{"id":13973,"date":"2019-05-28T10:40:44","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T10:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=13973"},"modified":"2019-06-18T13:01:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T17:01:20","slug":"summer-is-the-perfect-time-to-sign-up-for-a-professional-development-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=13973","title":{"rendered":"Summer is the Perfect Time to Sign-Up for a Professional Development Course!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With summer right around the corner, many students are\nheading home to refresh, recharge and prepare for another academic year. A\nquieter campus means you might also have some time to refresh and recharge your\nprofessional or personal development goals. Summertime is the perfect\nopportunity to look at your schedule and figure out which professional\ndevelopment courses available in the coming months interest you most. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luckily, Organization and Professional Development (OPD) is\noffering a variety of courses this summer to help you reach your goals. Are you\na new or experienced supervisor looking to improve your leadership skills? Or\nmaybe you\u2019re interested in finding out how to leverage your natural strengths and\nwork behavior styles? Whatever your personal and\/or professional goals, OPD has\na variety of courses to help you succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Courses to\nImprove Your Skills as a Supervisor or Leader:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"June 6: Essentials of Employee Relations (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/professional-development\/courses\/management\/essentials-of-employee-relations-june.html\" target=\"_blank\">June 6: Essentials of Employee Relations<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"June 20: New Supervisor Essentials (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/professional-development\/courses\/management\/new-supervisor-essentials-june.html\" target=\"_blank\">June 20: New Supervisor Essentials<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"June 26 &amp; 27: Crucial Accountability (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/professional-development\/courses\/leadership\/crucial-accountability-june.html\" target=\"_blank\">June 26 &amp; 27: Crucial Accountability<\/a> <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"July 24: Emotional Intelligence in Leadership (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/professional-development\/courses\/leadership\/emotional-intelligence-in-leadership-july.html\" target=\"_blank\">July 24: Emotional Intelligence in Leadership<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/professional-development\/courses\/leadership\/leading-change-july.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"July 31: Leading Change (opens in a new tab)\">July 31: Leading Change<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Personal\nDevelopment Courses:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"June 5: Identify and Maximize Your Strengths (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/professional-development\/courses\/personal-development\/identify-and-maximize-your-strengths-june.html\" target=\"_blank\">June 5: Identify and Maximize Your Strengths<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"July 18: Everything DiSC: Behavior Styles at Work (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/professional-development\/courses\/personal-development\/everything-disc-july.html\" target=\"_blank\">July 18: Everything DiSC: Behavior Styles at Work<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"July 23: From Distracted to Productive (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/professional-development\/courses\/personal-development\/from-distracted-to-productive-july.html\" target=\"_blank\">July 23: From Distracted to Productive<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/professional-development\/courses\/personal-development\/honing-emotional-intelligence-july.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"July 24: Honing Your Emotional Intelligence (opens in a new tab)\">July 24: Honing Your Emotional Intelligence<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Communication\nand Customer Service Courses:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/professional-development\/courses\/communication\/crucial-conversations-june.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"June 12\/13: Crucial Conversations (opens in a new tab)\">June 12\/13: Crucial Conversations<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"June 13: Ten Tactics for Powerful Business Writing (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/professional-development\/courses\/communication\/ten-tactics-for-powerful-business-writing-june.html\" target=\"_blank\">June 13: Ten Tactics for Powerful Business Writing<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"July 17: Managing Difficult Customers (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/professional-development\/courses\/customer-service\/managing-difficult-customers-july.html\" target=\"_blank\">July 17: Managing Difficult Customers<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"July 25: Communicating and Influencing Up (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/professional-development\/courses\/communication\/communicating-and-influencing-up-july.html\" target=\"_blank\">July 25: Communicating and Influencing Up<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"all current OPD courses on the HR website (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/professional-development\/courses\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">all current OPD courses on the HR website<\/a>. Sign-up through the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"EBS Portal (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"ebs.msu.edu\" target=\"_blank\">EBS Portal<\/a>. MSU support staff should remember that they may have access to <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcelive.wordpress.com\/2019\/04\/15\/options-for-using-your-educational-assistance-benefit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Educational Assistance to help with any course registration fees (opens in a new tab)\">Educational Assistance to help with any course registration fees<\/a>. Questions? Contact HR Solutions Center at <a href=\"mailto:SolutionsCenter@hr.msu.edu\">SolutionsCenter@hr.msu.edu<\/a> or 517-353-4434.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With summer right around the corner, many students are heading home to refresh, recharge and prepare for another academic year. A quieter campus means you might also have some time to refresh and recharge your&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=13973\">Continue Reading&#8230;<span> Summer is the Perfect Time to Sign-Up for a Professional Development Course!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb1fcA-3Dn","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13973"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13973"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14240,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13973\/revisions\/14240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}