Self-Study Guides

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Designed with individual development in mind, our Self-Study Guides are perfect for employees of small businesses, remote staff, or meeting the specific training needs of a few employees. In true ETL fashion, the opportunity to customize these Self-Study Guides to your organization, culture, environment and needs is available should you require it.  

Need a little extra guidance? While there is a comprehensive "Answers" section contained at the back of each program, Excel Thru Learning is able to engage one-on-one with your employees in telephone or face to face coaching on topics of interest.

Leadership Series (PDF format)

  1. Building Collaborative Relationships - Recognize the importance of collaboration; identify personality styles and how to work with each style; learn how to strengthen relationships at work.

  2. Coaching and Developing Others - Learn what coaching is, how to coach and learn how to give Positive/Constructive feedback using the ETL feedback model.

  3. Decision-Making and Conflict Resolution - Discover techniques to help promote creative decision-making; use an effective decision-making model and process; learn how to resolve conflict; recognize various types and causes of conflict; discover their conflict management style.

  4. Effective Communication - Determine communication strengths and weaknesses; understand the skills of effective listening; recognize the silent methods of communication; understand the importance of written communication.

  5. Emotional Intelligence - Learn how EI can help you work with and lead others. You will learn how to manage relationships and how to use EI to become an extraordinary leader.

  6. Foundations of Leadership - Understand the foundations of effective leadership; determine the differences between leading and managing; gain insight into different leadership styles.

  7. Handling Difficult Behaviours - Understand what constitutes “difficult behaviour”; effectively deal with different behaviours; reduce the stress of working with challenging behaviours; learn how to handle challenging situations.

  8. Performance Review Process - Establish an environment conducive to productive performance reviews; prepare and conduct discussions that encourage an exchange of information; follow through on agreements reached and implement a follow-up plan.

  9. Time Management - Recognize time styles; identify time wasters; construct a healthy prioritized ‘To Do List’; generate more time through delegation.

Self-Study Leadership Series Kit

ETL is pleased to offer you our cost-effective Self-Study Leadership Series Kit. Each Kit includes the above 9 topics in PDF format.

Self-Study Leaders Guide (pdf format)

To enhance the self-study experience, ETL offers a comprehensive Leaders Guide to take managers through the tools and techniques to coach employees and create accountability, ensuring that the self-study participants are setting goals, creating action plans, and transferring their newly acquired knowledge to the job. 

Purchasing Self-Study Guides

Thank you for your interest in our Self-Study Guides. These Self-Study Guides are available for purchase at our online store. Or, if you would prefer to deal directly with an ETL team member, please fill out our contact form or call into the office at (905) 789-1467.