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Authority Launches Leadership Series for Member Staff

The California JPIA remains committed to advancing the professional growth of our member personnel. As part of our comprehensive approach, we developed a Leadership Series for all levels. The series is a collection of courses designed to improve the supervisory competencies, communications skills, and decision-making capabilities of member staff.

Each course is three-and-a-half hours long, and members can schedule a single course to be offered twice in one day or two courses on the same date. Staff interested in beginning the Leadership Series may contact their Training Registrar to schedule the courses.

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Leadership Series courses are listed below and can be taken in any sequence.

The following courses were developed for employees of all levels.

• Developing Good Decision-Making Skills
  Having our personnel make good decisions is critical for any organization, especially public agencies. This course will help attendees learn about the influences we all experience when making decisions. The influences of organizational culture, “unwritten” rules, and the status quo are evaluated in this course.

• Emotional Intelligence
  Emotional intelligence has many relevant applications in the workplace. Some highly skilled employees in their position of responsibility may not recognize the need for emotional intelligence to help them be more effective team members. Emotional intelligence is very relevant for supervisors since the position requires interacting with a team of subordinates. Your ability to recognize the emotions in yourself and others is vital when trying to influence those around you. This course will cover the central tenets of emotional intelligence.

• Ethics as a Successful Business Model
  The need for organizations to conduct themselves ethically is of great importance, particularly for public sector organizations. This course provides the framework for ethical conduct by employees as a best practice and an effective business model.

• Everyday Teamwork
  Public sector teamwork has always been an asset for any city, agency, and organization. The ability to achieve high performance on a team takes effort, but it also requires a strategy. This course will address a team’s “people dynamics” within different parts of a city or agency. It should be recognized that different parts of an organization have differing needs, perspectives, and cultures.

• Generational Issues in the Workplace
  Different generations in the workplace can provide the diversity of thought needed for an organization to move forward and remain relevant. However, generational differences can lead to conflict. This course aims to understand all generations in the workplace while simultaneously building a cohesive team.

The following course was developed for team leaders and future managers and supervisors.

• Communication Skills for Supervisors
  Supervisors will learn how to use Motivational Conversation as an effective tool to move their team toward improved performance. Motivational Conversation is a powerful tool to be used for the benefit of the group, team members, and the organization. It helps create the desired culture for the organization and team goal setting.

The following course was developed for middle managers and supervisors.

• Executive Communication
  As effective leaders and communicators, we need to have our employees understand the intent of our message and why it is crucial to the organization. We can have the best intentions to make the team, department, or entire organization better, but in too many instances, the message is not understood, or it is poorly received. This training provides strategies to help your team understand the ideas you are presenting and tactics for implementation.

Please see the course catalog for additional descriptions of each class. Staff interested in beginning the Leadership Series may contact their Training Registrar to schedule the courses. Those with questions for the California JPIA can contact the training division.

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