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Taught
by Dr. Leonard Glick, Executive Professor, College of Business Administration,
Northeastern University
August 7-8, 2008, Denver, USA Rescheduled Date
November 18-19, 2008, Boston, USA New Date
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| Leonard Glick |
Managing any employee presents significant challenges, and special challenges are encountered when managing creative staff. This seminar will help you deal with many of the common and classic issues of managing others, as well as some of the specific challenges faced by those who manage designers. You will learn tools and techniques that can be used immediately to increase the effectiveness of your group.
What you will learn:
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How to motivate designers: Learn some of the major approaches to motivation and how to apply them to your employees.
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How to give useful feedback: Giving “negative” feedback is among the hardest of human skills. You will learn the do’s and don’ts of providing feedback so that your employees will accept and learn from it.
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How to develop employees: Almost everyone says that he or she learns the most from their on-the-job experience. You will learn how to help your designers increase their skills and knowledge as they work.
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Understanding culture: Employees need to know how their company “works”; e.g., what leads to acceptance and what leads to rejection, and which approaches work and which don’t. You will learn how organizational cultures vary and how to understand them so that you can help designers successfully navigate your culture.
Who should attend:
This seminar is ideal for graphic design department managers, product design managers, brand managers, consultancy design directors, consultancy managers, and designers on the verge of promotion.
How you will benefit:
Recognize and clarify your own strengths and weaknesses, as well as ways to evaluate and cultivate team members, increase productivity, and become a better leader.
Comments from recent seminar attendees:
“As a new manager, I found this seminar highly valuable in understanding differences in company cultures, motivation, styles, feedback, and development.”
Julie Mitchell, Spangler Design Team
“This seminar will allow me to help employees develop in a new and inspiring way. It gives me confidence that making a difference is possible in my position.”
Kelly Whalen, Sr. Graphic Designer, Design Services, Aetna
Dates and locations:
August 7-8, 2008, Denver, USA (Rescheduled Date)
The seminar will be from 9 until 5 on Thursday, and from
9 until noon on Friday. This seminar will be held at The Hotel Moncaco Denver in the Paris A Room, located at 1717 Champa St., Denver, CO, 80202, tel. 303-294-3022. Guest rooms are available at this venue, but are not organized through The Design Management Institute. You can book online lower rates may be available at www.monaco-denver.com or on specialty websites such as www.hotels.com, www.expedia.com or www.travelocity.com.
November 18-19, 2008, Boston, USA
(New Date) The seminar will be from 9 until 5 on Thursday, and from
9 until noon on Friday. The venue for this seminar will be announced shortly.
We strongly encourage registering at least two weeks prior to the actual seminar date.
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