Community Development
Topic News~ Building Human Capital
Solving People Problems in the Workplace, Ohio State University Extension has resources you need to build employee skills to solve people problems. Greater skills mean more focus on the job at hand.
Managing Difficult Conversations
Employees need greater skill today than ever before to get past barriers that difficult people impose. This program will enable your staff members to understand temperaments and how to diffuse difficult people to accomplish today's work assisgnments.
Strategic Planning
Communicating Across Generations
Are there different languages happening in your workplace due to generational differences? What might your "Silents" need to understand about Generation X...or Y?
Myers Briggs Type Indicators
Your staff can move forward in meetings faster with an understanding of personality types. Sales types operate differently from technical types. Helping the groups understand their differences means more work gets accomplished while bridging the gap across segments of your workforce. This can be step one in conflict resolution. A more in depth look at Introversion and Extroversion can encourage your Extroverts to listen to Introverts and to be patient with extroverted staff members.
For board members, Chairs and Executive Directors. What is a board issue and what is a staff issue? How can an executive director avoid board members micromanaging while still gaining cooperation in macromanaging? Board training encourages board members and executive directors to manage their work to maximize effectiveness while reducing frustration.
Building Dynamic Groups
This toolkit helps groups build relationships and encourages higher level functioning of the entire group. These materials help your work group build communication, teamwork, vision, collaboration, and facilitation skills. Can be used with or without a facilitator. See the link below for more information on Building Dynamic Groups.
