As 2018 progresses, the number of people taking advantage of online education and training continues to increase. Although Go1 offers exceptional courses on multiple topics, one of the hottest on the list has to do with improving on management style.

Although you can find many different sources that offer online courses, not all provide the same quality and variety as Go1. What makes this company so unique is not just the vast number of courses available, but also the fact that industry experts develop them. That means you have the opportunity to learn from the best, regardless of your field.

By turning to a trusted source for upskilling and education, you can become an inspirational leader, someone your team respects and strives to please. Learn what it takes to be a superior manager by enrolling in one or more courses offered by Go1 Premium. Simply visit the website, and within minutes, you will be on your way to perfection.

Specific to management, three courses, in particular, stand out. These are the following:

When it comes to improving your management style, excellent team communication feedback is critical. Although you hold a position of authority, you want your workers to feel comfortable providing feedback, good or bad. Listening to what your team has to say makes you approachable and therefore, more respected.

With this 30-minute online training course, your employees will gain insight into new and effective strategies for communicating better with you as their manager. As a result, not only does your team learn to open up in a productive way, but you also gain more effective communication skills.

The primary objective of this course is to help your employees identify and inform you whenever you perform selected communication actions. Whether offered to new hires or used as a mini team-building event, this course is highly beneficial.

The requirements for this training course include either a PC or MAC computer with popup blockers turned off, JavaScript enabled, the latest version of Flash installed, and third-party cookies accepted. Also, the computers must have Adobe Reader version 7+, and for Microsoft Office, it must be the 2003 or newer version.

For you to work effectively in your managerial role and gain the respect of your team, you need to learn key interaction strategies. Although you could choose from hundreds of different online training courses, “Motivation Concepts for Managers” stands out among the best.

Excellent managers know how to motivate their team members. Instead of begging people to do their jobs, employees take the initiative to perform optimally. The best way to motivate your team is by understanding their needs, as well as wants and expectations. With that, you have the opportunity to create a comfortable and productive work environment.

With this course, you will gain tremendous insight into viable ways to create the right working conditions based on what your team needs, wants, and expects. After completion, you can then apply what you have learned and enjoy the results that follow.

Remember, motivated employees are more productive, content, and willing to go above and beyond to perform stellar work. Not only does that make your job as a manager easier, but it also benefits the company as a whole.

As with the other two topics, you can select from many different online training courses but one taught by Robin Sharma, a highly respected leadership and personal development expert, is by far one of the best. In this free video, Sharma shares valuable information on what it takes to become an inspirational leader at work and at home.

Another course worth your time is “Becoming a Great Leader: Leadership and Power.” With this, you will learn that great leaders get followers by understanding the relationship between leadership and power. This online training course demonstrates effective leadership through using, not abusing, power as a manager and motivating your team by knowing the type of leadership they respond to best.

When it comes to being an inspirational leader, your employees must trust you. It is also crucial for you to share common goals with your team and demonstrate your ability with integrity and credibility. Through these online training courses, you will learn about specific behaviors and traits of inspirational leaders and how you can utilize them in your role as a manager.

For you to succeed in your management role, you need the support of a strong team. That entails gaining a better understanding of who your employees are and what they need to perform at a high level. Inspiring others in the workplace is one of the main priorities of any manager. In exchange, many positive things happen such as increased production and improved employee morale. As an inspirational leader, you show your employees what it takes to advance, whether in the current company or working for a different business in the future.

Go1 offers the best online training and education available. In addition to courses developed or presented by top experts on the topic or within a specific industry, these courses are all affordably priced. Depending on which of the three top courses you take, you will learn a wealth of information in less than an hour.

Enjoy your position more and take your team on a journey to success by becoming an inspirational leader. Visit our Go1 Premium website to get started.

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Become an inspirational leader with these top training courses

Check out the latest updates to the Go1 platform, plus have a sneak peek at some very big changes coming soon!

Our employers will have the ability to send custom notifications to users from reports

Improvements to the recommendations your learners receive in-app

Course creators will now have the ability to reuse learning resources across courses!

Significant Improvements to how you use Events! We are re-designing how you create and manage events.

This feature has been highly requested by our customers who have multiple portals, it will mean content can be created in a master portal and then shared to selected portals. Alternatively, if you have one portal you can still limit who on the portal can access the content by only sharing to groups and/or other individuals. We are giving the control of content sharing to you, so you can easily manage what members of your organisations are viewing.

When you create (or edit) a course you will find new share settings for courses or standalone learning resources.

You can now select to share the course / learning resource to:

To another portal on which you are an administrator on,

Or to public (meaning that it is submitted to the Go1 Content Team for consideration for inclusion as part of the Go1 Marketplace)


When selecting the recipients you can also select how they access your content:

You can choose for recipients to

 	View. This means recipients can access the overview page of the course/resource and its default enrollment settings.  So they will then have to pay to purchase the course and to then enroll.
 	Enroll. This means recipients can bypass the enrollment settings (such as price) and enroll directly into that course/resource.


When you select to share; you can be able to search by Name, Email or URL for the recipient.

By default a course you create will only be visible to you (Only Me setting), until you select in the sharing pop-up new access.

View. This means recipients can access the overview page of the course/resource and its default enrollment settings.  So they will then have to pay to purchase the course and to then enroll.

Enroll. This means recipients can bypass the enrollment settings (such as price) and enroll directly into that course/resource.

You (Admin / Content Admin) can chose whether content that is shared to your portal through the new Content Sharing Feature will be visible through the Explore section of your portal.

By default content shared to your portal will not be displayed in Explore. To make it visible select Portal Settings > Portal Content Selection and Select Custom Selection and Select Content.

By choosing to Select Content you will see all content shared to the portal and have the option to bulk add (or individually select) all content within the results to the current portal.

What does this mean for you as an Admin / Author?

If there are existing enrollments associated with a course/resource, and that course/resource is deselected to be shared from the portal, it will no longer display within that portal (and will not accept new enrollments) but the learner will still be able to access the original enrollments within that portal.

If you share a course/resource to another portal, you will not be able to view the enrollments within the reports on their original portal. You also will not be able to mark assignments/quizzes with long answer questions or event attendance for users in that other portal, so we encourage you to share content that can be automatically marked.

There is a new field available as part of Quiz settings, that now means you can select to allow your learners to view previous quiz attempts. It will be disabled by default.

Find it here: Edit Learning Item → Details > Configuration > scroll down page and select to allow Learners to view previous attempt

When attempting their quiz Learners, can now select to see their Previous Attempts for each question:

When the assessor is viewing an attempt a learner has made on that quiz, within the existing “show result” screen, on each question, assessor can also see the button to View previous attempts.


Additionally, you can add names to your quiz questions to make it easier to track all the previous answers learners have given for each quiz attempt.

Find it here:  In quiz edit mode > Add question name.

You will see in quiz reports: the Name field as an filtering option and then add Name in table configuration.

We are always striving to improve the usability of our reporting tools and this month we have exciting new changes.

There is a new change for Go1 Admins, Managers and Course Authors, which means after you select to export your Pivot Table to excel, the excel file will display your data in the same format and with the same configuration that you had in your Go1 Pivot Table!

This is a great change for our Managers and Business Analyst who need to generate additional reports from excel.

Select your report (eg user or Enrollment Report)

If you are an enterprise customer using lots of custom fields in Pivot Tables this will be a great improvement when you export

Inclusion of Expiry dates of awards as a filter in Enrollment Report  

We have an additional time-saving change for Admins, to now see whether the expiry date of an award is upcoming or has already past for learners.

Expiry Date is only for enrollments with the type: Award. And the Expiration mode in Award settings must be on.

Select Filter  button > Select Expiry Date in drop list and  = Exists and Save

To add to report: Select Configure >Check the expiry date box  > Select Apply button

You can also add this new field Expiry dates for Awards into Calendar &  Histograms & Pivot Tables within the display options of Configure.

On the Start Date Field column, select the checkbox for the value: Expiry Date

On the End Date Field column, select the checkbox for the value: Expiry Date

The report will display as a Calendar. The calendar will show any award enrollments where an expiry date exists, with the enrollment showing on the date of its expiry.

On the Interval, select the option: Month

Drag and drop Expiry Date and User names into the Column or Row areas.

Assessors and/or learners can now be notified if feedback to a submission is added. This will reduce communication delays with submissions that some our users have been experiencing.

Notification 1: When Assessor/Manager/Content Administrator/Admin marks assessment, an email notification will be sent to the learner who submitted the assessment.

Notification 2:  When the learner adds feedback to their submission, the notification will be sent to assessor who is assigned to the enrollment of the learner.

These notifications can not be edited. If there is no assessor specified the notification will be sent to the Course Authors.

Admins and managers will now have the ability to re-enroll learners into courses that support re-enrollment.

This will be a useful for organisations that have courses they are require to be completed annually.

To make it easier for Training Organisations to manage all requests to purchase content; there is now a report available in administer which will display all requests to purchase content made on your portal. This will help you ensure all potential course sales are followed up and actioned.

Find it here to enable: Portal configuration settings > Payment > Check the box Enable Request Purchase

For each learner request the report outlines:

Response Date ( request was approved/rejected by a manager)

Status (Approved / Rejected / Not actioned)

Actions: Only Manager can see the column, there are 2 available actions in the column is Accept / Decline

Did you know you can use eLearning platforms to help manage your recruitment drives?

You might not immediately think of eLearning as the best tool to use when organising a recruitment drive. After all, Learning Management Systems are primarily used for employee training and development, rather than recruiting.

However, if you’re already using an LMS for online training, it’s worth knowing that you can also use it to vet potential candidates, making your recruitment process much simpler and faster.

Recruiting for multiple positions at the same time can be tricky, taking up a considerable amount of time and energy from your HR team. Any tool that can make the talent acquisition process easier and more effective is well worth the investment!

Here are some tips on using your LMS or eLearning platform to run a successful recruitment drive.

Using eLearning Platforms for Recruitment

Traditionally, learning platforms are used to carry out online training, allowing you to develop the employees already working for your organisation. They are also often used as part of the onboarding process, bringing new hires up-to-speed with company processes and policies.

Employers generally have a good idea of what they’re looking for in a new hire, with certain skills, experience and criteria outlined in the position description. In a recruitment drive, your HR team will be evaluating large numbers of candidates simultaneously.

By having applicants answer questions within the LMS, you can very quickly and easily see which candidates have the skills and expertise needed for the job. This gives you a valuable opportunity to consider employee performance before an individual even comes on board. After all, a good eLearning platform can help you track and monitor completion rates, engagement, and overall performance.

You can even have some fun by incorporating gaming into the process, as suggested by eLearning expert, Christopher Pappas.

“Games might not spring to mind when discussing talent acquisition strategies, but beyond being fun and interactive, they are also great evaluation tools for job candidates,” says Pappas. “They allow you to test the waters and identify individuals who are just right for your team.”

Using an LMS During the Interview Process

Learning technology tools can also be used very effectively throughout the interview process.

Pappas explains how you can use your LMS and online training simulations to pre-assess candidates and find the top talent.

“Training simulations mimic real-world environments and challenges. This makes them the ideal recruitment tool, as you can test practical knowledge and experience,” he says.

In this way, simulations can reveal how much a potential candidate knows about the tools of the trade. This is really useful in finding out whether someone possesses the relevant skills, for example in certain software or machinery. Hiring a new employee based solely on qualification is a waste of time if you then find out they can’t use the tools on the job.

It’s not just helpful for evaluating technical skills. Use your LMS to have candidates answer and submit questions through the digital platform. You can create different branching scenarios to test soft skills, such as communication, decision-making, or even compliance.

Using eLearning for Onboarding and Training

Once you’ve decided on the best candidate, you can also use your eLearning platform for effective onboarding.

Mathew Paine, director of HR for Sydney’s International Convention Centre, oversaw one of the company’s largest recruitment drives, scaling up by more than 300 fulltime and 1,500 casual staff.

Paine tells how the ICC embraced technology to help manage such a huge recruitment drive.

“Technology is also used to help manage the interview process. Candidates are asked three questions through a digital platform and have to record answers on their smartphones or tablets."

“We get to meet those candidates virtually whilst we review those answers. That will save us almost 1,500 hours of interview time,” Paine says.

Candidates are also given access to an onboarding portal, with the induction process and orientation starting from the moment a candidate accepts a role. eLearning continues to play a key role in employee training for the ICC, combined with on-the-job training, classroom-based learning, and seminars.

As you can see, learning how to use your LMS or eLearning platform for more than just training is well worth the effort. Next time you’re organising a big recruitment drive, see how you can incorporate eLearning tools into the interview, assessment and onboarding phases of your hiring process.

Using eLearning to manage recruitment drives

We’re pleased to announce that Go1 will be at Xerocon 2018. Go1 will be a silver exhibitor at Xerocon, which is running on September 5th and 6th at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre.

Go1 will be at Xerocon to promote our partnership with Xero, and the Go1 referral partner program. If you are a member of the Xero Partner Network and interested in becoming a Go1 referral partner, visit our booth (number 30) next to the Mini Theatre at Xerocon to find out more information.

By joining Go1's Partner Program, Xero Partners can refer their small-to-medium-sized clients to Go1's platform and content library, helping ensure their clients meet their compliance training needs, reducing risk at the workplace. Thanks to a partnership between both organisations, the clients Xero Partners refer to Go1 will be able to receive 5 FREE courses on the go1.com learning platform and access a user integration that syncs user details between Xero and Go1.

If you want to find out more about how easy it is to get started as a referral partner, jump onto www.go1.com/xero or we will see you at Xerocon!

 These days, most companies will ask new employees to sign an employment contract before coming on board. Do you remember signing one of these in your current job?

If you’ve ever wondered just how important employment contracts are for your business, or for your rights as an employee, we’ve got all the information you need right here.

Employment contracts are an essential document for both staff and employers, legally establishing the working relationship and setting out important frameworks and policies.

These contracts provide both employee and employer with a clear agreement of what is to be expected from each party while outlining all rights, responsibilities and obligations. This works to protect the job security and rights of the employee and also protects the employer from certain risks such as breaches of confidentiality.

Here are five reasons why employment contracts are a must-have in any business.

One of the first things a good employment contract will do is clearly spell out the position and duties of the employee.

For employees, it helps to have a document that contains clear information pertaining to job description, duties, salary and benefits. There’s nothing worse than stepping into a new role and not being quite clear on the tasks and duties involved. This should be established by your employer, through your contract, before the onboarding process.

This also works in favour of employers. Having a contract that defines the standards expected of each employee is a great way to get the best out of each team member. With both parties aware of what is expected in terms of employee performance, there can be no room for confusion.

It also gives grounds to add or subtract benefits according to the employee’s performance. If an employee is consistently underperforming and not meeting the agreement set out in their contract, their employer will have reason to take action.

An employment contract should also include clear details of the term of employment. That is, exactly how long an employee is contracted to stay with the company – for example, two or five years.

Having this information in the employment contracts guarantees job security for employees, as long as they do not violate the terms of the contract. When staff feel secure in the terms of their role, they are likely to have higher performance and engagement.

The employment contract should also specify exactly what actions can result in termination. Including this information ensures that each employee knows which activities are mandatory to their role and which actions or behaviours are against company policy and will result in dismissal.

Regardless of whether an employee is full time, part-time or casual, an employment contract helps to define pay rates and income.

Having this information contained in one document shows an agreement between both parties on salary, leaving no room for miscommunication. When it comes to workplace disagreements, it’s often to do with money – so an employment contract works to minimise this risk.

Within the employment contract, you can establish the income your employees will be receiving and how often they work. You can also set what their annual income will be and any relevant bonuses, or basis for bonuses.

It’s also a very good idea to include information about staff leave entitlements.

Throughout their employment, team members will need to take all different forms of leave, such as annual holidays, sick days, or potential maternity or bereavement leave. Having this information set out in a contract means that the procedure for taking leave is always consistent and legal, for all staff.

Employees can always refer directly to the employment contract for guidance on this topic. The contract will also clearly define any payments staff will receive when they take days off work, for whatever reason.

This one is primarily in the best interest of employers.

Many job positions give employees access to confidential company information and data. It’s a good idea to include a confidentiality clause in each worker’s employment contract, to protect your business.

With this clause in place, employees are prevented from divulging sensitive or confidential information to others. This can include being released to the media or public, shared on social media, or being used for any other purposes. If an employee was to breach their contract in this way, their employer is able to take legal action against them.

Employment contracts also often include a ‘noncompete clause’ – a clause that prevents the employee from working for any competitors for a certain period (perhaps two or three years) after the employment ends.

As you can see, employment contracts are absolutely essential in the workplace, protecting both employer and employee. Next time you’re asked to sign an employment contract before stepping into a new role, make sure you take the time to read it over and make sure it reflects your understanding of the position, salary and benefits. And employers, ensure you’re protecting your workers, and your business, with clear, well-defined contracts.

For more insights, be sure to subscribe to the Go1 newsletter to stay on top of all the latest L&D trends. Or, you can book a demo today to find out how Go1 can help with your team’s learning needs.

Why employment contracts are important for your business

Online courses provide endless learning possibilities. If you own a business and want to become a better leader, online training is the perfect solution. E-learning is also advantageous for managers who strive to become more efficient and effective in their roles, as well as employees interested in adopting new skills or honing existing ones to enhance advancement opportunities.

Participation – In today’s world of gamification, online courses make it easier for managers to get their teams excited about online training. Even though the best courses take little time to complete, they come packed with valuable information provided by industry experts. When your managers explain to their teams that they can improve on skills yet have plenty of personal time, most will jump at the chance to participate.

Communication – The most respected managers possess excellent communication skills. They know how to relay expectations and give directions in a way that produces positive results. For anyone on your leadership team struggling in this area, you can choose from many different courses that focus specifically on improving communication.

Cost Savings – Even with a set budget, your managers will have no problem completing multiple courses. Especially compared to traditional learning, online training is a far more cost-effective option.

Compliance – For staying compliant with different regulations and laws, it is essential for your managers to know what they are and how to adhere to them. When researching different training courses, you will come across many that specifically address your compliance needs. As a result, your management team avoids making costly mistakes.

Time Management – Everyone benefits from time-management courses, especially managers. Overseeing the work of multiple employees and performing a variety of tasks, your leadership team needs all the help they can get. Thankfully, there are incredible courses that provide a wealth of information on how to better manage time.

Flexibility – Like your managers, your support team values its personal time. Because online learning is so flexible, your employees can easily finish courses during their off time. Something else to consider, since so many of the courses take 30 minutes or less to complete while being affordably priced, you could use them as an incentive, allowing employees to complete them during working hours.

Topics – Whether interested in improving on customer service skills, dealing with conflict, learning computer skills, or something entirely different, your employees will appreciate the fact that they have so many fantastic options to learn.

Morale – Employees want to feel respected and appreciated. An excellent way to accomplish that is by investing in them. Having your team complete courses online shows that you care, which in turn, boosts morale.

Advancement – While some of your employees might be perfectly fine working in the same position year-after-year, most want to advance at some point. E-learning will help prepare them to move up within the organization.

Pride – You want your employees to feel proud of the jobs they do. Giving them the chance to improve on skills or learn new things will make them more efficient. The better they perform on the job, the prouder they become. Ultimately, that equates to optimal performance, happier customers, more sales, and higher generated revenue.

Time management is another big area for managers. As stated, many of them have a hard time attending traditional classes, but with online courses, they can learn new things but without investing a lot of time. These courses teach people to work smarter. In addition to becoming better focused and more efficient, your managers will experience less stress at work.

Customer service is another popular topic, with courses available for managers and employees alike. After all, the reason for having a business is to provide customers with superior products or services. The goal is to ensure the customer’s 100 percent satisfaction. To accomplish that, your entire team, including managers, must know how to recognize and resolve conflict. They also need to learn how to surpass the customer’s expectations. Online training covers all this and more.

There are even e-learning courses designed to help improve relationships between managers and employees. Building a successful team comes down to respect, trust, and empowerment. Instead of having internal conflict, you can arrange for certain managers and employees to complete the same courses.

As you can see, there are numerous reasons why online training makes perfect sense for your business. The right courses allow everyone to enjoy serving the customers and growing the company.

Dealing with employee morale issues is tricky because there are many different underlying causes. Fortunately, you can rely on a variety of online training courses that will not only help you understand the reasons but also give you insight into how you can give your team a much-needed boost.

According to top career and human resource experts, there are 11 primary reasons for a reduction in employee morale. If you want to grow your business, you need a team of dedicated employees. For that, you need to make appropriate changes that improve overall drive and attitude.

Unused Potential – From an employee’s perspective, not working to full potential is frustrating and in fact, somewhat demeaning. If you have talent, use it but in the best way. Although this should start at the hiring phase, it is never too late to evaluate your in-house skill to determine if you have people in the right positions or performing the right tasks. Identify the potential of your employees and put it to good use.

Unfair Treatment – If you ask your employees what they want, the majority will say respect. Anytime managers or supervisors treat their team inappropriately, you can expect to see a decline in morale. Keep in mind that in addition to affecting the targeted employees, unfair treatment impacts others who become aware of the situation or see what is going on in the workplace.

Poor Communication – For any company to succeed, regardless of its size or the industry, excellent communication is critical, both oral and written. When someone lacks in communication skills, it leads to frustration and mistakes. The good news is that there are many online training courses available for this specific issue. In response to improved communication, employee morale improves.

 Unreasonable Workload – While you expect your employees to work hard, if they carry too much of a load, they become irritated and unfocused. Make sure you use your employees in the most efficient way possible. Although this is important in any scenario, it is most vital if you recently downsized.

Lack of Recognition – When it comes to boosting employee morale, nothing works better than handing out kudos. Recognizing hard work, excellent results, and even a positive attitude will go a long way in improving morale and creating a positive work environment. After all, recognition will give your employees a sense of pride and accomplishment in their work, motivating them to do more and perform better.

Undefined Expectations – When going through interviews with job candidates, you should lay out clear and realistic expectations. For your current employees, this is the perfect time to incorporate lessons you learned through online training courses to ensure that everyone knows exactly what you expect. With clear guidance, you will find your team performs at a higher level while maintaining an excellent attitude.

Poorly Defined Development Plan – Most people searching for work look at companies that offer an opportunity for growth. Otherwise, they would become stagnant in their jobs, causing an issue with morale and production. You need to have a plan in place so that everyone understands what it takes to move forward. That way, your team remains dedicated to you and your company, as opposed to going somewhere else.

Fluctuating Goals – Although there is nothing wrong with modifying goals to some degree, your employees need consistency so they have a clear target. By all means, make changes to outdated company goals but avoid constant fluctuations.

Empowerment and Trust – The reason you have hiring methods in place is to ensure you bring in the right talent for your business. Even with skilled and loyal employees, some companies micromanage their teams and have a lack of trust that they will complete the work on time and within scope. With the right online training courses, you will learn how to delegate without feeling the need to check on your team’s work activities continually.

High Turnover – Remember number two about unfair treatment? People within your company pay close attention to what is going on. If they notice a high turnover rate, whether justified or not, they will begin to question their value and security. As a result, employee morale decreases.

Salary – Obviously, salary should coordinate with the job title and responsibilities. You want to establish a fair pay scale, one that fits the company budget but also rewards your team for their contributions. If you cannot pay your employees at the top of the scale for their respective roles, consider creating some type of bonus program.

Based on these 11 causes of poor employee morale, you can select training courses to overcome the various challenges they present. Whether an owner or manager, you have the chance to become more efficient and effective in your role, which has a trickle-down effect on your employees. Using the vast amount of knowledge that you gain online, you can make changes within your organization that improve morale dramatically.

Although it takes many things to succeed in business, boosting employee morale is one of the most critical. With the right online training courses, you'll learn from experts’ proven methods for accomplishing that goal. After implementing new strategies, you will notice quickly that your employees enjoy coming to work.

A happy staff equates to higher production, satisfied customers, and more generated revenue. Your team is a vital part of your business, use training courses to learn how to make them feel more appreciated and respected.

How online education helps boost employee morale

Performance and productivity are two words likely to keep senior managers awake at night, as a focus on improvement is no longer optional if organisations want to survive and thrive.

Many organisations recognise that they need to engender a High-Performance culture throughout the organisation, with team leaders required to focus on which team members will work together productively enabling them to achieve great results.

Historically, teams have tended to be small, however, in our online-centric world, teams have grown dramatically, particularly those that are “virtual” in nature.

Believing team leadership is the key to success, MicroLearn embraces the ideas of leadership author, Gary Yukl, who wrote: “a shared process of enhancing the collective and individual capacity of people to accomplish their work roles effectively… the leadership actions of any individual leader are much less important than the collective leadership provided by members of the organisation”

Providing learning content via a resource library, MicroLearn’s courses can be used both for reflection and as a just-in-time learning tool, available at the team’s fingertips and designed to fit around their work flow.

The library helps encourage improved teamwork through the sharing of ideas, debate, collaboration, decision-making and dealing with changing priorities as well as the establishment and achievement of team goals.

In fact, MicroLearn’s suite of Leadership content helps leaders hone the three essential skills groups:

Task Skills—The ability to set goals, establish priorities, assign roles and responsibilities, plan and run effective meetings, and monitor results,

People Skills—The ability to connect with people, resolve conflicts, motivate, and celebrate success,

Diagnostic Skills—The ability to diagnose situations and determine what’s needed to progress.

In addition, MicroLearn’s catalogue also features courses on teamwork, personal development and team management as it looks to support both the team and High Performance Team Processes (communicating, making decisions and accountability).

As your high performing team seeks further challenges, pushes for increased performance goals and demands a higher level of performance from each other, ensure you’re supporting their development with MicroLearn.

For more information on how we can help support your organisation’s workplace wellbeing requirements, or to discover more about other ranges in the MicroLearn catalogue, enquire about Go1 Premium today!

Tracy Capaldi-Drewett is the Group Commercial Director at Microlearn. You can find MicroLearn courses in the Go1 Premium catalogue.

MicroLearn – a vital ingredient for creating and maintaining high performing teams

During the first half of 2018, a lot of people took advantage of online training courses, and experts anticipate that even more will jump on board for the second half of the year. Indeed, from 2017 to the current date, the popularity of e-learning has skyrocketed.

Instead of taking just any training courses, it is essential that you select them from a trusted source. With award-winning online courses, Go1 has become the best place to turn to for upskilling and educating you and your team on compliance issues.

Professionals who create online courses bring years of experience and expertise to the table, which is critical, especially when covering compliance topics. For instant enrollment and to enjoy these top-rated online training courses, visit the Go1 Premium website.

After reviewing the best courses for 2018, five, in particular stand out.

1. Compliance – Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity 

With this online training course, you will gain tremendous insight and a wealth of information specific to equal employment opportunity and discrimination, and how they affect the workplace. Although this course only takes about 20 minutes to complete, a top expert developed it, giving you the most “bang for the buck.”

As a manager, supervisor, or business owner, you must comply with various compliance laws and regulations. Ongoing training is crucial if you want to remain compliant with current Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws.

This compliance training course covers a variety of topics, including affirmative action, diversity, harassment prevention, planning, tracking, deployment, and more. The creator of this course designed the material around legal requirements. Because of that, you can implement everything you learned into your business practices, knowing that you follow the most current compliance requirements.

In fact, with this training course, you can better address regulatory requirements and prepare your business if audited by a federal agency. As with many governmental policies, EEO changes periodically. Therefore, it is critical that you understand the changes and make the appropriate modifications to the methods used for hiring and termination within your company.

This online training course focuses specifically on privacy awareness compliance laws. Providing a high-level overview of the key components, you can ensure your company complies with current regulations.

Developed by a top leader in privacy awareness compliance issues, you can incorporate the information you learn into your company’s privacy training program. That way, you have the confidence that both new hires and existing employees understand the data privacy practices that your company expects them to follow.

Although this privacy awareness compliance course covers a broad range of topics, some of the more critical components include what privacy is, why it matters, current laws (national and international), principles, security, and responsibility. Staying compliant with privacy awareness dramatically reduces any risk while building trust with the customers you serve. With trust, you can expect to see an increase in the number of consumers who choose your business over another one.

3.     Compliance – Bullying, Harassment, and Sexual Harassment

Thanks to public education and stricter laws, there are fewer instances of workplace bullying, harassment, and sexual harassment. However, because this problem still exists, you want to do everything in your power to prevent it from happening within your company.

An excellent way to learn more on this subject and ensure you stay compliant with current laws and regulations is to take this online training course. Because you agree that there is no place for bullying, harassment, and sexual harassment in the work environment, to remain compliant you need to learn what to look for and the rules to establish to prevent bad things from happening.

This particular course offers an overview of behaviour considered bullying, harassment, and sexual harassment. Not only will you learn what actions to look for but by adding this information to your employee training manual, your team will understand what these three things are, how to avoid doing them, and what action to take if faced with one or all three of these issues.

4.     Compliance – Discrimination and Harassment for California and Connecticut Managers

If you work in a managerial or supervisory position in the state of California or Connecticut, you need to complete this online course. Both states require people in this position of authority to complete two hours of manager training. The course includes content taken from the creator’s standard manager course, as well as material required by California and Connecticut state laws, AB1825 and AB2053, respectively.

Included in this course is material for a broad range of topics such as working in a managerial or supervisory position, the correct way of responding to complaints of discrimination or harassment, collecting proper documentation, conducting an internal investigation, and understanding and preventing acts of retaliation.

Also included is material specific to abusive conduct within the workplace, avoiding discrimination during the hiring process, ways that people unintentionally create a hostile environment, and personal liability.

This online training course covers even more such as workplace diversity, immigrant workers’ rights, gender and sexual orientation issues that arise in the work environment, domestic violence at work, and technology used as a medium for discrimination and harassment.

This training course will prepare you as a manager or supervisor in the state of California or Connecticut to prevent bullying, harassment, and sexual harassment at work.

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