Supervision, Leadership and Team Excellence Professional Achievement Award
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Learn more about the Supervision, Leadership and Team Excellence Professional Achievement Award.
Professional Achievement Award in Supervision, Leadership and Team Excellence
In today's complex business settings, managers are expected to assume varied and demanding roles. Successful managers have:
- Knowledge and ability to lead change
- Courage to embrace innovation and solve ethical dilemmas
- Skills and wisdom to successfully guide diverse work teams
- Ability to respond to the demands of the market and different stakeholders
- Keen awareness of their social responsibility
This series of ten, one-day seminars will improve your skills and prepare you to take on the challenges facing all managers in today's business environment.
Who Can Benefit?
The program is designed for anyone:
- Preparing for a supervisory role.
- With newly gained supervisory responsibilities.
- Already experienced but desiring to improve their skills.
- Seeking career advancement.
Through these seminars, participants will learn how to understand their role as a supervisor, communicate effectively, resolve conflicts, motivate, coach, mentor and build highly effective performance teams.
Course Schedule
Completion Information
Completion Requirements
To earn the award, students must successfully complete (grade C or better) 10 required courses for a total of six units. Courses can be taken in any order.
Completion Time
The program can typically be completed in six to nine months. All coursework must be completed within five years.
Cost
The cost to complete the program is approximately $1,300, including parking and materials.
Instructors
Instructors
- Joan Branin, Ph.D., Consultant, The Acorn Group, Pasadena
- Grant Doster, M.B.A., UC Riverside Extension instructor
- Lee Fenstermaker III, M.A., President, Fenstermaker and Associates Training and Consulting, Hemet
- Sandra Guignard, Ed.D., Professor, California Coast University
- Joseph Mignone, B.S., Principal Consultant, JFM Global Associates
- S. Alex Najera, M.P.A., Human Resources Analyst and College Relations Coordinator, County of Riverside
- Michael P. Toothman, PMP, Executive Director, ProjectDriven, LLC, Irvine
Instructor Opportunities
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Additional Information
Textbook Information
If a textbook is required, information is provided in the course listing when scheduled, on the confirmation you receive after enrolling, or by e-mail for an online class.
Contact Information
Cie Castillo
(951) 827-1605
bet@ucx.ucr.edu
