Leadership Foundations for Career Success

No matter where you are in your career, fine tuning your leadership skills prepares you for a rapidly changing work environment. Your career is a life journey, one which requires the continuous development of professional skills to help you keep pace and make a meaningful contribution to your organization.

University of Florida Executive Education is here to help. As part of the nation’s fourth largest university, we have access to the latest thinking about the global economy, trends in consumer markets, technological advances, environmental issues, and health science breakthroughs. We created Leadership Foundations to give professionals the tools needed to build a strong foundation for career success.

Leadership Foundations is comprised of four courses:

• Career Development: Taking Charge of Your Career
• Managing Conflict for Personal and Organizational Success
• Building Effective Teams
• Generations in the Workplace

Each course includes video lectures, online lesson activities, and a final assessment. Participants have three weeks to complete the entire series.

Career Developing: Taking Charge of Your Career

Many people allow their careers to be dictated by their organization or manager, only to be disappointed when it doesn’t get them where they want to be. When it comes to career development, taking initiative and having a plan can help turn your dreams of advancement into a reality.

In this course, you will learn about:

• taking charge of your career
• developing a personal vision and career goals
• analyzing your personal strengths, opportunities, weaknesses and threats
• using your skills, knowledge and talent to drive your career to the next level
• creating opportunities for raises or advancement
• preventing career derailment
• developing a “game plan” for your career

Managing Conflict for Personal and Organizational Success

Conflict is all around us, with our coworkers, our employees, our managers… even in our personal relationships. However, if managed right, conflict can be a tool used to produce higher quality work, increase communication and create closer relationships.

In this course, you will learn about:

• various aspects of conflict
• different methods of responding to conflict
• communication skills to help resolve conflict
• effective strategies for solving conflict

Building Effective Teams

Teamwork can make or break an organization. That’s why the ability to build successful teams can be key to accomplishing your goals. However, developing a true team can be a difficult task… one that involves taking the time to ensure each member is committed to the performance and effectiveness of the team.

In this course, you will learn about:

• traits of effective teams
• the Team Model
• stages of team development
• a leader’s role in creating teams
• strategies to improve team development

Generations in the Workplace

With the workplace now spanning four generations, the need to understand and recognize their differences becomes increasingly important. From core values to expectations, each generation views the world a little differently. Understanding these differences can be key to creating a successful workplace environment.

In this course, you will learn about:

• the distinctive characteristics of each generation, including markers, cultural transmission, and core values
• each generation’s relationship to technology
• generational traits and attitudes in the workplace

Course Policies: No refunds will be given once registration has been processed.