Talent-Building Workshops
Enhance Your Leadership and Management Abilities
Transforming Potential into Talent
To advance in today’s competitive job market, you need technical skills AND power skills. Employers are looking for self-awareness, communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively in diverse teams.
The Business Workshop Series is your gateway to mastering leadership and business skills that are crucial across every industry.
What to Expect:
- Online
- Compact and Convenient Learning
- Interactive, Applicable, and Practical
- Lead by Renowned Industry Experts
- A Verifiable Digital Credential (Applies to most courses but not all)
Our workshops offer a more immersive and interactive experience, typically lasting half a day. Whether held live online or in-person, these sessions include hands-on learning and direct engagement with experts and peers.
Self-Paced Courses:
Lean Six Sigma: Cinturon Blanco
This course is taught in Spanish!
The Lean Six Sigma methodology is a structured approach to process improvement, benefiting organizations by reducing waste, enhancing efficiency, and increasing customer satisfaction. The White Belt workshop offers individuals a foundational understanding of Lean Six Sigma and its application in process improvement across industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, and services. The workshop aims to equip participants with problem-solving techniques, process improvement tools, and the ability to identify areas for improvement within their organization. By the end of the workshop, attendees will have a grasp of how to utilize Lean Six Sigma tools to enhance process efficiency and effectiveness, providing them with the knowledge and skills to apply this methodology to their work.
Crafting Your Unique Personal Brand
In a world saturated with information and choices, standing out is not just an advantage—it's a necessity. Your personal brand is the essence of who you are, how you present yourself to the world, and the story you tell. This session is designed to help you define and apply your personal brand. In the end, you will feel empowered you to cultivate a personal brand that sets you apart in today's competitive landscape.
Essentials of Interpersonal Communication
Understanding interpersonal communication skills is essential to both professional and personal success. Learn the importance of effective communications and review models of and barriers to communication in a diverse work force. You'll will also get insight into non-verbal messages and the importance of active listening.
Navigating Conflict
Conflict is a natural and inevitable part of human interaction, but how we manage it can make all the difference. Effective conflict management is not about avoiding disagreements, but rather about navigating them in a way that fosters understanding, collaboration, and growth. This session is designed to equip you with the tools to handle conflicts with confidence and composure. You will explore the dynamics of conflict and develop skills to turn challenging situations into opportunities for positive outcomes.
Uncovering Unconscious Bias
Unconscious biases are the hidden prejudices and stereotypes that influence our judgments and decisions without us even realizing it. These biases can shape our interactions, perceptions, and ultimately, the opportunities we create for ourselves and others. In today's diverse and dynamic world, recognizing and addressing unconscious bias is crucial for fostering inclusivity and creating a fairer society. In this session, we will delve into the concept of unconscious bias and its impact on our daily lives. You will gain a deeper understanding of how biases operate and learn strategies to mitigate their effects.
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Workshops:
Influence with Purpose: Successful Techniques for Leaders
When leadership opportunities arise, there isn’t necessarily a group of people who are ready to follow your lead. They must mobilize people around a vision and inspire them. This requires a variety of influencing approaches, including social and emotional. In this half-day workshop, attendees will learn how to develop an influencing plan and use effective techniques. You will then have the opportunity to practice these techniques and apply them to various scenarios.
Lean Six Sigma White Belt
The Lean Six Sigma methodology is a structured approach to process improvement, benefiting organizations by reducing waste, enhancing efficiency, and increasing customer satisfaction. The White Belt workshop offers individuals a foundational understanding of Lean Six Sigma and its application in process improvement across industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, and services. The workshop aims to equip participants with problem-solving techniques, process improvement tools, and the ability to identify areas for improvement within their organization. By the end of the workshop, attendees will have a grasp of how to utilize Lean Six Sigma tools to enhance process efficiency and effectiveness, providing them with the knowledge and skills to apply this methodology to their work.
Artful Negotiation to Build Valuable Partnerships
Proficient negotiation skills are one of the most valuable attributes a business professional can have. It’s necessary to learn different tactics to execute throughout various settings in order to build valuable partnerships in which both parties are satisfied with the final outcome. In this half-day workshop, the key to negotiation will be revealed through examples of the most proven techniques and demonstrated throughout engaging exercises. The core elements of negotiation will be put into practice, covering winning strategies and bargaining techniques to overcome barriers.
​Introduction to Project Management​
Introduction to Project Management is a project management training designed for anyone interested in the fundamentals of project management. It covers the skills and templates needed so anyone can immediately understand project management basics and manage a project after taking the training. The training is applicable to all industries and can be scaled to meet any organization's Project Management needs.
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Effective and Strategic Goal Planning: Achieving the Extraordinary
This interactive workshop will help you discover your "Why," your values and aspirations. Before learning about strategic goal setting, participants will have an opportunity to assess the areas they want to work on and determine what success would look like. This session will have an overview of how to plan for success, how to track your time and ways to build new positive habits to maintain traction toward your goals.
Interpersonal Communication Skills: Building Strong Relationships
This workshop will give you an overview of interpersonal communication skills essential to success. You'll learn about the importance of effective communications and review models of and barriers to communication in a diverse work force. You'll will also get insight into non-verbal messages and practice active listening.
Team Inspiration Techniques: Creating the Collaborative Spirit
Think you know how to lead your team? True leaders can often be hidden gems quietly fulfilling a variety of roles that keep processes running smoothly while also building up other team members to achieve goals. Mining out these qualities in order for the business to shine brighter is key and something that can be accomplished by learning the proven leadership and facilitation methods offered within this half-day workshop. Topics include everything from effective leadership styles to ways to become the “ideal” leader.
The Power of Emotional Intelligence: Improving your Professional Relationships
Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is an important skillset for anyone who wants to maximize his or her potential as an excellent leader. A strong EQ is vital for individual and group success in today’s work environment. EQ is proven to be a key indicator of success in group or team environments. In this half-day workshop, you will understand the various elements of EQ and discover the blind spots that may be preventing you from being an effective leader.
Impactful Presentations: From Preparation to Delivery
Being able to deliver a presentation that captures the audience’s attention and clearly conveys the speaker’s intended message is a valuable and critical skill in today’s workplace. Success depends on taking key steps to design a presentation that engages and connects people with ideas, concepts, products, services, or solutions. This training explores and addresses the challenges of planning, designing and providing “Impactful Presentations”; introduces strategies to authentically connect and engage customers, clients, employees, staffs, and teams whether presenting live or in a virtual setting; and offers strategies, tips, and tactics to enhance and design presentations that deliver.
Dealing with Conflict: Fostering Cooperation Despite Adversity
Breaking through conflict is necessary in order for leaders to keep team members on track. This half-day workshop invites professionals to learn how to power through disagreements by getting to the root of the real issues and turn negative energy into action to successfully help players work together to accomplish goals. You will uncover reaction to adversaries and how to modify personal or team behaviors to align more with the vision of the organization, creating an authentic and compassionate culture.
Recognizing and Managing Unconscious Bias
Unconscious biases (also called implicit biases) are social stereotypes about certain groups of people that individuals form outside their own conscious awareness. In English, that means that all humans are wired to function on auto-pilot when needed, and as a result we sometimes make judgments and decisions based on faulty assumptions. While these assumptions are usually harmless, if they go unchecked they can wreak havoc in our decision-making at work. This workshop will not only teach students to identify unconscious biases, but will also provide practical tools to keep those biases from negatively affecting our decisions at work. A number of case studies will be utilized to set the stage for gaining a deeper understanding of how unconscious biases most often taint our decision-making, and they will also be used as a roadmap for implementing practical and easy-to-implement solutions to keep bias out of our decision-making processes.
Effective Business Writing
Business leaders today are short on time more than ever. Their days consist of meetings, emails, presentations, text messages, instant messages, and more. With their attention being drawn in many directions, strategic writing and communication is a must. In this workshop, participants will learn the foundations of effective business writing with a focus on clear, concise, and direct content. From emails to proposals, participants will improve their writing and communication in the context of today’s business environment.
Building an Innovative Culture: The Competitive Advantage
What do innovation, possibility thinking and culture have in common? They are critical to success in today’s complex work environment. In this interactive half-day workshop, understand the personal and organization change process required to proactively build a highly desired innovative culture. Discover how to capture and implement ideas to contribute to this type of environment through various tools and tips. Case studies will emphasize how this works in various organizations.
Additional Leadership & Management Programs
Interpersonal Leadership, Teamwork, and Communication (ILTC)
For emerging professionals.
Throughout this program, students will develop and apply critical power skills—such as leadership, communication, problem-solving, and collaboration. They will work in teams to manage hands-on projects aligned with current industry needs, gaining practical experience. The program will also provide opportunities for students to engage with organizations and field experts, expanding their professional networks and demonstrating their newly honed capabilities. By the program’s completion, students will be fully equipped to accelerate their careers, with the skills and confidence to thrive in today’s competitive job market.
- Understand your strengths, preferences, styles, and areas for development to improve your leadership capacity
- Discover best approaches to make teams work together and how to improve their dynamics
- Enhance presentation skills by developing effective messaging and perfecting delivery according to the audience
- Develop an appreciation for individuals with different roles and responsibilities in interdisciplinary projects
- Learn to communicate effectively and efficiently with fellow team members, direct reports, and stakeholders, who may have different backgrounds and areas of expertise
- Gain an understanding of Project Management tools and techniques
- Practice your newly acquired skills and build your resume while making an impact through a real life project
Essentials in Leadership and Management (ELM)
For mid-level professionals.
In today’s rapidly changing global business environment, effective and skilled leadership is in high demand. ELM is a highly interactive and practice-based program that will help mid-level professionals build exceptional leadership, communication, teamwork, project management and presentation skills. The instructional approach emphasizes team interaction, problem solving, personal reflection and peer coaching.- Discover best practices in managing and leading teams
- Learn how to get the most out of yourself and your team
- Longer course format allows for multiple topics to be covered
- Implement what is learned in class directly into the workplace
- Case studies and simulations illuminate best practices
- Team exercises promotes exchange of ideas with individuals representing multiple companies and industries
For entry- to mid- level professionals.
UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies' Leadership and Management Program has been helping prospective managers move their companies into the future for over 30 years!
The five-month program is designed to help promising employees develop a comprehensive management skill set. Participants can expect to learn core skills in:
- Individual & workgroup leadership
- Business management fundamentals
- Personal skill building
LAMP is designed for entry to mid-level professionals who are taking on leadership and management roles and need to enhance their skills. Participants in LAMP have either a Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in an engineering, science, business, or a related field.
Executive Perspective for Scientists and Engineers (EPSE)
For senior-level professionals.
For over 30 years, EPSE has provided senior-level professionals with an Executive Perspective on the business and management challenges facing today's technology industries. The program's team-oriented and fast-paced format introduces participants to a whole new arena of knowledge and perspective about science and technology-based business. During this program, participants:
- Gain a greater understanding of all the functions necessary to operate a technical business
- Build cross functional relationships
- Think strategically, implement with tactics
- Communicate more effectively
- Develop and implement a business plan
Effective Leadership and Teamwork in the Workplace
For entry- to mid- level professionals.
Learn the various approaches of effective organizational leadership and teamwork. You will develop exceptional leadership, communication, team dynamics, strategy/project management, presentation and professional development skills. Time will be spent utilizing personality assessment tools to provide you with a comprehensive picture of your leadership and team strengths, preferences, styles, and areas for development. Throughout the course, participants will have time for reflection to self-assess and improve their leadership skills. In addition, practice and experiential application will help you develop a strong sense of self, solid communication skills, and effective teamwork strategies.
Technology Leadership
For entry- to mid- level IT professionals.
The Technology Leadership certificate addresses a broad perspective with emphasis on practical leadership skills necessary for leading and transforming organizations. The certificate will focus on the enterprise-level strategic, operational, and technological aspects of current and emerging technologies. The program will also provide the opportunity to network with other professionals in the field and can be completed in as short as 6 months.
Corporate Education & Custom Training
Corporate education and custom training from UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies helps businesses identify organizational skills gaps and create a tactical training plan to fill them. Our training programs can accelerate organizational change by bringing new skills, knowledge and acumen to your existing employees.
By partnering with UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies, you will receive quality, customized training that spurs innovation, enhances your organization's performance, and makes a lasting impact. Our training specialists will listen to your needs and manage all the details for you.