Program Overview
Professional Development Center onsite training programs meet your needs and deliver high ROI. Our instructors are seasoned professionals who teach your people from real-world experience.
In house training topics include most of the courses and programs that the Professional Development Center offers. We can customize those sessions in almost any way you require. Here are several of our most popular onsite training topics:
Project Management
Our eight-day certificate in Project Management is tremendously popular throughout the Pacific Northwest. Participants learn a mix of planning and team-leadership skills to guide any project to success.
Accelerated Supervision Certificate
This five-day intensive series teaches your supervisors everything they need to know to hire and develop top quality employees, all while following legal rules and guidelines.
Finance for the Non-Accountant
Our two-day course teaches managers how to read and interpret financial documents to make better day-to-day business decisions.
Workplace Communications
This one-day session gives the essentials in effective workplace communications, beginning with a better understanding of ourselves and those around us, and ending with tips for improving written and verbal communication.
Performance Management
This two-day course helps managers with all aspects of managing employee performance, from goal setting to giving feedback and documentation.
Business Writing
Our multisession business writing program gives participants a chance to learn writing and communication skills in the classroom, with time between sessions to complete assignments that apply learning to the workplace.
Train-the-Trainer
These sessions can take your high-potential workers in any discipline and turn them into effective on-the-job-trainers for co-workers. Learn about how adults learn and techniques to connect with adult learning in the workplace.
These are just samples of what we can do. We can shorten and lengthen these and other programs to fit your timeline and budget. Contact Vincent Fritzsche at 503-725-5846 or vincentf@pdx.edu to discuss your situation.
