Investing in the management skill development of entry to middle-level managers is one that can reap huge awards. No matter the management level — being a great leader takes the right mix of skills — to engage, motivate and coordinate a team.
OneSource Center supports the importance of this education, and partners with NLIGC to offer the ADVANCE training, a three-month management and leadership development program for nonprofit employees who have been in a management position for at least six months but no longer than four years.
OneSource Center volunteer facilitators provide background on all topics, and encourage peer-to-peer learning. The ADVANCE class is offered four times a year, with the next session beginning January 8, 2019. Through a series of six interactive, hands-on workshops, participants review:
- An introduction to emotional intelligence
- How to assess and manage workplace conflict
- Effective communication principles
- Managing up, down, and laterally and
- Leadership principles and styles.
The next session of ADVANCE begins January 8, 2019. Applications are accepted on the NLIGC website. All sessions are held at the Talbert House Executive Offices, 2600 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, from 9 a.m. to noon.
Paul Asher, OneSource Center Warehouse Manager, a recent graduate of ADVANCE, said the program was extremely informative, and gave him practical information he has been able to implement in managing his staff. The program exposed him to new management practices, and he appreciated the interactive classroom setting that allowed him to discuss ideas with fellow classmates and teachers.