Human Resources & Workplace Skills

Select human resource & workplace skills topics are available in virtual and in-person formats for your on-site or remote workforce. New options are added as demand warrants with all available in a live, interactive format.

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Now what? This is the question when faced with being downsized. Fox Valley Technical College works with employers who anticipate the need to transition employees into other careers because of displacement, job reassignment or department reorganization. Employment and career counseling services can be customized and developed with a focus on moving employees forward and assisting them with exploring career options.

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Thinking critically and creatively are practical skills anyone can learn, practice and improve. These skills enable us to think effectively, make critical decisions and solve problems. When we think effectively, we have greater control over our personal and professional lives. Fox Valley Technical College can provide easy-to-learn approaches that help employees at all levels of an organization be more effective and creative problem solvers, innovators and workplace contributors.

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The *Critical Core Workplace Skills* training gives your employees the tools they need to meet the changing demands of today's workplace and deliver consistently high performance. Customized materials suitable for manufacturing and other work environments combine powerful training content with real-world application. Each training module focuses on a specific skill in one of four key areas: productivity, problem solving, teamwork and adaptability. Modules can be offered as single sessions or grouped into a customized training package geared to your business objectives, timeline and budget.

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You have heard of diversity, multiculturalism, discrimination, generational and minority issues, but do you really understand how they can affect your organization? Is your organization complying with federal and state discrimination laws? FVTC offers interactive seminars and customized training that address the benefits and potential challenges resulting from a workforce composed of different ethnic groups, races, genders, ages, generations and abilities.

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Research shows convincingly and conventional wisdom demonstrates that emotional intelligence (EI/EQ) is more important than IQ in almost every role and many times more important in leadership roles. It is the ability to identify, assess, and control your own emotions and to be sensitive to the emotions of others. The good news is that emotional intelligence can be and must be developed.

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The field of human resource management is dynamic and demanding. Fox Valley Technical College provides customized training solutions using our resource network of human resource professionals. Service options cover the spectrum of human resource areas including pre-employment assessment, employee relations, interviewing, recruitment and hiring, and training and development.

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Personal effectiveness is critical to team, career and leader success. Explore time-tested approaches to influencing and leading change, principle-centered communication, personal ethics, managing workplace relationships and delivering effective training.

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Make each work day a positive one by examining your attitudes and behaviors and by learning strategies to be proactive in promoting workplace respect. Become familiar with your organization's policies and laws. Learn the factors which influence your attitude about your workplace and acknowledge that all people have an equal right to work in a respectful workplace. Respectful workplace training will teach you ways to deal with disrespectful behavior and recognize workplace harassment.

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The first step to boost individual, team and organizational performance is understanding the people producing the results. Uncover individual talent and success factors to build a cohesive, high-performance workforce using a combination of assessment and facilitated debriefs. Results provide insights into individual styles, talents, team communication and competencies.

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Teamwork is essential at every level in every organization. Team development and team building services provide the foundation for a strong workplace environment. It capitalizes on the strengths and talents of the diverse group. FVTC offers a range of customized training, consultative and facilitation services, and team assessments in the area of team development and formation - *from the frontline to the boardroom*. Services are provided by a wide range of technical consultants, each with a unique focus and approach.

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Knowing your team's strengths is important now more than ever. Leaders using Gallup's CliftonStrengths® are able to best manage their employees in times of uncertainly including managing employees remotely. An understanding of your team members talents helps remote workers be more successful, provides greater work enjoyment and confidence that they can contribute to a successful organization. Whether your team continues to work remotely or working onsite, knowing your employees talents and helping them to harness those strengths will result in a high-performing organization.

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Understanding the boundaries of workplace relationships is essential for newly promoted or hired supervisors when managing their role and relationship with direct reports. Training focuses on the friendly vs. friend and the distinction between friend and supervisor/manager.

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Select communication skills topics are available in virtual and in-person formats for your on-site or remote workforce. New options are added as demand warrants with all available in a live, interactive format.

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Explore a variety of environmental health and safety services for organizations and their employees. The focus of FVTC's training and technical assistance continues to expand in response to emerging topics and compliance concerns across multiple industry sectors. Public and emergency response workers, industrial safety specialists and industry professionals benefit from workplace safety and sustainability services offered by our team of experts and partners. Explore the Environmental Health and Safety training category or request information on available related training.

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Are you conducting meetings, debriefing a team assessment, solving problems with work groups or implementing lean projects? Get results by learning how to balance the process and content needed to facilitate. Fox Valley Technical College provides skilled facilitators for your next meeting, problem solving or improvement project. We also provide customized facilitation training to build employee skills and improve meeting effectiveness.

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Personal and emotional wellness is central to healthy work relationships, improved personal productivity and having a sense of purpose. Enriching workshops and in-service sessions can be taught as part of your overall wellness or employee continuing education programming.

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Explores communicating with others, using a principle-centered model of effectiveness from the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®. Participants learn and apply a structured process to become communicators that are more effective.

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Strategy is more than a plan. Strategy yields targeted results through focused action. Fox Valley Technical College's strategic planning services are focused on helping business leaders change their results. We partner with FVTC facilitators or senior business advisors who are dedicated to developing and deploying strategy.

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New and experienced trainers can benefit from FVTC's Train-the-Trainer series, workshops and customized services. Learn to develop, coordinate, coach or conduct interactive training in a classroom or one-on-one in the workplace. Choose from popular OJT options, *Communication Skills for Trainers* or various Train-the-Trainer Certificate Series to match your needs.

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