Strategic Planning for Business Development

This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.Every week, brilliant analysis dies in inboxes because the person who did the work could not tell its story. Spreadsheets get ignored, dashboards get abandoned, and decks get politely thanked while decisions go in the opposite direction. In a business landscape where leaders are drowning in data and starving for insight, the analyst who can turn numbers into narrative is the one who shapes strategy, wins budget, and builds a reputation that travels far beyond their job title. This course exists to make you that analyst, by teaching you the same craft used by communicators like Hans Rosling, the data desks of The Economist and The New York Times, and the senior consultants at McKinsey and BCG. You will learn the anatomy of a data story and how to combine data, visuals, and narrative into a single coherent argument. You will master the small toolkit of chart types that handle ninety percent of business situations, and learn exactly when to reach for a bar, a line, a scatter, a map, or simply a single bold number. You will internalize design principles drawn from Edward Tufte, Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic, and Stephen Few, including the data-ink ratio, preattentive attributes, intentional color, editorial typography, and annotation that turns charts into arguments. You will explore narrative structures borrowed from screenwriting and consulting, learn the sharp distinction between dashboards and data stories, and apply real principles for dashboard design that executives actually use. This course is built for working professionals who already touch data at work — analysts, product managers, marketers, operations leaders, founders, and consultants — and who want their charts and decks to land with more impact. No coding is required and no statistical background is assumed beyond basic comfort with averages, percentages, and simple charts. By the end, you will be able to take any dataset, identify the insight worth telling, choose

Working remotely from home in virtual teams could be the future of work as we know it.Why? The reasons are simple.86% of employees prefer to work from home30% of employees report higher productivity while remoteCompanies that allow remote work experience have a whopping 50% lower annual turnover87% of employees say they are more engaged, not less, when working from home68% of job seekers say that the option to work remote would greatly increase their interest in a position65% of employees say they would strongly consider leaving their position for a remote position with similar payRemote work is a global phenomenon and it's growing. The number of employees working remotely has grown by 4% each year for the last 5 years. Sooner or later, all companies will have to offer some kind of option to work remote otherwise they'll risk losing talent and falling behind.It's no wonder so many well know companies are running their entire teams without an office. Companies like Buffer, Automattic, Zapier, & Toptal just to name a few.But how exactly can you make sure you get the same return and the same quality work from every remote employee?Well, that's exactly what we're going to cover in this course.We'll cover how to:Assemble a great team of qualified, talented remote workersSelect the best online tools to successfully complete projectsForm great communication and leadership habits to inspire your teamCreate a virtual culture for your team over time, andEstablish helpful policies and procedures to evaluate their performance<

Everyone wants to know how to plan work in an Agile / Scrum project. Just like with other work methods, planning can be done practically, leading to good results. However, unlike other methods, Agile / Scrum planning can be done extremely quickly while still being effective!This helps not only the team actually doing the work but the time-and-money-conscious stakeholders who expect timely results and aren’t always willing to be patient. Effective planning reduces everyone's stress, from those on the ground floor to the corner office.Join 23-year Agile veteran, Mishkin Berteig along with two guests as they provide practical advice, techniques, and inspiring guidance on how to estimate and plan Agile / Scrum projects in any business environment.Whether you work in tech, finance, healthcare, manufacturing, or virtually any other industry, having a solid grasp of these techniques will help you plan quickly and effectively and keep the stakeholders off your back.It's important to note that having a basic grasp of Agile and Scrum will allow you to ensure that you can use all the concepts and methods taught in this course. This course does not provide an introduction to Agile and Scrum.Take the first step toward achieving your goals by enrolling in our course today. Don't wait any longer, enroll today!

Learn straight from a management consultant and turnaround artist how to create and implement a management control system for any area of any business in any industry and then to manage that area making it leaner, faster and better all the while highlighting your success for the world to see. We all want to grow in our management careers. The Manager who sits in his/her chair the longest with the most paper on the desk is rarely the one promoted. It's usually the one who takes whatever and whomever is given and makes it BETTER! The one who succeeds where everybody else fails is the manager on the career fast track.If your successes are invisible, then they might as well not exist. So we'll be creating from scratch a management control system that will measure the performance of your area, show it change and improve over time, document your actions, and turn into not only a management tool, but also a biography of YOUR VALUE to the company.Your next performance review doesn't have to consist of your boss telling you what (s)he thinks about you and making sorry excuses as to why you aren't getting much of a raise. It can be a tour de force of you walking in and laying hard, empirical evidence of your contributions on the table and illustrating in indisputable terms (i.e. dollar values) why YOU ARE the company's superstar!

The Safety Management System (SMS) Training Course is designed to enhance participants' understanding and practical application of SMS in the aviation industry. Building on foundational knowledge, this course provides a deeper dive into the processes and strategies that ensure effective safety management across aviation operations.By the end of the course, participants will be equipped to identify hazards, assess and manage risks, and implement safety regulations while complying with international standards such as ICAO Annex 19, EASA regulations, and IATA's Safety Management System Guidance Material. The course will also explore the integration of SMS principles into daily operations, fostering a proactive safety culture.This course includes modules on safety concepts, hazard identification, risk management, and safety regulations, culminating in practical case studies and scenarios. Participants will gain insights into real-world SMS applications, preparing them to oversee safety performance, engage in continuous improvement, and ensure compliance within their organization.Ideal for safety officers, managers, and operational staff involved in safety oversight and risk management, this intermediate-level course offers a balance of theoretical knowledge and practical exercises. Through video lessons, reading materials, quizzes, and practical activities, participants will develop a comprehensive understanding of SMS and its critical role in maintaining aviation safety standards.

This course will give you the fundamental concepts for data visualization with focus on how to build business related dashboards that can be applied to any software. We will focus on how to select the best way to visualize a data set in order to effectively and objectively communicate the business insights to our audience.