Spring is officially here! Take advantage of FREE online workshops for McMaster employees!
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:
How to Pick Up the Pieces – Leadership, Motivation and Gratitude in Action
Designed to support those with the responsibility to inspire others through unforeseen change, crisis or disruptive transitions in their personal or professional work environment. Re-centre yourself and define how you will show up to lead others, how to hit the mark on what truly motivates people, and how to better understand the power of gratitude to inspire continuous improvement and growth.
- Date: April 27-28, 2023
- Time: 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. ET
- Course Code: ESS 913
- Instructor: Jennifer Hagen
Conflict Resolution In The Workplace
Conflict at work is inevitable; it’s not a matter of if it will happen, but when. Gain the skills, strategies and best practices to manage workplace conflict in a sensible, equitable manner; strengthening your working relationships.
- Date: May 1-2, 2023
- Time: 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. ET
- Course Code: ESS 899
- Instructor: Lesley Calvin
Flexible Work as a Catalyst for Organizational Agility & Well-being
How do leaders move beyond words and make the commitment to enable this strategy in their environment, with a goal to improve productivity, equity, and morale? Explore successful practices that support a productive, flexible workplace strategy that benefits both the individual’s growth potential and the organization’s success.
- Date: May 4, 2023
- Time: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET
- Course Code: ESS 913
- Instructor: Jennifer Hagen
Remote Work – Strategies for Efficiency
Remote work is here to stay. The good news is working remotely can be productive, effective, and convenient. To achieve this, we need to be prepared, which means thinking beyond technology. Remote work involves structure, clear goals, and strong communication practices.
- Date: May 11, 2023
- Time: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET
- Course Code: ESS 905
- Instructor: Lori Stephenson
Employee Learning and Funding Options
If 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 enroll 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
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Complete one of the Essentials Programs streams and earn a Microcredential
Get practical knowledge and skills in an efficient and timely manner that you can apply immediately. Upon successfully completing one of the Essentials Programs streams, you will receive a microcredential recognizing your learning achievement.
What Our Students and Instructors Are Saying
“The Creative and Critical Thinking course was incredibly enlightening, opening my mind up to seeing situations in a completely different light. I am now able to analyze an issue with a set of steps designed to define the actual issue (often not at all what I THOUGHT it was!) and consider it from multiple angles, all leading towards effective and efficient solutions.”
– Sue Graci, McMaster University Financial Affairs Account Payable Associate
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“The course that I teach is called Gender-Inclusive Communication & Collaboration. I’m finding it’s very useful for the learners who are there, for me as well actually, because these days, in the community, gender has become a bit more of a complex issue. And so learning how to navigate people’s identities, learning how to be respectful, learning how to communicate across the gender divide is going to be useful for everyone and is going to enhance the community.”
– Cole Gately, McMaster Continuing Education Essentials Programs Instructor
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