The Office of Human Resources is offering a series of Crucial Influence workshops to help supervisors build skills in leading behavior change within their team or organization.
Through this program, supervisors, managers and leaders will learn how to influence other’s behavior to make big and small changes; identify behaviors that will generate desired results; use the six sources of influence to diagnose problem behaviors and identify why people struggle to change; motivate by tapping into personal values; help others learn new skills; harness the power of social influence and correctly incentivize behaviors.
Previous Crucial Influence participants say the course has significantly added to their skillset. “In a very short amount of time, I learned and espoused several “concrete” methods for taking the guesswork out of what is motivating the folks around me,” one participant said. “In what is clearly a formulaic approach, I can now tailor my influence.”
Another participant added, “I found the course to be highly beneficial particularly for those of us who fill influence-heavy leadership roles and who partner on projects with a lot of different teams across the University. There are a lot of great tips that can be applied to teambuilding and other types of planning too, and I can see where it’s helpful to think of how sources of influence might impact future decision making too.”
The course will be held on three consecutive Wednesdays, March 27 and April 3 and 10, from 9 a.m. to noon and will be led by Crucial Conversations and Crucial Influence certified trainer Pam Gavenda. Skills learned each week build upon skills from the previous week, so participants must be able to attend all sessions.
The program cost is $350 per participant and includes the cost of course materials. Register for Crucial Influence.
The course is limited to 24 participants. Once full, sign up to be added to the Crucial Influence waitlist, and you will be notified when the session is scheduled.
The next Crucial Conversations program is scheduled to run from Friday, May 31, through Friday, June 21. For more information on the University’s Crucial Learning programs, visit the Human Resources website.
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