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Defining the Role
- Review skill sets and competencies essential to success as a manager
- Establish a leadership style compatible with the organization's culture
- Practice techniques for "managing up" in the organization
- Introduce a goal setting process that meets individual and company objectives
- Explore influencing and negotiating as they relate to managing work groups
Date: October 2, 2008 - 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Motivation and Communication
- Complete a self-analysis of personality type and communication style
- Identify barriers to effective communication and listening skills
- Practice effective oral, written and electronic communications
- Explore the relationship between motivation and behavior
- Discover the importance of relationship building and the role of trust
Date: October 9, 2008 - 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Selecting for Excellence
- Explore a proven interviewing strategy to improve hiring decisions
- Preparing for the interview
- Conducting the session
- Making the selection and offer
- Examine federal and state employment law
Date: October 16, 2008 - 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Building a Successful Team
- Recognize characteristics of effective teams in organizations
- Identify team dynamics including norms, cohesiveness, creativity and independence
- Practice effective team decision-making techniques
- Explore the relationship between leadership and teams
- Examine the impact of a multi-generational workforce on company culture and leadership style
Date: October 23, 2008 - 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Coaching and Performance Management
- Review basic mathematic applications such as ratios, frequency distributions and graphing
- Identify and develop Key Performance Indicators (KPI) specific to the enterprise
- Learn to monitor, measure and evaluate performance
- Explore strategies for setting goals and expectations
- Adapt leadership style to match the individual performance needs
Date: October 30, 2008 - 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Continuous Improvement
- Examine application of continuous improvement strategies to employee and customer satisfaction
- Research the linkage between hiring the right people, using KPIs to set goals and aligning the workgroup to achieve optimal performance
- Increase expertise in the areas of time/meeting management, establishing priorities, and avoiding task saturation
- Consider the importance of personal renewal for the effective leader
Date: November 6, 2008 - 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm
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