Enhance Your Supervisory and Team Building Skills

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This fast paced seminar will give you the skills to adapt your leadership style to the situation and the people on your team. Through role plays, case studies and structured discussions, you will be introduced to skills and strategies for directing, coaching, and supporting employees. In addition, you will learn proven approaches to helping employees be highly motivated to do their best. When you choose the right leadership approach and support your subordinates’ motivation, subordinates perform better as individuals and as a team. You will leave this seminar with a personal plan for developing the leadership flexibility required to take your team’s performance to the next level.

Presenter:  Ann Gowdey, MSW, is president of Ann Gowdey Consulting, LLC a Connecticut based consulting firm specializing in executive coaching and leadership development.  Ann has over 25 years experience in leadership roles in business, government, and human services. In her consulting role, Ann has coached over 300 executives, managers and HR professionals in Fortune 50 and Fortune 500 businesses.  Ann is a founding member of The Conference Board’s Council on Executive Coaching and co-author of Guidelines and Ethical Considerations for Assessment Center Operations, 1989. Her speaking engagements include the DDI International Congress on Assessment Center Methods and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists. 

Wed., March 20
8:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
$170

Is your team or organization stuck in its progress toward some important goal?  Are you concerned about low morale and lost productivity in your employees?  In this dynamic seminar, new supervisors and mid-level managers will learn how to “wake-up”, engage and focus their staffs to excel in the many daily work challenges they face.  Participants will learn the critical concepts of employee motivation and practice the three essentials of healthy employee dialogue to foster positive participation and a focused commitment to results.  Participants will be exposed to practical tools to handle conflict and build employee trust and accountability that will prepare the participants to lead their employees effectively. 

Presenter:  Rob Toller, MS, an award winning Organizational Development and Training Consultant. Is currently assistant director in the University of Hartford’s Center for Adult Academic Services.  For 25 years, he has held leadership positions at Aetna, Reliance Insurance Group and Murdock Claim Management Corporation, where he was Director of Training and Development.  Currently, he is Assistant Director, Center for Adult Academic Services at the University of Hartford.  He received his M.S. in Organizational Behavior from the University of Hartford and is an adjunct professor at the University of Hartford teaching management skills, human resource management and organizational change for both the Barney School of Business and the Psychology Department.  In Fall 2009, he was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award by the University of Hartford.  He has served as Director of Professional Development for the Connecticut Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development and has lectured for the Human Resource Association of Central Connecticut.

Thursday, March 14
8:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
$170

Supervisors who want to be successful in their jobs need to master three critical aspects: handling their communications effectively, running effective meetings, and managing time and tasks efficiently.  The average supervisor communicates electronically by email and in person in meetings many times a day. Do you find yourself receiving and sending more emails—but getting less done? Do you sit in meetings and wonder “What can I do to make this meeting run more effectively?”  Both types of communication—emails and meetings—are excellent tools, if they are used effectively and strategically. This seminar will help you get a handle on your emails, both the writing part (audience, organization) and the “management” part.  The seminar will also address the most common “time bandits” that occur during meetings and will provide you with concrete steps to make the meetings you lead more focused and productive.  Managing your time and your tasks effectively, additional aspects that supervisors need to handle well, will also be addressed.

Presenter:  Beth Richards, MA, is currently the director of first-year writing at the University of Hartford.  Prior to joining the Rhetoric and Professional Writing department at the University, she was a technical writer focusing on manufacturing and machinery.  She also has conducted numerous business and technical writing workshops for a variety of organizations, including the Connecticut Judicial System.  Timken Precision Engineering, KPMG, Pratt & Whitney, Capitol Region Education Council (CREC), American Savings Bank , and Blum Shapiro.

Friday, April 12
8:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
$220

Includes fee for Blind Spot Finder Profile

People often do not reach their leadership potential because they have blind spots that limit their ability to see themselves as others see them.  Participants will learn principles, strategies and tools that help successful leaders see their blind spots and turn them into assets.  With this positive outlook, participants will be able to modify outdated habits and behaviors to create new personal strengths.  Each participant will have the opportunity to receive an individualized Blind Spot Finder Profile and leave with a Clear Sight Plan to turn any potential blind spots into leadership strengths.

Presenter:  Claudia Shelton, MBA, MA, MEd, LPC is president of The Hopewell Group and author of Blind Spots: Achieve Success By Seeing What You Can’t See (John Wiley, March 2007).  She is a speaker, educator, and executive coach and worked previously as a senior executive for several Fortune 500 companies.  She has taught courses and institutes at Michigan State University, Columbia University, Texas A&M, and City University of New York.

Friday, May 3
8:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
$170

Team work and team building are popular topics in today’s organizations.  People in every workplace talk about building a team and working as a team but few understand how to create the experience of team work or how to build an effective team.  Successful teams and team work are catalysts for effectively completing projects and for the accomplishment of strategic goals.  Organizations with effective work teams are more likely to be successful and to retain talented workers.  In this seminar, participants will learn about the characteristics and components of a successful team and will understand the stages involved in team development.  Strategies for selecting participants and allocating roles, techniques for training team members on how to work well together, strategies for setting goals and objectives, and ways to recognize potential problems on teams and strategies for resolving those problems will be discussed.

Presenter:  Andrea Lanese, MBA, has worked for nearly twenty years in human resources management and corporate human resources in a variety of functional areas. She is Corporate Director of Leadership, Staffing and Organizational Development at Barnes Group Inc. Prior to joining the Barnes Group, she worked as Director of Human Resources at United Technologies’ Pratt & Whitney and Otis Elevator divisions. In those positions she has developed corporate-wide strategies to enhance current and future talent and designed and developed leadership programs. Andrea began her career with the Travelers Corporation in their Corporate Compensation department. Her extensive background in leadership development and organizational planning is augmented by her MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In 2008, Andrea completed the External Coaching Intensive Certification Program from Columbia University. Her undergraduate in Business Administration is from the University of Connecticut. She is a member of the Society of Human Resources Management, the Human Resources Planning Society and the American Society of Training and Development.