Center for Business & Industry

April 2008

Center for Business & Industry

VOLUME 4 ISSUE 3

performance news

Learning Connection


Month/Day

April Programs

April 1

Foundations of Quality for Leaders
To enable participants to gain a solid foundation in quality philosophy and practice. Explore how your role as a leader changes in a quality environment.

April 2

Problem Solving Techniques
To increase the awareness of the benefits of group problem solving and the advantages of using a systematic problem solving approach .

April 3

Successful Negotiations
To develop knowledge of the process, techniques and communication approaches for skillful, effective negotiations..

April 4

Better Business Writing
To improve professional written communications.

April 11

Access: Beyond the Basics
To expand your knowledge and learn how to customize forms and reports, and share Access data with other applications .

April 18 Effective Selection Interviewing
To develop knowledge and skills to prepare for, conduct and evaluate candidates in an effective selection interviewing process.

April 22

Effective Interactions

To gain a better understanding of the basic skills and intricacies involved to effectively interact with others.

Month/Day

May Programs

May 1

Introduction to Project Management
To provide a basic introduction to project management for today's professionals that need to understand the fundamentals of this process.

May 6

Coaching for Improved Performance
To enable participants to develop an understanding of the theory and skills of coaching and enhance their coaching techniques.

May 8

Managing the Performance of Others
To enable participants to manage other people in the effective accomplishment of work.

May 9

Working with Teams
To enable participants to provide more effective team leadership and be more productive team members.

May 14

Working with MS Word: Beyond the Basics
To improve your proficiency using Word's customization and automation features, such as tables, templates, forms, macros, collaboration and Web pages.

May 15

Conflict Resolution Strategies
To improve the participant's knowledge of conflict analysis and the strategies used to handle it.

May 16

Valuing People's Differences
To build awareness of the benefits and importance of valuing all people in the work environment.

May 21

Making Effective Presentations
To develop greater confidence and skills in planning and delivering presentations of all types.


Month/Day

June Programs

June 2

Basic Management Skills
This workshop will provide participants with the fundamental knowledge necessary to supervise work and people.

June 3

Exceptional Customer Service
To understand the processes, skills and practices of quality customer service for all types of organizations.

June 4-6

Practices of Successful Leaders
To develop an understanding and application of the key practices of high-performing leaders.

June 10

Stress Management
To provide knowledge and practices to successfully recognize, manage and prevent stress.

June 10

Situational Leadership
To enable participants to develop an understanding of directive and supportive behavior and how this behavior relates to their leadership styles.

June 12

Time Mastery
To develop an individualized approach to mastering time use in today's fast-paced work environment.

June 17

Basic Finance & Accounting for Business
To provide basic, non-technical financial knowledge and skills for today's professionals in organizational life.

June 18

Excel: Beyond the Basics
To extend your knowledge of Microsoft Excel by learning to work with multiple workbooks, creating advanced formulas and analyzing data.


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