MRA-The Management Association is a not-for-profit employer association that serves more than 4,000 employers throughout the Midwest, covering 800,000+ employees. As one of the largest employer associations in the nation, MRA helps its member organizations thrive by creating powerful teams and safe, successful workplaces. MRA conducts more than 2,000 learning events each year. Members of MRA also receive access to expert guidance, best practices, professionally facilitated roundtables, essential tools, and dozens of business services in the areas of human resources and training. The Iowa/Western Illinois MRA office is located at 3800 Avenue of the Cities, Suite 100 in Moline, Illinois.
To learn more on how to become a member of MRA or for more information regarding other program schedules, go to www.mratraining.com or contact Heather Roberts, Executive Director at 309-277-4183 or heather.roberts@mranet.org.
Some upcoming courses in APRIL include :
Project Management: The Human and Technical View
Don't let your projects get the best of you! In this program, gain the know-how to lead projects to successful outcomes. Participants will learn to implement a process for planning and completing any project, using a practical, hands-on approach. Discuss the roles and responsibilities of a project manager, including managing the human dynamics of the team and stakeholders. A communication-style assessment guides project managers to an understanding of the power of an adaptable style. Participants will be able to explain how to affect change and influence others as projects evolve.
On day two, participants will take part in a video case study and complete an analysis of another project manager's work.
This course provides time for the participant to work on a project using templates. Bring your project idea(s) to class. MRA also provides the templates in MS Word as a download.
For more information, go to www.mratraining.com/
Affirmative Action Plan Workshop
During this workshop, you will receive the tools you need to write a federally-sound affirmative action plan from start to finish, including the preparation of all critical statistical analyses. In addition to writing the plan, we discuss important affirmative action concepts and implementation requirements. Our approach is unique. First, the seminar is conducted by MRA's AA/EEO managers. Second, this is one of the most "hands-on" and "interactive" seminars you will ever attend. You actually prepare many elements of your plan during the seminar.
For more information, go to www.mratraining.com/
Advanced Communication Series
Push your communication skills to higher levels. In this series, participants will learn how humans take in and process language and information and the ways language and information drive our thinking and behavior. This series will explore current science of the mind and its impact on language, behavior, understanding, and actions. This highly interactive series seeks to move information to knowledge and then to action.
For more information, go to www.mratraining.com/
Human Resource Professional Series
Building upon the technical skills gained in the Essentials of HR Certificate Series, this certificate series continues to grow your technical HR expertise, while focusing on key HR competencies of business acumen, collaboration, influencing, and work relationships. (HRCI Credit: 16.25 Business (Strategic))
For more information go to www.mratraining.com/
Frontline Leadership Series
This series is for those individuals who provide leadership or formal guidance to a work group without the power to hire, to fire, or conduct performance reviews. (They may be called group leaders, team leaders, coordinators, leaders of work groups, "go to" people, etc.) These employees often do the work while providing leadership to their work group.
This series introduces the important principles of motivation, interpersonal communication, employee training, influencing others to achieve results, meeting organizational objectives, and resolving conflict. Using a combination of discussion, case study, and skill practice, participants are prepared to be more productive within their organization by developing their leadership skills. This series is also effective for individuals that are being groomed for a leadership-type role.
For new supervisors and managers who have the responsibility to hire, fire, promote, and evaluate performance, the Principles of Leadership Excellence Series is strongly recommended.
For more information go to www.mratraining.com/
