Business Consortium Workshop Series
Great businesses don't just adapt to the needs of their customers. To be successful, they must understand the needs of their workforce. It’s about more than hiring the right people. It’s also providing the right opportunities to grow as professionals.
Hawkeye’s Business Consortium Workshops will equip employees with the critical skills needed for professional development. This series will focus on specific business topics vital for success such as handling difficult conversations, assessing your emotional intelligence, learning to lead yourself, the art of skillful negotiations, finding meaning in your work, providing rockstar customer service, and much more. You’ll leave each session with valuable knowledge to apply at your workplace the next day.
Consortium Workshops and Schedule
Consortium membership is $750 for the first seat and $500 for each additional seat. Each membership entitles you to one seat in each business workshop class for the current series. Businesses can send any employee to the workshop, but are limited by the number of membership seats purchased.
All workshops are available to attend in-person or via Zoom.
Oct19Mastering Strong Communication: Techniques for Professional Success
In today's fast-paced business world, strong communication skills are more important than ever. Effective communication can be the difference between success and failure, and it is crucial for professionals to be able to articulate their ideas, collaborate with others, and build strong relationships with colleagues and clients. This workshop will provide you with the tools you need to enhance your communication skills and achieve professional success.
Date: Thursday, October 19, 2023
Time: 8:30–11:00am
Facilitator: Maurice Davis
Embracing Change and Preparing for the Future
Join Terry as she helps businesses prepare for the challenges and changes on the horizon. During this session, participants will complete the following: identify factors to consider for the work environment of the future, learn to create effective goals that will be needed to support your organization’s future, learn effective methods to solve challenging issues, and understand the impact of change on workplace productivity.
Date: Thursday, November 16, 2023
Time: 8:30–11:00am
Facilitator: Terry Whitson
Register online for Embracing Change and Preparing for the Future.
Influence and Accountability
Moving beyond telling people what to do is critical to the success of any leader. Using practical tools and their own real-life situations, each participant will learn how to influence their teams to drive higher commitment and impact. We'll also discuss myths about accountability and modeling it as a leader can affect how others hold themselves accountable.
Date: Thursday, December 14, 2023
Time: 8:30–11:00am
Facilitator: Joel Bennett
Register online for Influence and Accountability.
Trustworthy Leader
Trust is most imperative to a leader's credibility, influence and success. We spend so little intentional time thinking about and developing the skills, habits, mindsets and behaviors that lead to excellent and effective relationships, as leaders. In this session, we will drill into trust at the core level, how to build it, why it matters and more. This session will get leaders excited to work from person to person, building relationships that develop strong business and more fulfilling culture in the workplace. If trust is lacking, results will follow. If trust is deepened and present, watch out, you and your organization can become unstoppable.
Date: Thursday, January 18, 2024
Time: 8:30–11:00am
Facilitator: Heather Woody
Register online for Trustworthy Leader.
Positive Work Culture
Why wouldn't we work to create a workplace that people love, that they develop within, that they want to contribute to because they actually WANT to? A huge part of a positive workplace culture is learning how to get results and become successful. And, while doing those high value things, to also build a nature and a way of working that allows for people to contribute, nurture development, feel supported with healthy accountability and more. We all must become more intentional about the how, what and why within our culture. We can attract and retain great individuals that do much more than "show up for work." We can create places where people feel proud of the place they contribute to and also, feel proud of themselves while doing so.
Date: Thursday, February 15, 2024
Time: 8:30–11:00am
Facilitator: Heather Woody
Register online for Positive Work Culture.
Managing Onsite, Remote, and Hybrid Employees
Many leaders have been thrusted into a virtual manager role with nothing more than a tablet and remote access into the company’s network. Managing and leading remote employees requires a different set of skill sets and best practices. It entails everyone on the team to make time for connection, collaboration, and strengthening performance outcomes. And as people look to you, their manager & leader for guidance, the actions you choose will influence your team’s hiccups or successes. Join Debra as she shares 5 key strategies to ensure you can effectively manage and lead virtually along with your onsite and hybrid employees. Throughout this dynamic session, Debra will provide research-based information, share practical advice, and gain collaboration from the attendees which you can immediately apply to build trust, increase teamwork, and make sure your colleagues continue to deliver high quality work just as they did when all were in the office; helping you and your team, along with the company achieve their strategic goals!
Date: Thursday, March 21, 2024
Time: 8:30–11:00am
Facilitator: Debra Salz
Register online for Managing Onsite, Remote, and Hybrid Employees.
Avoiding Stress and Burnout
Do you keep your day or give it away to stress? In this session, we explore your perceptions and thinking patterns that lead to stress. We explore how differences in others can cause us to stress using the Colors Index. Finally, we learn techniques in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy on how to tame the stress to live a much happier life.
Date: Thursday, April 18, 2024
Time: 8:30–11:00am
Facilitator: Lisa Schaefer
Register online for Avoiding Stress and Burnout.
Get Control of Your Time and Attention
Let’s talk about time management personality types and their effect on prioritization, both good and bad. Then we’ll cover the top, universal habits for exercising greater control over this most limited resource – you’ll pick a few to start doing. And we will take a look at the apps and online tools that can move the needle forward in automation, organization, and focus.
Date: Thursday, May 16, 2024
Time: 8:30–11:00am
Facilitator: Sandra Flikkema
Register online for Get Control of Your Time and Attention.
How Safe is Your Team? Creating a Culture of Psychological Safety
Teams that are perceived as psychologically safe perform better, have lower turnover and are more innovative. In this session, you will learn the keys to building and leading psychologically safe teams in your organization. You will walk away with four tangible steps to building a psychologically safe team as well as other resources.
Date: Thursday, June 20, 2024
Time: 8:30–11:00am
Facilitator: Molly Mackey
Register online for How Safe is Your Team? Creating a Culture of Psychological Safety.
15 Minutes to Actionable Leadership
Are you desiring a simple formula of action to achieve results which overcomes elements of: low performance, dismal morale, and lackluster motivation? Whether you’re a small team or a large corporation, you too can incorporate short time investments with your teammates to deliver individual productivity, company results, and improve career satisfaction for all. Join Debra as she helps you focus on the following proven strategies to implement for you and your team’s success. To gain actionable leadership one must explore: effective and meaningful feedback, recognition - in the way the employee desires, determine the purpose of your and other’s roles, expose how to have fun and get things done, support the team’s autonomy, grow the next leader in your organization, and uncover the connection and power of caring to achieve results. The best part is you can model these weekly behaviors with your team in about 15 minutes!
Date: Thursday, July 18, 2024
Time: 8:30–11:00am
Facilitator: Debra Salz
Register online for 15 Minutes to Actionable Leadership.
The Emotionally Intelligent Team
With our current change-focused environment, increased attention must be given to continuous learning to build strong teams and professionally interact up, over, out, and across our organizations. Our time together will review the critical emotional intelligence skills that can be learned and applied to everyday situations. Discussion and activities for this workshop will focus on ways we work best together with emphasis on empathy and effective listening, even when we are stretched.
Date: Thursday, August 15, 2024
Time: 8:30–11:00am
Facilitator: Dr. Celina Peerman
Register online for The Emotionally Intelligent Team.
Workshop Benefits
- Send any employee to any workshop.
- Membership allows Hawkeye to offer valuable training topics at a lower cost to you.
- Gain knowledge from expert instructors.
- Receive a certificate by completing eight of eleven workshops.
Who Should Attend?
These classes are designed for any individual from any industry. Any employee from manufacturing to healthcare to financial services and retail will benefit from these workshops.
Meeting Location
All in person classes will take place on Main Campus – Buchanan Hall, Advanced Technology and Business Center.
There is an option to attend via Zoom if you prefer. If you choose this option you will receive a link to access the session two days prior to the class date.
Register
Register for the consortium using the form below and we will invoice your company. For questions or additional information, call 319-296-4290.