IPDJanuary 2, 2024DEI Expert Insights, past webinar

Space and Grace in the Workplace | Past Expert Insights Webinar

Space and Grace in the Workplace

Free DEI Expert Insights Webinar

This workshop is for leaders of departments, divisions, or teams and for anyone who is striving to make their workplace more respectful for all.

Navigating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in the workplace can be challenging – especially if you have limited knowledge and exposure to DEI concepts.  When you or a colleague make honest mistakes in what you say or do that can be perceived as inequitable or exclusive, colleagues can give you the benefit of the doubt while still taking the opportunity to educate you.  Educating in the moment is one way for you and others to build your DEI skills.  In this workshop, you will learn what it means to provide Space and Grace in the workplace as a tool to expand DEI.
Participants will learn:
  • Actions that leaders and coworkers can take to provide space and grace
  • Strategies to approach DEI issues in a non-shameful way
  • How to create guidelines that allow for mistakes and respectful corrections.

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IPDJune 2, 2023past webinar, Project Management Past Expert Insights

Resolving Troubling Project Situations | Past Expert Insights Webinar

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Even with the application of sound project management concepts, projects can still skid off track.  Projects encounter many different and unexpected challenges and roadblocks and an effective project manager and team need to be able to address these situations to keep the project on a successful path.

The speaker has assembled a long list of project challenges from questions and identified proven solutions based on over 40 years of industry and public sector experience.

Four challenging project situations with solutions will be addressed.

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Beth SchaeferMarch 16, 2023Expert Insights - archives, Leadership Toolbox Past Expert Insights, past webinar, Project Management Past Expert Insights

The Risk Register | Past Expert Insights Webinar

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Audience: Decision makers (Large or Small) for organizations on resources, projects, processes, and strategy.

Description:
Every decision you make (or delay making or avoid) carries an element of risk. 

Psychology Today’s latest research states that you make 35,000 decisions each day!  That equates to about 2000 decisions per hour, and in an 8-hour work day that is 16,000 decisions related to work daily! You are already informally, subconsciously, or automatically calculating risk for your job 16,000 times each day.  You could spend your whole day analyzing risk, or you could determine when to move those risk decisions from being automatic to being calculated.  This Leadership Toolbox session will show you how and when to use a risk register.  It is easy, and like any good tool, it will not only impress your leaders and colleagues, it will also provide an opportunity for collaboration and input.

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Takeaways:

  • Learn to build a risk register
  • Determine when to use a risk register
  • Understand the risk of doing nothing

 

ABOUT THE PRESENTER: You know Beth Schaefer as the host of the Expert Insights series, but she also manages the staff of the Institute for Professional Development at Metro State as part of the university’s leadership team.  Before her role at Metro State, Beth was the director of an area learning center serving grades 7 – 12. In this role, she led teachers, staff, students, and parents through experiential learning and the changes that occurred during those secondary education years. In her leadership roles, Beth mostly navigates change that is generated by external forces (economy, pandemic, legislation) to meet the needs of customers while lacking the time, money, and resources that would make those changes easier to lead.

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IPDNovember 17, 2022Expert Insights - archives, Leadership Toolbox Past Expert Insights, Other EI, past webinar

Moving Beyond On-Boarding by Taking On-the-Job Training to the Next Level | Past Expert Insights Webinar

Expert Insights Webinar

Moving Beyond On-Boarding by Taking On-the-Job Training to the Next Level

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Most employers are struggling to find enough people to fill their vacancies.  To stand out as an employer of choice, you may need to get creative with how you help someone start and build a career in your organization. Whether you are the hiring manager or the HR recruiter, this session will provide some thought-provoking approaches to building your employee talent pipeline.

Takeaways: 

  1. Learn and understand the difference between onboarding, On-the-Job-Training (OJT) and Internships
  2. Discover the 5 Strategic Approaches for a Successful OJT Program
  3. Understand Earn and Learn program options
  4.  Secure useful tools, such as skill pyramids, for employee pipeline programs
  5. Find out how to join labor conversations in Minnesota that are solving worker shortage issues

 

ABOUT THE PRESENTE: Dan Solomon is the Manager of the Minnesota Dual-Training Pipeline program at Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI).  Before working at DLI, Dan was the field representative and state lead for education and workforce issues for Senator Al Franken. He also worked as a legislative assistant at the Minnesota Senate for six years.  Dan has a Master of Arts in Teaching from Hamline University and a Bachelor’s degree in political science and communication studies from the University of Minnesota.

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Beth SchaeferMay 4, 2022Expert Insights - archives, Leadership Toolbox Past Expert Insights, past webinar, Project Management Past Expert Insights

The Change Chart | Past Expert Insights Webinar

Expert Insights Webinar The Leadership Toolbox: The Change Chart because change is also a Verb

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The Leadership Toolbox Launch will feature The Change Chart, which is often used by our speaker for change management.

Before Covid, change was difficult; during Covid, it was unavoidable; and as we transition “back to normal”, change is overwhelming.

The Change Chart may not be the answer to all of your change issues, but our speaker is hopeful that it can move you from inaction (change is hard) to solution (change is doable).

If you find yourself using the mantra, “People do not like change,” as an explanation for failed change efforts, IPD encourages you to join this webinar and add the Change Chart to your Leadership Toolbox.

Part of: The Leadership Toolbox

Short on theory and long on practical application. One easy tool for leaders to implement and use.

 

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:

Beth Schaefer

You know Beth Schaefer as the host of the Expert Insights series, but she also manages the staff of the Institute for Professional Development at Metro State as part of the university’s leadership team.  Before her role at Metro State, Beth was the director of an area learning center serving grades 7 – 12. In this role, she led teachers, staff, students, and parents through experiential learning and the changes that occurred during those secondary education years. In her leadership roles, Beth mostly navigates change that is generated by external forces (economy, pandemic, legislation) to meet the needs of customers while lacking the time, money, and resources that would make those changes easier to lead.

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Beth SchaeferJuly 28, 2021Business Architecture Expert Insights, Expert Insights - archives, past webinar, Uncategorized

Standing Up a Business Architecture Practice Part 3 – Your Governance / Past Expert Insights Webinar

This is a continuation of Standing Up a Business Architecture Practice:

Part 1: Your Value Proposition can be viewed HERE 

Part 2:  Your Practice Charter can be viewed HERE

This third and final session in Standing Up a Business Architecture Practice poses questions that should be considered when it comes to the governance of an enterprise-level business architecture practice.

Participants will learn about considerations for:

Engagement – How do others access your services?

Deliverables – What products and services are you providing?

Interactions – What are the roles and responsibilities of the people involved?

How do you stand up a business architecture practice within an organization?

This 3-part Expert Insights Webinar Series will provide strategies used by Maureen Mathias to stand up a practice in her organization.

 

* Please Note 

This Expert Insights focuses on Business Architecture and is intended for an audience with a background or understanding of Business Architecture.

r this webinar, I am agreeing to being added to the IPD monthly e-newsletter list.

 

 

Maureen Mathias

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Maureen Mathias earned her Master of Arts from Rutgers University, later adding a Certified Business Architect from the Business Architecture Guild and a Business Architecture Certificate from Metro State University in St. Paul Minnesota.

Maureen started a journey in 2008 that led to a career as a business architect. “Through the journey, it seems I have hit every situation you would want to avoid. One thing that stands out, is that a business architecture practice anywhere must fit the culture and the needs of an organization.”

In her business architect role for an insurance company, she has established training for the teams that utilize architecture tools and for those that need to learn what business architecture is and how it relates to their day-to-day responsibilities for several years.

Maureen is excited to share her experience: what works and what does not as well as learn from the experiences of other business architects.

 

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IPDApril 27, 2021Expert Insights - archives, Leadership Toolbox Past Expert Insights, past webinar, Project Management Past Expert Insights

Are You Fixing or Solving? / Past Expert Insights Webinar

Past Expert Insights Webinar

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All organizations have problems— it’s how we handle them that matters!

If it feels like your teams go in circles looking for answers to fix a problem only to have to fix it again the next month or next quarter, this webinar is for you!

Learn the difference between fixing and solving problems so that you can help your teams make real progress towards solutions so that problems are solved the first time.

You’ll leave knowing what it means to truly solve a problem and fixing pitfalls to avoid.

WATCH THIS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED WEBINAR HERE

 

ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Christine Moore


Christine Moore is a Project (PMP®) and Process Expert along with being certified as a professional facilitator by the International Association of Facilitators.  She continues to hone the best way to fix a problem just once.  She will draw on her experiences from working with both the corporate and public sector (without naming names) to teach you what she has learned about solving problems – one time.

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IPDApril 23, 2021DEI Expert Insights, Expert Insights - archives, Leadership Toolbox Past Expert Insights, past webinar, Project Management Past Expert Insights

Using Conflict to Build Inclusiveness – Past Expert Insights Webinar

 

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Does An Ideal Workplace = A Conflict Free Workplace?

The goal is to be both diverse and inclusive, not to just avoid conflict.  During this short webinar, our instructor will get you started on the journey to incorporate conflict in your workplace and how this can lead to better innovation and problem-solving.

This webinar will teach you:

  • The challenges of competing perspectives

  • How to move from “positions” to “interests”

 

“I cannot change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:

Jeanette Grace

  • Title/Position
    Instructor, Metropolitan State University
  • Expert Areas: 
    • Communication
    • Customer Service
    • Employee Engagement
    • Conflict Resolution
    • Teambuilding

 

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IPDMarch 12, 2021Change Webinar - Past Expert Insights, Expert Insights - archives, Leadership Toolbox Past Expert Insights, past webinar

Navigating Change in Changing Times – Past Expert Insights Webinar

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During this webinar, you will:

  • Take a quick assessment to gain insight into how you navigate change
  • Learn about the “change curve” and how it can help you ride the waves of change

 

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“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill

If Mr. Churchill is correct; based on the last nine months, we should all be perfect by now!

If that statement does not ring true for you, this free webinar from the Institute for Professional Development will help.

Learn more about change and the effect it has on you, and others.

Begin tapping into the cycles of change and use them to be productive instead of feeling like you are being tossed about at sea.

“I cannot change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination

Jeanette Grace

  • Title/Position
    Instructor, Metropolitan State University
  • Expert Areas: 
    • Communication
    • Customer Service
    • Employee Engagement
    • Conflict Resolution
    • Teambuilding

 

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