FREE Personal Development Courses
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Grow your professional skills and apply them in the workplace right away! McMaster University employees can take McMaster Continuing Education’s highly concentrated Essentials Workshops to gain career insights in areas of leadership, communication, productivity, teamwork, and innovation at no cost. Check out our featured Essentials Program courses below Featured Workshops:Tactical Humour: Leveraging the funny to build connections, camaraderie, and community We all love to laugh. But how do we build and leverage our sense of humour to enhance our personal and professional lives? Examine humour and how it is used tactically in healthcare, education, business negotiations and cross-cultural communications. Date: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 Time: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. ET Course Code: ESS 914 Instructor: Nancy Watt Scared Scriptless: Improv Bootcamp Presentation Skills Training Designed to help participants improve presentation skills through a variety of approaches. The course takes inspiration from the actor’s playbook, and covers important elements of presentation such as character, persuasion, tone, pacing, and volume. Interactive improv exercises build the presentation muscle as we adopt a performance. Date: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Time: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. ET Course Code: ESS 915 Instructor: Nancy Watt Leadership Foundations – Focus on the 3 C’S Explore the foundation for inspiring employees to greater performance through the lens of a leader’s perceived Charisma, Character and Confidence, all of which affect employee emotions. Translating these into practice, learn why common motivating practices such as recognition, rewards, goal-setting, coaching, and supporting progress are often ineffective as commonly implemented. Date: Tuesday & Wednesday, September 26 – September 27, 2023 Time: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. ET Course Code: ESS 811 Instructor: Jennifer Hagen Focus on developing knowledge and skills for applying a complete system of creative and critical thinking, problem-solving and decision-making in real-world organizational situations. Learn a disciplined process of thinking, emphasizing both divergence and convergence. Date: Thursday & Friday, September 28 – October 6, 2023 Time: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET Course Code: ESS 862 Employee Learning and Funding OptionsIf this is your first time enrolling, please submit an Employee Tuition Assistance application to HR to confirm your eligibility BEFORE registering for the course. Once approved, you can enrol online at continuing.mcmaster.ca (make sure that you are logged out of Mosaic). Once you select your Essentials Program courses and check out, you will log in with your MacID and password and the fees will be adjusted. Limited university-funded spots are available. If fees are not adjusted or if you have any questions about eligibility, please email HR at hr.mcmaster@mcmaster.ca Watch this presentation to learn more about the professional development opportunities available for McMaster staff and faculty including Professional Development Essentials, Strategic Leaders, Personal Leaders, and Knowledge Leaders. *Please note that website navigation may have changed since the presentation, however, the overall information provided remains accurate. |
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