How to Start a Startup
How to Start a Startup is a series of video lectures initially given at Stanford University in Fall 2014; the course was taught by Sam Altman. In this path, Sam will lead the learner through 20 lectures with the likes...
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Microsoft PowerPoint 2016
Any user new to PowerPoint 2016 will benefit from this path, which is based on the Goodwill Community Foundation's video tutorials. These bite-sized videos cover basic and advanced functions of Microsoft PowerPoint, including creating and saving...
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Create a Culture that Makes Employees Want to Stay
Every organization wants the same thing: to have the kind of workplace culture that makes employees want to stick around. Unfortunately, developing this kind of culture is easier said than done. The resources in this path will help leaders understand...
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Microsoft PowerPoint 2010
Any user new to PowerPoint 2010 will benefit from this path, which is based on the Goodwill Community Foundation's video tutorials. These bite-sized videos cover basic and advanced functions of Microsoft PowerPoint, including creating and saving...
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Microsoft Excel 2016
Any user new to Excel 2016 will benefit from this path, which is based on the Goodwill Community Foundation's video tutorials. These bite-sized videos cover basic and advanced functions of Microsoft Excel, including creating and saving sheets,...
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Microsoft Excel 2010
Any user new to Excel 2010 will benefit from this path, which is based on the Goodwill Community Foundation's video tutorials. These bite-sized videos cover basic and advanced functions of Microsoft Excel, including creating and saving sheets,...
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Failing Forward…with Science
We all experience failure, but scientists say that how we handle setbacks determines our future successes. These resources, curated from around the web, draw from the positive psychology movement; featured thinkers include Martin Seligman, Guy Winch,...
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How Successful Entrepreneurs Run Efficient Meetings
Meetings are a necessary evil of work life -- or are they? The world's leading entrepreneurs have figured out ways to make meetings efficient, productive, and engaging. Learn from the best, then figure out your own strategy for holding meetings...
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Why Emotional Intelligence Is A Crucial Skill
Emotional Intelligence is now recognized as a significant tool through which to better manage ourselves and others. The ability to manage relationships and behavior offers significant advantages in today’s world. But in advancing the concept of...
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The True Art of Listening
Learn to be a better listener with the resources in this path that explore the fundamentals of what it means to really listen.
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Building Teams that Rock
Like a great rock band, healthy teams amplify the diverse talents and skills of each member and harness the collective energy produced to move things forward. Learn what it takes to build a healthy and engaged team, why diversity in...
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A Beginner's Guide to Meditation
Here's a great guide to starting up a meditation practice from scratch. Let this comprehensive guide for beginners show you the way...
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How to Bounce Back from a Social Media Disaster
Every company experiences its ups and downs on social media. Some days will be great; other days, not so much. Here's what to do when things suddenly go sour with your fans and followers.
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Be the Most Interesting Person in the Room
When I'm at a networking event, I tend to keep to myself and not talk to anyone (which totally defeats the purpose of being at a networking event). Don't be like me! Use this path to learn how to engage...
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Making the Transition to Management
Have you recently been promoted to a management role? Congratulations! After you take a moment to celebrate, dive into this path, which will help you understand your new role, avoid some common mistakes, and make a great first impression with...
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Your Guide to Building an Awesome Personal Brand
Who are you? What do you stand for? What do you bring to the table? These questions, and more, can all be answered by a carefully-crafted personal brand. Your personal brand is the unique combination of skills and experience that...
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Successfully Balancing Work and Life
Life is a balancing act. There are only so many hours in the day and only so many opportunities to get things done. So, how do you manage to successfully juggle all of the things being thrown at you? Experts...
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Microsoft Excel 2013
Excel 2013 is the spreadsheet application in the Microsoft Office 2013 suite. Get help organizing and calculating data in this Excel 2013 tutorial, brought to you by the Goodwill Community Foundation (www.gcflearnfree.org).
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How to Make/Break/Keep a Habit
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” [Aristotle - summation by author Will Durant] Habits - good or bad - are the qualities many people find the most difficult to change, and...
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You Can Be a Web Developer: Chapter 1
Hi! I'm Rob. I have a degree in Mathematics from Cambridge University and you might call me a bit of coding geek. After building websites for friends and family for fun, I soon learned that web development was a very...
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There’s Speaking. And there’s Public Speaking.
If you’re reading this, you’re interested in the way you speak. Too fast? Not fast enough? To many ummms and errrs? Too ‘flat’? Sounding boring? Everyone has their own voice and communication style. Sometimes really informal. Chatting to...
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Make Better Decisions
"There are no take-backs—just as in life. You must think before you move." - Chess Grandmaster, Susan Polgar Life, like a game of chess, is purely the product of your decisions - some major *new job!? new car?*, some minor *sushi or veggie bu...
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Be Assertive & Build Self-Confidence!
Merriam-Webster Online defines assertiveness as being "disposed to or characterized by bold or confident statements and behavior." Many people confuse assertiveness with anger & aggression; but being assertive is simply an expression ...
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Master the Art of Self-Confidence
In order to achieve workplace success, personal satisfaction and personal achievement, competence is essential. But without confidence, competence will only take you so far. Lack of confidence and a low self-esteem are two of the major things that...
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The Truth About a Career in HR
Want to pursue a career in Human Resources? There are many different aspects to consider; this path walks you through several of them, including the role of HR professionals and HR information systems.
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Upgrade Your Communications Tool Belt
When you boil it down, communication affects everything we do. Excellent communication is key to any successful endeavor. Poor communication can ruin even the most straightforward task. Boning up on communication skills is a no-brainer, but where do...
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What to Do When Change Happens to You
Change is inevitable; and often, out of your control - but you have a superpower - you control your response to change and all the uncertainty that accompanies it. Developing a healthy approach to change means focusing on the path...
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Boosting Your Powers of Persuasion
Persuasion is the process of changing a person’s attitude or behavior by using words to convey a combination of reasoning, logic, feelings or information. Knowing how to effectively get people to see things your way is the gentle art of...
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Deliver an Amazing Customer Service Experience!
In our consumer-driven, on-demand world, delivering amazing customer service is not just necessary - it's expected. Customer loyalty is built by providing an amazing experience while anticipating and creating Moments of Magic® for your customers al...
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How to Make Anything Catch On
Ever wondered why some things catch on and become popular while others falter? Do you want to know how to generate more word of mouth for a product or initiative you’re working on? Based on the international bestseller, Contagious: Why...
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Building a Strong Work Ethic
Developing a strong work ethic is essential to career success. Your boss, colleagues, and clients expect the best from you! It's important to always bring your "A game" to the workplace, and these resources will help you be the best...
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Boost Your Everyday Effectiveness
Do you consider yourself to be an effective person? Many of us could benefit from tweaking at least a few of our skills in order to become even more effective in our everyday lives. This is what we’ll be exploring...
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Boost Your Negotiating Skills
Life often requires compromise - be it in the workplace or at home. From closing a sale with a new client to deciding on a what to have for dinner with your partner, negotiation skills can be applied toward successful,...
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Thriving in a Multicultural Environment
The reality of today’s global economy is changing the way employers look at their staff. While relevant experience and technical know-how remain must-haves for employers, they are also looking for employees with the ability to understand people from...
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What Makes Great Leaders Great?
The workplace is one environment where effective leadership is incredibly important. In this path you will learn that it can mean the difference between success or failure for the company. What makes a great leader? There isn't one simple answer...
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Appraising Your Staff's Performance
The opportunity to appraise staff performance opens doors to improvement in workplace communication, employee engagement, and organizational goal alignment. In many workplaces, the performance management process culminates with an annual performance...
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Improving Cross-Functional Collaboration
Cross functional collaboration happens when a group of people with different functional expertise, often from different departments, come together to work toward a common goal. While this type of teamwork can be rewarding and can result in impactful...
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The UX Questions Worth Asking
Great user experience isn’t the result of what you do with your hands — it’s the result of how you use what’s between your ears. That’s the core of what more than 80,000 students have learned in my online training...
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Launching Your e-Learning Program
It's easy to buy an LMS, but it takes a good strategy to successfully launch e-learning for your users. These resources will help take you from an empty platform to a well-developed and engaging online learning program.
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Digital Marketing in the Modern Age
I’ve curated this list of selections because their subject matter either irreversibly changed the way I see the world or articulates the lens by which I now see the world. I hope this is as helpful for you as it...
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