HRE: Wage & Salary Administration LIVE ONLINE 09/15/2026
2026-09-15 09:30 - 11:30 (America/Chicago) | AAIM St. Louis Office, 12851 Manchester Rd., Suite 150, St. Louis, MO, 63131, United States
This course offers a review of the role of Human Resources in managing wage & salary structure for the organization. It will examine compensation objectives as well as legal requirements that persons in human resources must consider.

Intro to Microsoft Word LIVE ONLINE 09/15/2026
2026-09-15 09:30 - 11:30

KLS: Mastering Conflict Resolution LIVE ONLINE 09/15/2026
2026-09-15 13:00 - 15:00
The constructive handling of disagreement is central to personal satisfaction and organizational effectiveness. Improved skills in managing interpersonal differences will enrich your work, your relationships, and your career.
Every encounter with someone whose ideas, approaches, and strategies differ from our own offers the potential for friction, wasted time, bruised feelings, and looking foolish.
Mishandling differences leaves emotional scars, diverts energy from where it’s really needed, and undermines morale. No wonder so many people walk away from disagreement.
Despite the risk of pain and irritation, the rewards for handling disagreement constructively are gratifying and result in improved decision making.

Sales Communication Skills LIVE ONLINE 09/24/2026
2026-09-15 13:30 - 15:30
As a Sales Team member, you constantly have opportunity to use Value Added Selling to share the benefits of your Products and Services, your organization, and yourself. A clear Elevator Speech can help you quickly share your broad value with Prospects and Clients. In addition, you are challenged by the Objections that clients have as you attempt to provide solutions. This module provides tools for proactively managing discussions and provides a simple structure for Overcoming Objections professionally.

At the end of the module, you will be able to:
• Develop a personal Elevator Speech that reflects Value Added selling
• Deliver the Elevator Speech in both formal and informal settings
• Use proactive Objections phrasing to manage client conversations
• Apply professional Objections structures to manage specific business-related concerns

Annual Employment Law Update 2026 IN PERSON - 09/16/2026
2026-09-16 08:00 - 12:00
HR professionals and business owners alike know that understanding the latest employment law developments can make or break an organization. This course will provide you with the latest news and updates in employment law and provide you with practical guidance in responding to day-to-day employee situations. Participants will learn the latest Supreme Court decisions, NLRB’s continuing expansion of employee rights under the NLRA, updates on developments in wage and hour laws and regulations, and developments under the ADA, FMLA and other employment laws. For more information or to register, go to https://aaimea.org/courses/annual-employment-law-update-3/

Supervisor's Toolbox ST. LOUIS - September 2026
2026-09-16 08:30 - 2026-09-30 16:30
As a supervisor, you are only as good as your people and the work they produce. This series course is designed to provide critical management skills to perform duties and responsibilities required of a management member. Participants will be able to develop a clear understanding of their job responsibilities as a supervisor, gain insight into their leadership style, and understand the basic skills needed to be an effective supervisor. For more information or to register, go to https://aaimea.org/courses/supervisor-essentials/

Principles of Leadership ST. LOUIS - September 2026
2026-09-16 08:30 - 2026-10-21 16:30
Making the jump from individual contributor to manager is one of the toughest career challenges an employee can face; it requires a new mindset and new skills. New managers no longer focus only on their personal workload – they need to know how to lead their teams to maximum productivity.

Strategic HR: Driving Employee Engagement LIVE ONLINE 09/23/2026
2026-09-16 09:00 - 11:00
HR Strategy: Driving Employee Engagement
Keeping employees engaged has become more challenging than ever with the evolving nature of the workplace. While it’s not just up to HR to keep employees engaged, the HR Team has a specific role in driving the strategy to help promote and facilitate employee engagement. This course will review the benefits of an engaged workforce, discuss recent trends in employee engagement, review the 7 Drivers of Engagement and explore how HR Professionals can promote them internally.
At the end of this class, the participants will be able to:
• Explain what engagement is and its importance for productivity in the workplace.
• Describe the seven management drivers of engagement and how a manager’s behavior can impact those drivers.
• Develop strategies to increase engagement.
• Understand HR’s role in staff engagement

Unconscious Bias in the Workplace LIVE ONLINE 09/16/2026
2026-09-16 09:30 - 11:30
Understanding bias in the workplace is the first step to managing it. This course defines bias, describes how it affects the workplace and encourages learners to use that knowledge to reduce the negative effects of bias.

Resolving Conflict in Today's Workplace ST. LOUIS 09/17/2026
2026-09-17 08:30 - 12:00
Conflict happens. It’s a fact of life. But did you know that it can actually be helpful and productive if handled the right way? When emotions like fear, anger, resentment or blame get in the way, it makes dealing with conflict more difficult. This training does not promise to end conflict for you, but it will help you deal with it more effectively for all concerned. Learning how to confront and resolve conflict can make the difference between a long healthy career or one filled with headaches and stress. For information or to register, go to https://aaimea.org/courses/dealing-conflict-workplace/

Intro to Microsoft OneNote LIVE ONLINE 09/17/2026
2026-09-17 09:30 - 11:30

Legal Side of Supervising ST. LOUIS 09/17/2026
2026-09-17 13:00 - 16:30
Every day supervisors deal with employment situations that, if not handled responsibly and legally, can result in serious consequences, including penalties or lawsuits. Regardless of your experience as a supervisor, you can always benefit from learning more, or refreshing your memory, about essential employment law.

Active Listening Skills ST LOUIS 09/18/2026
2026-09-18 08:30 - 12:00
The number one cause of confusion, stress, miscommunication, and conflict comes from people not listening to each other. With so many distractions, high levels of stress, and packed schedules, it’s hard to focus on what people around you are saying. In this course, participants will find that active listening is the ‘bridge’ between being a ‘so-so listener’ to a dynamic listener. This class teaches ways to strengthen concentration, change listening habits, manage interruptions and monitor reactions to effectively communicate. For more information or to register, go to https://aaimea.org/courses/active-listening/

Communicate with Clarity LIVE ONLINE September 2026
2026-09-18 09:30 - 2026-09-25 11:30

Productive Conflict with DiSC - 09/18/2026
2026-09-18 13:00 - 16:30

HRE: Employee Communications for HR Professionals LIVE ONLINE 09/22/2026
2026-09-22 09:30 - 11:30
This course offers a review of the role of Human Resources in communicating with employees. It will examine best practices, issues & challenges that persons in human resources deal with on a day-to-day basis when communicating with employees.

Strategic HR: HR Metrics & Analytics LIVE ONLINE 10/07/2026
2026-09-23 09:00 - 11:00
Strategic HR: HR Metrics & Analytics
Knowing your business as an HR Professional is key to getting what you need to improve your teams and overall organization. The best HR teams measure and track specific metrics to align their goals to the business goals for their companies. To do this, they must know what matters most and how HR metrics align with those priorities. This course will review different types of data, its sources, what it means, and how to make recommendations based on what your data tells you about impacting the organization’s goals.
At the end of this class, participants will be able to:
• Understand the difference between metrics and analytics
• Determine alignment of HR initiatives with strategy goals of the business
• Learn what to measure and how to measure
• Understand data analysis
• Identify key metrics and translate data into meaningful insights
• Communicate Recommendations
• Develop an Action Plan

Accounting for the Non-Accountant LIVE ONLINE - September 2026
2026-09-24 09:00 - 2026-10-15 11:00
Complete and accurate financial records are the pulse of successful organizations. In this course, participants will learn the business financial numbers/ drivers of income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements and the relationship between them through building a lemonade stand business and creating the financial statements for that business. These course exercises are based on the book “The Accounting Game: Basic Accounting Fresh from the Lemonade Stand” by Darrell Mullis and Judith Orloff.

Preventing Procrastination LIVE ONLINE 09/24/2026
2026-09-24 09:30 - 11:30
Everyone can be guilty of procrastinating from time to time and putting off unpleasant tasks. However, the habitual cycle of putting things off and slacking until the last minute, and the feeling of guilt that comes out of it, is something procrastinators often struggle with. This course goes beyond just the standard to-do list to help prevent procrastination by helping develop solid action plans and move you off the hamster wheel of frustration and inefficiency.

Attendees will learn:

5 Steps to creating a truly effective To-Do List
The breakthrough process that will banish your procrastination habits
How to uncover the keys to actually getting your To-Do’s accomplished

Join us Live Online to learn how to stop just rewriting your to-do list and how to actually prevent procrastination from being more productive.

Assertive Communication Skills ST. LOUIS 09/25/2026
2026-09-25 08:30 - 16:30
To be successful in today’s challenging workplace, you must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently. This course teaches key communication skills that helps you speak, write, and behave in an assertive way. In addition, the course provides key strategies for overcoming mental roadblocks while building confidence, and gives you relationship strategies that build rapport and help overcome personality conflicts. For more information or to register, go to https://aaimea.org/courses/assertive-communication-skills/

Exploring Emotional Intelligence LIVE ONLINE - September 2026
2026-09-29 09:00 - 2026-10-06 11:00
Emotional Intelligence or EI is the ability to recognize your emotions, understand them, and see how they affect those around you. Having high emotional intelligence also means you understand other people’s emotions. This allows you to manage your relationships better and avoid potential conflicts. In this course, we will explore tactics to understand moods & emotions, understand how to use emotions to facilitate thought, as well as understand how to recognize and regulate emotions in yourself and in others to improve your own EI. This course is designed to help individual contributors, supervisors and team leaders alike improve their ability to work effectively with others.

Working with Difficult People LIVE ONLINE - September 2026
2026-09-29 13:30 - 2026-10-06 15:30
There are difficult people everywhere, and everyone has to deal with them. There will always be coworkers, managers, or customers who push you over the edge. The good news is that you don’t have to be their victim. And while you can’t change difficult people, you can communicate with them in such a way they change themselves. This course shows ways to recognize the common types of difficult people, how to coach that behavior, and respond assertively.

Strategic HR: Organizational Strategy & Planning LIVE ONLINE 09/16/2026
2026-09-30 09:00 - 11:00
HR Strategy: Organizational Strategy & Planning
Human Resources professionals can help their organizations evolve and grow from being only reactive to forward thinking and proactive. Organizational strategy helps identify opportunities & challenges, develop measurable goals, and provide a framework for midstream adjustments. These strategies also help all members of the organization to become more accountable and take ownership of the direction the company. Understanding HR’s role in Organizational strategy is key to aligning C-suite goals with the workforce.
At the end of this class, the participants will be able to:
• Understand the importance of organizational and strategic planning
• Analyze internal and external business environments
• Understand the role of mission, vision, and values
• Formulate and implement corporate business and functional level strategies
• Understand HR’s role in strategic planning

Leading Change for HR Professionals - LIVE ONLINE - 09/30/2026
2026-09-30 13:30 - 15:30
Change is constant, and HR plays a critical role in guiding organizations and employees through transitions. In this interactive session, HR leaders will learn how to drive, facilitate, and support change while minimizing resistance and maintaining engagement. Through real-world scenarios and group discussions, participants will develop strategies to lead change with confidence and alignment to business goals.

Interpersonal Communication Skills ST. LOUIS 10/01/2026
2026-10-01 08:30 - 12:00
Every relationship, both personal and professional, is dependent upon communication. Successful projects and businesses depend on people accurately understanding one another. In this course, participants will learn to communicate with clarity, eliminate communication barriers, influence the actions and thoughts of others, and respond assertively.

Participants will receive information to complete a DiSC© Profile about three weeks prior to the course date. The online profile must be completed prior to the course.

For more information or to register, go to https://aaimea.org/courses/interpersonal-communication-skills/

Working with Difficult People ST. LOUIS 10/01/2026
2026-10-01 13:00 - 16:30
There are difficult people everywhere, and everyone has to deal with them. There will always be coworkers, managers, or customers who push you over the edge. The good news is that you don’t have to be their victim. And while you can’t change difficult people, you can communicate with them in such a way they change themselves. This course shows ways to recognize the common types of difficult people, how to coach that behavior and respond assertively. https://aaimea.org/courses/working-difficult-people/

Your Role as a Supervisor ST. LOUIS 10/02/2026
2026-10-02 08:30 - 16:30
New managers and supervisors are often not prepared for the challenges that come with being responsible for managing others. In this course, participants will learn that succeeding in a supervisory role requires more than operational expertise – it takes understanding the expectations others have of you, learning to balance operational and personnel demands, establishing your personal credibility and authority, and creating a productive environment. For more information or to register, go to https://aaimea.org/courses/your-role-as-a-supervisor/

Microsoft Excel Level 1 LIVE ONLINE 10/06/2026
2026-10-06 08:00 - 15:00
This course will familiarize students with Excel, helping them to learn how to create, entering and editing text, values, and formulas and how to save workbooks. They will learn to move and copy data and formulas, and work with ranges (contiguous versus non-contiguous), rows, and columns. Students will also learn to use simple functions and easily apply formatting techniques to worksheet data. They will review workbooks for spelling errors, modify page setup, and print professional looking worksheets.

Beyond Supervisor Essentials ST. LOUIS - October 2026
2026-10-07 08:30 - 2026-10-21 16:30
You’ve got the basics of supervising down. The next step is to refine your skills and add new ones to move up to being an exceptional Supervisor. This 3-Day series course is designed to provide those next level management skills for Supervisors who have been through AAIM’s Supervisor Essentials course. Participants will be exposed to skills beyond basic responsibilities of a supervisor. This next step in AAIM’s Supervisor training curriculum explores Delegation Skills, Dealing with Conflict, Leading Change, Delivering Performance Appraisals, Interviewing Skills, and Building Teamwork.

Strategic HR: Performance Management LIVE ONLINE 09/30/2026
2026-10-07 09:00 - 11:00
HR Strategy: Performance Management
Effective organizations are continually assessing and evaluating the productivity of their employees. By doing so, HR can assist in improving and maximizing the overall organization’s effectiveness. Performance Management is most strategic and effective when it involves every person in the organization with HR driving the processes. This class will help HR professionals understand how to develop a strategy to measure performance and implement best practices to drive it throughout their organization.
At the end of this class, participant will be able to:
• Explain why performance management is important
• Relate individual performance to organization performance.
• Identify a variety of performance appraisal methods
• Understand and Recognize common issues associated with performance appraisals
• Develop effective performance management systems and processes
• Understand HR’s role in performance management
