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Why become a collaborative leader? Because it gives you the ability to break down silos, energize your team and bring out the best in your direct reports. From collaboration skills to collaborative leadership behaviors, this course gives you the roadmap to be an adaptive manager: someone who can create clarity, vision and build mutual trust...

Expanding Your Influence: Understanding the Psychology of Persuasion Bringing about the reaction you want from others and expanding your influence require insights that go beyond the actual process of influencing—and into the psychology of what truly prompts us to say yes or no. This 2-day influencer training explores these psychological triggers,...

Get set to immerse yourself in an intensive learn-by-practicing leadership course to help you transform into an incredible business leader. From insights on how to build commitment to leading change and developing an agile mindset, this program gives you the skills and know-how to expertly handle challenges and implement your vision for success. ...

When you’re focused on your organization's future every day of every workweek, it's vital that you are well equipped to optimize your company's performance—as well as your own career—with executive leadership training. What does it mean to be an executive leader? It means you’re a visionary, a trailblazer, a strategist, a communicator, a coach,...

In todays ever changing business environment it is vital for women to have an assertive voice in business. Assertiveness techniques, when used effectively, can enhance almost every aspect of your job and life — Knowing which tools and techniques to use, and how and when to use them, is critical. AMA’s assertiveness training for women is a 3-day...

Mastering assertiveness skills can do a lot more than just help win arguments. If you want your managers to enhance their leadership stature and persuade others to help reach their goals, Assertiveness Training for Managers is an important first step. Assertiveness Training for Managers gives your managers the opportunity to learn how their behavior...

In this training seminar, you will learn powerful assertiveness training exercises for improving your assertiveness skills to help you deal with conflict at all levels in the organization, discover techniques on how to be an assertive communicator, acquire ways to handle receiving and giving feedback and address business etiquette when professionalism...

Delays, cost overruns, or quality problems can wreck your project. Keep it on course with this 5-day overview of project management. Aligned with PMI’s PMBOK®, this project management workshop helps you master the entire PM process. You’ll earn 35 professional development units (PDUs) pre-approved by PMI, and you’ll gain skills and...

Extraordinary Productivity: The 5 Choices That Drive Success The Extraordinary Productivity: The 5 Choices That Drive Success course is based on ideas and practices accumulated over decades from the leaders of productivity. This FranklinCovey seminar provided by AMA will help you develop the necessary tools to maximize productivity in the...

Women at every level of an organization can be strong leaders—bringing essential skills like team leadership, strategic thinking and business acumen to their roles. To flourish as a leader, a woman needs not only the skills to lead, but a dynamic voice that can be heard and followed.  This unique 2-day program will provide you with the knowledge...

In a shifting business environment, it’s the agile and resilient organizations that have a much better chance to survive—and even to thrive. With future orientation and entrepreneurial focus, this course gives you the roadmap to seize new opportunities and bounce back even stronger from unforeseen changes. Let’s build agility and resilience into...

The most successful leaders are those with the best people skills, especially during the most difficult circumstances. Poor communication and interpersonal relationships routinely thwart leaders who are otherwise technically competent.  In order to succeed, leaders must be fully engaged with the individuals who make up their organization. Focusing...

How well you communicate can make or break your professional image. It directly influences how others view your work and performance—as well as your prospects for career advancement and mobility. Unfortunately, being diplomatic, tactful and credible doesn’t always come naturally to people. Even when it does, such communication can easily be derailed...

Through effective leadership communication, motivate action at every level and influence even the toughest executives, customers, subordinates and stakeholders. You’re already successful as a leader and communicator. But now you must exercise even greater influence, solve bigger problems and drive unprecedented performance improvements. Superior...

Unlock your power to lead with clarity, authenticity and effectiveness Who Should Attend: Leaders, directors, managers and those on the leadership track who want to harness mindfulness and achieve greater leadership excellence. As a leader, how can you stay focused on what’s important when there are so many demands for your immediate attention?...