Build Your Team Up with Upskilling Creating opportunities for dialogue and enhancing camaraderie among its management team guided Kendall Hunt Publishing’s leadership and brain health training in the past year. Kendall Hunt, along with its partner companies Great River Learning, RCL Benziger, Paradigm Education Solutions, Westmark Development and Westmark Enterprises, immersed their management teams in a variety of leadership training options including Leading Virtual Teams, Mentoring v. Coaching, Succession Planning, Mastering the Art of Delegation and others. Stacie Halverson, vice president of human resources for Kendall Hunt, said the trainings were the right fit for the companies’ leaders. “Many of our leaders and managers have served in their current roles for a long time while others were just starting out in their management careers. Trying to find a one-size-fits-all is nearly impossible. We decided to do a Leadership Training Series in 2022 and require our managers to pick four they would attend over the course of the year,” Stacie said.
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This year, the companies’ leadership also enrolled in brain health training to stay ahead of the curve.
“We have all seen an increase in brain health issues whether from employees or our own families and friends. Most of us are not equipped to handle difficult situations people deal with so our goal was to give our managers tools to help guide employees toward help or to lend an empathetic ear,” Stacie said.
Training programs customized in partnership with Northeast Iowa Community College, instead of on-the-job training efforts, allowed Kendall Hunt to explore different insights and perspectives on management practices and strategies.
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“Formal training helps managers put a few more tools in their tool belt or maybe even sharpen the tools for those who have been in leadership a long time,” she said.
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