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What is Leadership?
Find out what makes a great leader, and learn how you can improve your leadership skills.
Team Management
The GROW Model
One key role of any leader is to coach team members to achieve their best. This video explores how to use the GROW Model to do this effectively.
Strategy
The Marketing Mix and 4 Ps
Find out how you can use the 4Ps to help you kick-start your marketing campaign.
PEST Analysis
Learn how to use this simple tool to understand the political, economic, socio-cultural, and technological environment that you're operating in.
Porter's Five Forces
This short video explores Porter's Five Forces. Find out how to use it to assess the balance of power in a business situation.
Mission and Vision Statements
Find out how to define your organization's true purpose, and inspire your people, with mission and vision statements.
SWOT Analysis
Possibly the best-known business tool of all, SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) can help you in a wide variety of situations from devising business strategy to planning your career.
The McKinsey 7S Framework
This video introduces you to the McKinsey 7S Framework. Find out how to use it to develop your strategy and align all parts of your organization.
Problem Solving
5 Whys
Find out how to use this simple problem-solving technique to help you get to the root of a problem quickly.
Flow Charts
This video shows you how to use flow charts to communicate how a process works.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Learn how to use this technique to weigh up the pros and cons of a decision.
Six Thinking Hats
Learn how to use the Six Thinking Hats technique to look at decisions from different perspectives.
Decision Making
This short video explores a logical six-step process that you can use to make better decisions.
Impact Analysis
Find out how to carry out an Impact Analysis - a technique that identifies the "unexpected" negative consequences of a change.
Risk Analysis
Find out how to weigh up risks before you make a decision, by conducting a formal four-step risk analysis.
Project Management
Gantt Charts
Learn how to draw and use Gantt Charts to analyze and plan complex projects.
Time Management
Prioritization Skills
Find out how to prioritize your time effectively with this short video.
To-Do Lists
This short video looks at how to keep a prioritized, properly-structured To-Do List.
Overcoming Procrastination
If you are procrastinating, it means you're putting off things that you should be focusing on right now. The most common cause of procrastination is feeling overwhelmed by the task. Whatever the reason behind it, it must be recognized, dealt with and controlled before opportunities are missed or your career is derailed. We show you how to do this!
Personal Goal Setting
Effective goal setting is the single most important way of getting what you want from life. So start setting powerful goals here!
Stress Management
Thought Awareness, Rational Thinking and Positive Thinking
This three-step process for getting control of your thoughts will help you silence negative thinking, and develop a positive mindset.
Building Self-Confidence
Boost your confidence levels and prepare for success with this short video.
Communication Skills
Win-Win Negotiation
Learn about the basics of good negotiation with this short video.
Writing Skills
How well do you communicate in writing? Improve your writing skills with this video.
Active Listening
This video shows you how to use active listening to make a conscious effort to hear and understand what other people are saying.
Conflict Resolution
Find out how to resolve conflict effectively using the Interest-Based Relational Approach.
Communication Skills
Find out how to understand the communication process, and boost your communication skills, with this short video.
Writing Effective Email
Improve your emails, and get the response you want, by following these simple rules.
Emotional Intelligence
EI is the ability to recognize your emotions, understand them, and see how they affect those around you. Learn how to develop emotional intelligence with this video.
Ice Breakers
Introductory activities or "ice breakers" are useful in all sorts of situations. Use these approaches to get your meetings off to a great start!
Questioning Techniques
Asking the right questions is at the heart of good communication. Learn effective questioning techniques with this short video.
Creativity
Brainstorming
The phrase "Let's brainstorm a few ideas!" is probably heard almost every day in offices all over the world. But while much of the power in brainstorming comes from its simplicity, it often isn't done as effectively as it could be. Find out how to do it really well – and what the pitfalls are that you need to avoid.
Learning Skills
Learning Styles
Find out about different styles so that you can learn new skills and train people more effectively.
Speed Reading
This short video explores how you can improve your reading skills, and read faster.
Mind Mapping
Mind Maps are a powerful way of presenting information. As well as often being more compact than conventional notes, you can more easily show connections between different facts, and they're often much easier to memorize too!
Career Skills
Finding Career Direction
This video highlights a three-step process that you can use to identify and develop the career that's right for you.
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