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8 Interesting Blockchain Facts and FiguresFacts and Figures

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Blockchain Facts and Figures

Writing good SOPs: meeting FDA expectations and avoiding 483s

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Well-written SOPs send a message to the FDA and notified bodies that your Quality Management System (QMS) is complete, accurate, and followed and more importantly, it ensures that your personnel can consistently and accurately follow your processes, which results in correct outcomes and quality work. Our upcoming webinar discusses how to write complete, clear, unambiguous, and flexible SOPs that accomplish the objective and which your employees can understand and follow. The webinar covers the following key areas: ·          FDA expectations for SOPs and lessons learned from 483s and warning letters ·          Using process maps to make procedures clear, and mistake proofing concepts ·          Maintaining and controlling SOPs LEARNING OBJECTIVES • Overview of the regulations • FDA expectations • Lessons learned and common mistakes • SOP best practices • Preparing for an FDA audit WHO WILL BENEFIT • Quality Systems Specialists • Document Control Speciali

How to Give Corrective Feedback (the C.A.R.E. Model): Eliminate Negative Employee Behaviors with Constructive Feedback

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An effective leader/supervisor/manager knows how to handle difficult workplace situations and how to get the person to say yes to your request by changing their behaviour. Our upcoming webinar discusses how to give and receive constructive feedback, and helps you learn the skills to empower, engage and inspire employees for long term loyalty to you and retention for your organization. The webinar covers the following key areas: ·          Why you need to develop communication/interpersonal skills ·          What creates negative behaviour and workplace dysfunction and how to correct it  ·          What good communication creates and why it is vital to the workplace 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 encou

How to Succeed as a New Manager: guide your team the right way

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Many managers begin their tenure with no previous managerial experience or training which often leads to poor results and dysfunctional teams. Our upcoming webinar discusses the essential skills that every manager in every industry must learn and the common mistakes to avoid. The webinar covers the following key areas: ·          Understand your challenges and strengths as new managers ·          Develop a plan to reach your goals and build a high performing team ·          Use delegation to develop people’s capabilities to perform LEARNING OBJECTIVES Individuals will be able to: Work productively with their teams Accomplish goals effectively and efficiently Resolve issues quickly Use mission-driven planning, delegation, motivation, and coaching to build a high performing team WHO WILL BENEFIT Newer managers at every level Supervisors Project managers Team leaders Departmental Managers Development Manager Training Manager Services Manager Op

Dealing with new manager challenges: the dos and don'ts and skills

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V ery few new managers get a proper training on how to actually manage the leadership challenges and develop the new skill set which the job demands. Our upcoming webinar discusses the common problems new managers face and how to deal with them to get the desired outcome. The webinar covers the following key areas: ·          Understanding the psychological challenges and avoiding five big mistakes  ·          Managing friends and establishing your authority ·          Leadership stress management and dealing with toxic employees LEARNING OBJECTIVES In this 90 minute webinar, Larry will provide you answers to some of the common problems new managers face, like: Understanding the psychological challenges of making the leap to a managerial/supervisory role Avoiding five big mistakes every new manager makes Managing friends...and other dangerous activities Establishing your authority and understanding its limits and its applications Learning leadership stress m

Build a Successful Internship Program in 7 Easy Steps

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Many organizations these days offer internship programs to provide students with some great learning experiences. Sure they are quite helpful for the students who can develop their skills and prepare themselves for the future but unfortunately, many organizations fail to see the value a successful internship program can create for the company. Many of them recruit interns as reduced-cost labor for taking care of the time-consuming and mundane tasks, without helping them  develop their skills and knowledge . A successful internship program requires a good deal of efforts from both the interns and the company. With right techniques, the companies not only can help the interns develop their skillset but can also get valuable project support and build talent pipelines for the future. Internship programs also help employees of the organization develop their mentoring skills. A successful internship program essentially creates a win-win situation for all. In fact, such programs can be im

Boost Employee Retention with Effective Stay Interviews

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Adding stay interviews to your engagement strategies can help your organization retain critical employees. Our upcoming webinar discusses how the stay interview works as an opportunity to build trust with employees and a chance to assess the degree of employee satisfaction and engagement that exists in a department or company. The webinar covers the following key areas: ·          Recognize four possible “triggers” that cause the employee to consider leaving ·          Learn how to ask probing questions and conduct effective, efficient stay interviews ·          Discover how to develop stay plans for your employees and manage accountability LEARNING OBJECTIVES Learn how the stay interview works as an opportunity to build trust with employees and a chance to assess the degree of employee satisfaction and engagement that exists in a department or company. Also understand how it provides the manager with the opportunity to quickly reinforce the positives and deal with the

What’s New in Onboarding? Effective Onboarding Strategies for 2020

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It’s Important to get your new hires up to speed immediately using the new employee onboarding program so that they can rapidly contribute to the achievement of your desired business results. Our upcoming webinar discusses how to design, develop, and implement a fabulous program to help them become fully engaged, productive, and successful - fast! The webinar covers the following key areas: ·          How to design a 90-day onboarding process that reduces the time it takes to get new employees up to speed ·          How to provide your virtual organization with the mobile application for tablets and smartphones   ·          How to measure the business impact and contribution your new onboarding process delivers LEARNING OBJECTIVES Learn how to improve the new employee experience by using onboarding best practices. We will include how to integrate technology, such as mobile chatbots and mentoring applications, which will engage and inspire your new talent to quickly

Time and Task Management Effectiveness: Tips to enhance efficiency

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If you’re doing more and enjoying less at work, it’s time to get out of the time trap and back to productive management. Our upcoming webinar discusses practical tips for effective time management and explains how to make time a manageable resource. The webinar covers the following key areas: ·          Achieve better results through more effective planning and clarifying objectives ·          Delegate effectively and free yourself for bigger tasks ·          Say no to unreasonable demands LEARNING OBJECTIVES By attending, 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 using tips for effective time management Handle interruptions and distractions Say no to unreasonable demands Redirect your efforts to the most important and valid tasks Make sure there is tim

Background Checks Under the EEOC Best Practices

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OVERVIEW This course will cover the use of employee background checks under the EEOC best practices. WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND Being accused of being a discriminatory employer is never a good thing. The cost of having to defend the company against an EEOC accusation can run into the tens of thousands of dollars. Additionally, since EEOC cases are published the poor press and potential loss of business, as a result, makes insuring you are following the EEOC best practices important. AREAS COVERED This course will cover the use of EEOC background checks in the employment process. We will talk about: • Why background check for employment are important • The EEOC best practices guidance • Sample policy • The impact the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) has on background checks • Adverse actions procedures • Problems that may arise LEARNING OBJECTIVES The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has seen that the potential for discrimination during