OPE's Signature Programs are best-in-class offerings we provide to faculty and staff. These learning opportunities and leadership development programs support personal and professional excellence as well as the university’s strategic mission, vision, values and key results. Managers can request workshops for your team, and individuals can contact us if you have specific training needs. We customize workshops for your unique needs.
- OPE also offers individual coaching and can help you create a customized professional development plan. Email us at OPE@davenport.edu.
- Looking for funding for external professional development (i.e. like conferences)? Check out this page.
OPE Signature Programs
7 Habits of Highly Effective People®
Based on the proven principles found in Dr. Stephen R. Covey's best-selling business book, this workshop helps individuals become more effective in their personal and professional lives. Participants not only learn, but also use processes and tools to live and apply the 7 Habits. Participants gain hands-on experience, applying timeless principles that yield greater productivity, improved communication, strengthened relationships, increased influence, and laser-like focus on critical priorities.
Crucial Conversations®
Crucial Conversations teaches skills for creating alignment and agreement by fostering open dialogue around high-stakes, emotional, or risky topics—at all levels of your organization. By learning how to speak and be heard (and encouraging others to do the same), participants will surface the best ideas, make the highest-quality decisions, and then act on decisions with unity and commitment.
Cultural Intelligence® (CQ) and CQ for Teams
Davenport needs faculty and staff who can be effective and respectful in a variety of cultural situations in order to recruit, retain, and graduate students from different backgrounds. We can also offer CQ for teams to uncover differences in behavioral preferences and improve collaboration. CQ for Teams is a great supplement to DiSC.
DiSC (Behavioral Styles)
Employees discover their own behavioral style (DiSC), and learn how to identify, appreciate and adapt to the style of others. Participants will increase their ability to build productive, positive relationships that maximize performance and achieve excellence in service. Strategies learned apply to both internal and external relationships.
DiSC Sales
Ideally suited for Admissions team members, DiSC will help you learn to communicate better and improve your relationships with prospective students by: understanding your own DiSC sales style, identifying and understanding customer’s DiSC buying styles, and adapting your DiSC sales style to meet the customer’s needs.
Leadership Pathways (including LEAD and Leadership Academy)
Please see our complete listing here.
Passport to Success
This capstone to Davenport University's on-boarding process provides new employees with an opportunity to: develop a clear understanding of DU’s history, mission and vision; learn the “Davenport Way” by understanding DU’s STAIR values; and discover DU’s key selling points and understand your role as an ambassador.
Strengths Finder
Do you have a clear sense of your strongest talents and strengths? People who focus on using their strengths are three times as likely to report having an excellent quality of life and are six times as likely to be engaged in their jobs. Discover your strengths in order to maximize your contributions and leverage collaboration to achieve challenging goals.
Teaching Superpowers: Strengths Finder for Teaching Faculty
How are YOU leveraging your talents, aka your teaching superpowers, in the classroom? In this highly interactive session designed especially for teaching faculty, participants will learn more about the strengths-based methodology, dig into their individual Strengths, and consider the ways these strengths connect to supporting and engaging students. Reconnect with your teaching superpowers to power up your enthusiasm and rejuvenate your teaching practice!
What Motivates Me: Engagement Training
Based on the book, What Motivates Me: Put Your Passions to Work by New York Times bestselling authors Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton, this fun and highly experiential training is intended to help participants develop the knowledge and skills to Discover, Sculpt, and Empower their careers. Tailored specifically for those in team or project leadership roles, this engaging, informative and introspective experience will help leaders at any career stage and experience level to engage and empower themselves and their people.