Bad atittudes can threaten the essential functions of your organization. They spread like viruses from individual employees through departments and infect ntire organizations. Once an attitude virus begins to spread, it can become an epidemic in no time. Productivity suffers and so individual workers. With THE ATTITUDE VIRUS: CURING NEGATIVITY IN THE WORKPLACE, you will learn how to vaccinate your organization from this potentially devastating threat. If you spot these warning signs, an attitude virus ould be spreading through your workforce: + Resisting change + Lack of commitment + Spreading gossip + Misdirect anger + Condescending perfectionism

Bad atittudes can threaten the essential functions of your organization. They spread like viruses from individual employees through departments and infect ntire organizations. Once an attitude virus begins to spread, it can become an epidemic in no time. Productivity suffers and so individual workers. With THE ATTITUDE VIRUS: CURING NEGATIVITY IN THE WORKPLACE, you will learn how to vaccinate your organization from this potentially devastating threat. If you spot these warning signs, an attitude virus ould be spreading through your workforce: + Resisting change + Lack of commitment + Spreading gossip + Condescending perfectionism

It's Time to Stop clearly covers what the law does and does not allow in the area of software and internet copyrighted material. The consequences of copyright nfringement-piracy are also explained. Employees will learn: What information is legal to copy from the internet. When it is permissible to duplicate software. The personal liability of unlawfully copy software. The accompanying management packet explains how to get legal and stay legal. It includes compliance pamphlets, ample policy forms, a software audit disk, a complete directory of resources.

Ever have a great idea but couldn't get anyone to listen? These days success at every level of business depends not only on good ideas, but on the ability to ommunicate them. Good ideas need somebody to lead them through the process, somebody skilled at persuasion. "Leading with Persuasion" demonstrates the process of effective persuasion. In the video, a supervisor has an interesting idea for improving production, but almost no one on his team wants to listen. Fortunately, one fellow team member thinks he may have a good idea. She guides him through the three ssential steps of persuasion: preparation, presentation and response. She also emphasizes that persuasion is not about winning; instead, it's about making sure all ideas get presented in the best possible light. By the end of the video, the best idea gains acceptance and viewers learn how to use the power of positive persuasion.

Dr. James A. Belasco, professor of Business Management at San Diego State University and Jerre Stead, CEO and Chairman of Ingram Micro Company, share insights about heir need for continual renewal from their book Soaring With the Phoenix in this video program written and narrated by Collin Siedor and produced by Dystar Television, Inc. The video program profiles three highly successful organizations that have taken the renewal spirit of the Phoenix to heart: Ingram Micro Company, the largest distributor of computer products in the world; the Sheraton Berkshire in Reading, Pennsylvania, owned by the Meyer-Jabara Hotel chain; and the U.S. Navy's North Island Naval Air Depot in California's San Diego Bay, where the Navy's Fleet of F-18 fighter aircraft go for repairs. The success of these organizations can be attributed to, in part, four key tenets: 1. Turn over the responsibility for work to the people who do the work. 2. Give people learning opportunities and facts that enable them to make key decisions 3. Reward people for keeping customers always in their line of sight. 4. Leave a legacy that makes a difference.

-- Do people in your organization act like "victims"-- blaming everyone and everything else for their problems? -- Are employees and managers caught up in the Blame Game of finger-pointing and defensiveness? This creative, animated video will help show you and your organization how to start finding solutions, rather than blame. Individual accountability is the answer to theBlame Game. When managers and employees alike become personally accountable and responsible for their own behavior and results, everyone benefits. This entertaining and practical video demonstrates how everyone's future is brighter when we begin to act like "owners" rather than "victims". The BLAME GAME video provides a powerful catalyst to help you and your organization make the shift from blaming to accountability.