Professional Development Courses

Who Should Attend...

All non-supervisory Federal employees and contractors who want to enhance their leadership skills should attend.

What...

• Assess and discuss different leadership styles, behaviors, and characteristics.

• Explain the role of change in organizations, including how leaders function as change agents, how to implement organizational change, and how to deal with resistance to change.

• Build strong professional relationships that maximize motivation, productivity, and team cooperation.
  
  
• Receive tips for building trust with your team and/or your co-workers.

• Learn a situational approach to managing people.

• Discover your passion for the important and meaningful work that you do.
   
• Coordinate your goals with the mission, objectives, and goals of your organization.

• Influence and negotiate so that differences of opinion can be managed and agreements can be reached.
   
• Manage your supervisor to obtain positive team and organizational results.

• Improve your confidence and self-esteem as you step up to a leadership role.
  
  
• Understand what delegation is (and is not) and how to use it to promote yourself in the workplace.
   
• Network with other professionals and exchange knowledge and information.
   
• Complete your own DiSC Personal Profile System Assessment.
  
   

Why You Should Attend...

Leadership skills are a very important aspect of career development and upward mobility.  Learn the essential skills that will help you gain the respect and support of others. You will discover how to work with different personality types, delegate effectively, overcome conflict without making enemies, and build stronger, more successful teams.

Course includes lunch, continental breakfast, refreshments, certificate, and all course materials.