November 14, 2024

Leadership training workshops for staff set for Jan. 21-24

Another round of free leadership training workshops will be offered in January by the Staff Advisory Committee for the SIU System. 

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 sessions follow similar workshops offered in fall 2022 and fall 2023 to all interested non-faculty employees at SIU Carbondale, SIU Edwardsville and the School of Medicine in Springfield. More than 1,000 people from all job classifications have attended the workshops, and participant ratings average 4.9 out of 5.

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

Employees are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to improve leadership skills, increase confidence, build relationships and have fun. 

Three interactive workshops will be available: 

  • The Roles of a Leader (offered each of the last two years).
  • Unleash Initiative and Enhance Decisions (offered last year).
  • Empowerment, Motivation, and Leading Without a Title (new). 

Each workshop is from 10:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Student Services Building Room 150/160. Participants are responsible for their own lunch. 

The first two workshops are being offered again for those who might have missed them. It is recommended to take The Roles of a Leader workshop first because the other two workshops build on that. 

The workshop schedule with registration links is: 

  • Jan. 21 — Section 321 — The Roles of a Leader.
  • Jan. 22 — Section 322 — Unleash Initiative and Enhance Decisions.
  • Jan. 24 — Section 323 — Empowerment, Motivation, and Leading Without a Title.
  • Jan. 24 — Section 324 — Empowerment, Motivation, and Leading Without a Title. 

Note: Please register for only one of Sections 323 or 324 on Jan. 23-24 — they are the same workshop. 

If a section is full, try again later because there sometimes are cancellations and those spots become open, or sign up the next time the workshops come to campus. 

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. 

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