Leadership Workshops
Sharpen your leadership skills with hands-on workshops, led by experts in the field.
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Cost:
Members with a Premium Package: Free after a $50 refundable deposit
Members with a Standard or Basic Package, and Nonmembers: $300
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Workshop Schedule
Sunday, March 23 | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
Fostering Innovation
The ability to contribute to the creation of new ideas, processes, and approaches is an important key to personal and organizational success. Yet coming up with new ideas is challenging and few of us have the tools and skills to do this effectively. In this interactive workshop, you’ll learn to use a proven system and tools for tapping into your own creativity, eliminating personal and organizational barriers to innovation, and stimulating innovative thinking among team members and colleagues.
Sunday, March 23 | 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
Leading Change
Most people experience some level of stress or discomfort when confronting the disruptions change can bring. Whether it is a change in priorities, budgets, direction of a project, or new team members, understanding how we react to change and how to lead others through change is critical to your professional success. This hands-on workshop provides leaders with a stepwise process to guide teams and colleagues more effectively through change for greater results and efficiency. You’ll learn how to maintain a clear vision and keep everyone on track and focused on top priorities.
Monday, March 24 | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
Leading Without Authority
There are unique challenges to leading projects or teams when you don’t have complete control over the people involved or the project resources. In this interactive workshop you’ll learn to use some practical tools to help you gain cooperation without formal authority, motivate others to give their all, and align everyone to accomplish important goals.
Monday, March 24 | 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
Developing Communicating Strategies
This newly updated workshop will help you become a better communicator in your role as an ACS leader and in your workplace, and community. Working in small interactive groups, you’ll have the chance to develop and practice your own effective communication strategy. Most importantly, you’ll learn how to apply your new communication skills to a variety of situations. Participants in this workshop are expected to complete a post-workshop survey.
Tuesday, March 25 | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
Science of Managing Inclusive and Diverse Teams
This workshop identifies and explores the social and human characteristics that highly effective chemistry professionals bring to managing inclusive and effective teams. This workshop includes activities and reflections that are designed to enhance the participant’s experience. The Science of Managing Inclusive and Diverse Teams provides evidence-based guidance and structure to chemistry professionals so they can create and maintain a diverse, equitable, inclusive and respectful workplace.
Tuesday, March 25 | 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
Coaching and Feedback
Coaching techniques are not always intuitive, leaders cannot simply “wing it” in the moment and expect positive outcomes. Through hands-on coaching opportunities you will learn and practice proven processes to ensure high levels of engagement, productivity, and success for the groups and individuals you lead
Wednesday, March 26 | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
Collaborating Across Boundaries
Do you work with people from other units or departments? Or maybe even from other countries. The ability to genuinely collaborate to work on projects, and share information is a critical component of organizational success. In this interactive workshop you’ll learn strategies and tools to be more effective in leading collaborative efforts to achieve greater productivity and results.
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