Taking on Greater Responsibility: Step-up Skills for Nonmanagers Seminar # 2132

Greater career development is the first step to meeting new job demands!

Today, you need more career development skills than ever before—like understanding your business, managing change, communicating strategically, leading, working in teams and juggling your new assignments with current responsibilities. This seminar will give you the career development skills you need to make a difference and grow in your career and your organization.

How You Will Benefit

• Feel confident when asked to "step up to the plate" with new projects outside your regular work activities
• Take your skills and potential to new heights with proven-in-action, "get-ahead" career development strategies
• Understand your role in today's new workplace...and gain the new skills and competencies required for success
• Meet the rising pressure of tight budgets and lean organizations
• Map out a plan of action to enhance your efficiency and career development potential

What You Will Cover

Preparing for Greater Responsibility

• Mastering competencies for performance excellence
• Coaching and feedback strategies for career development
• Relevant analytic thinking and problem-solving skills
• Identifying and assessing your strengths/liabilities in the five key skill areas

First Key to Success: Business Smarts and Savvy

• Defining your organization’s mission vision and strategy
• Articulating your role as a high-level contributor to business results
• Internal/external factors that impact your business environment
• Monitoring resources that enable you to create value-added contributions

Second Key to Success: Managing Change

• The link between dynamic business trends, accepting uncertainty and productively managing change
• Common reasons for resisting change, strategies for remaining resilient
• Assessing reasonable risk using a five-step process
• The value of maintaining a positive attitude toward change
• Applying creative idea generation to change management situations
• Leading others through change

Third Key to Success: Communicating Strategically

• How to flex your communication style to others’ communication preferences
• Persuasion strategies to help you influence the way others feel, think and behave
• Applying communication skills in a context-specific situation

Fourth Key to Success: Juggling New and Current Responsibilities

• Taking responsibility for time management
• Setting goals and priorities
• Setting goals and prorities
• Planning and organizing to avoid chaos
• Using low- and high-tech solutions to get more done in less time
• Negotiating to build commitment and creatively use time and resources

Fifth Key to Success: Leading and Working with Teams

• The roles you should bring into each team encounter
• Encouraging participation and idea sharing
• Motivating teammates through communication, cooperation and recognition
• Stepping up to leadership within the team
• Using analytic thinking, communication and decision-making skills with teams

Planning for Greater Responsibility

• Synthesizing strategic development and performance goals into a coherent presentation
• Overcoming potential barriers your manager may present to your career development plan
  

Who Should Attend

Those interested in greater career development and getting the skills to improve their performance and growth within their organization should attend this course.

Additional Information

• Extended Seminar Description
• Faculty Info
• Seminar Hours
• Travel and Accommodations
• Cancellation Policy
• Federal Government Employee Discounts
• On-Site Delivery

Registration Fee

2 days / 1.2 CEUs
Nonmembers $1,545 / AMA Members $1,395 / GSA $1,195

Schedule

We have 18 scheduled sessions located nationwide starting between December 1, 2008 and August 20, 2009.

• Call 1-877-566-9441 for an AMA Training Consultant.
• E-mail customerservice@amanet.org
• Fax AMA Text Registration Form
• Mail AMA Text Registration Form