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UW-Colleges Continuing Education
Online Business Certificate of Completion
Learn valuable people skills in instructor-led courses
that focus on leadership, managing conflict, teamwork, problem solving, and
decision making. Courses run for six weeks. You may take them individually or
together as a non-credit certificate.
What is leadership? Where does the leader's ability to influence others come from? What are the qualities that enable people to lead? And, perhaps more to the point...can anyone become a leader? This interactive, online course explores your definition of leadership, asks you to analyze the work of leaders around you, and engages you in developing a plan for yourself that will enhance your ability to lead effectively.
Instructor:
Jeff Russell
Start date: October 13, 2008
Learn key skills that will help you communicate more effectively by taking a look at the communication process and assessing your own communication skills. It's not always the words you use, but how you say them that give them true meaning!
Instructor:
Sue Beckett
Start date: November
10, 2008
Why don't many of the "solutions" that we implement in the face of a problem work? What gets in the way of effective problem solving and decision making? See how a thoughtful and systematic process makes all the difference. This course presents a model for problem solving and decision making, and it introduces an array of tools that you can apply to your own situations.
Instructor:
Jeff Russell
Start date: December 8, 2008
This interactive session on managing conflict is designed to help you better understand the meaning, nature and root causes of conflict and its major effects on organizations and individuals. You will receive feedback on your personal style of handling conflict, gain a clearer understanding of the steps for analyzing and resolving conflict and learn effective strategies for bargaining and negotiating conflict resolution for a WIN/WIN solution.
Instructor:
Jeff Russell
Start dates: February 9, 2009
Instructor:
Janice Marshall
Start date: March 9, 2009
Whether you are a team player, leader, supervisor or manager, you can have an influence in creating a motivating environment. Given the right set of conditions, tools and the right environment, all employees can become more motivated, empowered and productive. If you're ready to receive a booster shot of motivation, this course is for you!
Instructor:
Stuart Fields
Start date: January 12, 2009
Why teamwork? What's in it for me (WIIFM)? This course will take you beyond that and into the realm of "What's in it for the greater good?" Learn methods and techniques to strengthen your individual skills as a team player, and examine ways to build and sustain teamwork within your work environment.
Instructor:
Stuart Fields
Start date: April 13, 2009
Sue Beckett is a seven-year veteran instructor and lecturer in the Communication and Theatre Arts Department at UW-Marathon County, where she teaches Introduction to Public Speaking. She has also taught Introduction to Film and Interpersonal Communication. She earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in communication from UW-Stevens Point.
Janice Marshall is a 12-year veteran instructor and lecturer in the Communication and Theatre Arts Department at UW-Marathon County, where she teaches English Composition and Business Writing. She earned her bachelor's degree in English from Wartburg College and her master's degree in English from Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI.
Stuart Fields is a trainer, consultant and coach in leadership and management, and has extensive experience in design, delivery and administration of employee education programs. He earned a bachelor's degree from UW-Madison and a master's degree from the School for International Training, Brattleboro, VT.
Jeff Russell is co-director of Russell Consulting, Inc. and has taught for UW-Madison for the past 15 years. Specializing in the areas of leadership, strategic thinking and planning, performance coaching, performance management and leading change, he earned a bachelor's degree in humanism and cultural change and a master's degree in industrial relations from UW-Madison.