Management Skills
Classes to improve your ability to manage people. Topics include delegation, negotiation, coaching, performance management, and supervision.
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Stepping Up to Management Certificate Bootcamp *NEW*
Professional Education Classes - Management Skills
The Stepping Up to Management course provides the participant with the information, insight and self-discovery necessary when preparing for a possible supervisory role. This process begins with a basic exploration of management and builds upon this foundation by creating tools the participant can use to make the transition to a formal leadership role. The benefit to the participant is a clear understanding of the responsibilities of management and an opportunity to pursue a management role. The course certificate is achieved through a boot camp schedule requiring only three days of training to complete.
Note: new date and/or timeRegistration fee: $995 CEUs: 2 Learn more... 3 session(s): Tues, Wed, Thur: Dec 1-3 / 9:00 am-4:30 pm Register now!
Instructor: Gary Cruze, Senior Instructor, Emory Corporate Learning
Additional Info: This class meets on the Briarcliff Campus. New dates
Essentials of Teambuilding *NEW*
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Teams have become a critical part of the workplace, and team effectiveness is crucial to productivity and success. Explore the stages and fundamentals of team development. Discover techniques to develop a group of individuals into a successful team. Learn to communicate with a team, motivate members to achieve more, and resolve conflict as it occurs. Experience team building exercises that give insight into team dynamics and provide tools to help in your workplace. This class is ideal for individuals or workgroups to attend together.
Instructor: Dana (Pigford) Brownlee, MBA, PMP, President, Professionalism MattersRegistration fee: $345 Learn more... 1 session(s): Fri: Jan 29 / 9:00 am-4:00 pm Register now!
Additional Info: This class meets at the Alpharetta location
Essentials of Conflict Management
Professional Education Classes - Management Skills
Conflict management is the practice of identifying and handling conflict in a sensible, equitable, and efficient manner. While conflict is inevitable in the workplace, the way conflict is managed can distinguish good workplaces from great workplaces. Participants will learn to analyze conflict to understand the issues and emotions involved. Then, they will learn to resolve conflict using a proven 4-step method. This course allows participants to explore their personal conflict management style and develop skills to manage conflict more effectively.
Instructor: Merle Strangway, EdD, president, The Learning EdgeRegistration fee: $345 CEUs: 0.6 Learn more... 1 session(s): Fri: Dec 4 / 9:00 am-4:00 pm Register now!
Essentials of Supervision
Professional Education Classes - Management Skills
This is a critical course for anyone who is currently a supervisor or plans to become a supervisor. Learn four key components to success and lead teams to higher levels of performance. We'll discuss the key behaviors of highly effective leaders, the essential ingredients of motivation, the four crucial steps to effective delegation and other critical supervisory skills.
Instructor: Nancy Colter, MBA, HR consultant and trainerRegistration fee: $695 CEUs: 1.3 Learn more... 2 session(s): Thu & Fri: Dec 3-4 / 9:00 am-4:00 pm Register now!
Essentials of Counseling: Managing Difficult Employees
Professional Education Classes - Management Skills
One of the most difficult situations facing managers is handling employees' performance problems, especially when the employees do not believe that their behavior is a problem. The manager has tried giving feedback. No change. The manager tried coaching. It doesn't work. This problem can be effectively resolved and you will improve your chances of never having to terminate someone's employment again. This unique workshop will introduce novel and proven techniques necessary to successfully handle these types of tough situations.
Note: new date and/or timeRegistration fee: $345 CEUs: 0.6 Learn more... 1 session(s): Thu: Dec 10 / 9:00 am-4:00 pm Register now!
Instructor: Bobby Peterson, business consultant and speaker
Additional Info: This class is held on the Alpharetta Campus.
Executive Presence for the Non-Executive
Professional Education Classes - Management Skills
Executive Presence enhances your ability to project an image of competence and confidence. It draws on many factors, including how you “carry” yourself (your bearing) and how you communicate and interact with others. This engaging and well received seminar will explore attributes that contribute to Executive Presence and common "fatal flaws" that detract from it. As a participant, you receive personalized feedback on your communication, meeting and presentation styles using high value assessments and video-taped exercises. You will leave this program with a prioritized Personal Action Plan to make changes that enhance your professional relationships and career aspirations.
Instructor: Vivian Bright, performance consultant, author and trainerRegistration fee: $795 CEUs: 1.2 Learn more... 2 session(s): Tue and Wed: Dec 8-9 / 9:00 am-4:00 pm Register now!
Emory Essentials of Human Resources Management
Professional Education Classes - Management Skills
This program addresses the issues human resources employees or supervisors face daily from legal matters to selecting qualified employees. The program includes the SHRM Essentials of Human Resource Management as an introductory course offering a comprehensive overview of human resource roles and responsibilities. If you are just starting out in the human resources profession, or are looking for an effective way to boost your employee management skills, this is the program for you. The Emory program offers in-depth additional skills and knowledge important to HR practitioners with 24 core and 24 elective contact hours scheduled separately from the core classes.
Instructor: Soumaya KhalifaRegistration fee: $1995 CEUs: 2.4 Learn more... 9 session(s): Tue and Thu: Apr 20-May 13 / 6:30-9:30 pm Register now!
Essentials of Change for Managers *NEW*
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Change management is a systematic approach to dealing with change, both organizationally and individually. For managers, change management often means the process of adapting, communicating, and controlling the effect of organizational changes on themselves and their employees. In this one-day course, managers learn to harness change in order to inspire and motivate employees. Participants complete a self-assessment that helps identify their personal strengths and weaknesses in managing change. Managers also learn to identify common barriers to change and effectively facilitate the change process. Finally, they learn to resolve change issues and move on to productive work in a changing environment.
Note: new date and/or timeRegistration fee: $345 CEUs: 0.6 Learn more... 1 session(s): Tue: Jan 19 / 9:00 am-4:00 pm Register now!
Instructor: Merle Strangway, EdD, president, The Learning Edge
Effectively Influencing Others *NEW*
Professional Education Classes - Management Skills
It is not uncommon to spend a lot of our time trying to resolve differences with others and attempting to convince other people to do something in a way that results in a favorable conclusion for both parties. To deal with these situations in an appropriate manner requires us to be able to understand and apply different situational techniques to effectively influence others. This application-based workshop will provide individuals with the proven tools necessary to enhance their persuasive skills with others and achieve successful outcomes.
Instructor: Bobby Peterson, business consultant and speakerRegistration fee: $345 CEUs: 0.6 Learn more... 1 session(s): Tue: Dec 1 / 9:00 am-4:00 pm Register now!
Essentials of Motivation
Professional Education Classes - Management Skills
Every manager dreams of a confident and highly motivated workforce. This course explores the latest principles and techniques for creating this type of team or work group. Learn the difficulties and psychology behind managing motivation and learn to implement proven motivational techniques in the workplace. Participants will learn to create an atmosphere that encourages productivity and creativity!
Note: new date and/or timeRegistration fee: $345 CEUs: 0.6 Learn more... 1 session(s): Fri: Dec 4 / 9:00 am-4:00 pm Register now!
Instructor: Bobby Peterson, business consultant and speaker
Essentials of Leadership for Managers
Professional Education Classes - Management Skills
Essentials of Leadership for Managers is a highly interactive and stimulating workshop designed to transform how managers lead and influence their people. Participants experience and apply the five practices of exemplary leadership through group problem-solving tasks, video cases, discussion, workbook exercises, and action plans for ongoing development. The five leadership practices are based on learnable behaviors, and not a complicated theory or a set of unreachable ideals. Participants can measurably improve their effectiveness as leaders.
Instructor: Merle Strangway, EdD, president, The Learning EdgeRegistration fee: $695 CEUs: 1.2 Learn more... 2 session(s): Thu and Fri: Feb 25-26 / 9:00 am-4:00 pm Register now!
Win-Win Negotiations
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In the diverse and interconnected marketplace of the twenty-first century, no set of problem-solving skills is more important than negotiation. Win-Win Negotiation is a specific negotiation strategy that uses carefully defined skills and techniques to produce results that are beneficial and acceptable to everyone at the negotiating table. Learn to approach problems and opportunities with a win-win attitude.
Instructor: Merle Strangway, EdD, president, The Learning EdgeRegistration fee: $345 CEUs: 1.3 Learn more... 1 session(s): Fri: Mar 26 / 9:00 am-4:30 pm Register now!
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Essentials of Performance Management *NEW*
Performance management is the ongoing process of establishing, communicating, and evaluating employee performance objectives. Effective performance management can provide managers and supervisors with a framework to monitor, discipline, and reward employees. This course introduces a performance management process that addresses goal-setting, evaluations, and handling difficult conversations about job performance. Learn more...
1 session(s): $345 Learn more...
Fri: Nov 20 / 9:00 am-4:00 pm
Note: new date and/or time
Instructor: Nancy Colter, MBA, HR consultant and trainer
