SUPERVISORY SKILLS 5-DAY CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

The Supervisory Skills Program is a five-day intensive course that provides participants with a foundation of critical skills necessary to become an effective workplace leader.  Participants who successfully complete the program will be awarded a Certificate of Completion.

Overview of Topics Covered:

• Leadership competencies
• Change management techniques
• Collaboration and team building skills
• Employee motivation principles
• Methods to manage employee performance and workplace   conflict
• Critical decision-making skills

Key Benefits:

• Wide audience appeal – Appropriate for any current or prospective supervisor or manager\
• Minimal work disruption – Meets once a week for five weeks (rather than consecutive days)
• Interactive – Group discussion and situation analysis (No boring lectures!)
• Immediate application – Participants practice concepts in class that they can use the very next day

 
Continuous learning – Classroom experience is supplemented by take-home reading and skill-application assignments

Instructor: Van Potter, M.Ed.   
Van’s career has spanned the disciplines of Organizational Development, Human Resource Management, Training and Management Development, and Higher Education for the past 30 years.   He has a BA in Communication and a Master’s in Education.   A former president of A.S.T.D., his passion is human development, the process of learning, growth and change.  Locally, Van has worked with I.H.C., Fidelity Investments, and the Full Circle Group (formerly known as Maxcomm Associates).  In his consulting work, Van has been in the trenches with a variety of organizations in the heavy industry and mining, financial services, healthcare, insurance, and manufacturing sectors. He is currently managing his own coaching and training company, Lodestar Inc., and is in partnership with Employers Council to meet the developmental needs of employers throughout Utah.

Cost: $699 per EC member; $849 per non-member (includes text book and supplemental workbook)