Bob Wall

BEING SMART ONLY TAKES YOU SO FAR

As a learning professional, do you spend so much time developing others that you don't make time to develop yourself? Are you concerned your career might be stuck, or that you won't be able to stay relevant in the digital work environment? When choosing among professional development options, how can you increase the chances that your time and money will be well spent?
During this webcast, we will address such questions as:

How can you determine which skills or competencies are most important for you to develop in your career?
How do you go about choosing education that matches both your skill need and your learning preferences?
What is the value of certification and why should you consider one?
When should you opt for a degree versus a certification or other professional development choice?

Join us for a conversation with Bob Collins about practical steps you can take to make sure your time spent in personal professional development helps you to achieve your career goals. As the author of our November TD at Work “Develop Your Career With a Professional Certification,” Bob will talk about ways to grow your skills and enhance your career.
When you register, be sure to submit a question that you hope the presenter will answer during the webcast.
 

Taking Charge of Your Professional Development

Research has shown that improving employee engagement in government will drive higher levels of organizational performance, stimulate innovation, reduce unwanted turnover and yield other important workforce and organizational benefits. In this session, Bob will expand on previous sessions he’s presented on engagement, including:
• What employee engagement is and why it matters, particularly in government;
• Assessing the level of employee engagement;
• Improving engagement;
• Developing managerial competencies on engagement;
• Training and educating managers/supervisors on measuring and improving engagement;
• Building an organizational culture of engagement;
• Why engagement efforts fail; and
• How to get started on the journey to improved engagement.
This session will be based in part on Lavigna’s book, Engaging Government Employees:  Motivate and Inspire Your People to Achieve Superior Performance, published by the American Management Association. Governing magazine featured the book as one of the “6 Books Public Employees and Managers Should Read” in 2014.
 