Events at UW-Platteville

This program measures the extent to which your employees and colleagues are passionate and committed to their positions and the company vision. Participants will be equipped with the diagnostic skills to better identify, adjust to, and manage change. They will also explore the practical application of organizational leadership skills focused on critical thinking, decision-making, and communication to effectively retain employees...

This course provides an overview on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Participants will learn how to support equitable systems while reflecting deeply on their own identity, culture, intersectionality, and biases. We will examine diversity and culture in the context of relationships, including leadership and teams, and how to build healthy social systems. In addition, through reflections, dialogue, and actively participating in...

Thursdays, June 16, 23, 30 and July 14, 21; Live online. This series will help you become a lifelong learner whose potential keeps increasing and never gets used up. This class reminds those that Potential is one of the most powerful words in any language. A person's potential implies possibilities, it heralds hope, and it unveils greatness. In The 15...

Tues., June 21. Join our facilitators and explore the use of improv as a leadership tool for increasing employee engagement and productivity! Learning through improv unlocks the door to increased creativity and flexibility while building valuable interpersonal and leadership skills. Learn to read situations and quickly form responses that lead to productive results- enabling a more authentic and agile relationship...

Thur., June 23. Anxiety, stress, and increased levels of aggression have grown during the COVID-19 pandemic. De-escalation training is crucial now as employees need practical tools and procedures to anticipate and verbally calm customers before they escalate. You will learn practical techniques for threat awareness and environmental and administrative engineering to decrease stress/anxiety while learning effective interpersonal communication and de-escalation...

Wed., June 29. This workshop draws on research from around the world to identify the causes and consequences of low job satisfaction, including issues within organizations that affect well-being. Practical and helpful suggestions and strategies are provided on how to get more enjoyment and happiness from work. The workshop will also cover how to alter typical styles of thinking which...

Tuesday, July 12. Whatever your position or aspiration, you can grow your impact on others by' Becoming a Person of Influence'. Learn simple, insightful ways to interact more positively with others, and watch your personal and organizational success go off the charts. You don't have to be in a high-profile job to be an influencer; whenever your life connects with...

Tuesday, July 19. Accelerate your management skills by learning the eleven types of thinking needed to set a path to future career success. By embracing the correct mindset, you'll have a greater chance of becoming a more effective leader. Objectives: Learn how to take stock of the bigger view in order to see potential obstacles and define outcomes, Learn how...

Wed., July 20. Join April Schmidt for an informative conversation and dialogue about grief and loss in the workplace. Often as a supervisor, leader, or manager there is little preparation to help in how to navigate a conversation when an employee experiences a loss. Grief and loss doesn't just happen due to death. Grief happens when change occurs. This could...

Tuesday, July 26. Learn how to identify and relate with people to maximize your influence with them. To be a successful leader, you must learn to communicate in a way that resonates with people. Once you do, whether it's one-on-one, in groups, or with an audience, your sense of community improves, your ability to create teamwork increases, and your influence...

Wednesdays, Aug 3, 10. Jonathan Brown, Senior Strategy and Leadership Coach of PraxisGroupMN, will guide us through the importance of the theory and practice of emotional intelligence and how it impacts how we live and lead in our communities. Although there has been a great deal of emphasis on cognitive intelligence, we know that emotions impact behaviors and our quality...

Thursdays, Aug. 4, 11. Join Shawn Belling, author of Succeeding with Agile Hybrids, as you learn to achieve organizational agility and value delivery using agile project management techniques and strategies. Deliver successful projects at work through utilizing diverse methods and a hybrid framework. Through his experiences and knowledge, Shawn Belling will do a deep dive into Agile principles, skills, tools,...