SmartCafé
SmartCafé is an a.i. driven lesson system that will deliver relevant, interesting and fun training (SmartBites) to you on a daily basis that will support your professional development.
New trainiing is added daily. You can select the content of relevance to you - or the system will decide for you subject to how you use it.
SmartCafé often also offers free links to further study options (tutorials and Certificates).
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Learning to Suit You
It is not just software - SkillGate systems are about developing skills. SkillGate offer thousands of Lessons in Learning Suites tailored to meet your needs.
- Assertiveness & Self-Confidence
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- Achieve Success - Improve Your Inner Dialogue
- Be confident
- Be Confident!
- Build your self-confidence
- Building Confidence in Others
- Building Self-Belief
- Charisma - Developing the X Factor
- Controlling Nerves
- Develop the High Self Esteem Habit
- Develop the High Self-Esteem Habit
- Develop the High Self-Esteem Habit
- Do You Need to Change Your Attitude?
- Do You Need to Change Your Attitude?
- Have You Got 'It'? An Introduction to Executive Presence
- How to be Assertive
- How to Make Small Talk
- Stand Your Ground
- Stop Feeling Inferior
- The Power of Positive Reframing
- Think Differently - The Reframing Matrix
- Working with Difficult Colleagues
- How to be Assertive
- Better Written English
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- Accept or Except?
- Affect or Effect?
- Avoid Common Spelling Mistakes
- Avoid Pleonasm - Writing Clearly and Concisely
- Business Writing Style
- Could of, Would of or Should of?
- Dangling Participles
- Double Negatives
- Fewer or Less?
- Getting the Right Tone
- How to Plan and Write a Document
- How to Write in Sentences
- i.e. versus e.g.
- Its or It's
- Its or It's?
- Lets or Let's
- Like or As?
- Logical, Emotional and Professional Writing
- Logical, Emotional and Professional Writing
- Maybe and Anyway
- Me or I?
- Practice or Practise?
- Presenting Information Clearly
- Punctuating Quotations
- Report Style (Report Writing)
- Split Infinitives
- Their, There or They're?
- Then or Than?
- To, Too or Two?
- Use AIDA Marketing - Get Your Message Across
- Using -ible and -able
- Using Apostrophes Correctly
- Using Capitals
- Using Colons
- Using Commas
- Using Information Technology (Report Writing)
- Using Language Suitable for Your Audience
- Using Parenthesis
- Using Semi-Colons
- We're, Where or Were?
- Who or Whom?
- Whose or Who's?
- Why Don't You Write The Way You Talk? (or Getting the Right Tone)
- Would Somebody Please Think of the Reader! (Report Writing)
- Writing Business Letters
- Writing in Plain English
- Writing Numbers
- Your or You're?
- Presenting Information Clearly
- Business Management
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- 10 Ways to Save Your Business Money
- Assess Your Organisation - Weisbord's Six Box Model
- Boost Productivity with 5S
- Bribery Act 2010 - What You Need to Know
- Dealing with business risk
- Exceed Customer Expectations (Kotler's 5 Product Levels)
- Force Field Analysis - Understanding Change
- Get Efficient With Kanban
- Health and Safety General - A Manager's Overview
- Is 2.9 the Magic Number?
- Make Change Less Painful - Understand What People are Feeling
- Maximise Future Profits - The Boston Matrix
- Prioritising Risk - The Risk Impact/Probability Matrix
- Strategy for Success
- The Iron Triangle - the Truth about Project Management
- Understand Your Organisation - The McKinsey Framework
- Use a Successful Business Strategy
- What is Your Plan B? The Four Stages of Contingency Planning
- Getting on with Office IT
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- Excel Beginners - AutoFill
- Excel Beginners - AutoSum
- Excel Beginners - Formatting Cells
- Excel Beginners - Formatting Numbers
- Excel Beginners - Headers & Footers
- Excel Beginners - Introduction to formulas
- Excel Beginners - Printing
- Excel Beginners - Printing
- Excel Beginners - Ribbons
- Excel Beginners - Rows and Columns
- Excel Beginners - Workbooks and Worksheets
- Excel Intermediate - Charts
- Excel Intermediate - Goal Seek
- Excel Intermediate - IF Statements
- Excel Intermediate - Importing CSV
- Excel Intermediate - Linking Workbooks
- Excel Intermediate - Logical Functions
- Excel Intermediate - Nested IF Statements
- Excel Intermediate - Pivot Tables
- Excel Intermediate - Popular Functions part 1
- Excel Intermediate - Popular Functions part 2
- Excel Intermediate - References
- Excel Intermediate - Scenarios
- Excel Intermediate - Slicers
- Excel Intermediate - Sorting & Filtering
- Excel Intermediate - Sparklines
- Excel Intermediate - XLOOKUP
- Introduction to Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Teams - File Collaboration
- Microsoft Teams - Introduction to Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Teams - Using Apps in Teams
- Microsoft Teams - Using Channels in Teams
- Microsoft Teams - Using Whiteboards in Teams
- Outlook Beginners - Attachments
- Outlook Beginners - Contacts
- Outlook Beginners - Creating an email
- Outlook Beginners - Make appointments in the Calendar
- Outlook Beginners - Organising Emails
- Outlook Beginners - Replying to an email
- Outlook Beginners - Signatures
- Outlook Beginners - Views
- Outlook Intermediate - AutoArchive
- Outlook Intermediate - Instant Search
- Outlook Intermediate - Junk Email Options
- Outlook Intermediate - Meetings & Appointments
- Outlook Intermediate - Notes
- Outlook Intermediate - Quick Steps
- Outlook Intermediate - Rules & Alerts
- Outlook Intermediate - Tasks
- Outlook Intermediate - The Options Menu
- PowerPoint Beginners - Font Styles
- PowerPoint Beginners - Line spacing & Alignment
- PowerPoint Beginners - Navigation
- PowerPoint Beginners - Slides
- PowerPoint Beginners - Templates
- PowerPoint Beginners - Text Boxes
- PowerPoint Beginners - Themes
- PowerPoint Beginners - Transitions
- PowerPoint Beginners - Undo, Redo and Repeat
- PowerPoint Intermediate - Adding Videos
- PowerPoint Intermediate - Animations
- PowerPoint Intermediate - Audio & Images
- PowerPoint Intermediate - Charts
- PowerPoint Intermediate - Creating Custom Templates
- PowerPoint Intermediate - Format Text Boxes
- PowerPoint Intermediate - Multiple Presentations
- PowerPoint Intermediate - Notes & Handouts
- PowerPoint Intermediate - Shapes
- PowerPoint Intermediate - Tables
- Teams - File Collaboration
- Teams - Introduction to Microsoft Teams
- Teams - Using Apps in Teams
- Teams - Using Channels in Teams
- Teams - Using the Command bar in Teams
- Teams - Using Whiteboards in Teams
- Using Apps in Teams
- Using Channels in Teams
- Using Whiteboards in Teams
- Word Beginners - Find & Replace
- Word Beginners - Font effects
- Word Beginners - Headers & Footers
- Word Beginners - Saving & Printing
- Word Beginners - Sorting
- Word Beginners - The Editor Tool
- Word Beginners - Using the Ribbon
- Word Intermediate - Advanced Printing
- Word Intermediate - Borders & Shading
- Word Intermediate - Inserting Images
- Word Intermediate - Mail Merge
- Word Intermediate - Navigation Pane
- Word Intermediate - SmartArt
- Word Intermediate - Templates
- Word Intermediate - Themes
- Word Intermediate - Track Changes
- Getting the Best From Your Staff
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- A coaching approach to feedback
- A Coaching Approach to Feedback
- Appraisals - Giving Feedback
- Business Strategy? SWOT you need
- Charisma - Developing the X Factor
- Coach with PRACTICE
- Cost Effective Staff Training - Six Ways to Train on the Job
- Developing Others - Six Categories of Intervention
- Engage Learners with Assertive Questioning
- Facilitating Peer-to-Peer Learning
- Get the Most From Your Summer Intern
- Give Your Feedback Technique a BOOST
- Helping people GROW - a coaching model
- Helping People to GROW - A Coaching Model
- Helping People to GROW - A Coaching Model
- How good a coach are you?
- How SMART are Your Objectives?
- How SMART are Your Objectives?
- How to Conduct an Effective and Enjoyable Appraisal
- Managing Performance in Appraisals
- The Accelerated Learning Cycle
- Understanding learning styles
- Understanding Learning Styles
- What is the Right Question?
- What Makes a Good Appraisal?
- Writing Effective Learning Outcomes
- Good to Great Manager
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- 'That'll never work!' - How to Manage Negative People
- A high performing team - How to build one!
- A Manager's Introduction to Discrimination
- Anti-Bullying & Harassment
- Are You Using the Right Leadership Style?
- Avoiding the pitfalls of micro-management
- Become a Transformational Leader
- Being Aware of your Unconscious Bias
- Boost Your Results By 40% - The Pygmalion Effect
- Boost Your Results By 40% - The Pygmalion Effect
- Building Confidence in Others
- Change Someone's Life - Become a Great Mentor
- Conduct an Effective Team Briefing
- Do You Want to Transform Your Leadership Capability?
- Effective Teamwork – Understanding Team Roles
- Get the Most From Your High Achievers
- Great Team Building Exercises
- How SMART are Your Objectives?
- How SMART are Your Objectives?
- How to Get More Done - Delegate!
- How to Manage Discipline And Grievance Effectively
- How to Retain Talent
- Increase Your Influence
- Increase Your Productivity - Engage Your Employees
- Keeping your meeting on track
- Keeping your meetings on track
- Managing Average Performers
- Managing By Wandering Around (MBWA)
- Managing Former Peers
- Managing Poor Performance
- Managing Unambitious People
- Motivate for a Happy Workforce
- Motivating Others - A Powerful New Theory
- Motivating to Improve Poor Performance
- New Job? Flying Start!
- Overcome resistance to change
- Preparing for Meetings
- Productive and Exciting Team Meetings
- Successful Leadership in an Economic Downturn
- Successful Leadership in Difficult times
- Taking minutes in meetings
- Taking Minutes in Meetings
- Team Building Exercises To Improve Communication
- That'll never work! - How to Manage Negative People
- Unleash the Power of Centred Leadership
- What is Leadership?
- What Type of Leader are You?
- Why do Teams Fail to Perform?
- Winning Hearts and Minds - Motivational Leadership
- Mind & Memory Skills
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- 3 Techniques to Improve Your Memory
- 3 ways to improve your memory
- Advanced Brainstorming
- Encouraging Creativity at Work
- Got a Smelly Problem? The Fishbone Diagram
- Introduction to problem solving
- Make Great Decisions - The Vroom-Yetton-Jago Decision Model
- Solving Problems
- Understand How Memory Works and How You Can Improve Yours!
- Next Steps in a Changing World
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- Achieving Work Life Balance
- Beat the Common Forms of Stress
- Boost Work Satisfaction
- Change Bad Habits to Become Happier
- Coping with Isolation
- Counting Sheep - How to get a good night's sleep
- Counting Sheep - How to Get a Great Night's Sleep
- Feeling stressed? Try mindfulness
- Five Ingredients for a Flourishing Life
- Getting Back Into Work Mode - Returning From Holiday
- How to Flourish and Get The Most From Life
- Relax - How to Switch Off After Work
- Remove Stress - Focus and Centre Yourself
- Safety for Lone Workers (H&S)
- Staying Productive - Working From Home
- Staying Productive – Working from Home
- Staying Productive – Working from Home
- Stop Playing the Blame Game!
- Stress Management
- Take Control of Your Life
- Understanding the common forms of stress
- Understanding the common forms of stress
- Wellbeing - The Science of Happiness
- Wellbeing – The Science of Happiness
- Why Are You So Angry? The Eight Causes of Conflict
- Work life balance
- Powerful Communication Techniques
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- Decoding Body Language
- 6 Great Ice-Breakers
- Are you really listening
- Are You Really Listening?
- Are You Really Listening?
- Ask Better Questions
- Ask Better Questions
- Barriers to Communication
- Barriers to Communication
- Become a Better Communicator Using the LAER Method
- Become a Better Communicator Using the LAER Method
- Boost Your Personal Impact
- Communicate More Effectively with the Communication Cycle
- Communicating effectively on a conference call
- Communicating Effectively on Conference Calls
- Conflict Resolution - Dealing with Angry People
- Conflict Resolution Scenarios 1.1 - Personal Trainer
- Create Understanding and Trust - The Johari Window
- Decoding Body Language
- Develop Your Emotional Intelligence
- Facilitating a Conference Call
- Giving Critical Feedback
- Handle Angry Callers with Confidence
- Handling Difficult Situations and Challenging Customers
- How to be an Influencing Star
- How to Build Rapport
- How to Cope with Bossy Colleagues
- How to Handle a Difficult Conversation
- How to Make a Great Impression
- How to Make Small Talk
- Ice Breakers That Work
- Improve Your Typing Speed
- Inspire People into Action
- Inspire People Into Action
- Managing Other People's Diaries
- Positive side of conflict
- Prepare to succeed at interview
- Secrets of Persuasion
- Six Influencing Styles – How to Unlock the Power of Influence
- Six Influencing Styles – How to Unlock the Power of Influence
- Sound Successful! Improve the Quality of Your Voice
- The 7 Cs of Great Communication
- The Importance of Empathy
- The Importance of Empathy
- The Positive Side of Conflict
- The Rule of Three - The Secret to Successful Communication
- Turn a Disgruntled Customer into a Loyal Fan - Effective Complaint Handling
- Watch Your Language! The Power of Positive Words!
- What is Emotional Intelligence?
- What is Emotional Intelligence?
- What is Your Conflict Management Style?
- What’s the difference between Power and Influence?
- Why Don't You Write The Way You Talk? (or Getting the Right Tone)
- WIIFM - Getting People to Listen
- WIIFM - Getting People to Listen
- WIIFM – Getting People to Listen
- Writing Effective Emails
- Handle Angry Callers with Confidence
- The 7 C's of Great Communication
- Turn a Disgruntled Customer into a Loyal Fan - Effective Complaint Handling
- Tools and Tips for Ambitious People
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- Achieve more with less - the 80/20
- Achieve more with less - the 80/20 rule
- An 8 Step Guide to Managing Change Successfully
- Are You (Un)Conscious and (In)Competent?
- Are You The Entrepreneurial Type?
- Become More Powerful
- Being an Entrepreneur
- Being Resilient
- Boost Employee Enthusiasm
- Boost Energy Levels to Become More Effective
- Bounce Back From Failure
- Bounce back from Failure
- Breaking Bad Habits
- Business Cards Matter!
- Do You Have Good Judgement?
- Doing the Right Thing - Planning and Prioritising
- Handle Criticism with Confidence
- Have You Got 'It'? An Introduction to Executive Presence
- Have you got a minute? - Managing interruptions
- How Do You Eat an Elephant?
- How to Get More Done - Delegate!
- How to Get the Attention of Busy People
- How to Impress Your Boss
- How to Motivate Yourself
- How to Persuade Your Boss
- How to Read Faster
- How to Remember People's Names
- How to Thrive When Things Change
- Make the Most of Your Time
- Make Your Appraisal Work For You
- Make Yourself Promotable
- Making the most of your time
- Managing Email Overload
- Managing to Eliminate Bad Habits
- Managing Your Manager - 6 rules for success
- Managing Your Emails Effectively
- Managing Your Manager - Personal Trainer
- Master Business Etiquette
- Maximise Your Potential
- Melting the Ice Cube - Lewin's Framework for Change
- Negotiating Office Politics
- Online Networking - Getting Started
- Planning for the Perfect Christmas
- Prioritise with the Urgent/Important matrix
- Quick Wins - The Key to Success
- Serious About Personal Development? SWOT!
- Sharpen Your Concentration Skills
- Stop procrastinating!
- The Art of Being Patient
- Think on Your Feet
- Thinking on your feet
- Time & Priority Review
- Understanding Power - The Five Forces
- What Should You Do With an Elephant in the Corner? (dealing with problems
- What Should You Do With an Elephant in the Corner? (dealing with problems)
- What Sort of Intelligence Do You Have?