Talent Development Programs: April to June 2012

Tuesday, April 17
Title: Introduction to Excel
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Location: Pace Computer Learning Center – 551 5th Avenue
Prerequisite: Introduction to the PC or familiarity with the Windows environment.
Description: This course introduces participants to the Microsoft Excel program. The objective of the program is to make participants comfortable with Excel's newest features as you enter data, labels and formulas to create and print spreadsheets.
Thank you for your interest. This program is fully subscribed.

Thursday, April 19
Title: Effective Listening Skills
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Resnick Campus – Room to Be Announced
Audience: This program is open to all University employees.
Description: When was the last time you wanted to scream: “Is anyone listening?” You are not alone. This program is designed to teach you how to be an effective listener and provide strategies that will help you deliver your messages with increased success.
Thank you for your interest. Registration for this program is closed.

Thursday, April 26
Title: The Manager’s Role: Effectively Protecting Confidentiality and Privacy
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Location: Wilf Campus – Furst Hall, Room 535
Audience: This program is part of the Management Compliance Series and is open to staff and faculty members with supervisory responsibilities.
Description: This program offers a comprehensive overview of federal, state and local employment laws and prepares managers to successfully manage issues that may arise including, how to identify “legal landmines” and how to apply the law when making personnel decisions.
Thank you for your interest. Registration for this program is closed.

Thursday, May 3
Title: Excel Beyond Basics
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Location: Pace Center for Business Technology – 551 5th Avenue
Prerequisite: Introduction to Excel or working knowledge of MS Excel.
Description: This course builds on the Introduction to Excel class. Topics include, copying and moving formulas; working with multiple panes on a sheet; manipulating sheets; creating formulas across sheets; using and creating basic functions; sorting data; and creating/formatting charts.
Thank you for your interest. This program is fully subscribed.

Tuesday, May 8
Title: Performance Management Program: Preparing for the End of the Rating Cycle
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: Resnick Campus – Price Center, Room 351
Audience: This program is open to all staff members that are included in the program (non-faculty and non-represented employees) regardless of position level.
Description: This session covers: strategies for preparing for performance reviews from the perspective of both the rated employee and manager; techniques for drafting goal outcomes and assessing goal outcomes; understanding and applying the rating criteria; and preparing for future managerial and staff skills development.
Thank you for your interest. Registration for this program is closed. 

Tuesday, May 15
Title: Performance Management Program: Preparing for the End of the Rating Cycle
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: Wilf Campus – Room To Be Announced
Audience: This program is open to all staff members that are included in the program (non-faculty and non-represented employees) regardless of position level.
Description: This session covers: strategies for preparing for performance reviews from the perspective of both the rated employee and manager; techniques for drafting goal outcomes and assessing goal outcomes; understanding and applying the rating criteria; and preparing for future managerial and staff skills development.
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Tuesday, May 22
Title: Managing Stress at Work
Time: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: Wilf Campus – Room To Be Announced
Audience: This program is open to all University employees.
Description: We all experience stress to varying degrees and have different ways to cope. If you choose to focus on things that are not in your control (other people’s behaviors or events that you cannot change) you will be frustrated; if you choose to focus on things that are in your control (your behaviors and actions that you take), you will cultivate personal responsibility for your life. This program is designed to enable participants to become aware of their own responses to stress and develop the skills necessary to manage stress.
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Thursday, June 14
Title: Balancing Work and Life: Effectively Handling Professional & Personal Demands
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Resnick Campus – Price Center, Room 551
Audience: This program is open to all University employees.
Description: This program is designed to explore the challenges of having and maintaining work-life balance and strategies for reducing the tensions of coping with conflicting demands. The workshop is divided into two parts. Part one focuses on stress and distress, and on recognizing and reducing life stress. Part two focuses on life balance and identifying priorities and determining if those priorities are in balance.
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Tuesday, June 19
Title: Taking Charge of Change
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Resnick Campus – Price Center, Room 351
Audience: This program is open to all University employees.
Description: Change, although constant, can be a difficult process to lead and earn support for. However, it is critical in today’s organizations that we not only learn to deal with it, but actually embrace it and learn to be proactive. Topics covered include: how to become a change agent; the skills necessary to understand the change process; and strategies for leading and managing change.
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Thursday, June 21
Title: Using the Myers Briggs Type Instrument (MBTI) to Increase Understanding of Individual Type and Preferences
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Location: Wilf Campus – Furst Hall, Room 535
Audience: This program is open to all University employees.
Description: All participants will complete The Myers Briggs Type Indicator, the most widely used personality instrument in the world. Through an understanding of individual type and preference, program participants will improve their ability to communicate and learn to recognize ways to avoid or reconcile conflicts arising from "type" differences and apply this knowledge in a business team environment.
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Tuesday, June 26
Title: Excel Power Calculations
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Location: Pace Computer Learning Center - 551 5th Avenue
Prerequisite: Introduction to Excel, Excel Beyond Basics, mastery of basic Excel data entry, formatting, copying, and windowing skills.
Description: Learn advanced Excel Skills including using pivot tables; consolidation functions; absolute and mix cell addresses and multi-sheet calculations.
Thank you for your interest. Registration for this program is closed.