Changes to Previously Scheduled Quick Takes Session:
Difficult Conversations
Originally scheduled for Oct 20 from Noon – 1:00, this session will be moved to 9-10:00 on the same day to accommodate the recently announced Staff Association Talent Show at noontime. Class location remains the same – HR Training Room, Expressway Tower #208
This Quick Takes workshop focuses on the skill and attitude of navigating difficult conversations with people at work or in your personal life. Based upon current popular research and methodologies, along with over 20 years of experience coaching and counseling professionals in the workplace, Jeff Strese (Director of Human Resources at SMU) will facilitate this engaging learning experience.
Please note if you were previously enrolled in this session, your enrollment status has been automatically transferred to the new time. If you’d like to check your status, please go to Access.SMU>Self Serve>Learning and Development>Request Training Summary.Â
Additional Opportunities added to HR’s Fall schedule
Quick Takes:Â Power Down Powerpoint to Power Up Persuasion
Facilited by Dave Gunby of Mindimensions
October 24 noon – 1:00 p.m. in the HR Training Room, Expressway Tower #208
“To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail” said Mark Twain. PowerPoint has become our hammer and it sometimes costs us our ability to present and communicate effectively! Â
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Learn guidelines for the design and use of PowerPoint for impact – not as speaker notes.
Read about other Professional Development Opportunities offered through HR.Â
And don’t forget to check out the Manager Orientation sessions.Â
Learn more about the Manager Orientation Process for newly hired, newly promoted managers or those developing to a managerial role
