Business Skills for Growth & Profitability

This program provides you with knowledge & understanding of how to grow a strong & profitable business. Learn how to value your business goods and services and how to promote them to potential customers. Develop your spot in the supply chain, so that your business can grow and prosper. Content may include:

• Prime for Growth
• Strategic Positioning
• Negotiating
• Proposal Requests
• Succession Planning
• Project Planning

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Time Management

This program will take you from overwhelmed & stressed, to focused & in control. Many of us spend time on “busy work” and not on activities that matter the most. This program looks at the 4 pillars of time management and will help you create a system of accountability. This program is about getting things done! Content may include:

• Setting Objectives
• How to Prioritize
• Managing your Energy
• Task Management
• Stress Management
• Operations and Workflow

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Legal Essentials for Small Business Growth

In this program designed for small business owners, you will learn to recognize legal issues that arise, be able to prioritize resources to address identified issues and increase your understanding of legal essentials for small business as your business grows. Content may include:

• Intro to Law & Legal Research
• Contracts
• Commercial Leases
• Income Tax & CRA
• Employment Law
• Estate Planning for Business Owners
• Business Structures

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Project Management Essentials 

This program is designed to provide you with the fundamentals of Project Management with hands-on, practical know-how.   By chooseing a project of your own to apply throughout the course, your learning will be more relevant. As a participant you will learn how to set your goals, plot them out, communicate them, and end up with a firm actionable plan. Each participant will be given the opportunity to present their plan.

• Project Charter
• Work Break Down Structure
• Gantt Chart
• Life Cycle

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Essential Productivity Skills

In this program, participants will be introduced to the tools used in implementing Lead methodologies into their operations. The various tools described below will allow participants to identify areas in which their organization can increase productivity and effectiveness. This is a great course for those wishing to improve their business or organization & is suited for all levels of the workforce.

• What is “Lean” and the 8 Deadly Wastes
• Over View of 5S Workplace Organization
• Valuestream Mapping
• Kaizen Methodology Intro
• Reliability of Equipment
• Root Cause Problem Solving
• Standard Work SOPS

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