June and July Learning Recommendations
Effective Management Styles
Want to become a more confident and effective manager? Join us for a live session on Effective Management Styles to explore practical approaches for motivating your team, providing helpful feedback, and finding your own leadership style. Whether you're new to supervising or looking to refresh your skills, this session offers clear, actionable tools you can start using right away.
A manager sets the tone for an organization through his or her management style. Explore effective approaches to managing employees. Content includes:
- Qualities of effective managers
- What motivates employees?
- Three approaches – coaching, counseling, and teaching
- Giving constructive feedback
Register HERE - June 27th 10-11am
Introduction Courses
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Looking for a practical and up-to-date Excel refresher? This single Excel 365 (2024) course is perfect for learners who want to sharpen their data handling skills without committing to a full series. From navigating and selecting special items to sorting, filtering, and eliminating duplicates, this course covers it all—plus, it includes hands-on practice files to help you apply what you learn right away
Managing Data in Excel 365 (2024)
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Want to get comfortable with PivotTables without spending hours on training? This quick, 32-minute course is broken into bite-sized videos that guide you through creating, formatting, and customizing PivotTables in Excel. You’ll learn how to sort, filter, group data, and use slicers—perfect for anyone looking to level up their Excel skills with clear, hands-on practice.
Pivot Tables in Excel
In depth course bundles
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Looking to really master Excel? This bundle of 10 short courses (just 30–50 minutes each!) is perfect for learners who like to take things step-by-step.
Basic Excel Starter courses (2023)
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This hands-on bootcamp is perfect for learners who want to explore Excel from the ground up using their own licensed version. Across four in-depth courses (each 1.5–2 hours), you’ll go from mastering the basics to cleaning and wrangling data, building interactive visualizations, and even solving optimization problems—just like the pros do in the workplace
Analyzing Data in Excel Bootcamp 2023
Introduction Courses
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New to project management or looking to sharpen your skills? This one-course intro is a great starting point for understanding what makes projects run smoothly and successfully. In just under an hour, you’ll explore the basics of project management, key roles, life cycle phases, and popular methods—plus get a practical walkthrough of Trello in action.
Introduction to Project Management (part of the CompTIA+ path)
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Curious about the Project Management Agile methodology and how it can help you as a manager? This course is a great starting point to explore how Agile makes projects more flexible, collaborative, and successful. You’ll learn how to apply Agile principles in real-world settings, use simple tools like Kanban boards to manage work, and build effective, responsive teams
Agile for Project Management (part of the CompTIA+ path)
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Curious how to make your team’s work more efficient and less frustrating? This course introduces simple, proven strategies to help managers improve processes, reduce bottlenecks, and get better results with less effort. You’ll explore how organizations use Lean and Six Sigma to work smarter—not harder—and how you can apply the same ideas to your everyday operations.
Lean and Six Sigma Fundamentals (Intro to the Six Sigma path)
In depth course bundles
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New to project management or just looking to build more confidence running projects? This 16-course learning path on SumTotal is a great way to explore the essentials—one clear step at a time. You'll learn how to plan and manage projects, communicate with stakeholders, keep tasks on track, and adapt to changes as they come. With topics ranging from traditional methods to Agile approaches, this path helps you build practical, real-world skills that can make your day-to-day work as a manager more focused and efficient.
Project Management CompTIA+ Learning path
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Looking to improve how things get done in your workplace? This Lean Six Sigma learning path introduces a powerful set of tools and strategies for making processes more efficient and effective. With 23 sessions (each 1–2 hours), you'll explore practical ways to reduce waste, solve problems, and strengthen how your team works—step by step, at your own pace.
Six Sigma Learning path
Introduction Courses
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Looking for a better way to stay organized and get things done? This quick and practical Outlook 365 course shows you how to use built-in task and note tools to manage your to-do list, follow up on emails, and streamline your workflow. From creating and assigning tasks to organizing notes and folders, it’s a great way to make Outlook work harder for you—beyond just email and calendars.
Getting things done with Tasks and Notes in Outlook 365
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Want to make teamwork easier and more organized? This course introduces you to powerful collaboration tools in Microsoft 365—including Teams, SharePoint, Planner, and Project. You’ll learn how to chat, share files, assign tasks, and manage projects all in one place, helping your team stay connected and on track.
Collaboration and Work Management in Microsoft 365
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