Leading Organizations and Programs
Leading Organizations and Programs is a course for managers and directors which provides the knowledge and tools necessary to develop processes that support an organization’s or program’s strategic initiatives. Topics of consideration include the ability to develop appropriate responses to needed organizational change and lead change efforts via a process of envisioning, enabling, and energizing […]
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Leading Others
Leading Others is a course for new leaders. This course provides participants with the knowledge and behavioral competencies to embrace their role as a new leader with confidence and effectiveness. Learners gain expert knowledge of the components of high performing teams, and how to nurture them. The course uses John C. Maxwell’s Five Levels of […]
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Leading Virtual Teams
Today’s organizational landscape has shifted and the global economy has prompted businesses to change how they work. Business leaders must now embrace tele-work and virtual teaming as an essential way for doing business. As such, we must reframe our thinking about technology as not just a tool for communication, but also as a tool to […]
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Leading with the “Right” Mind
During the last few decades, individuals naturally competent in logical and linear thinking were in high demand and found great success. However, the computational thinking of the Information Age is quickly becoming secondary to the inventive and empathic thinking of the Conceptual Age. As this emerging age affects our economy and society more and more, […]
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Lean Leadership
Due to human capital and resource restraints felt by organizations across almost all industries, the concepts of lean have become commonplace in the practices of most organizations. Lean concepts seek the maximization of customer value while simultaneously minimizing waste; however, the implementation of these concepts requires strong leadership for facilitating and driving the lean improvements. […]
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Leveraging Intrapreneurs in Your Organization
Intrapreneurship, a new phenomenon found in successful organizations, borrows from the principles of entrepreneurship and applies them within an individual’s own organization. As such, intrapreneurs spearhead new programs, products, services, and innovations for improving on issues they see in the organization and opportunities that remain unrealized. In this way, intrapreneurs use an entrepreneurial spirit for […]
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Making Successful Briefings and Presentations
In today’s competitive business environment, individuals must not only have the skill, but also, the poise and confidence for delivering clear and concise briefings and presentations successfully meeting their intended objectives. In this course, participants learn about the planning for, structuring of, preparation for, and delivery of successful briefings and presentations. They learn practical techniques […]
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Management Skills for New Supervisors
Today’s strong first-time supervisors can act and react positively in virtually any situation and can always balance their concerns for productivity against their concerns for people. For an individual new to a supervisory role, if they can learn and master the skills of management, then the benefits accrue in the form of productive employees, strong […]
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Managing Ambiguity
Organizations often develop business plans and strategies for mapping out future expectations and goals. These maps typically take the form of a linear progression, with each step following neatly from the one previous with no interruption. However, as further steps are pursued, there are nearly always several unexpected factors that come into play and alter […]
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Managing Multiple Projects and Priorities
Most, if not all of us, feel the pressures of daily living. Those combinations of our professional and personal life that make us feel as if there are not enough hours in the day. We are well aware of the fact that there are always 24 of them each day and it is we who […]
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Managing Performance
The capability of setting goals and objectives among respective direct reports that cohere with an organization’s overall strategic initiatives is critical for leaders at every level. Leaders must ensure their team strives to meet these goals and objectives, ultimately contributing to the growth of shareholder value. Therefore, holding direct reports accountable for delivering their responsibilities […]
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Managing Virtual Teams
More and more managers are faced with managing the ‘virtual’ workforce. Team members can be spread geographically – over regions, the country or the globe. Employees that work from home or travel frequently aren’t in the office enough for close interaction and communication. Managing a virtual workforce requires a unique set of processes and skills. […]
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