Management Training: Improving Work Habits

Improving Work Habits is a 4-hour course that teaches participants how to effectively address poor work habits in their team members. The course covers topics such as determining if a work habit is a performance issue or a poor work habit, describing the work habit, keeping ownership on the team member, and empathizing with the team member. The course also includes exercises, videos, and skill practice to help participants apply the skills they have learned.

Here is a more detailed breakdown of Improving Work Habits:

• Key Concepts: This section introduces the differences between a performance issue and a poor work habit, and it teaches participants how to describe a work habit in an objective manner.
• Skill Points: This section introduces Skill Points, which are a set of tools that can help participants address poor work habits in their team members.
• Foundational Skills: This section covers the foundational skills that participants need to use Skill Points effectively.
• Positive Model: This section presents a video of a team leader effectively using Skill Points to address a poor work habit.
• Skill Practice: This section provides participants with an opportunity to practice using Skill Points in a variety of scenarios.

Improving Work Habits is designed to be active and includes activities and exercises so learners engage in the course content. Improving Work Habits is published by Vital Learning. This course is one of 12 modules that are part of the Leadership Essentials Series.

Who Should Take the Improving Work Habits Course?

This course is ideal for managers and supervisors who want to improve their coaching skills or who have been identified as needing to improve in this area. This course can be used within a new management development program or as a continuing education course.

What is the length of this course?

The live class is designed to be delivered in under 4 hours. The Hybrid and Online version length will vary depending on how long it takes the learner to complete their self-paced work.

How Is This Management Training Delivered?

This course is available in the following formats:

Requirements for teaching this training program:

The live class version (face-to-face /in-person/hybrid formats) has a few requirements:

• • The facilitator must purchase and use the Improving Work Habits facilitator guide.
  • Classes must have a minimum of 9 managers and a maximum of 21 participants.