Program Benefits
Learn - 43 hours of instruction, networking,
and interactive discussions
Satisfy
– Professional Development Plan
Improve
– Personal and Professional
Now, Discover Your Strengths
Designs for Effective Decision Making Interpersonal Communication Skills
Developing Cultural Competence in the Workplace Presentation Skills
Managing Your Time (formerly Time Management) Goal Setting
Winning Strategies for Successful Interviewing PDP Capstone
You can take each course contained within
the PDP separately (except the PDP
Capstone) without enrolling in the program.
However, in order to attend the
Capstone class and be awarded the
PDP certificate you must enroll in the
program.
When you enroll in the PDP your department
will pay an enrollment fee of just $49!
This covers the cost of:
Course handouts
Certificate plaque
Your department will then pay just $36 to
cover the costs of additional learning
resources as you attend select PDP courses.
Tell me a bit more about each of
the workshops!
At Now, Discover Your Strengths
You will receive your
own copy of Strengths
Finder 2.0 to keep.
You will take an online
assessment to
identify your five
key strengths!
Identifying your key strengths helps you to:
Identify the value of your strengths
and the importance of developing them
Identify the strengths of others Develop an action plan to further
develop your strengths
Why is it important to discover my
strengths?
All of us make hundreds of decisions every
day that impact our safety, our success,
our jobs, our families, and the quality of
our lives.
Designs for Effective Decision
Making
However, despite the importance of problem solving and decision
making, few of us have ever received any formal training in the subject!
This course will help you to:
Identify the linkage between goals and decisions
Use a 4 step decision making process
Apply tools and techniques to enhance your decision making process
Designs for Effective Decision
Making
The 21st Century is ushering in the “Age of Communication”.
One-on-one communication skills are a “must have” for success!
This 3 ½ hour workshop is designed to help you improve:
listening and speaking skills
projecting a professional image
answering inquiries and complaints
communicating assertively
Recognizing that we live in a culturally diverse world is a critical skill for everyone's success. This interactive session enables participants to
explore both the challenges and opportunities
that result from an increasingly diverse workforce and examine ways to develop cultural
competence.
Developing Cultural Competence in
the Workplace
In the “Age of Communication” we are expected to have the ability to express our ideas to a wider audience.
Effective oral presentation skills, in addition to interpersonal communication skills, are also a “must have” for success!
This six-hour workshop helps you to polish your presentation skills by giving you an opportunity to develop and deliver a short presentation in front of a group.
Time is a limited resource. Managing one’s time effectively is a critical skill for being productive and relieving stress.
In this workshop, you will learn tools and
strategies for managing time appropriately and the importance of your priorities in implementing them.
This workshop explores:
Concepts that support effective goal
setting
Discussion of a goal setting process
Creation of effective action plans
You will receive your own copy of The 250 Job Interview Questions You’ll Most Likely Be
Asked…And The Answers That Will Get You Hired! to keep.
This workshop culminates in mock job interviews.
Every participant gets to apply what they have learned in the course during a mock (panel style) job interview.
Winning Strategies for Successful
Interviewing
Your PDP courses do not have to be taken
in any particular order.
However, we urge you to make the
Now,
Discover Your Strengths
your first course.
To check the schedule of classes, please
visit our
Course Schedule
page.
Course Schedule
PDP participants may take the Capstone class when they have completed all of the courses that make up the PDP certification.
Now, Discover Your Strengths
Designs for Effective Decision Making Interpersonal Communication Skills
Developing Cultural Competence in the Workplace Presentation Skills
Managing Your Time Goal Setting
Winning Strategies for Successful Interviewing
PDP Capstone
When can I take the “Capstone”
course?
Employee & Organizational Development (EOD)
Texas A&M University 1401 TAMU College Station, TX 77843 Tel. 979.845.4153 Fax 979.845.4188 [email protected] EODinfo.tamu.edu
Ask your supervisor for approval and obtain your departmental FAMIS account number, then click the registration link below!
No? Perhaps there is another program more appropriate for your needs.
To view more choices visit our Certificate Programs page.
Ready to enroll?
Yes!
Thank you for taking the
PDP online orientation
Web: EODinfo.tamu.edu