Managerial Update for Today’s Workplace

Designed for managers with four or more years of experience. (This program is available to the state vocational rehabilitation agencies of Region IV: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee)

The Managerial Update for Today’s Workplace tackles the management challenges of today’s workscape. Exemplary organizational performance depends on effective leadership and management. In this Update, experienced managers will reassess their perspective of leadership and strengthen skills in managing today’s workplace. Participants will attend two three-day sessions.

Suggested format:
Three 3-day sessions over a period of 10 – 12 months

Program Themes

• Leadership for the 21st Century
• Improving organizational performance
• Managing change
• Enhance effective workplace relationships

Competency Areas

Supervisors/Managers possess the ability to:

• Build strategic working relationships
• Initiate and implement change
• Solve problems and make effective decisions
• Develop successful teams
• Optimize a diverse and changing workforce

Learning Objectives

Participants will:

• Strengthen effective work relationships
• Hone valuable skills such as coaching
• Expand ability to influence
• Incorporate performance management and marketing as two strategic business processes to attain organizational goals
• Cultivate problem solving abilities and creative thinking skills
• Develop skills to embrace and facilitate change

For more information or to discuss scheduling this training at your organization, please contact:

Sally Siewert
ssiewert@gsu.edu