Welcome to the How To series, which provides quick and easy tips on how to handle a variety of common work situations. This video lesson, How to Ace Your First Day as Supervisor, walks viewers through the entire first day of the transition into a leadership role. Viewers will learn what they should do -- such as smile, get to know people, and bring snacks -- as well as what they should not do -- such as wear a tuxedo, act overbearing or brag about past achievements. By the end of the video lesson, learners should feel confident in their ability to take on new leadership opportunities with humility and grace.

Welcome to the "HIPAA Overview," a video lesson that describes the relevant rules and defines key terms to help learners understand how to handle protected health information (PHI) safely and securely. You’ll learn answers to questions like "What’s HIPAA’s intended purpose?" and "Who does HIPAA protect?" Plus, you’ll hear about critical concepts like the minimum necessary standard and exceptions to breaches. By going through the Privacy Rule, the Security rule, the Breach Notification Rule, and the Enforcement Rule, this lesson will give viewers a foundational understanding of what HIPAA entails and how to protect sensitive health information.

Welcome to the "Halting Harassment: Prevention Basics" video lesson meant to help learners understand, address, and even prevent harassment. In this lesson, viewers will learn the definition of harassment and become familiar with its negative effects in the workplace. Plus, learners will consider bystander and target response options and recognize how employers should handle harassment complaints and investigations.

Welcome to the "Going Green: Personal Tips" video lesson meant to describe how to adopt a more sustainable mindset and break wasteful habits. This lesson is the fifth of six in the "Going Green" video course meant to help you and your organization become eco-friendlier—from your policies to the frontline workers. By using reusable containers and conducting business online, you will be able to reduce your carbon footprint and become environmentally conscious. Overall, viewers will learn how to live by the circular economic model and adhere to the five R’s.

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Welcome to "Fire Safety 101," a video lesson meant to help you prevent and respond to fires that occur at work effectively. In this lesson, you’ll receive an overview of what should be included in your fire prevention plan (FPP) and your fire emergency action plan. Plus, you’ll learn about the different classes of fire and how to use the appropriate extinguishing agent against each of them with the PASS technique. From preventative measures to how to bandage burns, there’s a lot to consider with fire safety. After viewing this lesson, you’ll have actionable knowledge to help you stay safe in the event of a fire.

Welcome to Finding Your Passion at Work, a video lesson meant to explain how you can become more passionate about your work and ways to bolster your passion if it is lagging. It emphasizes the importance of being passionate about what you do because it creates confidence and excitement. Some of the tips include knowing your ambitions and adopting a positive attitude. After viewing this lesson, the learner will have the tools to keep themselves passionate and engaged at work.

Welcome to the "Finance for Everyone Toolkit: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles" video lesson intended to highlight the basic principles and assumptions that are required in accounting. Throughout this lesson, viewers will become familiar with GAAP’s key principles, as well as the three qualities that each organization’s financial information must embody. This video lesson is part of the "Finance for Everyone Toolkit," which provides non-financial employees with foundational knowledge on finance topics. 

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Welcome to the "Ethics Overview" video lesson meant to provide a foundational understanding of what ethical principles are and how ethics manifest in the workplace. Ethics apply to individuals, groups, corporations, and even whole communities. Ethics shape how you act and what society perceives is right, just, and responsible. Because of this, ethics are vitally important to consider and understand as you navigate the workplace. In this lesson, you’ll learn about examples of unethical workplace behavior and ethical dilemmas. Plus, you’ll learn how to respond in an unethical situation and what questions you should ask yourself when you’re unsure about what to do. Ultimately, every single employee at an organization is responsible for maintaining an ethical workplace. After completing this lesson, you’ll be better able to do just that.

Welcome to ‘Ethical Communication,’ a video lesson that describes how miscommunications occur, ways they negatively impact workplace relationships and reputations, and methods for mitigating them. This lesson is the fourth of seven in the ‘Ethics Essentials’ video course meant to teach employees about the fundamentals of ethics and explain how ethics should be handled in the workplace. Part of having a healthy work culture is having healthy communication. When individuals fail to communicate in a forthright and clear manner, the consequences can be disastrous for everyone involved. After viewing this lesson, learners should have a better understanding of how to communicate more effectively and avoid miscommunications altogether.

Welcome to ‘Essential Management Skills,’ a video lesson that covers the variety of skills necessary to be an effective manager. This lesson is the third of four in the ‘Management Basics’ video course meant to lay the foundation for understanding what it means to be and succeed as a manager in any organization. You need to know the ins and outs of how your industry works, and you also need to be able to communicate clearly with all your employees. You need to be able to motivate and encourage your employees, and you also need to be able to think critically about how you can improve your current processes. From technical skills to motivational techniques, this lesson explains the importance of being well-rounded as a leader.

Welcome to the "Employee Retention: Building a High-Performance Work System" video lesson meant to explain what a high-performance work system is and why it’s important. This video lesson is the first of seven in the "Boosting Employee Retention" video course, which provides actionable advice on how to hold on to your organization’s high-performing employees. In this lesson, learners will come to understand how high-performance work systems relate to employee retention. Viewers will also learn about key theories regarding employee satisfaction and motivation—and lack thereof.

Poor working habits and unaware personal habits can have a negative impact at work. In fact, the habits of an annoying coworker are the number one source of stress in the workplace. For organizations, bad habits reduce efficiency, destroy teams, affect profits, and chase good employees into the arms of the competitor. Take a look at the Top 40 Annoying List and see if perhaps you have behaviors that are in need of adjustment. Learn how to create good work habits and how to make your personal habits professional.

Welcome to the Effective Writing Skills video course meant to help learners transform their business writing into professional, accurate, and meaningful correspondence. In this lesson, learners will become aware of how widespread the issue of poor writing skills is. This lesson also conveys tips for making writing easier to read, as well as information on an application that can help improve readability.

Welcome to the "Effective Internal Customer Service" video lesson meant to define what an internal customer is and how they should be treated. At any organization, most of the focus is placed solely on external customers. But, what about your internal customers? These are the people who you service within your organization or who play an integral part in your organization’s operations. Because they are so vital to the products and services you provide to external customers, your internal customers should be treated with the care, respect, and attention they deserve. So, after watching this lesson, you should pay special attention to how you communicate with and treat your internal customers.

Welcome to the "Effective Email 101" video lesson intended to outline the basics of communicating effectively through email. In this lesson, viewers will learn the steps to using their email productively as well as some best practice tips to keep in mind. This lesson covers four steps of effective email writing in detail: filling out address fields, creating a meaningful subject line, writing the content of the email, and proofreading the message. Finally, the lesson provides best practices and how to implement them. These best practices include keeping it simple, maintaining a friendly tone, using formatting strategically, removing jargon, being thoughtful about replies, and using email for the right purpose.

Welcome to the "Developing Empathy" video lesson meant to show learners how to become more empathetic at work and in life. This video lesson is the first of two in the two-part "Empathy as a Soft Skill" series. In this lesson, viewers will learn what empathy is and differentiate it from sympathy. In addition, learners will become familiar with a specific process for treating others with empathy at work.

Performance reviews are an essential component of our work. These reviews may be formal, end of the year discussions, or they may be short informal feedback sessions. Either way, receiving information about one’s performance is key for anyone’s success. Performance feedback helps us know what we’re doing well, informs us on what we need to strengthen, and gives us an idea of our current level of performance. This course will provide a process for you to help employees become clear on what is going well, and find out what they need to do differently. As a result they will be more focused and able to deliver the right work, at the right time, at the right level of performance. By completing this course, you will know how to give employees receive feedback on their job performance. This course has been approved for one hour of PDU credit from PMI (Project Management Institute).

Welcome to Delivering Stellar Customer Service, a video lesson meant to help you have effective customer service! By remembering the acronym STAR, you will help your organization be seamless, trustworthy, attentive, and resourceful when dealing with customers. This philosophy of service applies to the human, business, and hidden dimensions in the workplace. The viewer will learn how to care for customers in a way that helps the organization succeed as a whole.

Welcome to the "DISC Styles: High C" video lesson, which takes a deep dive into the High C personality style. This lesson is the first of four in the "Decoding DISC Styles" video course meant to help learners better understand each DISC personality type. In this lesson, viewers will learn the typical traits of those with a High C personality. Learners will also discover how High C’s work with others and how to best persuade or sell to High C’s.

Welcome to the "Cybersecurity Toolkit," a series of video lessons designed to cover everything you need to know about keeping your workplace safe from cyberattacks. This lesson, "Cybersecurity: Social Engineering Attacks," defines social engineering and its types and also provides advice on how to avoid it. This lesson describes the three common types of social engineering, four psychological factors that hackers leverage, and action steps for protecting yourself against a social engineering attack. After viewing this lesson, the learner should have an understanding of what social engineering attacks entail and they should also feel prepared to recognize and avoid attacks.

Welcome to the "Cultivating a Respectful Workplace" video lesson, which addresses how to be a respectful employee who perpetuates a respectful environment. In this one-off lesson, viewers will learn what respect is and consider the benefits a respectful workplace offers. Plus, learners will ponder some examples of respect, as well as some examples of disrespect. Finally, viewers will become familiar with several easy tips for treating others with respect and making the workplace one characterized by civility.

Embracing Change was created to stimulate conversation. Using & person-on-the-street; interviews, you will be introduced to a cast of characters that not only share how we should deal with change, but are required to put their thoughts into action.