A Leadership Workshop for Professionals Seeking Advanced Skills
Help your team members, managers, and supervisors in today's work environment by providing the leadership tools that will help them become a valued part of your team.
These workshops are highly interactive and taught by Penn State Professionals with real world experience that have their pulse on the needs of today's work environment.
Share your experiences with others in all occupations while you explore supervisory topics to help in your workplace, career, and personal life in this four-week program.
Leadership Essentials Workshop Series - Spring 2026
Total Investment: $300 for the Penn State Supervisory Essentials program.
Registration: Call 570-963-2600 or email [email protected] to register yourself or your group.
| Workshops Covered in the Spring 2026 Program | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Interviewing and Selecting Employees Selecting new employees is the focus of this training. It includes guidelines and skill-building practices to help identify selection criteria, develop behavioral interview questions, structure and interview plan, use follow-up and probing questions, and ensure a fair and legally sound selection process. | Wed., 4/8/26 | 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. |
| Developing and Retaining Employees Designed to increase the effectiveness of supervisors in their activities related to developing employee skills to keep pace with changing technologies and marketplaces which can be especially challenging. Activities included will help supervisors meet their responsibilities for developing employees. | Wed., 4/15/26 | 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. |
| Developing a Team Focused on introducing basic team concepts and provide guidelines for building high performance teams. Explored will include characteristics of effective teams, various types of teams, tools and methods needed for team success including barriers to that success. | Wed., 4/22/26 | 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. |
| Building a Positive Work Climate Skills will be introduced on how supervisor-employee and employee-employee interactions affect climate and performance. Opportunities for self-and situational analysis are included with a focus on developing action ideas helpful in creating work climates that support individual, group and organizational success. | Wed., 4/29/26 | 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. |
| Workshops Not being offered at this time. | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Managing Time and Priorities This workshop provides a framework and exercises designed to increase participant awareness of the importance of using time effectively and insight into their current time-use patterns and habits. Guidelines provide direction for maintaining focus on priorities, reducing current time wasters, and developing a goal-based approach to time management | TBD | TBD |
| Solving Problems This workshop focuses on building skills in problem solving. A six-step model is introduced and a number of useful tools for defining problems, analyzing data, and generating alternative actions are explained and applied. Application exercises are designed to help solve the various problems that are faced on a daily basis. | TBD | TBD |
| Resolving Conflicts This workshop helps build both understanding of the nature and causes of interpersonal conflict and the skills needed to resolve such conflicts. The potential positive and negative outcomes associated with conflicts are reviewed with guidelines and exercises designed to lead participants to positive resolutions. Application exercises increase participant awareness of their typical responses to conflict and guide them through an analysis of a current conflict situation. | TBD | TBD |
| Supervising Projects This workshop will focus on building understanding of what a project is and the key activities associated with successful supervision of projects. This module provides basic definitions, introduces the Project Mastery Cycle™ and associated activities, and demonstrates the use of key tools for planning, coordinating, and monitoring project work. Learning activities provide experience in project planning and reducing problems commonly associated with projects. | TBD | TBD |
*NOTE: These leadership workshops are non-credit courses.
Location: Penn State Scranton, 120 Ridge View Drive, Dunmore, PA 18512
Please contact 570-963-2600 to reserve your seat or email [email protected].
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Note: The University reserves the right to cancel courses due to insufficient enrollment or other unforeseen circumstances
