The relationship between an employee and his or her manager is a critical one. In this workshop, you will learn tools and techniques to better communicate with your manager as you practice developing a more productive relationship. You will learn to increase your effectiveness by learning how to best talk to your manager, set expectations for what work needs to get done, discussing work styles and more.
Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
Course Code: CPD270
Cost: $50.00
The relationship between an employee and his or her manager is a critical one. In this workshop, you will learn tools and techniques to better communicate with your manager as you practice developing a more productive relationship. You will learn to increase your effectiveness by learning how to best talk to your manager, set expectations for what work needs to get done, discussing work styles and more.
Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
Additional day of the course: Friday, October 23 from 9:00am - 12:00pm
Course Code: CPD240
Cost: $75.00
Would you like to be a more relaxed and engaging public speaker? Preparation is the key to building confidence, remaining calm and giving a successful presentation. This two-day course will teach you how to organize your presentation for maximum impact, manage your nerves and identify your current strengths and challenges as public speaker with opportunities to practice speaking in public.
Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
Additional day of the course: Friday, July 10 from 9:00am - 12:00pm
Course Code: CPD240
Cost: $75.00
Would you like to be a more relaxed and engaging public speaker? Preparation is the key to building confidence, remaining calm and giving a successful presentation. This two-day course will teach you how to organize your presentation for maximum impact, manage your nerves and identify your current strengths and challenges as public speaker with opportunities to practice speaking in public.
Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
Additional day of the course: Tuesday, September 15 from 9:00am - 1:00pm
Course Code: CPD230
Cost: $75.00
Working collaboratively within Harvard's decentralized academic and research environment requires skills that include negotiation, persuasion, and a keen understanding of organizational politics and practices. Theories and best practices will be illustrated and explored through readings, video clips, case studies, as well as...
Would you like to know how to open a dialogue with a colleague about a challenging subject? Or what to do when someone gets defensive, even before the conversation begins? Using the bestselling book "Difficult Conversations," which relates 15 years of research and experience at the Harvard Negotiation Project, along with in-class exercises and discussions, you’ll gain an understanding of and learn to apply strategies and techniques for having more productive "difficult" conversations.
Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
Course Code: CPD220
Cost: $75.00
Would you like to know how to open a dialogue with a colleague about a challenging subject? Or what to do when someone gets defensive, even before the conversation begins? Using the bestselling book "Difficult Conversations," which relates 15 years of research and experience at the Harvard Negotiation Project, along with in-class exercises and discussions, you’ll gain an understanding of and learn to apply...
Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
Course Code: CPD200
Cost: $50.00
Do you ever wonder why communicating with managers, co-workers, and colleagues seems more challenging than it should or could be? In a workplace culture that has become dependent on email and voicemail, we can lose touch with some of the key elements of effective, meaningful verbal communication. In this session we will explore elements such as active listening, body language and tone, as well as your communication style and connecting and communicating with grace while under pressure.
Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
Course Code: CPD200
Cost: $50.00
Do you ever wonder why communicating with managers, co-workers, and colleagues seems more challenging than it should or could be? In a workplace culture that has become dependent on email and voicemail, we can lose touch with some of the key elements of effective, meaningful verbal communication. In this session we will explore elements such as active listening, body language and tone, as well as your communication style and connecting and communicating with grace while under pressure.
Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
Course Code: CPD676
Cost: $50.00
Individual contributors are typically specialists in a functional area with deep expertise, who don’t have direct reports, but who manage their own projects working with other staff--as well as participate as a team member on other people’s projects. Much of your success is based on both that functional expertise and your interpersonal skills. This class will explore how you keep growing and developing both sets of skills and career options for individual contributors.
Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
Course Code: CPD690
Cost: $25.00
This workshop is for internal job applicants and provides an overall context and landscape for hiring at the University. You’ll get an overview of the current structure of Harvard's workforce and career choices (job functions and job families) and hear about how to make best use of internal resources and systems to prepare for your next Harvard opportunities.
Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
Course Code: CPD686
Cost: $50.00
Networking is critical to career development and everything you do now to build relationships offline can be translated into a LinkedIn activity. Founded in 2003, LinkedIn now has more than 347 million members in over 200 countries and territories making it the world's largest professional network on the internet. Learn how to take advantage of this powerful career development resource in this lab style class, through an engaging profile and an active voice in your LinkedIn...
Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
Course Code: CPD661
Cost: $25.00
Are you marketing yourself and your skills as best you can? Do you have a concise, up-to-date resume on hand? Does your resume compliment your LinkedIn page? This workshop covers the general principles of creating an effective resume, including a discussion of common pitfalls that can prevent you from being selected for interviews. The session provides techniques for creating a resume that will get attention...
Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
Course Code: CPD620
Cost: $25.00
Being well-prepared for and choosing the right interviews to go on are both key elements in your overall career strategy and in finding your next job. This workshop will provide guidelines and practice to help you successfully prepare for interviews. During this session, we will define various types of interviews (including behavior-based, informational and phone); address what the hiring manager expects from...
Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
Additional day of the course: Thursday,October 15 from 9:00am - 4:00pm
Course Code: CPD600
Cost: $100.00
Trying to figure out what's next in your career? In this comprehensive and intensive workshop, you will build your understanding of the career management process and increase your ability to manage your career throughout your work-life. Through the use of career assessment tools, individual reflection and group discussion, program will cover a broad range of topics from self-assessment through goal setting.
