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Connie King Workforce Development Director, Precision Metalforming Association

Introductions and Opening Orientation

Forrest Large MDA Lead Facilitator

Social and Dinner

Restaurant TBD

Breakfast

Topic One:
Professional Development and Networking for the Metalforming Industry

• Moving outward and onward—developing my career
• Emotional intelligence—what is it and why it matters
• The value of networking, certification and continuing education
• Staying focused with a talent roadmap

Lunch and Break

Topic Two :
People Centric Leadership

Begin a journey of discovery into leadership behaviors and skills required to create an engaged culture. Learn and practice the four foundational skills for effective people-centric leadership: knowing your “why,” setting clear priorities, engaging team members and implementing change. Achieve specific leadership tasks by deploying a problem-solving discussion method to lead meetings and empower others.

• Use introspective techniques to drive personal development.
• Deploy a problem-solving method to set goals and implement change.
• Base discussions about performance on behaviors and not attitudes.
• Recognize and celebrate the contributions and accomplishments of the team.

Talking Points:

• Values: personal and business intertwined
• Vision or “why” personally or for your department
• Drive change and promote collaboration through goal setting
• Servant leadership behaviors
• A coach approach to difficult conversations

Dinner

Restaurant TBD

Breakfast

Topic Three :
Diversity in the Workplace

First-line supervisors and managers seek to run their operations as smoothly as possible to meet production goals. The notion of ‘diversity’ is seen by some as a help in the workplace and seen as a hinderance by others. This seminar is intended to provide factual information and to provide a forum of discussion and collaboration on how to make diversity an asset in operations. The seminar topics include:

• What is diversity and do we need it in the workplace?
• How changes in ethnicity and generations in the workforce affect you.
• How the federal nine ‘protected classes’ protects everyone.
• How to identify unconscious bias and what to do about it.
• What is a ‘hostile work environment’ and how to avoid it.
• How to make a more ‘inclusive’ environment for higher productivity

Conclusion of Session

Wrap-up, next steps and program evaluation