Center for Management Development

📈 Take control of your projects with confidence!
Join Microsoft Project® for Project Managers and learn how to plan, track, and manage projects more effectively using this powerful tool.

🎯 Plan smarter. Deliver results.

Register today!
https://cmd.wichita.edu/Courses/microsoft-project-for-project-managers/

Only 2 weeks left!⏳
Join Dr. Gerald Graham for a powerful session that will help you refine your supervisory skills and boost your effectiveness in the workplace.

📅 Date: Friday, June 12, 2026
⏰ Time: 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
📍 Location: Woolsey Room 231-232, Wichita State University

This highly-demanded course will equip you with practical tools to elevate your supervisory skills and lead your teams more effectively. Don’t miss this chance to grow professionally and sharpen your leadership edge.

Register now!
https://cmd.wichita.edu/Courses/improving-supervisory-skills-2

💬 Effective communication drives stronger teams, smoother collaboration, and lasting professional success.
Join Caroline Beach, Ed.D., for Communication Excellence: Elevating Your Workplace Interactions and develop the skills to communicate with clarity, confidence, and professionalism.

📅 June 9, 2026
⏰ 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
📍 Woolsey Hall, Wichita State University

Strengthen your listening, feedback, and conversation skills through engaging, real-world activities designed to enhance workplace interactions and collaboration.
Register today!
https://cmd.wichita.edu/Courses/communication-excellence-elevating-your-workplace-interactions/

The Center for Management Development congratulates our Textron participants on completing their Master Certificate in Project Management.

Anita Barrett, PMP, PSM, CMD instructor, presented these certificates acknowledging their accomplishments.

Check out our website to register for one of our project management certificate programs today!

✒️ Meet Our Team: Steve McNeil
Steve McNeil is a former Technical Project Manager with IBM, where he led the Full-Service Property Management System Development Team. Since joining CMD in January 2022, Steve has brought valuable industry insight and real-world leadership experience to participants looking to hone their professional and project management skills.

💡 Best Career Advice:
“Find the opportunity in whatever you are facing. Then make the most of it, learn, and grow through the experience.”

🎉 Fun Fact:
Despite spending over 25 years working for Marriott, most of Steve’s vacations were spent in a tent.
We’re grateful to have Steve’s practical experience and growth-minded approach as part of the CMD instructor team!

Steve's upcoming class is Overcoming Negativity in the Workplace, on June 5, 2026!
Register today: https://cmd.wichita.edu/Courses/overcoming-negativity-in-the-workplace

🧠 Shift the energy. Change the narrative.

Negativity can quietly shape team performance—but you can learn to redirect it.
Join Steve McNeil, PMP, for Overcoming Negativity in the Workplace and discover how to reframe challenges, respond with intention, and foster a more productive mindset.

📅 June 5, 2026
⏰ 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
📍 Woolsey Hall, Wichita State University
🎯 Reset perspectives. Strengthen your impact.

Register now!
https://cmd.wichita.edu/Courses/overcoming-negativity-in-the-workplace/

Engaged teams start with self-awareness and connection. Join Darian Bebout for Emotional Intelligence’s Impact on Employee Engagement and learn how to improve communication, strengthen relationships, and boost team performance.
📅 June 4, 2026
⏰ 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
📍 Woolsey Hall, Wichita State University
🎯 Lead with awareness. Engage with purpose.

🔗 Register now: https://cmd.wichita.edu/Courses/emotional-intelligences-impact-on-employee-engagement/

Next Month! ⏳ Boost your Excel skills with Dr. Sue Abdinnour in Harnessing the Power of Excel for Data Analysis and Decision Making.

📅 May 20 & 21, 2026
⏰ 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
📍 Woolsey Hall, Wichita State University

Dive deeper into advanced data analysis and decision-making and learn strategies that will set you apart in the business world.

Register now!
https://cmd.wichita.edu/Courses/harnessing-the-power-of-excel-for-data-analysis-and-decision-making

Never has the demand for leaders been greater.

Leadership differs from management. Most companies are over-managed and under-led.
For those who choose to lead, the journey is exciting, rewarding, risky, and transformational.

Thinking Strategically in Your Leadership Role begins in the next few weeks!
This one-day session is designed to help you step back from the day-to-day grind to see the big picture.

📅 May 15, 2026
⏰ 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
📍 Woolsey Hall, Wichita State University

Register Today! 🌟

https://cmd.wichita.edu/Courses/thinking-strategically-in-your-leadership-role/

Refine your skills this May with our expert-led classes.

May 15 – Thinking Strategically in Your Leadership Role
May 20 & 21 - Harnessing the Power of Excel

Invest in your growth—register on our site today!