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Business Essentials

Business Essentials

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This series covers all of the elements that contribute to the success or failure of a business. Viewers explore the topics of communication, change, emotional intelligence, meetings, and effective employees.

Closeup of a hand with index and middle finger crossed. Text on image reads, "Deception. Intentional withholding of information or deliberately misleading information to a participant."
Business Essentials
Episode 1
4 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a person's eyes with green computer text reflecting in their glasses.
Business Essentials
Episode 2
3 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Side-by-side images of a sample resume template next to illustrated guidelines on how to write a cover letter.
Business Essentials
Episode 3
5 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Man seated at a desk looks over at a woman seated next to him.
Business Essentials
Episode 4
4 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black background with pink digitized text that reads, "Error". Green text below reads, "Gives us experience."
Business Essentials
Episode 5
4 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Man wearing a gray and orange parka looks through a scope fixed to a tripod. Caption. Strong work ethic and detail oriented.
Business Essentials
Episode 6
3 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Woman holding a shopping basket speaks to a man wearing a gray apron in a bakery setting. Both look down at a loaf of bread he is holding in his hands.
Business Essentials
Episode 7
4 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Man wearing a headset looks down and forward like he is looking at a screen. Caption. The customer is as important to the company as you are.
Business Essentials
Episode 8
5 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
People seated around a table in a modern, sunlit meeting room. Man wearing a business suit speaks to a woman standing at his side.
Business Essentials
Episode 9
5 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Waitress buses an outdoor patio table. She is dressed in white collared shirt, necktie, and pink headband.
Business Essentials
Episode 10
3 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Digital image of a television monitor displaying green computer text surrounded by vertical glass panels in a semi-circle formation. In the distant background are dozens of small T, V screens projecting images. Text on image reads, "Acknowledge. The change."
Business Essentials
Episode 11
3 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Side view labeled illustration of the human brain. Text on image reads, "Cerebrum, body movement and coordination. Parietal lobe, body sensations. Occipital lobe, hearing, memory for speech, reading, sight. Cerebellum, coordination. Temporal lobe, memory for speech, visual images, memory for music, memory for sight. Frontal lobe, speech, thought and consciousness."
Business Essentials
Episode 12
5 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Woman wearing a business suit holds a blueprint while speaking to 2 working men at an indoor construction site.
Business Essentials
Episode 13
4 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Aerial closeup of 2 people seated at a white tabletop writing on sheets of white paper. Next to them, a camera, plant and eyeglasses rest on the table. Text on image reads, "Please keep meeting short. Please keep agendas brief. Please keep minutes concise."
Business Essentials
Episode 14
5 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Woman and man in business attire seated at a conference table. Behind them, an easel displays charts and graphs.
Business Essentials
Episode 15
4 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Computerized architectural model of a conference table, with 3,D renderings of 5 men in business suits seated in executive chairs, some with laptops and others with notepads in front of them.
Business Essentials
Episode 16
4 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Man wearing a baseball cap, blue collared shirt, and overalls holds up a notepad while checking the label on a mounted fire extinguisher.
Business Essentials
Episode 17
3 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Man wearing an orange hard hat looks down and writes on a notepad in a warehouse setting. Behind him are floor to ceiling shelves filled with boxes.
Business Essentials
Episode 18
4 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Digital Illustration of an office with people seated at rows of desk wearing headphones and working on computers.
Business Essentials
Episode 19
4 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
4 side-by-side photos, including a woman wearing headscarf, a woman seated in front of a fan, a man seated in front of a fan, and a woman gazing into a handheld mirror. Text on image reads, "3. Become comfortable with yourself."
Business Essentials
Episode 20
4 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Young woman with a negative expression leans back in her chair, boots propped up on a desktop in an office setting. She glances down at a piece of paper that a woman is holding out to show her.
Business Essentials
Episode 21
6 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a hand wearing a blue latex glove writing on a notepad attached to a clipboard. Text above image reads, "Behavioral Effects." Text overlay on image reads, "Take time for yourself."
Business Essentials
Episode 22
5 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a man wearing a lab coat, collared shirt, and necktie standing in an industrial lab with pipes and valves. Text on image reads, "Support."
Business Essentials
Episode 23
4 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of a woman wearing a jacket, skirt, and glasses holding a wood pointer. Next to her, a brightly lit light bulb and skeleton key. Text on image reads, "Here are the 6 steps. Common sense thinking."
Business Essentials
Episode 24
9 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Blue digitized map of landforms with 5 white envelope icons darting across the image.
Business Essentials
Episode 25
4 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Man seated at an office desk uses a keyboard and mouse while looking at 3 side-by-side computer monitors.
Business Essentials
Episode 26
4 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Woman wearing a lab coat and stethoscope around her neck peers into a window reflecting her image. Text on image reads, "Concentrate on what you can control."
Business Essentials
Episode 27
4 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of coffee beans with an overlayed image of 3 people working at desks in an office setting.
Business Essentials
Episode 28
3 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Woman wearing an orange vest and white hard hat speaks to a man wearing an orange jacket and yellow hard hat at an outdoor construction site. She motions to a tablet in her hand next to a blueprint and 3, D model.
Business Essentials
Episode 29
4 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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