Upcoming Courses and Programs for Professionals

Oct. 27 – Lead and Motivate: In our seminar on "Leading and Motivating Your People: Increasing Organizational Performance Through Employee Engagement," you'll learn various leadership styles and techniques to maximize your employees' engagement and performance. The seminar can be applied toward the VBC's popular Professional Business Certificate in Leadership and Management, featuring highlights from UVM's core MBA curriculum.
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Oct. 27 – Chase the Economic Blues: How can you work with your employees to motivate them, even in the midst of a lingering recession? Join members of the local business community to hear advice from Randy Rowland, president of Teamswork, a firm that helps businesses create powerful boards of directors, motivated employees and effective leaders. Rowland, a UVM alumnus, will discuss "Doing More with Less: Building Trust in Stressful Times" as part of a special business lunch sponsored by the UVM Alumni Association.
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Oct. 29 – Manage Complex Projects: In the age of overwhelming workloads, project management is an essential skill to have. In our new "Project Management" seminar, learn skills you can use immediately on the job, breaking down complex tasks into simple steps. Explore five fundamental phases and nine work areas of project management with our instructor, who has over 20 years of experience managing projects worldwide.
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Nov. 5 – Learn Accounting Basics: Our "Business Finance and Accounting Concepts" seminar promises to be both relevant and stimulating for those interested in pursuing a basic understanding of business finance. Learn fundamental financial concepts, measurement principles and tools of analysis, applying what you learn to the class' real-life business situations.
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Nov. 11 – Match Leadership Style With the Situation: Did you know there is no best leadership style? Instead, there is a style for each situation. In "Situational Leadership® II," you'll learn a language as well as a strategy for reaching agreements and helping people develop. Learn four leadership styles – each with a different combination of direction and support. Popular VBC instructor Tim Lybarger leads this new seminar, offered by special arrangement with the Ken Blanchard Companies.
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