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Essential Skills for Managers

This course exposes and trains course participants to develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities to manage others successfully.

The focus of this program is to provide a foundational base of skills for all managers using research-based best practices. This course exposes and trains course participants to develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities to manage others successfully.

Upon successful completion of this course, the students will be able to:

  1. Utilize tools and skills to effectively manage teams.

  2. Develop trusting and respectful relationships with their staff.

  3. identify ways to decrease the escalation of problems or issues.

  4. Create high performance teams.

  5. Understand their strengths and how to use them with their teams.

  6. Know the benefits of using a strength-based approach.

  7. Diagnose situations and identify appropriate leadership styles and strategies.

Upcoming Classes

Class Location

Class Dates
Time
Location
Cost
  • Dec 18, 2025 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Kokomo
$199

Ivy Tech Kokomo
1815 E Morgan St
Kokomo, IN 46902

In Person, Instructor-Led
Contact: Charles Williams, cwilliams1190@ivytech.edu

  • Mar 19, 2026 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Kokomo
$199

   Click on the "register" button to be directed to the registration portal. You must click on the “New to Skills Training” link at the bottom to get started.

Ivy Tech Logansport Campus
1 Ivy Tech Drive
Logansport , IN 46947

In Person, Instructor-Led
Contact: Ivy+ Career Link- Kokomo, 463-298-0921, kokomo-careerlink@ivytech.edu

  • May 27, 2026 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Kokomo
$199

   Click on the "register" button to be directed to the registration portal. You must click on the “New to Skills Training” link at the bottom to get started.

Ivy Tech Kokomo Campus
1815 E Morgan St
Kokomo, IN 46902

In Person, Instructor-Led
Contact: Ivy+ Career Link- Kokomo, 463-298-0921, kokomo-careerlink@ivytech.edu

Costs may vary by location given differences in the cost of supplies and class provider.