The Professional Education Center at EMU

Eastern Michigan University

The Professional Education Center

Interpersonal Skills and Communications

Program Format and Content:

Communication plays a central role in organizational life.   Advancing Communication Competencies focuses on increasing individual performance in organizations by developing critical communication skills to a higher level.   This workshop is appropriate for new managers and supervisors who need to work with people from different parts of an organization.   The two-day workshop will enable participants to

  • Identify critical building blocks of effective communication with peers, supervisors, supervisees, customers, and other organizational stakeholders;
  • Develop important knowledge and skills as a communicator and speaker;
  • Develop important knowledge and skills related to listening and giving feedback;
  • Create communication strategies for leading others, solving problems, generating creativity, and improving accountability in the workplace;
  • Apply communication skills to different organizational situations - communicating up, down, and across organizational units.

Following the workshop, coaching is available for individuals to work on specific competencies to support their long term professional development.