Humentum- Management and Leadership Course Links

A new manager is forced to begin a search for a new employee to replace an employee who left the organization unexpectedly. The scenario-based course follows the manager as she consults her Human Resources recruiting specialist for some best practices on hiring a new employee. The course introduces the four steps in the selection hiring process, and offers solid advice for successfully completing each step. The course also offers tools, including a competency profile, sample interview questions, interview tracking form, and candidate ranking form, that the learner can use as models for their own selection hiring process.

• Learn the sequence of steps to follow in order to avoid a costly mistake in the hiring process
• Practice creating a job listing and learn how to post a listing to reach your target audience
• Use tools to help rank candidates and check references
• Learn the steps to follow after you choose a candidate

This course places the learner in the role of a manager with 3 direct reports, each with a different set of characteristics and in different situations. The learner must make decisions that impact these direct reports with the help of some helpful resources related to performance management. The course seeks to provide an entertaining, engaging, and ultimately enlightening experience to managers in the development world.

• Describe the impact and benefits of performance management
• Assess skills gaps and identify potential learning opportunities
• Demonstrate effective supervisory techniques as part of the performance management process
• Establish stretch goals and create a professional development plan (PDP)

This course is designed for presenters who are ready to take the next step from presentation planning and who are ready to develop the skills to deliver strong presentations.  At the end of the course, learners will have developed three strategies for increasing skills when delivering presentations – including preparing mentally, managing risk and increasing presentation confidence. After completing this course, learners will be able to:

• Identify practice strategies for delivering presentations
• Identify approaches to plan for three types of presentation risk
• Practice activities to increase presentation confidence

In this course you will learn about Fostering a successful team. It means understanding how to nurture and guide those you support and lead. The team management modules are designed to help you achieve this.

This course explores four of the most frequently used communication tools in the development and relief sectors – telephones, web conferencing, Skype and email. Upon completion of instruction, learners will know the advantages and disadvantages of each communication tool and the contexts in which each communication tool is preferred.

After completing this course, learners will be able to:

• List the Advantages and Disadvantages of four communications tools (Skype, email, web-conferencing and telephone)
• Identify the best communication tools to use in a collection of scenario based simulations
• Describe the basic use scenarios for each of the four communication tools.

This course is designed to help individuals identify areas of their life causing stress, and teach them short term and long term means of coping with the stress.

• Understand how stress affects the body, mind, and spirit
• Recognize the various causes of stress
• Analyze how stress may be manifesting in your life
• Determine the symptoms of stress you may be experiencing
• Develop tools to manage short and long term stress

This course explores approaches to Team Leadership that maximize the efforts of team members towards the achievement of a goal. In addition to an initial definition of team management, the module also explores activities that promote engaged and capable teams. After completing this course, the learner will be able to:

• Differentiate between leadership styles;
• Develop techniques for enhancing your own leadership capabilities;
• Match your own leadership styles to the needs of the context;
• Understand the need for leadership communication.

In this course the learner will develop the skills required to manage by engaging in meaningful conversations with team members. The learner will discover the purpose of meaningful conversations, find the time to incorporate it into daily practice, and identify what to talk about with team members.

• What is the purpose of engaging in meaningful conversations?
• Who should engage in meaningful conversations?
• Why is it important to engage with front line staff members?
• What activities are considered urgent or important?
• How can activities be prioritized?
• Identify what to ask about purpose
• Identify what to ask about the people you serve
• Identify what to ask about capability measures
• Identify what to ask about process performance

This course outlines the seven steps required to plan for successful presentations.  Each step along the way, the learner is introduced to a set of skills that can be applied to the development of a Presentation Plan.  At the end of the course, the learner will have developed a high-level Presentation Plan to address a challenge in his/her work environment.

After completing this course, learners will be able to:

• Identify the seven steps in preparing a Presentation Plan
• Demonstrate skills in conducting needs analysis, audience analysis and presentation planning
• Develop a plan to prepare for presentations in the learner’s context.

This module invites the learner to navigate a series of scenarios where employees are challenged to identify and address potentially hostile workplace environments. The module explores several issues that must be addressed in a discrimination and harassment-free workplace, including race, age, gender, national origin and more. The module also explores the appropriate boundaries that should be in place to guide written, visual, conversation and physical interactions in the workplace.