Career START

Description: Are you reluctant to voice your opinions to your colleagues for fear they'll be judged negatively? Do you find yourself avoiding awkward communication situations? Confident interpersonal communication...
Target Audience: Individuals who want to develop or refresh their interpersonal communication skills
Expected Duration (hours): 1.0
Lesson Objectives: • identify expressions of the essential elements of confident communication
• recognize how trust and credibility enhance confidence in interpersonal communication
• recognize the...

Description: Getting and keeping your career on track takes careful planning. Those who wait for opportunities to come knocking may be left behind. Approaching your career proactively and being able to recognize o...
Target Audience: Employees at all levels who want to advance their career
Expected Duration (hours): 1.0
Lesson Objectives: • identify the types of questions you should ask to evaluate your career
• determine your main strengths
• recognize ways to deal with weaknesses
• recognize the steps in...

Description: Managing time effectively entails analyzing your goals, breaking those goals into tasks, and then prioritizing those tasks. This isn't always easy or clear cut, given the number of tasks you may need ...
Target Audience: Individuals who want to develop or refresh their time management skills
Expected Duration (hours): 1.0
Lesson Objectives: • prioritize tasks from a given to-do list
• identify which criteria have been applied in a given to-do list
• recognize the type of things that should be considered when sequenci...

Description: A truly effective team is equal to more than the sum of its parts. And it takes the dedication of every member of the team. Effective team members go beyond themselves and their personal desires and g...
Target Audience: All levels of employees; anyone who participates on any type of team
Expected Duration (hours): 1.0
Lesson Objectives: • identify the strategies for adopting a positive mind-set about working on a team
• recognize how to be a proactive team member
• recognize strategies for demonstrating tolerance...

Description: Achieving your problem-solving goals typically involves applying problem-solving skills and tools through various steps in an established problem-solving process. Whatever you think of your current pr...
Target Audience: Individuals who want to develop or improve their problem-solving and decision-making skills
Expected Duration (hours): 1.0
Lesson Objectives: • interpret a problem-solving style chart
• recognize sound approaches for identifying areas for improvement in your problem-solving skill set
• recommend strategies for building ...