Professional Development Programs
New Program Offering
Leadership Accelerator
The great people-leaders of today need to have a strong sense of self-awareness, display emotional intelligence, and exhibit critical 21st century leadership skills, such as collaboration, empathy, and resilience to adjust and adapt in directing and supporting others.
This interactive and intensive two-day experience will support you in your career journey. Through assessment (Everything DiSC Workplace®), self-reflection, and engaging in group activities, you will build upon your foundation and increase your competence and confidence to lead successfully within your organization. Leaders will earn recognized micro-credentials from the University of Dayton in the areas of collaboration, empathy, and resilience. You can download the 2024 professional development schedule below for the full description and learning objectives. REGISTER NOW!
A Strong Front-line Secures the Bottom Line.
The UD Center for Leadership offers 80+ Professional Development programs each year for new and experienced supervisors, managers and professionals at all levels of an organization looking to sharpen their leadership skills.
High-caliber, subject-matter experts from the Dayton Region and beyond are carefully chosen to present cutting-edge information and provide opportunities for leaders to practice new skills in a workshop format. Participants gain thought-provoking leadership content that can be taken back to the workplace and applied, in order to make an immediate impact.
- Tackle leadership and management challenges that give you a powerful advantage for some of the most competitive positions.
- Develop an array of skills including assertiveness, decision-making, team building, communication skills, conflict management and many others.
- Build relationships with local and regional thought leaders.
- Establish a network with other supervisors, managers and frontline professionals.
The instructional mode in which the Professional Development programs will be facilitated is a blended format. This is noted below next to each class.
- Blended: Combined in-person/on-campus and streamed live via Zoom with the facilitator being in person.
2025
May 14, 2025 - Career Reinvention for Women Leaders: Developing Your Personal Brand (blended)
May 14, 2025 - Going from Peer to Supervisor (blended)
May 15, 2025 - Mastering Workplace Politics: Enhancing Influence & Career Progression (blended)
May 20, 2025 - Powerful Presentation Skills (blended)
May 20, 2025 - Leading Change at the First Level (blended)
May 21-22, 2025 - Leadership Accelerator (in-person only)
May 28, 2025 - Navigating Difficult Conversations (blended)
May 29, 2025 - Essential Problem Solving for Team Members: Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt (blended)
June 3, 2025 - Principled Leadership & Artificial Intelligence (AI) (blended)
June 4, 2025 - Going from Peer to Supervisor (blended)
June 5, 2025 - How to Cultivate Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (blended)
June 10, 2025 - Embracing Accountability (blended)
June 11, 2025 - Leadership is Everyone's Business (blended)
June 12, 2025 - Time Management & Personal Productivity (blended)
June 18, 2025 - Coaching & Evaluating Performance (blended)
June 24-25, 2025 - Project Management Essentials (blended)
June 26, 2025 - Navigating Difficult Conversations (blended)
Professional Development workshops are open to:
- Partner organizations - $332 or 1 partner unit per day
- Individual professionals – $415 per day
- University of Dayton alumni – $365 per day