Management Seminar Newsletter
September 2023
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFERINGS
Managing Staff Performance
Join this class to learn the steps of progressive discipline of employees up to and including dismissal. There will be application to actual scenarios and guidance for leaders to resources that would be needed throughout the process of managing employees.
Date: Thursday, September 7, 2023
Time: 10:00 am - Noon
Facilitator: HR Employee Relation Directors
Registration LINK
Management Seminar: Non-Licensed Evaluation Training 23-24
Participants will learn how to conduct comprehensive evaluations for non-licensed staff. Evaluators will explore the evaluation standards and how they apply to different job profiles. There will be time for questions and discussions with HR Employee Relations Director Dion Killingsworth.
Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Time: 9:00 am -11:00 am
Facilitators: Vanessa Hoffman and HR Employee Relation Director Dion Killingsworth
Registration LINK
LEADERSHIP
All Leaders Need a Playbook: Here’s How to Build Yours
A leadership playbook is an essential tool for any successful leader. It provides them with guidelines to use when confronting changes. This includes everything from how and when to manage difficult conversations, best practices when providing feedback, driving accountability, and maintaining stakeholder relationships.
5 questions to help you make every meeting you call more productive
It may take a few minutes to answer these questions, but doing so can help you avoid calling bad meetings
—and help make the meetings you do call more productive.
Read the full article from Covey HERE
Research Shows Effective Leaders Use These 3 Words to Improve Performance, Teamwork, and Buy-In
In one study, simply adding one of the three words to a sentence increased productivity by nearly 50 percent.
Read the full article from Inc. HERE
SHARPEN THE SAW
The 5 Side Effects of Kindness
There's 5 side effects of kindness.
1) Kindness makes you happier
2) Kindness is good for the heart
3) Kindness slows aging
4) Kindness improves relationships
5) Kindness is contagious
Read the full article from Dr David Hamilton HERE
Are You a Consumer or a Contributor?
What are the things and ways I need to contribute to be a more effective leader?
Read the full article from Kevin Eikenberry HERE
Professional Development Department
Email: vlhoffman@dcsdk12.org
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/dcsdk12.org/professional-development-support-staff/management-seminar
Phone: 303-387-7958