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Professional Development
Plan Your Professional Development: Download Your Certificate Planning Guide
You’re ready for more in your career. You want to invest in your professional development and achieve your goals without taking too much time away from work, but where do you get started? Professional Development …
75 Stories – Jon Zulawski, CPED Director of Talent Solutions
This year marks our 75th Anniversary. To celebrate, we’re publishing 75 stories about members of our community. Jon Zulawski joined the Wisconsin School of Business Center for Professional & Executive Development in April 2018, as …
75 Stories – Lori Cross, Instructor
This year marks our 75th Anniversary. To celebrate, we’re publishing 75 stories about members of our community. Lori Cross serves as a CPED instructor and has taught a variety of topics for the past thirteen …
Managing Conflicts Effectively in Teams
By: Harry Webne-Behrman Among the skills we develop in the Center for Professional & Executive Development’s Project Leadership Communication course are those skills necessary to manage conflict effectively. Specifically, we explore and practice scenarios in which project …
Define Your Decision-Making Style
By: Vicki Kampmeier I was beyond excited to pitch my new leadership development program to my boss. As the CFO, I was certain he would share my enthusiasm and embrace the impact the program promised …
Developing ‘Soft’ Skills as a Leadership Strength
By: Harry Webne-Behrman I often chuckle when I consider that the skills of navigating difficult, conflictive conversations are seen as a “soft” skills set. Is it because they are so elusive to master and so …
Blindsided: The Employee Conversations You Should Be Having (But Probably Aren’t)
By: Betsy Hagan According to a Right Management survey of over 4400 employees and managers in 15 countries, 82 percent of today’s workforce would be more engaged in their work if managers conducted meaningful career …
3 Barriers to Building Relationships at Work
By: Susan Finerty In first grade, my whole world revolved around my neighbor and best friend, Jill. Both tomboys living in the country, we spent hours outside building forts, hunting frogs, and playing epic games …
3 Ways to Improve Your Group Problem-Solving Sessions
By: Scott Converse In an earlier blog post, we examined why “lack of training” can never be the cause of a process problem. I received feedback from several readers that asked for help with their …