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Office of Professional Development

Lessons in Leadership Series

Elevate Your Leadership Skills with Expert-Led Workshops

The Office of Professional Development is excited to launch Lessons in Leadership series in 2025! 

These interactive sessions feature expert speakers and professionals, offering insights on key leadership skills, personal development strategies, and tools for effective management. The series is ideal for leaders looking to enhance their capabilities, manage challenges, and foster overall well-being.

What to Expect:

  • Monthly Half-Day Workshops (morning or afternoon sessions)
  • Guest Facilitators from both SUNY Oswego faculty and staff and local community leaders
  • Interactive Learning in our SUNY Oswego Extended Learning classroom
  • Cost: $150 per workshop

Bundle and Save!

  • For-Profit Businesses/Industries: Minimum purchase of 25 seats at a discounted rate of $125 per seat.
  • Non-Profit Organizations: Minimum purchase of 5 seats at a discounted rate of $100 per seat.

Upcoming Workshops:

Leadership Efficiency: Effective Strategies and AI Tools for Enhanced Productivity, 3/19/25

Leadership Efficiency: Effective Strategies and AI Tools for Enhanced Productivity

Date: Wednesday, March 19th, 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM 
Location: SUNY Oswego Extended Learning Classroom
Workshop Overview:
As a leader, managing your time effectively is key to your success. Join us for a hands-on, interactive session where you'll learn practical tools and techniques for boosting productivity. This workshop is designed to help leaders prioritize tasks, delegate effectively, overcome procrastination, and harness the power of AI to streamline operations and optimize time management.
What You’ll Learn:
Proven strategies for prioritization and delegation techniques for overcoming procrastination and maintaining focus how to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity actionable methods for improving leadership effectiveness. 
Guest Facilitator: Stephanie Pritchard 
Stephanie Pritchard is the Coordinator of the Writing Center and of Writing and Ethical Practice at SUNY Oswego and has over ten years of experience teaching writing in higher education. Stephanie co-authored SUNY Fact2's first Guide to Optimizing AI in Higher Education (2023), co-chaired SUNY's first AI Symposium in 2024, and reviewed the second Fact2 Guide to Optimizing AI in Higher Education, Second Edition (2024). She is currently working on a multi-campus Innovative Instruction Technology Grant to launch a project called Teaching with AI, which will begin in January 2025. 
 

Registration Information Coming Soon

Sustaining Leadership: Building Resilience, Managing Stress, and Prioritizing Self-Care, 4/30/225

Sustaining Leadership: Building Resilience, Managing Stress, and Prioritizing Self-Care

Date: Wednesday, April 30th, 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM 
Location: SUNY Oswego Extended Learning Classroom
Workshop Overview:
Leadership demands energy and resilience, and cultivating healthy habits is essential for sustaining both. In this session, participants will explore strategies for overcoming unproductive habits while building a foundation of mental and physical well-being. Focused on work-life integration, stress management, compassion fatigue, and overall wellness, this workshop empowers leaders to recognize signs of burnout and stress, manage their energy, and prioritize self-care. By the end of the session, leaders will have actionable tools to enhance long-term effectiveness, resilience, and well-being.
Guest Facilitator: Emily Bovier
Emily Bovier is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences. Dr. Bovier has a background in clinical psychology, and has taught courses related to compassion fatigue and burnout during her tenure at SUNY Oswego.  

Registration Information Coming Soon