Fall is almost here, and HR’s Organization and Professional Development (OPD) team has spots open in the following courses to support your learning and development. Class enrollment is completed within the EBS Portal, and employees may use available educational assistance funds towards course fees (if any).
Personal Development
Bystander Intervention Training | August 28 | In-Person
Learn strategies to prevent and interrupt problematic behavior associated with workplace harassment or discrimination.
Getting Things Done | September 9, 10, and 11 | Virtual
By learning how to capture, clarify, and organize incoming requests, participants are more likely to make strategic decisions about where to invest their time and energy in ways that improve results and decrease missed deadlines, mistakes, and stress.
The Power of Habit | September 18 | Virtual
Discover how habits are created and how to replace undesirable habits with productive ones.
Breaking Free from Stress | October 1, 8, 15, and 22 | In-Person
Learn how to be less reactive to people and events in your life and form a deeper perspective of common sense and wisdom.
Roadmap To Retirement| October 9 | In-Person
If you are an MSU faculty or staff member and you have decided to retire within a year or two, this half-day workshop covers a range of topics critical to your successful retirement.
Everything DiSC: Productive Conflict | December 18 | In-Person
Learn techniques to improve self-awareness and handle conflict. You will take an assessment to better understand your personal responses to conflict. Pre-work must be completed before taking this course.
Leadership
Crucial Influence | October 7, 8, and 9 | Virtual
Targeting mid to high-level leaders responsible for leading change and improving efforts in the workplace, learn about the Crucial Influence Model, which explains why people do what they do and how you can influence results.
Strengths Based Leadership | October 16 | In-Person
Understand manager-specific strengths using the newly released CliftonStrengths for Managers Report. Your top strengths — the things you naturally do best — can help you manage more effectively, meet your goals, and improve your team’s success.
Resilient Leadership Series | November 3 and 4 | In-person
Explore with other campus leaders some essential resilience skills required for effective leadership for the common good, including: emotional intelligence, emotional resilience, psychological flexibility, mindfulness, effective stress mitigation practices, and practices of compassionate accountability for self and others.
Operational
Introduction to Process Mapping | Various Dates | In-Person
Learn how to define key processes improvement terminology, reduce barriers to success, and create a process map.
Promapp Interactive Process Creation | Various Dates | In-Person
Learners will continue their process improvement journey and build upon the knowledge and skills learned in Introduction to Process Mapping.
You can find all current Organization and Professional Development courses on the HR website.