Georgia CPAs – The Next Steps Series with Karl Ahlrichs (8 hour version)
Description
Gain fresh insight into guiding your staff through the “people side” of modern workplace issues. The Next Steps Series gives you a reality-based set of tactics to help you and your staff thrive in the future.
May be customized for live groups
Also available in 7, 1-hour modules (webcast and on-demand)
Learning Objectives
Change: Avoiding Ulcers in the New Abnormal World
List the four steps of processing change
Describe personality traits as they relate to change resistance
Recognize the value of the Personal Power Grid
Apply techniques for managing personal transition
Client Needs: Beyond Best Practices in Client and Customer Service
Differentiate between customer service and customer experience
Recall the three levels of customer relationships
Recognize core organizational and cultural decisions that build a sustainable culture of good customer experience
Recall key points of the Herzberg’s Motivational Theory
List techniques for delivering great customer experiences
Development: Moving From Employee to Manager to Leader
Recognize the new roles of Manager and Leader from a beginning point of employee
Understand how to set SMART goals and communicate them up and down the organizational chain.
Recall the elements of leader credibility
Identify successful and unsuccessful techniques used for motivating people
Identify challenging factors when managing friends
Engagement: Motivating the Next Workforce
Identify how to motivate high performers
Identify techniques to better engage the new workforce
Recall components of the New Model of Leadership
Recognize how to motivate all generations using three valid motivational theories
Greatness: Building a Productive, Resilient Workforce
Identify key techniques for hiring high performers
Recognize key indicators of a hire’s long-term success
Identify what motivates a high performing team
Identify key characteristics of a strong employee/employer relationship
Recognize the core values that are most highly valued across all generations
Inclusion: Building a Sustainable Culture of Diversity
Define a modern implementation of Diversity and Inclusion
Recognize the impact of generational issues on Diversity
Define organization culture
Identify the performance benefits of managing a competitive advantage
Recognize the ethical underpinnings of Diversity and Inclusion
The Next Generation: A Different Take on the Generations
Recognize the shifts happening in the generations that make up the workforce – how to read and react to those shifts
Identify effective communication strategies using a mix of communication channels across generations, while maintaining a consistent message
Identify strategies for keeping high performing talent from across all generations
Recognize the main types of information and how to use them to best reduce information overload
Identify the three core values that all generations have in common as the most important
Major Topics
Series Modules:
Change: Avoiding Ulcers in the New Abnormal World
Client Needs: Beyond Best Practices in Client and Customer Service
Development: Moving From Employee to Manager to Leader
Engagement: Motivating the Next Workforce
Greatness: Building a Productive, Resilient Workforce
Inclusion: Building a Sustainable Culture of Diversity
The Next Generation: A Different Take on the Generations
Provider
Business Learning Institute
Course Level
Intermediate
Professional Area of Focus
T Shaped Professional Leadership
CPE Field of Study
Personnel/Human Resources
8.0
Who Should Attend
All professionals, especially management and those working in the area of Human Resources