The Center for Leadership and Staff Development provides leadership training for all CPCC employees. In addition to the longer leadership training programs, a number of one- or two-hour workshops are available to anyone interested in improving leadership skills.

Opportunities for leadership skills development include:

Teamwork – Extraordinary teams are built upon the collaboration of ordinary people working together in a synergistic manner. Open and candid communication allows team members to focus their time, energies, and expertise on quality and equity. An emphasis on considering new points of view is encouraged within an atmosphere of trust and respect for individual differences. Problems are viewed as opportunities for success because team members believe that the solution will represent the combined thinking of the entire team.

Emotional Intelligence at Work – The need for emotional intelligence at work is greater than ever before. Emotional Intelligence includes such competencies as optimism, conscientiousness, motivation, empathy and social competence. Not only do bosses and corporate leaders need high doses of emotional intelligence, but every people-oriented job demands it too.

Personalities at Work – One workplace diversity issue rarely discussed concerns the various personality styles and how they mesh or clash. Yet interpersonal relationships can often dictate to what extent our efforts will succeed or fail. At this workshop, you’ll have a chance to:

• Determine your own personality style
• Meet with like-minded individuals
• Develop strategies for “winning over” the other types.

Book Reviews – Brown-bag lunch time review of current popular leadership books are presented periodically throughout the academic year. Colleagues meet to discuss highlights from best-selling books on developing leadership skills. CPCC faculty and staff are invited to write short reviews.