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Live Webinar on Excel - Dashboards for Business Intelligence

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OVERVIEW No matter what business you are in, a  dashboard  is a critical tool in your communication armory and as with any communication tool,  presentation is everything . Although there are many tools that can be used to create a dashboard, Excel business intelligence dashboard is commonly used due to its power, its flexibility and the fact that most people have Excel installed on their computer. This  Advanced Excel Training  focuses on what you need to know to create best Excel dashboards that are interactive and professional-looking. excel dashboards for business intelligence WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND In this Excel dashboard training, you'll learn how to create a dashboard in Excel which is stunning, interactive and professional-looking. This training will provide you with a solid foundation that you can use to build your own dashboards and reports. AREAS COVERED Best practice for setting up data sources Using Pivot Tables to summarize data Visual commu

Identify the Bad Manager Who is Hampering Your Organization’s Success

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If, in spite of having all the right strategies and policies in place, your company is suffering losses and, even worse, the skilled employees are leaving your organization, you need to shift your focus towards the managers of your organization. The success of an organization is highly dependent on its managers but, unfortunately, not all managers are manager material. Employee management is an art and not every professional promoted to the position of manager can master this art. Ineffective managers can severely damage your organization’s productivity and performance, and create unnecessary stress in ways that never directly point towards the manager. A recent survey suggested that 70% of employees leave the organization voluntarily due to a bad manager. Once you identify the bad managers of your organization, your priority task should be to get rid of him and hire an efficient one. However,  simple it may sound but this ‘identification’ is often the hardest part of the en

Webinar on Time and Task Management Effectiveness: Working Smarter Every Day

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OVERVIEW If, at work, you’re doing more and enjoying less, it’s time for you to get out of the time trap and back to productive management. Our upcoming webinar discusses strategies to improve concentration and efficiency for better managing time and task. The webinar covers the following key areas: ·          Achieving better results through more effective planning and clarifying objectives ·          Delegating effectively to free yourself for bigger tasks ·          Eliminate the time wasters LEARNING OBJECTIVES By attending this timeand task management training , you will understand how to even more effectively: Achieve better results through more effective planning and clarifying objectives Delegate effectively and free yourself for bigger tasks Set group goals and priorities Eliminate the time wasters Handle interruptions and distractions Say no to unreasonable demands Redirect your efforts to the most important and valid tasks Make sure there

How to Give Corrective Feedback (the C.A.R.E. Model): Eliminating Negative Behaviour by Focusing on Accountability

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In today’s demanding business climate that has an accelerated focus on treating workers right, it is so important to engage their issues with timely action, tact, and communication skills. Our upcoming webinar discusses how to engage and inspire employees for long term loyalty and retentionfor your organization. The webinar covers the following key areas: ·          How to identify when you start to lose control ·          Why you need to develop communication/interpersonal skills ·          Leadership styles that create trust negative reinforcement psychology LEARNING OBJECTIVES In today’s demanding business climate that has an accelerated focus on treating workers right, it is so important to engage their issues with timely action, tact, and communication skills that leaves nothing to chance in corrective measures, for any and all negative situation you encounter. This webinar helps you learn how to handle negative behaviour in the workplace through constructive

Excel as a BI Tool: Pivot Tables Part 1 Webinar Training

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Pivot Tables are one of the most powerful tools in Excel but they have a reputation for being complicated and scary. Our upcoming webinar discusses how to use Pivot Tables to turn raw data into meaningful andinsightful reports quickly and easily. The webinar covers the following key areas: ·          Structure your raw data in the right way ·          Design and format your Pivot Table reports so that they are easy to read and understand ·          Summarize your data in different ways including totals, counts and percentages excel pivot table tutorial LEARNING OBJECTIVES Use Microsoft Excel Pivot Tables to turn raw data into meaningful and insightful reports Structure your raw data in the right way Design and format your Pivot Table reports so that they are easy to read and understand Summarize your data in different ways including totals, counts and percentages Use Excel Pivot Tables and charts to create monthly summary reports Convert a Pivot Table int

Live Webinar on Issues in Calibrations and Accuracy in Method Validation

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OVERVIEW One of the most important concepts and criteria of Good Laboratory Practices is accuracy, how well does a methodology stand in terms of quantifying when compared to an expected value? There are various approaches in calibration and in the use of standards for comparisons. This webinar will cover validation of calibrations and the strengths, weaknesses, and appropriateness of the different types of standards. Without accuracy, a result is not acceptable. There are many issues that have an effect on accuracy and there are many approaches to deal with them. The importance of response, matrix effects, selectivity of identification, and other issues will be covered. WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND Accuracy is one of the most fundamental assessments in regulated analyses and calibration is the means to determine it. The quality, and therefore the acceptability, of accuracy is a large part of an auditor’s review of a methodology. This means that the connection of how amounts are de

Live Webinar on Human Factors/ Usability Studies Following ISO 62366 and the New FDA Guidance

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OVERVIEW Human Factors/usability is the analysis of how people interact with medical devices. The process of conducting rigorous human factors studies throughout the design process, integrating it with the medical device risk analysis and design process, and validating the effectiveness of the studies will be explained. The various types and methods of human factors/usability analysis will be explained. This process conforms to the new ISO 62366 standard and the new FDAGuidance document . WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND The FDA will only approve devices which are so designed that it is practically impossible for people to accidentally harm themselves even if they use the device improperly. The FDA has replaced the term “user error” with “use error”. This means that use error is considered by the FDA to be device nonconformity because human factors/ usability should be considered in the design process. The burden is on the device designer to follow usability studies, perform medical de

7 Dangers of Micromanagement

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7 Dangers of Micromanagement

Live Webinar on Leadership Toolbox Training: Effective Interpersonal Communication Skills for Leaders and Emerging Leaders. Why it Matter More than Intelligence

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OVERVIEW InterpersonalCommunications Skills for Leaders can encompass many hours of formal classroom training. As such, this webinar will cover only several topics due to time constraints. This webinar is meant to introduce how interpersonal communication is the hallmark of a leader and how we may draw upon precise communication to further our agenda. When viewing interpersonal skills in the workplace through the lens of leadership two wonderful things happen: one, the personals communication style is enhanced since they now have a new modality (that of leadership) to communicate through, and two, their leadership skills are enhanced since they have put new tools into their leadership toolbox. WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND In a recent blog posting Benjamin Snyder, he suggested that the biggest fear holding people back in business is the fear of inadequacy. Spending many years in consulting leaders in more effective communication that is a resounding truth! And one of the biggest

Live Webinar on How Leaders Can Create a Culture of Everyday Civility That Means Business

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OVERVIEW According to Dr. Kusy’s 3-year study of over  400 individuals ,  94%  of the workforce has dealt with a toxic person over the past five years. These clever chameleons not only create personal angst and get under our skin, they also cost money. How much? Up to  6%  of total compensation costs! And that’s just the beginning of these costs;  51%  of victims of their venom are likely to quit;  12%  do. And a whopping  87%  reported that team climate and performance worsened. Dr. Kusy will explain the importance of organisational culture and demonstrate how these toxic personalities not only infiltrate your work system but, just as importantly, why you need to understand their system of operation. They get away with bad behavior. Let him show you how to stop them in their tracks and restore everyday civility to new heights. WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND FEAR . Sometimes referred to as narcissists, bullies, and clever chameleons who knock down, but kiss up; these clever cham