Visionary Academy is an educational program created by the Chamber & CREDC to bring high-quality educational training courses to our members. These courses are designed with your needs in mind.
Ultimate Toolkit for Managers
This four-part course will expose you to the essential elements of being in a managerial role. It is a great fit for anyone with people management responsibilities.
Session #1 Leadership Essentials:As a manager and team leader, your success is measured by the success and productivity of your team members. Getting your team to perform at a high level is easy, as long as you have the right leadership development courses. Your ability to inspire, empower and motivate your team members is critical to their development. Helping your team members reach their potential creates a culture of success and helps maintain a high level of productivity and morale. This is easily accomplished with leadership training. The Essential Skills of Leadership training course is the preliminary step in developing successful supervisors, team leaders and managers. Its training teaches managers and team leaders contemporary techniques for effective leadership, which improves their performance and increases the productivity of both the team and the organization.
Session #2 Essential Skills of Communciation:Your ability to successfully communicate with your team members is critical to building strong relationships with your employees. These strong relationships, built upon mutual trust and respect, are crucial in helping your team meet and exceed its goals. In addition, powerful relationships built upon effective communication can improve retention, heighten overall productivity, and increase profitability. The Essential Skills of Communication program helps supervisors, team leaders and managers ensure that communication with employees is a two-way process. Essential Skills of Communication teaches managers the latest techniques for developing effective communication skills, thereby improving their performance and increasing the productivity of both the team and the organization.
Session #3 Leading People Through Change:As a team leader, you must effectively manage organizational change by handling the emotions, fear and anxiety that accompany it and encourage your team members to support new initiatives. Understanding the three phases of change – resistance, exploration and acceptance – allows you to more clearly communicate transformations and help your team members embrace change. Leading People Through Change is a management training course that equips supervisors, team leaders and managers with the tools to understand and interpret change so they can more successfully guide their teams through it. By working to support change while addressing the team’s comfort level with it, team leaders will more effectively manage organizational change and facilitate acceptance of new processes and procedures.
Session #4 Recognizing and Handling Conflict:Effective managers understand that effective conflict resolution in the workplace is the key to efficient business operations. By keeping your team members focused on performance, minimizing the impact of potential conflicts and improving company communications, you greatly improve your team’s output. Managing conflicts quickly through conflict resolution and negotiation skills training prevents disruptions and loss of productivity. Recognizing and Handling Conflict training course equips supervisors, managers and team leaders with the tools to recognize conflict and handle it quickly and effectively. When managers and team leaders understand the signs of conflict and find the root cause, they’re able to eliminate the issues quickly and minimize the negative effects. With the skills learned in conflict resolution training, leaders are able to face conflicts directly, thereby preserving the integrity of their teams and demonstrating a commitment to individual performance and growth.
ABOUT THE PROGRAMThis course will be held on 4 days:August 3, 2023August 10, 2023August 17, 2023August 24, 2023Attendees will have the option of attending one of two identical three hour class sessions each week: Class 1 (9:00am - 12:00pm) or Class 2 (1:00pm - 4:00pm). Your registration includes: Small group, in-person training; light breakfast and refreshments; and course materials.Meet Your TrainerSince 2007, Jason S. Jones has been helping college students and private businesses improve their communication and leadership skills by leading dynamic courses on the subject. Jason focuses on real-world workplace issues that his participants encounter in business and academia. He has taught at Central Penn College, Penn State University and Lebanon Valley College and worked with a wide range of businesses and state government agencies throughout the United States. Cancellation Policy: We require a 72 hour cancellation notice of an event registration. After that time, refunds cannot be granted.
Cancellation Policy: We require a 72 hour cancellation notice of an event registration. After that time, refunds cannot be granted.
REGISTRATION HELP: For assistance with registration and other event questions, please contact Lindsey Holtzman, Director of Events, at events@hbgrc.org.
Visionary Academy is a four part course that will take place on August 3, 10, 17, and 24th. Each week attendees will have the option of attending one of two identical three hour sessions: Class 1 (9:00am - 12:00pm) or Class 2 (1:00pm - 4:00pm).
Central Penn College
PARKING INSTRUCTIONS: The event is held in the ATEC Building (22 on the map) . The closest lots to the building are Lots D and K. View Campus Map.
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