Leadership & Management Academy
The Leadership & Management Academy provides customized workshops, courses, and programs to support cities, municipalities, school districts, and businesses in the state of Georgia. The Department of Continuing & Professional Education can connect organizations and businesses to customized programming in a wide variety of styles. Scroll through the accordion below to see what CPE can offer!
About the Program
Established in 2022, the Leadership & Management Academy was created to connect organizations and businesses to quality continuing education and professional development opportunities.
Leadership & Management Academy participants:
Forsyth County, Georgia
City of Chamblee, Georgia
Leadership & Management Essentials Certificate
Purpose
This certificate program engages new or emerging leaders in the fundamentals of leadership, business practices, and people management. Employees who successfully complete this certificate program will be able to lead their team effectively, and efficiently with purpose, intent, and confidence. This certificate program can be scheduled and customized to your workforce needs.
Certificate Details
A Continuing & Professional Education program coordinator will work with you to implement this certificate program in your city or on our campus.
Participants will earn three continuing education units (3.0 CEUs) plus a certificate of completion.
Course I: Leadership Essentials
Instructor: Harold Mock, Ph.D
- Understand the difference between leadership and management
- Explore and analyze coaching styles
- Develop interpersonal skills to communicate effectively, provide effective feedback, and build trust
- Develop leadership competencies for managing change, solving problems, making decisions, managing politics, setting vision and strategy, and managing work
Course II: Business Fundamentals
Instructor: Ward Risvold, Ph.D
- Apply strategies for best practices in business communication
- Develop skills for effective decision-making
- Understand the crucial role of a positive workforce culture and how it can influence employee morale, engagement, and productivity.
- Develop skills to speak and present effectively
Course III: People Management
Instructor: Aric Wilhau, Ph.D
- Understand how to effectively onboard and train new employees
- Explore performance management techniques and strategies for employee conflict resolution
- Understand how to write effective performance evaluations and disciplinary actions
- Lawful terminations and offboarding
Course IV: Collaborative Workshop
Instructor: Liz Speelman, Ph.D
- Identify strategies to enhance work processes and team communication
- Develop strategies for enhanced interpersonal communication
- Identify techniques for conflict resolution
- Understand how to contribute to a more positive and productive work environment where effective communication serves as a cornerstone for successful collaboration and relationship-building
Leadership & Management Essentials Advanced Certificate
This program is currently under development. Please reach out if you are interested in this program at continuingeducation@gcsu.edu.
Contact
Contact
Yandchia Higdon
Program Coordinator I
Department of Continuing & Professional Education
yandchia.higdon@gcsu.edu
(478) 445-5278
Angie Woodham
Director
Department of Continuing & Professional Education
angie.woodham@gcsu.edu
(478) 445-2753