Professional Development Programs

scheduled employee development programs

 

   Boost Your Personal Productivity

Greg Enos, an experienced facilitator, has conducted personal productivity and listening workshops for over 25 years

We can’t change the number of hours in a day. We can change how we use them. How well do you use this critical, finite resource? Most of us seek ways to increase our productivity and offer a distinctive set of skills to contribute to the success of Boston College, but may ask ourselves these questions:

 

Am I satisfied with my personal productivity?

How effective is multi-tasking?

What are the biggest barriers to my feeling successful at the end of the day?

Could I enhance my efficiency with clearer communications?

How many minutes do I spend relaxing during a regular week?

Does at least 90% of my time get spent on priorities that help me accomplish my annual goals?

 

This workshop will help you

  • answer those questions
  • manage your time more effectively
  • provide an opportunity to learn proven techniques to improve your personal productivity
  • create an action plan to continue the improvement following the workshop, and
  • gauge how well you listen

Interactive learning activities include individual written exercises, duo partner experiences, video review, group activities, and short lectures.

 

Topics include:

Time as a resource

Individual listening ability exercise

Procrastination

Goals, objectives, priorities

Time systems, scheduling

Relaxation

Organization

Meetings

Communications devices

Action techniques

 

No advance preparation is required. Participants are encouraged to bring a pen, a sense of humor, and an open mind. Lunch provided, courtesy of Employee Development

 

University-wide Competencies

Productivity, Communication, and Continuous Learning

 

Thursday, October 22, 2009

9-4

Walsh Hall Function Room

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   We Are All Leaders . . . Leading All the Time: A Conversation about Personal Leadership with Chris Lowney

Using the Jesuit model of leadership, author Chris Lowney in his book Heroic Leadership, asserts that each of us “possesses untapped leadership potential” and influence. Opportunities for leadership are also seen in everyday life’s ordinary activities, not just in the extraordinary or for the few. This approach, contrary to most contemporary leadership models, contends that leadership comes from within us and is an ongoing process of self-development and self-understanding.

 

Please join Chris as he expands the vision of what a leader is and does for an intriguing presentation and dialogue. Learn how we can continue to develop our leadership skills and potential as we create meaningful lives.

 

University-wide Competency

Continuous Learning

 

Thursday, October 29, 2009

12-1:30

Walsh Hall Function Room

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   People Want to be Magnificent . . . But How?

Pat Touzin, Director, Faculty/Staff Assistant Program, Human Resources

What is the purpose of your work? How do you become better at what you do? What do you need, and need to know, to do your best? This half-day workshop offers a series of exercises and reflection to prompt answers to these questions, and your answers may surprise you. We explore the link between magnificence and motivation; between magnificence and leadership; and between magnificence and communication.

 

This session will

  • reframe your perspective on how you do your work
  • explore challenges that hinder clear two-way communication
  • identify key elements of workplace role satisfaction
  • teach a model to manage up

Become more magnificent than you already are!

 

University-wide Competencies

Communication and Continuous Learning

 

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

9-12

Walsh Hall Function Room

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   The Spirit of Getting Organized: Twelve Skills to Find Meaning and Power in Your Stuff

Pamela Kristan, Consultant

Stop procrastinating and start cleaning with this stuff management workshop. Organizing is about much more than setting up files, handling papers, and getting rid of stuff. It’s also about the feelings that arise when you organize and even wider social and spiritual issues. Learn skills to help you

gather and place stuff where it serves you best

develop intuitive criteria to help you let go of stuff

exercise your capacity to set good limits

 

By attending this workshop, you come away with the seed of an organizing system perfectly suited to your situation and the skills and insights needed to maintain it.

 

NOTE: Bring an inch of unsorted papers for some hands-on work.

 

University-wide Competencies

Productivity and Continuous Learning

 

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

9-12

Walsh Hall Function Room

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   How Financial Success Happens

Kareen Blake and Kerri Melley, Registered Representatives, Strategic Financial Partners

Research has shown that the vast majority of millionaires are fastidious planners, budgeters, and investors. They set a goal, make a plan to reach that goal, then work hard to make it happen.

 

We want to show you how to develop a sound financial strategy—one that covers all the financial bases, from insurance to investing to estate conservation.

 

At this educational presentation, you will learn:

• A six-step plan for financial success

• How to estimate the amount of life insurance you really need

• The true cost of credit-card debt

• Three critical components of a sound investment plan

• Steps you can take to help manage taxes

• How to calculate how much money you’ll need to retire

• Important estate conservation strategies

You will receive a 20-page workbook on financial management that includes valuable information as well as exercises and questions to help you assess your current situation and make sound financial decisions.

 

Thursday, November 19, 2009

10-12
Walsh Hall Function Room

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