Events for March 3, 2026

Workshop Overview The Leadership Skills workshop is intended to help participants develop and improve interpersonal, group, team and leadership skills. The workshop is targeted to those in management or leadership roles in engineering/technical organizations, business, industry, academia or volunteer organizations. However, anyone interested in further developing these skills in dealing with people and working within any type of organization will benefit from the workshop. The format for the workshop includes the presentation of the core material and interactive participation; using exercises, case studies and open discussion. Workshop Content Introduction - Definition of Leadership - Interpersonal Effectiveness Leadership - Attributes of a Leader - Difference between management skills and leadership skills - Being a Leader - Holistic Communications Interpersonal communications - Personal Interactive Skills - Jungian type personality indicators - Myers-Briggs Self Evaluation - Motivating - Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs - Team Building - Coaching Conflict Management - Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Styles - Self Evaluation - Situations to use conflict styles and consequences - Confronting Conflict Problem Solving and Decision Making - Formal techniques, eg. KT, Alamo, Cause Mapping, etc - Brainstorming - Synergistic Decision Making Speaker(s): Sharan Kalwani Agenda: 5:30 PM - Welcome and Introductions, Section business update 5:35 PM - Skills Talk: Part 1 6:25 - 6:30 PM - Break 6:35 PM - Skills Talk: Part 2 7:25 - 7:30 PM - Break 7:30 PM - Skills Talk: Part 3 plus Exercises, Q & A 8:25 - 8:30 PM - Formal Conclusion Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/542210

This free, optional training event is available to all IEEE members and prospective members within the IEEE Central Illinois Section (CILS) and surrounding areas. This session will offer general tips and assistance for anyone wishing to... * Learn about upcoming IEEE events and volunteer opportunities in central Illinois * Run an IEEE technical chapter or a student branch * Create or renew a technical chapter * Create or organize events * Add new officers * Request IEEE email or website services * Report past or future meetings * Contact other IEEE members in our area * Publish or share IEEE-branded materials ...or perform similar tasks. (1st revision) Agenda: * Introduction to the IEEE CILS * Navigating the IEEE Website * Website resources for volunteers, chapters, and student branches * Volunteer Roles Available in 2024 * Volunteer Tools (vTools) * Training via IEEE Center for Leadership Excellence (CLE) * Using IEEE Collabratec to find events and volunteers * Question & Answer session * Open Floor Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/542601