Professional Development Programs

Professional development programs offered through The Corporate University at Kent State Stark provide the opportunity to expand your professional skills in the areas of negotiations, change, delegation, time management, e-mail and electronic file management, customer service and project management. You should attend these programs if you want to learn practical skills to improve your performance in any of these areas. Our professional consultants will provide training that is skills-focused, interactive, engaging and practical. Choose one or more of the following programs and come learn with us.

All full-day programs run from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and are $295 (includes lunch in our executive dining room). Half-day programs are 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and are $165.

Programs offered:

Advanced Skills for Managing Projects (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) offered Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010, and Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Better Business Writing (8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.) offered Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010

Coaching Accountability (8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.) offered Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010, and Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Crash the Barriers: Build Your Team (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) offered Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, and Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Dealing with Difficult Behaviors (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) offered Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, and Thursday, March 17, 2011

Developing Great Managers (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) offered Friday, Sept. 17, 2010, and Friday, March 25, 2011

Effective Decision Making (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) offered Friday, Oct. 22, 2010, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2011, and Thursday, April 14, 2011

Enhancing Interpersonal Communication Skills (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) offered Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 and Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Essential Skills for Managing Projects (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) offered Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 21-22, 2010, and Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 16-17, 2011

Event Planning for the Executive Assistant (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)  offered Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, and Friday, Feb. 18, 2011

Fully Engaged: Achieving Work/Life Balance and High Performance (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) offered Thursday, Sept. 20, 2010

Generations Working Together (8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.) offered Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010

Having Persuasive Impact (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) offered Friday, Oct. 8, 2010

Leading Change (8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.) offered Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010, and Wednesday, March 3, 2011

Leading Effective Meetings (8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.) offered Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, and Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Lean Office Practitioner Certification for Service, Healthcare and Transactional Processes, offered one week a month for four months beginning Sept. 20-24, 2010, at The University Center, Kent State Stark, and beginning March 14-18, 2011, at the Twinsburg Hilton Garden Inn in Twinsburg, OH

Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Training and Certification, offered one week a month for two months beginning Oct. 4-8, 2010

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training and Certification, offered one week a month for two months beginning Sept. 20-24, 2010

Lean Six Sigma Training and Certification, offered one week a month for four months beginning Sept. 27-Oct. 1, 2010 at the Radisson Hotel Cleveland Airport, Cleveland, OH, and March 7-11, 2011, at The University Center, Kent State Stark, 

Managing Discipline (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) offered Friday, Nov. 5, 2010, Friday, Feb. 11, 2011, and Friday, April 29, 2011

Mediator Training for the Unintentional Mediator (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) offered Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 27-28, 2010

Modeling and Coaching Effective Communication Skills (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) offered Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, and Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011

Motivating Employees (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) offered Friday, Oct. 15, 2010, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011, and Friday, March 18, 2011

Problem Solving for Today's Executive Assistant (8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.) offered Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, and Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Time Management Redefined: Blending the Old With the New (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) offered Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010, and Thursday, March 24, 2011

Turning Conflict Into Collaboration (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) offered Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2010, and Wednesday, March 9, 2011

21st Century Leadership (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) offered Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010, and Wednesday, March 2, 2011