The LevelUp Your Leadership Program is a “choose your own adventure” style program, allowing you to pick and choose courses from the program’s catalog based on your unique leadership development needs. There are introductory level courses such as Transitioning from Peer to Leader for those career pathing to a leader role or those brand new to a leader role. There is a core set of courses accompanied by a certificate of completion for existing leaders looking to level up their leadership knowledge and skills. And there are courses for everyone in between.
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Course Catalog
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Role of a Leader
Instructor-led 1 hour 30 minutes Recommended for all levels
Forget the org chart. Real management happens in the moments between meetings, in the decisions made under pressure, and in the relationships that hold teams together. In this session, we explore Henry Mintzberg's landmark framework for understanding what managers actually do and why it still matters decades after it was first introduced. Through his three core role categories (Interpersonal, Informational, and Decisional) Mintzberg cuts through management theory to reveal the ten distinct roles every effective supervisor plays. Whether you're new to supervision or a seasoned leader looking to sharpen your self-awareness, this session offers a practical lens for reflecting on your own management style, identifying your strengths, and recognizing where you may have blind spots. You'll leave with a clearer picture of the full scope of the managerial role and a new vocabulary for talking about the work you do every day. Building Relationships and Getting Results (coming fall 2026)
Instructor-led Available to all levels
Learn how to build and nurture relationships with your team and across the organization, how to create a shared understanding of expectations and goals, and how they bolster one another Change Management (coming fall 2026)
Instructor-led Available to those in a leadership role
Learn your role and responsibilities in managing change and how to manage it successfully whether it’s a change you initiated or a change pushed out by the larger department or organization Improving Culture Through Difficult Conversations
Instructor-led 1 hour Recommended for all levels
Difficult conversations are essential to fostering a healthy team culture. In this session, you’ll learn how our Shocker PROUD Service Standards help establish behavioral norms, a framework for navigating difficult conversations effectively, and strategies to hold each other accountable while maintaining professionalism, responsiveness, openness, understanding, and dependability. Coaching and Corrective Action Case Study (coming summer 2026)
Instructor-led Available to those currently in a leader role
Learn about the coaching and corrective action process and practice effectively applying it. Maximizing Staff Performance Reviews (coming fall 2026)
Instructor-led Recommended for anyone with non-teaching, benefit-eligible direct reports
Learn about the performance evaluation process and how to leverage it as a tool in driving employee engagement. Student Success Focus (coming fall 2026)
Instructor-led Available for all levels
Learn effective strategies and share best practices for fostering student success and persistence. Using Reason to Resolve Conflict
Instructor-led 1 hour Recommended for all levels
Whether they take place in the workplace or in one’s personal life, conflicts are inevitable; however, that does not mean that they must always be damaging. When emotions are understood and reason is used to handle conflict, the result can actually be strengthened relationships rather than damaged ones. This workshop discusses how you can replace pure emotion with rational decision-making when dealing with conflict. |
Transitioning from Peer to Leader (coming fall 2026)
Online module Recommended for those career pathing to a leader role and those new to a leader role
Learn the key shifts between individual contributor to people leader and tactics for a successful transition
Increased Effectiveness (coming fall 2026)
Online module Available for all levels
Learn tips and tricks to better manage your time.
Motivating Your Team
Online module 1 hour Recommended for those currently in a leader role
Knowing how to motivate a team is more important than ever, given the pace of change, competitive demands, and increasing diversity of most organizations. This course shows you how to bring out the best in every member of your team, using proven motivation and employee engagement techniques. Learn how to create a strong foundation built on a shared vision and values and empower each team member to deliver excellent service. See how coaching can help you develop stronger relationships and how to leverage incentives that really work. Since positive results depend so much on effective leadership, this course also identifies the skills you need to build an organization that thrives. Each section is filled with real-world examples and tips to get your team from good to great.
Emotional Intelligence
Instructor-led 1 hour Available to all levels
Implementing discipline over our emotional life is difficult and requires lifelong practice. Being able to choose to act or respond in a particular manner is preferable to re-acting on a consistent basis, yet it is difficult. Enhancing emotional intelligence improves our ability to master our emotional functioning. High emotional intelligence can improve our communications with all others, enhance our perception of satisfaction with ourselves and our lives and increase our productiveness overall. Building Team Culture (coming fall 2026)
Instructor-led Available to those in a leadership role
Learn the importance of team culture, your role in building a strong team and university culture, and tactics for creating and sustaining it. Effective Hiring Practices (coming fall 2026)
Instructor-led Recommended for anyone that participates in interviewing candidates
Learn tactics for an effective hiring process including the do’s and don’ts of interviews and the role of a search committee.
Helpful Tools and Resources (coming summer 2026)
Online module Available for all levels
Learn about a variety of tools and resources vital to carrying out your responsibilities as a leader.
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LevelUp Your Leadership Certificate Path Recognition
Below is a list of your colleagues who have completed the LevelUp Your Leadership certificate path.
| First Name | Last Name | Department |
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| A2 | B2 | C2 |
| A3 | B3 | C3 |
Will you be the first to complete the certificate path?
Professional Development Resources
Other professional development resources including WSU’s Leader Orientation program and the KLC Grant Opportunity can be found on HR’s professional development website at wichita.edu/HRProfessionalDevelopment.