Supervisory Management Certificate
January - May 2024
UW-Stevens Point Wausau Campus - Terrace Room (Rm. 100)
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Five Session Certificate Program-Held on the UW-Stevens Point Wausau Campus Terrace Room (Rm. 100)
All sessions held on Fridays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. | First session starts January 19, 2024

​Details


Discover the keys to making management easier and more rewarding by understanding your role as a supervisor. Gain practical skills needed to be an effective manager. This is a five session certificate program. All five sessions must be taken to receive a Certificate of Completion. Sessions are schedule once a month on a Friday from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Materials and lunch are included in the cost.

​Registration Information



Registration fee:
  • $1500 Professionals (Send three or more employees and receive a 10% discount.)
  • $1350 UWSP Faculty/Staff/Students

About Our Presenters

 Justin Rueb, Ph.D.

Justin Rueb, Ph.D.
President at Aspiring Heights, LLC | Professor of Industrial Psychology, UW-Stevens Point

 

Justin Rueb, Ph.D. is an independent trainer and organizational consultant specializing in leadership, team-building, and organizational culture and climate. He has worked with a variety of organizations in the military, academic, and corporate sections. He has performed research in areas as diverse as human factors, cognition, motivation, systems design, human resources, leadership, statistics, and sexual harassment, having authored over 80 articles/presentations.

A nationally recognized speaker, Justin has presented papers at numerous prestigious conferences, including the Academy of Management, Society of Industrial/Organization Psychologist, American Psychological Society, and Human Factors Ergonomics Society.

Justin received his Ph.D. in Industrial Psychology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He is currently a full professor of Industrial Psychology at UW-Stevens Point.

 Mary Jae Kleckner, Ph.D.

Mary Jae Kleckner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Business Communication, UW-Stevens Point

 

For 22 years, Mary Jae Kleckner has been helping traditional and non-traditional students develop the organizational, interpersonal, and writing skills they need to optimize career success. She has taught Small Group, Occupational, Oral/Interpersonal, and Written Communication courses at UW-Madison, UW-Stevens Point, and Mid-State Technical College, and conducted professional development workshops in both the public and private sector. Her non-academic work experience includes both supervisory and communication roles at Vail Resorts, UW-Platteville, Krause Publications, and the U.S. Army.

Mary Jae is a Wisconsin native who has also lived in Illinois, Kentucky, Washington state, Arizona, and Colorado. Her travels have taken her to 49 of 50 states. In addition, she has visited Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, China, and Cuba. Her favorite place on earth, however, is Wisconsin’s own Driftless Area, where she loves to ride her 2010 Harley Davidson Dyna Street Bob.


 ‭(Hidden)‬ Janene Beck-Hafner, Ph.D.

Janene Beck-Hafner, Ph.D.
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Janene Beck-Hafner's background is in education and leadership. She has led and mentored colleagues, delivered strategic consultation, collaborated across organizational divisions and stakeholder groups, led change, and developed effective strategies to overcome barriers, with a shared solution-focused approach to problem solving. She developed the talent networking strategy for Inclusa, Inc., connecting with key community stakeholders to develop talent networks that support and enriched the colleague acquisition process and enhanced colleague retention. She is currently a Senior Organization and Leaderhsip Development Partner at the Marshfield Clinic Health System, supporting the design, development, and implementation of the Leadership Development Program, Change Leadership, Team Building, Team Development, and Individual and Group Coaching. She is owner of Effective Organization Consulting, LLC, established in 2021, supporting organizations with transformational organization development. 

Janene has previously served as the Organization Development Consultant and Director of Community Resources/Provider Relations for Inclusa, Inc., and as the Director of Pupil Services and High School Associate Principal in the Unified School District of Antigo. She earned a Master of Science and Master of Arts Degree in Education and Educational Leadership, and a Doctoral Degree in Educational Administration with an emphasis in Leadership. 

 Wendy Wilde

Wendy Wilde
Executive Coach

Prior to establishing her own, business consulting and coaching practice, Wendy enjoyed a 30 -year career in Financial Services as a Director and Sales Leader in the Commercial Banking, Treasury Management Specialty. Working for regional and global institutions, Wendy managed Midwest sales teams in addition to advising fortune 100 firms, large and mid-market manufacturers, agricultural and service organizations, such as, insurance, healthcare, government agencies, non-profits, trade consortiums and education.

In addition to being a life-long central Wisconsinite, Wendy continues to carry the Association of Financial Professionals, (CTP) Certified Treasury Professional credential and a Business Consulting and Coaching certification from EverCoach. She earned a BBA from Marian University in Fond du Lac, WI. 

A culmination of Wendy's professional interests and talents now live in the firm she calls the Weden Group LLC (WedenGroup.com). Successful ​professionals and business leaders choose to work with her to ramp up disruption in four main areas to create major change. ​


Workshop Descriptions, Times, and Dates

 Session 1 | Introduction to Supervisory Management | Friday, January 19, 2024

Presenter: Justin Rueb, Ph.D., President at Aspiring Heights, LLC | Professor of Psychology, UW-Stevens Point

Gain an understanding of your role as a supervisor/team leader and the key skills to be successful.

  • Your key role as a supervisor
  • Understanding leadership in comparison to management
  • Shifting from co-worker to manager 
  • Essential management duties to develop accountability with your team:
    • Delegation
    • Mentoring
    • Coaching
    • Motivating
  • Explore how to use your Myers-Briggs Type to support your work, make decisions, and build relationships

 Session 2 | Daily Practical Application of the "New One Minute Manager" | Friday, February 16, 2024

Presenter: Justin Rueb, Ph.D., President of Aspiring Heights, LLC | Professor of Psychology, UW-Stevens Point

Gain communication skills needed on a daily basis to be an effective manager.

  • Overview of the “New Revised One Minute Manager” and leadership in a rapidly changing world
  • Examine case studies and recommended best practices in management

 Session 3 | Organizational Culture and Emotional Intelligence in Supervisory Management | Friday, March 15, 2024

Presenter: Justin Rueb, Ph.D., President of Aspiring Heights, LLC | Professor of Psychology, UW-Stevens Point

Gain practical applications of organizational culture, and its role in effective management. Learn how to apply emotional intelligence to create a positive workplace.

  • Understand the impact of Emotional Intelligence (E.Q.) at work
  • Leverage E.Q. to motivate, resolve and prevent conflict, produce a positive culture
  • Assess and define your current workplace culture strengths and opportunities
  • Grit and its effect on supervision and the workplace

 Session 4 | Communication Skills for Success in Supervisory Management | Friday, April 19, 2024

Presenter: Mary Jae Kleckner, Ph.D., Professor of Business Communication, UW-Stevens Point

Learn practical communication skills and strategies you can use to more effectively connect and collaborate with coworkers, anticipate and manage conflict, and develop employee performance.

Session 1: Connecting with Coworkers

  • Meeting basic connecting needs
  • Identifying your own Connecting Style
  • Adapting to different Connecting Styles 

Session 2: Collaborating with Coworkers

  • Building a solid foundation
  • Conducting productive meetings
  • Assessing Emotional Intelligence (EI) 

Session 3: Anticipating and Managing Conflict

  • Developing Emotional Intelligence
  • Identifying your preferred Conflict Management Style
  • Choosing a conflict management approach 

Session 4: Providing and Soliciting Performance Feedback

  • Promoting a culture of continuous improvement
  • Providing supportive and corrective feedback
  • Planning performance management meetings
  • Soliciting meaningful feedback

 Session 5 | Transformative Management | Friday, May 17, 2024

Presenter: Wendy Wilde

This transformative workshop integrates management concepts with the participant's values and strengths to improve work performance. We'll engage in discussion, exercises, and presentations to help maximize participant's supervisory success for the enrichment of the teams they lead. 

  • Uncover more opportunities to navigate the challenges of leading.
  • Achieve a clear understanding of your values and strengths and why that matters.
  • Investigate the impact that building trust and practicing consistent, meaningful actions has on a team.
  • Confirm the influence a high performing supervisor/team lead has on an organization.
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​Minimum Computer Standards



Participants are responsible for ensuring they have the minimum computer standards for participating in the virtual conference via Zoom. Zoom works best with Chrome or Firefox. UW-Stevens Point and UMACS are not responsible for participant technological issues, including but not limited to, inadequate bandwidth and/or registrant equipment malfunction.  

Click here to download Zoom Client for Meetings. Need help using Zoom?  Click here for our Zoom Tutorial help page.  

Contact Information

​Please call the UW-Stevens Point Continuing Education office 715-346-3838.

 
Full refunds granted upon receipt of written request to uwspceweb@uwsp.edu when received 14 days before the start date of each individual workshop. No refunds will be given if cancellation is received less than 14 days before the workshop. Substitutions can be made at any time, but no shows will be responsible for the full certificate program fee. 

Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. 
Please contact Continuing Education at 715-346-3838 or uwspceweb@uwsp.edu.

This program is coordinated by UWSP Continuing Education in partnership with the Small Business Development Center at UW-Stevens Point. 

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The Wisconsin SBDC Network is a proud part of the Institute of Business and Entrepreneurship in the UW-System. Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.