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Workforce Development Toolkit - Professional Development

Training and Resources

Center for Creative Leadership

These are free, 60-minute webinars delivered by world-class researchers, faculty, and experts in leadership development.

Lead to Win Podcast with Michael Hyatt

This podcast hosts a series of topics including leadership, personal development, productivity, and tools and technology to lead today's workforce.

Leadership Podcast with John Maxwell

This podcast helps you develop the right attitude, discover your strengths, tap into your passion, make gains in your life like you've never seen, and become more in touch with what you're designed for so you can live a happy, healthy, and full life.

Learn Forward, Leading Self

This 4-phase, self-guided WSDOT Learn/Skillsoft program is designed to increase self-awareness and give you valuable skills to foster teamwork and collaboration, build relationships, and communicate more effectively.

Learn Forward, Leading Others

This WSDOT Learn/Skillsoft track is designed with 3 phases and is for those in lead or supervisory positions to improve teamwork and collaboration, build relationships, improve people development skills, and help embrace and embed inclusion in decision-making.

Making Materials Accessible

These Learning Center courses promote accessibility, which is important to serving people with disabilities. Government agencies have to make sure that everyone can access information; and businesses benefit by providing information on their products and services to all segments of the market. Learn how to make each of the following resources (emails, Excel workbooks, PowerPoint presentations and Word documents) accessible to all.

Mandatory Training (PDF 166KB)

Check to see if you're current on all mandatory training. In The Learning Center (TLC) from the dashboard, click on "View All" on "My Learning Assignments." Courses still needing completion will show there.

Online Learning Resources from Department of Enterprise Services

The Department of Enterprise Services (DES) Workforce Support & Development wants to provide learning opportunities to employees directly related to their work, productivity, and engagement in a way that meets remote work expectations.

They have established a selection of learning pathways and learning opportunities for remote learning to help employees and supervisors know the best and most appropriate training options that align with your learning and performance goals. Topic areas include technical, customer service, diversity, inclusion, leadership and human resources. These remote learning resources will be updated every Monday, so check it out frequently!

Skillsoft Live Events

Skillsoft Live Events are 60-minute, live webcasts featuring industry experts, thought leaders, best-selling authors, and business school faculty offering insights into what drives organizational and professional success based on their work, experience and expertise. Participants get an exceptional opportunity to engage the most recognized and sought-after thought leaders in business, leadership, strategy, and innovation. Each Live Event comprises a 45-minute keynote presentation, followed by a 15-minute live Q&A.

The Carvery Podcast with Alex Dorr

This Reality Based Leadership podcast, hosted by Alex Dorr, a practicing drama-diffuser and keynote speaker who's worked with Fortune 500 companies, The Carvery is a place for all to learn the simple tools, practical strategies and proven mental processes to carve away the drama in our lives.

Workhuman

Keeping work human: This website provides helpful resources to educate and inspire amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Discover a variety of videos and articles on topics such as connection, leadership, productivity, resilience and mindfulness.