Two-Part Workshop Series

April 30 & May 21, 2025
1:00-2:30pm EST

While a few people might have natural leadership skills, most of us need to spend considerable effort cultivating the skills necessary to motivate and to guide employees to do their best work. This interactive, two-part leadership training is designed to begin to identify existing strengths and build on current ones for aspiring and current leaders.

This curriculum will provide multiple opportunities to refine and practice skills that will directly impact day-to-day service provision. The foundation of the training is based on Bolman and Deal’s Reframing Organization. This framework provides four leadership orientations that can be applied to current and future leadership topics including mentoring, career development, leading in a hybrid/ virtual office environment, and supporting staff. Participants will be exposed to the four leadership orientations, complete an assessment to determine their dominant leadership orientation, analyze leadership scenarios, and develop strategies to implement in their work environment. 

At the end of the training participants will have:

• a deeper understanding of their personal leadership style by identifying strengths and areas for growth 

• An improved leadership skill set to effectively develop and guide an office in an ever-changing environment

• Strategies to further explore related to defined skills that have been identified

Presenter

Dr. Michael Kiener

Director
Rehabilitation Counseling Program
Maryville University

Dr. Michael Kiener is a professor and director of Maryville University’s Rehabilitation Counseling program. He has developed numerous trainings for community rehabilitation providers, vocational rehabilitation counselors, and for supervisors of state agencies. Michael has a Ph.D. in counselor education and is currently a certified rehabilitation counselor. He is a member of the National Rehabilitation Association, is a board member of the Missouri Rehabilitation Association, Eastern Chapter, and president of the Missouri Rehabilitation Association. He received the Outstanding Faculty Award for faculty who best demonstrate excellence in the integration of teaching, scholarship, and/or service and the President’s Award for Strategic Excellence: Civic Engagement, given to individuals who bring the University’s core values to life.  From the Missouri Rehabilitation Association, he received Lifetime Service Award in 2022 and in 2023 received the Impact Award given to an exemplary Missouri Leader in the disability sector who has had a profound impact on changing the lives and championing the rights of people with disabilities. He has thirty publications including a co-authored book on strength-based counseling and journal articles on career decision making, action research, counseling pedagogy, and active and dynamic learning strategies.

Cost

$100 members
$125 nonmembers

Certificate

General attendance certificate or Social Work CEs are included in the cost.