Talent Development (TD) has 8 professional competencies. Learn more about each competency and view available workshops within each competency below.
Administrative Skills workshops are designed for individuals who would like to increase awareness and understanding of working in or managing an office at JMU.
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- Getting Things Done
- Meeting Virtually
- Organizing Workspaces
- Time Management
- Write Emails that Get Read
- Writing for Action
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Certificate Programs:
Communication workshops are designed for individuals, teams or departments that would like to increase awareness and understanding of both effective and ineffective communication practices.
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- Adjust Yourself: Extrovert vs. Introvert
- Body Language: Making Sure Your Meaning Is Clear
- Improving Collaboration
- Self-Awareness for Personal Success
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DEIAB Diversity, equity and inclusion workshops are designed for individuals who would like to increase workplace practices and attitudes that reflect JMU’s goal to be an inclusive community that values the richness of all individuals and perspectives.
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- Biases: Unconscious and Otherwise
- Bridging Differences
- Getting Along with Co-Workers
- Microaggressions
- Valuing Differences for an Inclusive Workspace
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Leadership Leadership workshops are designed for individuals that would like to increase awareness and understanding of leadership best practices.
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- Building Motivation
- Change at Work
- How to Make Better Decisions
- Leading Without Formal Authority
- Re-framing Situations
- Stategic Thinkging for Everyone, Everyday
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- 8 Dimesions of Leadership
- Goal Setting
- Leaders Open Doors
- Leadership Feedback: What your employees Wish You Knew!
- Managing for Employee Engagement
- Puzzles & Perspectives Improve Team Effectiveness
- Rocket Project Management
- Start with Why
- Strategic Planning
- Use Candor to Improve Performance
- Value-Driven Behavior at JMU
Supervision/Management workshops are designed for individuals that would like to increase awareness and understanding of supervision best practices.
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Team Building workshops are designed for individuals, teams or departments that would like to increase awareness and understanding of team dynamics and how to work effectively together.
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Work/Life Wellness workshops are designed for individuals that would like to increase awareness and understanding of personal growth areas like stress management, professional etiquette and personal finance.
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Printable Resources:
- Be comfortable at your desk
- Coaching Yourself
- JMU Values and Me
- Growth Mindset
- Resilience
- Self-Care Strategies
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Available LinkedIn Playlists
- TD Administrative Skills Competency Playlist
- TD Communication Competency Playlist
- TD Customer Service Competency Playlist
- TD DEIAB Competency Playlist
- TD Leadership Competency Playlist
- TD Supervision/Management Competency Playlist
- TD Team Building Competency Playlist
- TD Work/Life Wellness Competency Playlist
Workshops are available at the following levels:
Fundamental workshops provide participants with a starting point for exploring the knowledge and skills needed to learn more about the topic.
Intermediate workshops provide participants with expanded content - there is the assumption that basic topic knowledge and an introduction to more advanced information will be included in the workshop. There may be pre-requisites for intermediate workshops.
Advanced workshops provide participants with specialized content and there is an assumption that individuals attending advanced workshops have the basic skills and knowledge to succeed in the workshop. There may be pre-requisites for advanced workshops.