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The Engineering Manager:
Engaging Today’s Workforce Strategic Thinking

PD475 PD676

This program focuses on providing a toolbox of essential skills any The ability to make sound decisions is essential for long-term personal
supervisor, manager, or team leader who needs to assist individuals and professional success. Strategic thinkers are able to distinguish
and teams in their quest to reach high levels of performance. The between causation and correlation, emotion and intellect. They are able
course provides simple, direct solutions to the most common challenges to apply proven methods to evaluate risk and determine the best choice
managers encounter, such as, how to motivate others, when and how for action.
to coach, and dealing with non-performance. The most useful concepts In this one-day course you will be presented with both standard tools
in the behavioral sciences have been distilled into a basic approach to (e.g., SWOT) and innovative approaches from game theory. You will learn
managing people and teams. In addition, special emphasis is placed on how to discern fallacious reasoning traps as well as ways to counter
the changing nature of today’s workforce.
them. In addition, you will practice using a powerful model to construct
You Will Learn To and deliver a winning argument.
• Explain how to improve team performance and commitment You Will Learn To
• Encourage employee initiative and avoid grievances, complaints and • Recognize opportunities to influence and create strategic alliances
MANAGING PEOPLE Public Courses
legal problems • Use strategic thinking to identify key strengths and weaknesses in your
• Increase your communication and leadership skills work group
• Motivate the under-achiever and get outstanding team performance • Apply strategic models that can be used immediately
• Mediate disputes between employees • Develop persuasive skills to sell your strategic idea
• Develop a personal plan for success
• Describe and apply strategic and tactical thinking, paradigms, risk,
Who Should Attend sand judgment in all aspects of your work
Current and aspiring supervisors, managers, team leaders and technical • Use strategic thinking to add value to your organization
professionals who manage people or departments and seek a solid • Identify one’s own thinking style and how to improve individual and
foundation in management skills and techniques group functioning
• Explain how to apply the cost/benefit of risk
Instructor Gary Dichtenberg Who Should Attend
2 Days, 1.5 CEUs, 15 PDHs
Member $1,450 / List Price $1,550 Managers, supervisors and team leaders who need to improve their
decision-making skills and enhance their strategic outlook
Save up to $450 by enrolling in PD685, a combo course consisting of
this course (PD475) and PD676 “Strategic Thinking.” Instructor Gary Dichtenberg
1 Day, 0.8 CEUs, 8 PDHs
Member $795 / List Price $895
Save up to $450 by enrolling in PD685, a combo course consisting of
this course (PD676) and PD475 “The Engineering Manager: Engaging
Today’s Workforce.”

Take This Combo Course and Save Up to $450!

The Engineering Manager: Engaging Today’s Workforce and Strategic Thinking Combo Course

PD685
This is a combo course consisting of PD475, “The Engineering Manager: Engaging Today’s Workforce” and PD676, “Strategic Thinking.” If you opt
to take this combination course you could SAVE UP TO $450.
Instructor Gary Dichtenberg 3 Days, 2.3 CEUs, 23 PDHs Member $1,895 / List Price $1,995

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