity, and lower competiveness. Course Description: This public workshop is designed to be a 4-hour workshop and an educational tool for HR professionals looking for a cost-effective solution to increased productivity through employee motivation and engagement. Reputable studies, such as the Gallup Organization, show that highly engaged employees produce more, generate higher revenue, and contribute more to the bottom line. Participants will learn the purpose identifying and implementing “internal” types of motivation and thereby engage their workforce. Internal motivations give expectations, purpose, and align with the corporation’s goals
Interviewing Legally: The Manager's Legal Tool Box
This public workshop is designed as an educational tool for HR professionals looking for a cost-effective solution to high turnover. Participants will learn the purpose of interviewing in a legally responsible manner; as well as how to avoid the pitfall of a lawsuit for asking an illegal question. Various aspects of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act are covered in the course as examples of legal & illegal questioning.
Legally Safe Layoffs and Hirings
This workshop is an educational opportunity for HR professionals to learn to conduct legally safe layoffs and firings. Participants will learn to develop an effective and fair layoff policy. We will review how to deal with the following issues: triggering events, seniority, oral contacts, WARN Act requirements, and reinstatement, all of which are meant to protect against claims of discrimination (wrongful termination, protected categories, discrimination or retaliation). Participants will also review notification requirements. They will learn to provide written notice to employees by developing layoff notices that include: Reason for layoff, criteria for selecting which workers will be subject to layoff, legally defensible verbiage and tone of notice, and disposition of benefits. The purpose of the workshop is to education human resource professionals on how to conduct a safe and ethical layoff when legitimate and economic business reasons require a reduction in labor force. Various aspects of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act are covered in the course.
4 HRCI Credits
How to Think Like a CEO
Business leaders today are under tremendous pressure to improve productivity, reduce costs, and create a more profitable organization. This session on How to Think Like a CEO is designed to help Human Resource Professionals take a critical business perspective look at how their contribution adds value and impacts the organization. Historically, Human Resources has been a transactional, process-driven department. In the current economy, Human Resource professionals must now learn to think and act more strategically, and assume a more analytical role within the organization. HR professionals will not only become familiar with the major sections of an income statement and balance sheet, but evaluate and identify specific actions they can individually take to positively affect each of these.
Accountability: Getting Employees to Own Results
This public workshop is designed to be either a 1-hour Webinar or a 4-hour workshop and an educational tool for HR professionals looking for a cost-effective solution to set performance expectations and hold employees accountable, resulting in increased productivity. The goal is to coach employees from playing the Blame Game to using proactive language that accepts personal responsibility for outcomes and results. Participants will learn the importance of personal accountability, as well as the steps required to change mindsets and word tracks. Getting the employee to make proactive choices (rather than reactive, blaming choices) will ensure improved morale and increased productivity.
The Coach Approach to Improved Employee Performance
This public workshop is designed to be a 4-hour workshop and an educational tool for HR professionals looking for a cost-effective solution to improved employee performance through a non-punitive, positive and support coach approach. The goal is to move employees from being dependent to being independent by helping them come to their own conclusions through the magic of asking questions. Participants will learn the purpose identifying and implementing a series of reflective questions that will encourage the employee to think outside the box and come up with creative solutions. Getting the employee focused on solutions is the first step in creating self-directed workers. This workshop discusses creating a non-punitive working environment by helping managers change their mindsets and skill sets.