June 15, 2023

Leadership training workshops available starting next month

The Staff Advisory Committee for the SIU System will be offering free leadership training workshops — Unleash Initiative and Enhance Decisions — in July and in September. 

The 4 1/2 hour in-person, interactive workshops are appropriate for all staff and will involve individual, small group and large group activities. The workshops follow a similar workshop offered in fall 2022 to all interested non-faculty employees at SIU Carbondale, SIU Edwardsville and the School of Medicine in Springfield. More than 400 staff participated last fall, with participants coming from all job classifications. 

Employees are encouraged to check their emails later this summer for an invitation to register. It is hoped that employees take advantage of this opportunity to improve leadership skills, increase confidence, build relationships, and have fun. 

The facilitator will again be Dave Heth, who retired after 24 years as finance director at SIU Edwardsville and who has broad training experience. 

As with the previous trainings, this workshop is supported by the system president, SIU Carbondale and SIU Edwardsville chancellors, and the dean and provost of the School of Medicine. The administration encourages supervisors to allow their employees to attend this professional development opportunity, as operations permit. Staff should seek approval to attend from their supervisors as early as possible. Staff are not required to take vacation, personal time or lose their lunch hour to attend this event. 

The tentative workshop schedule for SIU Carbondale for July and September are: 

  • July 26. This workshop is for staff who missed the first workshop —The Roles of a Leader— last fall. It is strongly recommended to take the first workshop prior to the second course.
  • July 27
  • July 28
  • Sept. 27
  • Sept. 28
  • Sept. 29

Additional sections will be added, if needed. 

For more information, contact Heth at dheth@siue.edu.