I have used the Rutgers Leadership Development program to upgrade my own leadership skills and that of my supervisory staff.

Program Overview
The Leadership Development Series is composed of hands-on workshops designed to help supervisors, group leaders, and organizations meet the challenges of a rapidly changing business and industrial workplace. Each of these timely and application-oriented workshops concentrates on a critical performance requirement of today’s leaders, providing and developing the wide range of knowledge, insights, and skills they need. Taken in its entirety, the series will help participants make the exhilarating transition to the management team through knowledge, skill development, workplace application, and opportunities for self- and organizational assessment.

Who Should Attend?
This Leadership Development Series is designed for professionals with supervisory management and/or team leader responsibilities or those who will take on these responsibilities in the near future. The workshops in the series are also highly relevant for seasoned supervisors/team leaders who have extensive on-the-job experience, but little formal management education or training. If you are in a leadership role, seeking or anticipating a leadership role, or are an individual contributor looking to develop your leadership competencies – this program is for you!

Skills You Will Acquire
Those attending the complete Leadership Development Series will: increase communication effectiveness; make greater use of planning and goal-setting; improve group problem prevention and problem solving; enhance teamwork approaches; sharpen coaching and performance management; heighten awareness of economic, legal, and social developments; acquire a better understanding of and self confidence with people; and increase cooperation and collaboration with other managers and organizational units.

Curriculum
To see a detailed description of the curriculum, please download the program brochure. Workshops include:

• The Challenge of Leadership
• Aligning Planning, Goal Setting and Performance Priorities with Strategic Goals
• Communication Strategies for the Effective Leader
• Building and Leading High Performance Teams
• Motivation and Leadership: Understanding & Influencing People at Work
• Coaching and Managing Employee Performance
• Elevating Employee Performance through Training and Development
• Managing and Resolving Conflict in the Workplace
• Strategic Problem Solving and Decision Making
• Legal Issues for Today's Leader
• Implementing Organizational Change
• The Strategic Context of Leadership