The Great Minds Series

Inspiring quotes from some of history’s greatest minds set to dramatic music and coupled with classic footage. Let the likes of Winston Churchill, John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King inspire you, motivate you and teach you through their own words, pictures and video.

A great way to start any meeting or training session, the Great Minds will put your group in the right frame of mind for success.more-->

Leader Madness

Leadership is a powerful substance that can be easily abused. The key to using it wisely lies within each of us. This is the message of the entertaining video training program “Leader Madness”. The video demonstrates six warning signs of ineffective leadership, showing how seemingly insignificant actions can develop into destructive leadership practices.more-->

Manager or Mouse

Are there times your managers feel overwhelmed with various demands at work? Do you or your managers need to take control of the situation? There are times that any manager can feel overwhelmed with customer calls, problem situations, and office distractions. In this humorous video, you will see how one manager learned how to understand his own fears and concerns so he could overcome these problems and take control. . more-->

Once Upon a Leader

Offering a refreshing break from The typical and more formal examinations of leadership, Once Upon a Leader shares a whimsical, yet powerful message on The practices of effective leaders. Through The animation and discussion of popular tales, familiar characters will lead participants on a journey to discover The value of four leadership practices.

The video, discussion guide, and activity book provide opportunities for reflection on leadership. Participants will assess Their own leadership styles, apply those lessons to Their current environment, and improve on personal leadership skills. The timeless values and proven principles in this program include humor and entertainment to appeal to all types of learners easily and effectively. more-->

Painless Performance Improvement

Real change only happens when The decision to change comes from The person doing The changing. Painless Performance Improvement provides managers with a simple and proven technique to help team members improve Their own poor performance without The drama, pain or conflict often associated with performance issues.

A training comedy, Painless Performance Improvement combines highly entertaining hosts with dramatic and realistic coaching moments. Supervisors will relate to scenes of management gone awry as well as employee’s favorite excuses and sidetracks. Used with The accompanying 85 page Managers Reference Guide, leaders will find this package an indispensable resource for improving The performance of Their team. more-->

The Accounting Game

This program is based on The popular one-day seminar which has successfully helped people overcome Their fear and confusion about numbers and accounting practices for almost twenty years! Supervisors and team leaders working on The front lines will be able to participate in solving efficiency, expense and cost problems. It benefits anyone who needs to. more-->

IF ENOUGH PEOPLE CARE with Lou Holtz

In this newest motivational program, Olympic Champion Mary Lou Retton introduces Holtz and sets up The content, citing his firm belief that satisfaction and success — in football or business — "can’t come from The job you’re doing...but from how well you do The job." more-->

THE NEW ONE MINUTE MANAGER

This new video is based on The "bible of management", The One Minute Manager book. Think about this: Over 10 million copies of that book have been sold, AND 10,000 copies a MONTH are sold, AND is still on The best-seller list, AND high on Amazon.com. WOW! Finally, for The first time, The real story of The One Minute Manager is now told ON VIDEO. It's The story of Melissa, a manager who has just been told by her boss "learn how to manage, or find another job!" Under pressure, she learns The three secrets of management: One minute goal-setting, One minute praising, One minute reprimand and..."Catch Them doing something right, and tell Them about it". more-->

THE POWER OF ONE: Applying Your Integrity and Values to Bring Out More of The Best in Yourself and Others

Now you can benefit from this groundbreaking approach that unlocks hidden capacity to win in a changing world. With crystal-clear questions, uncommon wisdom, and proven solutions to work smarter, not harder – with more trust, initiative, integrity, and values. more-->

DO RIGHT 1 with Lou Holtz

This best-selling program is The perfect vehicle to instill The spirit of teamwork, commitment to excellence, loyalty to The organization and personal dedication to success. more-->

DO RIGHT 2 with Lou Holtz

Do Right II with Lou Holtz focuses on The importance of teamwork, The cornerstone of every individual and organizational success. Do Right II is an extension of Coach Holtz's life-long philosophy as demonstrated in his award-winning video, Do Right I. more-->

THE FRONT OF The CLASS

A film with wit and wisdom that draws on school classroom recollections to teach and inspire new supervisors on The qualities of a true leader. If "you only succeed when They do," Then what do They need from you to succeed? Our hero learns The importance of setting standards, not playing favorites, sharing credit, and making room for new ideas. more-->

GUNG HO!

Tells The inspirational story of business leaders Peggy Sinclair and Andy Longclaw, who save a failing company and find Themselves being recognized as one of The most successful turnarounds in The nation. more-->

THE HELPING HAND: Coaching Skills For Managers

Taking more time to coach creates more time for work! No single person can do every job. So why do so many managers try to take on Their entire department’s workload? The lesson of this timely program is a universal one: managers need to delegate Their projects accordingly. As a result, They’ll discover more time to coach The team. more-->

IF ENOUGH PEOPLE CARE with Lou Holtz

In this newest motivational program, Olympic Champion Mary Lou Retton introduces Holtz and sets up The content, citing his firm belief that satisfaction and success — in football or business — "can’t come from The job you’re doing...but from how well you do The job." more-->

IT'S The LAW: The Legal Side Of Management

The EEOC has issued Guidances, which recommend organizations provide repeated on-going periodic training on employment law issues. Legal experts recommend organizations do Their best to follow The EEOC recommendations because The courts often look to The EEOC for help in interpreting The law when ruling on employment law cases. It's The Law: The Legal Side of Management is designed to help organizations comply with These EEOC recommendations. more-->

I WISH MY MANAGER WOULD JUST...

Based on research conducted with thousands of employees over a five-year period, employees were asked to finish The statement "I wish my manager would just…" While some answers may surprise you, and others will seem quite simple, I Wish My Manager Would Just… will encourage managers to really think about Their own management style and understand how it affects Their employees. more-->

Joel Barker's LEADERSHIFT

The concept of leadership is changing. Leadershift: Five Lessons for Leaders in The 21st Century explores These shifts and offers five concepts that will improve The performance of any leader. Using bridge-building as a metaphor, futurist Joel Barker teaches us that, more than anything else, The 21st century leader will build bridges . . . bridges built of hope and ideas and opportunities. Bridges that help us move from where we are to where we need to be. more-->

LEADERSHIP: AN ART OF POSSIBILITY with Ben Zander
(includes An Art of Possibility & Radiating Possibility)

Experience The phenomenon of Ben Zander, world-renowned conductor of The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, as he expressively teaches a new and improved style of leadership in The exciting video training program Leadership: an Art of Possibility. Ben and his partner Rosamund coach leaders to speak possibility from any position, in any organization, anywhere in The world. With Ben's new interactive leadership style, managers and supervisors in your organization will learn to keep a possibility alive until every person involved in The project is enrolled. These top leaders will walk away from this training experience with The understanding that it takes everyone's participation to make Their organization a success. more-->

LEADERSHIP: What's Trust Got To Do With It

What can leaders do to regain trust? This video provides realistic methods for rebuilding trust and reestablishing employee involvement. Today's LEADERSHIP: What's Trust Got To Do With It? tells The story of a team leader who learns that trust is The foundation of leadership. Using three trust building behaviors: openness, credibility and trusting others, he gradually regains The trust and active participation of his work team. more-->

THE NEW ONE MINUTE MANAGER

This new video is based on The "bible of management", The One Minute Manager book. Think about this: Over 10 million copies of that book have been sold, AND 10,000 copies a MONTH are sold, AND is still on The best-seller list, AND high on Amazon.com. WOW! Finally, for The first time, The real story of The One Minute Manager is now told ON VIDEO. It's The story of Melissa, a manager who has just been told by her boss "learn how to manage, or find another job!" Under pressure, she learns The three secrets of management: One minute goal-setting, One minute praising, One minute reprimand and..."Catch Them doing something right, and tell Them about it". more-->

THE POWER OF ONE: Applying Your Integrity and Values to Bring Out More of The Best in Yourself and Others

Now you can benefit from this groundbreaking approach that unlocks hidden capacity to win in a changing world. With crystal-clear questions, uncommon wisdom, and proven solutions to work smarter, not harder – with more trust, initiative, integrity, and values. more-->

THE PRACTICAL COACH

This best selling film takes a light-hearted look at coaching and offers practical advice for coaches who care. Realistic role plays cover a variety of topics, from getting good work repeated, to correcting poor work in a positive way, to turning a dead-end performance around. more-->

Painless Performance Improvement

Real change only happens when The decision to change comes from The person doing The changing. Painless Performance Improvement provides managers with a simple and proven technique to help team members improve Their own poor performance without The drama, pain or conflict often associated with performance issues.

A training comedy, Painless Performance Improvement combines highly entertaining hosts with dramatic and realistic coaching moments. Supervisors will relate to scenes of management gone awry as well as employee’s favorite excuses and sidetracks. Used with The accompanying 85 page Managers Reference Guide, leaders will find this package an indispensable resource for improving The performance of Their team. more-->

SID STORY

Starring Dennis Franz (now in NYPD Blue). A hard-nosed production supervisor learns The value of positive reinforcement techniques. Entertaining story line with strong training points. more-->

THE UNORGANIZED MANAGER

Part I: Damnation video
In this 1996 remake, St. Peter (John Cleese) reviews Lewis’s mortal sins including leaving jobs unfinished, missing deadlines, and making life pure hell for coworkers.

Part 2: Salvation video
In this 1996 remake, Richard Lewis still needs a few miracles. He can't set priorities, schedule time for active tasks, or allocate time for reactive tasks.

Part 3: Divine Intervention video
In this 1997 remake, John Cleese is back as St. Peter, and he explains why it's important to clarify The responsibilities of each team member, set measurable standards, and agree upon performance targets. more-->

WHALE DONE!

What do training killer whales have to do with training humans? More than you think! In this inspiring training program, Ken Blanchard and top SeaWorld trainers Thad Lacinak and Chuck Tompkins teach viewers a technique that actually increases employee effectiveness at work—a technique perfected over twenty years at SeaWorld! more-->

WORKSMARTS™: How to Get Along, Get Noticed, and Get Ahead

This brand new video shows employees and supervisors what it really takes to fit in and succeed in an organization. It gives Them The "inside scoop" in a clear and friendly manner - covering The unspoken truths we all wish we had known from day one. As successful employees have learned -- sometimes The hard way - career success often depends on "where your head's at and how you act," rather than what you know. It's our attitude, our approach, and our interactions with others that can matter most and set us apart as extraordinary employees. more-->

WOULD I FOLLOW ME?

If you could be on The receiving end of your own leadership style, how do you think you'd answer this question: Would I follow me? Most people in leadership positions are unaware of how The people They lead really see Them. But how a leader is perceived is crucial to The productivity of any group. more-->