Supervisor Excellence and Leadership Skills Series

The University of Alaska's Employee Assistance Program through Deer Oaks is offering the Supervisor Excellence and Leadership series this year. These are a series of important topics designed to provide managers and supervisors with enhanced skills that can help them improve the morale, motivation and productivity of their employees.

These series are available to all supervisors, managers and other interested employees. Please register through the links below (you can sign up for any or all of them). If you register and are unable to attend at the scheduled time, you'll receive a link to the recording.

Did you miss the first Leadership Certificate webinar, How to Build a Strong Team? The recording is now available, and watching the webinar will get you credit for the Leadership Certificate at the end of the year. Up next is the Supervisor Excellence on communication skills. The link to sign up is below.

Watch Monday's Leadership Certificate webinar recording here:  

 

Leadership Certificate Series: Register to attend and/or get the recording. Supervisors that attend all four sessions either live or via recording will receive the Deer Oaks 2020 Leadership Certificate.

How to Build a Strong Team
This important presentation is designed to provide managers and supervisors with practical strategies for building a strong team environment for their staff. The session will discuss the barriers to creating a positive team environment, the basics of working effectively with different personalities, generations, etc., and several communication approaches that are important for strengthening relationships among team members.

When: 10-11 a.m. on January 27   
Recording Link: 

Supervisor Excellence Series:

Advanced Communication Skills that Improve Employee Motivation
This practical session will cover several advanced interpersonal skills that can help managers to strengthen relationships with employees in order to improve their motivation. The skills to be covered include identifying the needs of individual employees, empathic listening, strategies to use in coaching conversations, and ways to provide effective employee recognition.

When: 10-11 a.m. on February 3     

Register: 

Future Sessions:

Leadership Series:

How to Become a More Effective Manager
When: April 27
Register: 

Presentation Skills for Supervisors
When: July 27  
Register: 

Emotional Intelligence for Supervisors
When: October 26  
Register: 

Supervisor Excellence Series:

Successful Approaches to Difficult Employee Conversations
When: May 4 
Register: 

Maintaining Effective Communication Channels

When: August 3 
Register: 

Advanced Coaching Skills for Leaders
When: November 2 
Register: 

More details on the upcoming webinars coming soon!