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Organizational Communications - November 5th to 25th
Here’s a question to ponder: if most of us think we are really good communicators, why does “poor communication” continuously show up at or  near the top of most people’s list of complaints about their organization? To succeed as a college administrator, well-developed communications skills are essential. If you want to excel in your leadership role, you need to continually hone these skills and master how you communicate with everyone in your diverse professional network, and assist others in doing the same.

Using a constitutive approach to communications, through this 3-module course you will  assess your own communications style, strengths, and strategies, and  identify and develop opportunities to improve the effectiveness of your communications within and beyond your college.  
Instructor: Steven G. Robinson, M.A., Teacher, Trainer, Consultant, Freelance writer/developer

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Mentoring Matters -
This course will provide experienced college leaders with the mentoring theory, tools and practice to enhance their leadership capacity and competency. Designed to work with your busy schedule, the first two modules are facilitated in an online format. The third module provides in-person practice during the Leaders & Innovators Conference (June 24/25 King City). Mentorship is a highly valued leadership skill, becoming increasingly more desirable.

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Strategic Planning Fundamentals  -   
This introductory course will allow participants to acquire a sound understanding of the key principles behind strategic and business planning in organizations. Set in the context of the Ontario colleges planning framework and anchored in common theoretical models, learners will have an opportunity to apply their knowledge to examine and analyse a strategic plan in order to revise and/or create a business plan fully aligned with an existing strategyand at an operational level appropriate to the learner (personal, team, departmental, institutional).

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Conflict Resolution for Managers 
Conflict resolution management is an important competency for all college managers, and consistently identified as a growth area for administrators. This course will provide the basis for understanding, assessing and determining appropriate management of workplace conflict.

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Innovation in Administration         
Using a variety of learning activities, the concepts of innovation, as well as specific frameworks and steps that can be followed to implement innovation within the college context, will be explored. Participants will create a Personal Innovation Plan, applying creative problem/applied innovation processes to a specfic challenge they are currently facing within their college role.

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Developing Leadership Capacity                               
In order for contemporary organizations to be successful, effective leadership is essential.  Leadership in a college environment is a dynamic process that requires leaders think strategically in order to move their organizations forward, and, at the same time, leaders need to take the time to reflect on their own professional practice and forge meaningful relationships with fellow educators. 

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Finance for the Non-Financial Manager     
Managers do not need to know every aspect of finance nor do they need accounting expertise. They do, however, need basic financial training understand the source of College revenues, how expenses are treated, how to cost out College programs, and the implication of student enrollment increases and decreases.

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Performance Management                              
The nature of performance management is changing in today’s workplace.  Once thought of as the “annual performance review”, performance management now encompasses the process of employee orientation, setting performance standards, ensuring on the job competence through effective feedback,  coaching and training, as well as day-to-day performance conversations.

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