Workplace Skills   

Change is all around us and our ability to be able to adapt to these changes is key to workplace success.  For many, change is feared and the idea of change often leads to defensiveness, denial, and procrastination in moving forward.  In this 3-hour interactive workshop, learn strategies to motivate through change, minimize resistance to change, and gain change acceptance in the workplace.

A Zoom link will be sent to your email on file no less than 24 hours before the start of the course. Please check your spam & junk folders or call us at 206 934 5339 for assistance.

This in-person workshop is designed for professionals and busy parents navigating chronic stress and burnout who are ready to move from survival mode back into clarity and control.

Participants gain practical, evidence-based tools to restore focus, regulate stress, quiet the inner critic, and reconnect with their innate strengths. Rather than offering temporary motivation, the experience centers on rebuilding self-agency: empowering individuals to manage their nervous system, shift unhelpful thought patterns, and make intentional decisions even in high-pressure environments.

The result is not just improved productivity, but greater resilience, engagement, and long-term well-being. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Identify personal signs of stress and burnout and understand how chronic pressure impacts focus, decision-making, and overall well-being.
2. Apply practical, evidence-based strategies to regulate stress, restore energy, and strengthen mental clarity in high-demand environments.
3. Develop a personalized action plan to rebuild self-agency, leverage individual strengths, and create sustainable habits that support resilience and long-term performance.

The role of a coach is an important position in any organization.  Coaches provide encouragement, correct behavior or productivity issues, teach new tasks, and counsel others through challenges.  Being able to don these four hats at a moment’s notice represent the skills of a highly competent coach.  This 3-hour workshop will review key elements of successful coaching, present and utilize two specific coaching methods, and provide the opportunity to participate in hands-on exercises helping to ensure that you leave the workshop knowing how to use the tools provided.

A Zoom link will be sent to your email on file no less than 24 hours before the start of the course. Please check your spam & junk folders or call us at 206 934 5339 for assistance.

Organize, calculate, analyze, revise, update, and present your data in ways that help the decision makers in your organization! This course provides you with a foundation for Excel knowledge and skills, which you can build upon to eventually become an expert in data analysis.

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Familiarize yourself with Excel's layout, its various parts, its commands, and its terminology.
• Outline Excel's abilities to quickly, efficiently, and accurately calculate data.
• Update worksheets without throwing away all of the valuable work you've already done.
• Format a worksheet and organize your data.
• Print workbooks.
• Manage the overall structure of your workbooks.

 

Course fee includes physical textbook.

Please note: lunch will be held 12pm-12:30pm; bring a sack lunch or check out our on-campus dining options, the Alki Café or Culinary Convenience Store.

Want to showcase your strengths and make a positive impact in your organization?  Your ability to build a successful team will set you apart as a “go-to” person in any organization.  In this 3-hour interactive course, we will evaluate key components needed in a successful team, discuss what can derail a team's success and develop solutions to prevent the derailment. and focus on strategies to engage team members to achieve workplace objectives.

A Zoom link will be sent to your email on file no less than 24 hours before the start of the course. Please check your spam & junk folders or call us at 206 934 5339 for assistance.

To some degree, everyone who answers questions about how to do a task, provides instruction, or shares information is a trainer. This course is designed so that the participants understand key theories associated with training adults, how to evaluate training needs and design content to meet those needs, classroom management, and the importance of feedback during training. Additionally, each participant will have the opportunity to “train” the group on a topic of their choice.