NEW SERIES! Executive Learning and Leadership
Seminars and short courses for high-performance management
Designed for veteran and emerging executives and mid-level managers, as well as aspiring leaders in administrative support positions, Extended Studies Executive Learning and Leadership courses are based on leading-edge research and designed by some of the foremost experts in their fields. Courses examine a range of issues in targeted subject areas, offering practical tools and innovative leadership strategies that can be used immediately in the workplace.
Executive Learning and Leadership courses may be taken independently or applied toward the elective requirements of the Human Resources or Supervisory Management Certificate offered through Extended Studies.
Executive Learning and Leadership courses offer opportunities to:
- Reach new levels of excellence personally and professionally
- Refresh skills and build strengths for a boost up the corporate ladder
- Network with professional peers meeting similar challenges
- Discuss issues face-to-face with accomplished expert presenters
- Develop leadership strategies to make a lasting impact in the workplace
NEW! Write Fast! Write Now! Writing for Leaders
Today’s professionals are expected to write memos, articles, promotional pieces, announcements, responses to inquiries, reviews and much more on demand. In this hands-on course, you’ll learn strategies for writing well quickly to demonstrate your leadership by effectively handling diverse communication tasks immediately. Offered in a combination of teleconference and traditional class formats, this essential course has benefitted professionals from around the globe, including entrepreneurs, coaches, professors, executives and managers.
When: March 1 (classroom session); Thurs., 6-9 p.m., and March 8 (teleconference); Thurs., 9 a.m.-noon
Where: University of Nevada, Reno, Redfield Campus, 18600 Wedge Parkway, Reno
Instr.: Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D., president, Emphasis on Excellence; professor and director emerita, Excellence in Teaching Program, University of Nevada, Reno
Fee: $199 by Feb. 23; $249 after Feb. 23, includes course materials and parking
Sched. #: 2122LEAD126
NEW! Tribal Leadership*
What does it take to develop the great leader already within you? Learn how to be a leader right now, flourish in your current position and be seen as a major contributor to your organization’s mission. Based on The New York Times best seller, Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan, John King and Halee Fischer-Wright, this course will help you learn how to become a leader who inspires people, attracts passionate talent to your projects and leads people to create high-impact results. The leadership model for the 21st century requires that people in every role in the company or organization be leaders in the positions they hold.
When: March 7 and 14; Wed., 6-9 p.m.
Where: University of Nevada, Reno, Redfield Campus, 18600 Wedge Parkway, Reno
Instr.: Robert Cornish, CPCC, MCC, affiliate co-active coach and DRIVE leader, Infinability; CultureSync approved tribal leader
Fee: $199 by Feb. 22, 2012; $249 after Feb. 22, includes course materials
and parking
Sched. #: 2122LEAD124
*This course has been approved for 6 (General ) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute. For more information about certification and recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org.
NEW! Read Faster and Remember More — Overcoming Reading Overload
In nearly every field, if you aren’t doubling your knowledge every year, you are falling behind — and one of the best ways to keep abreast of changes, improvements and discoveries is by reading. If you’re like most people, you read much more slowly than you are capable of, and you don’t comprehend or remember as much as you could. In order to keep pace, professionals must develop strategies to read faster and remember more. This dynamic course will give you tools to read more rapidly and at the same time understand and remember better to overcome reading overload.
When: April 5 and 12; Thurs., 6-9 p.m.
Where: University of Nevada, Reno, Redfield Campus, 18600 Wedge Parkway, Reno
Instr.: Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D., president, Emphasis on Excellence; professor and director emerita, Excellence in Teaching Program, University of Nevada, Reno
Fee: $199 by March 22; $249 after March 22, includes course materials and parking
Sched. #: 2122LEAD128
NEW! Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform How You Lead
Many of today’s most successful leaders take an open approach to leadership, using social media and other collaborative technologies for greater transparency with internal and external clients to improve efficiency, communication and decision-making. Based on the book Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform How You Lead by Charlene Li, this course shows leaders how to use social media to transform their organizations to become more open and ultimately more profitable by strategically using such social media sites such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and others while carefully maintaining control of their brands. This course may be applied toward the requirements of the 33-hour Social Media Marketing Certificate.
When: April 11 and 18; Wed., 6-9 p.m.
Where: University of Nevada, Reno, Redfield Campus, 18600 Wedge Parkway, Reno
Instr.: Todd Felts, MALS, assistant professor, director of graduate studies, Reynolds School of Journalism, University of Nevada, Reno
Fee: $199 by March 28; $249 after March 28, includes course materials and parking
Sched. #: 2122LEAD127
NEW! Marketing Essentials: How to Build a Marketing Plan that Leverages Budget and Technology
In today’s market you are under pressure to produce a smarter, more effective marketing plan that generates more results more quickly with fewer resources. Learn how to build a detailed working plan that positions your product or service above the noise. In this course, you’ll assemble the critical elements of a customer-winning marketing strategy by developing more efficient, revenue-driven goals, defining the overall direction of your marketing plan, and creating a blueprint with clearly defined action, timelines and milestones.
When: May 9 and 16; Wed., 6-9 p.m.
Where: University of Nevada, Reno, Redfield Campus, 18600 Wedge Parkway, Reno
Instr.: Liz Christoffersen, president, Empower Consulting Group, LLC
Fee: $199 by April 25; $249 after April 25, includes course materials and parking
Sched. #: 2122LEAD228
University of Nevada, Reno