The Signature Programs listed below represent the best-in-class offerings we provide to faculty and staff. These learning opportunities that support personal and professional excellence as well as the university’s strategic mission, vision, values and key results.
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)
Davenport needs faculty and staff who can be effective and respectful in a variety of cultural situations in order to recruit, retain, and graduate increasingly culturally diverse students. We also need to build skill in Global and Intercultural Competence across our faculty and staff in order to support student achievement of the DU Excellence System outcome of Global and Intercultural Competence. Cultural effectiveness has traditionally been very difficult to measure. Now, using the only evidence-based assessment of cultural intelligence (CQ), DU can more effectively assess and develop CQ across our organization.
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
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Military Simulation
This online to provide participants with an educational insight into the lives of some military students and colleagues. This simulation is a blended professional and personal development opportunity consisting of self-paced online modules, a workbook where you can capture your insights and reflections while going through the online modules, and a facilitated debrief session (online or in-person) to share your reflections and insights as well as develop action plans.
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!
Unconscious Bias
Now you can be sure your investment in unconscious bias training will have lasting impact. Based on the world renowned research on cultural intelligence (CQ®), Managing Unconscious Bias gives you an online tool for interrupting bias in yourself and others. With the science of cultural intelligence as the foundation, Managing Unconscious Bias gives you an interactive, online course that provides real life examples and practical strategies for minimizing biased actions and decision-making. Participants will develop the skills to manage bias and learn how to reduce the application of bias in the workplace and beyond.
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.