Thomas College helping workers at central Maine businesses gain skills
Thomas College’s Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation is offering a variety of highly topical professional development subjects in three- and six-week sessions that are taught by the college’s faculty in their respective areas of expertise.
One of the objectives of the institute is to assist businesses in central Maine develop their workforce by helping them advance their employees’ professional skills and thereby address one of the largest challenges faced by Maine businesses — namely, a skilled workforce.
The Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation’s fall 2018 Professional Development Series is now open for enrollment. Courses begin as soon as Sept. 26, with most starting the second week of October.
“After serving close to 200 central Maine employees through our institute’s courses, we’ve been able to really hone in on what skills both employees and employers’ value the most,” said Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation Executive Director Mike Duguay. “The current courses that we offer have been created to provide the most impactful content possible in the shortest period of time.”
Here’s what’s being offered
Courses are divided into two categories: The Leadership Academy and the Skills Center.
The Leadership Academy, which aims to create qualified leaders, managers and supervisors by teaching the skills they need to be effective, offers courses such as:
- The leadership symposium
- Introduction to supervision
- Intermediate supervision
- Introduction to agile and process improvement.
The Skills Center’s courses, which are designed to help employees learn how to successfully interact with customers and colleagues, include:
- Masterful communications
- High-performance sales
- Effective teamwork
- Technical writing.
Registration is available at online here. For more information, contact Josh Devou by email at devouj@thomas.edu or by phone at 207-859-1159.
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