Past Workshops

  1. CliftonStrengths

    May 7, 2025, 9:00am - 12:00pm

    "You get what you focus on."  -Vannoy & Ross As a leader it is important to know what talents you possess, that you bring to the leadership table.  Do you know what strengths you possess?  Every leader possesses her/his own unique set of talents.  According to the Gallup Organization, "we spend too much time focusing on our weaknesses, trying to make them stronger rather than recognizing our strengths."  When you focus on your weaknesses, you miss out on utilizing what you do best for your organization. 

  2. Engaging Multiple Voices and Ideas - Effective Facilitation

    May 1, 2025, 9:00am - 3:00pm

    Have you ever left a meeting where the group’s decision still didn’t feel right or where everyone still wasn’t on the same page? This training will provide you techniques for helping groups work through thinking and decision making of important ideas and difficult conversations. You will learn how to be effective at facilitating people through processes that provide useful information and data in making decisions and developing ownership over those decisions. Participants will: • Understand facilitation and facilitator roles

  3. Team Dynamics

    Apr 24, 2025, 9:00am - 12:00pm

    “Successful teamwork is not about mastering subtle, sophisticated theories, but rather about embracing common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence. Ironically, teams succeed because they are exceedingly human. By acknowledging the imperfections of their humanity, members of functional teams overcome the natural tendencies that make teamwork so elusive.” - Patrick Lencioni

  4. Applying Your Personality Type to Build Your Leadership Skills

    Apr 16, 2025, 9:00am - 12:00pm

    Moving from recognizing and understanding to appreciating and effectively using differences is a challenge because we all have a natural bias for our own way of seeing things and making decisions. It can be hard to recognize our own biases, especially when they are reinforced by the cultural attitudes within which we live and work. 

  5. Communication and Conflict Management online

    Apr 1, 2025, 9:00am - 11:30am

    Conflict is a part of our daily lives at work or at home. How we manage conflict has a direct impact on how fulfilled we feel about our work, the quality of work, and the quality of work from our respective teams or units. Effectively dealing with and using conflict as a positive tool is a major component of success in current or future leadership roles.

  6. Leading Self and Others Through Change online

    Mar 26, 2025, 9:00am - 11:30am

    What is your change style preference? Would you be an originator? A conserver? Or would you find yourself in the pragmatist category? Which category would my team members fall? Does it matter? Yes it does...knowing our tendencies and understanding their respective implications provide us with the tools to be more effective in our change efforts.

  7. Leading Multiple Generations

    Mar 18, 2025, 9:00am - 12:00pm

    How are you managing the multi-generational workplace? The American workforce is much more diverse today than ever before in history, with the age range of employees spanning over 60 years. Each generation has its own unique values and behavior which can sometimes cause misunderstanding in the workplace.

  8. CliftonStrengths online

    Mar 6, 2025, 9:00am - 11:30am

    CliftonStrengths online March 6, 2025, 9:00am - 11:30am Deadline:  February 24, 2025 Link:  Register Now Cost:  $250 cost includes assessment Location:  online Contact:  Jennifer Pettibone 614-292-3114 pettibone.8@osu.edu "You get what you focus on."  -Vannoy & Ross

  9. Problem-Solving, Creativity and Teamwork for Success online

    Feb 28, 2025, 9:00am - 11:30am

    Teamwork can be hard! Have you ever been frustrated with a team member and how they approach a task? Why they problem-solve differently than you? Why some people think “inside the box” and others can’t even “see the box”? The Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory (KAI) is a way to look at an individual’s problem-solving style and creativity. This training will enhance your understanding of team dynamics in problem-solving and increase group cohesion, effectiveness, and team building. Objectives:

  10. Applying Your Personality Type to Build Your Leadership Skills (MBTI) online

    Feb 12, 2025, 9:00am - 11:30am

    Moving from recognizing and understanding to appreciating and effectively using differences is a challenge because we all have a natural bias for our own way of seeing things and making decisions. It can be hard to recognize our own biases, especially when they are reinforced by the cultural attitudes within which we live and work. 

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