Workshops

This 5-day workshop provides an in-depth introduction to leadership built around multiple themes: leadership differs from position, leadership occurs at all levels of an organization, anyone can develop and exhibit excellent leadership behaviors, each individual has a unique style of leading, and understanding one’s inherent preferences for interacting with others, processing information, making decisions and approaching tasks helps to develop the self-awareness and self-confidence to lead. 
Content of the workshop includes:

     - In-depth exploration and application of Myers-Briggs

       Psychological Type as a basis for understanding

       personal preferences for interacting with others, processing

       information, making decisions and approaching tasks

       (including strategies for effective communication and

       leadership when your preferences differ from those of others)
     - Introduction to models of leadership and their applicability to the natural resources context
     - Leadership as a relationship; mentoring
     - Decision making, dealing with change
     - Leadership and effective teams
     - Generational change in the workplace

Tuition: $1,195 (includes 2 books, course notebook, personalized Myers-Briggs report. Offered one or more times per year at a different locations, or on demand at a location of the client’s choice. Anyone can host this workshop by providing a suitable training room and committing to sending enough participants to the workshop to ensure a viable workshop. To host this course, contact Dr. McMullin.

Co-instructor: Joel Holtrop, Retired Deputy Chief, National Forest System, USDA Forest Service.

Next scheduled offering:  FY 2025 workshops currently being scheduled--stay tuned!
                                               
To enroll in this workshop: send an email to mcmullintraining@gmail.com with the subject line, Enroll in LNRC Silver City. Please include your full name and contact information in the body of the email message.

Need help with AgLearn or in completing your SF-182?  Get help at http://www.fs.fed.us/biology/education/index.html

 

Cancellation/refund policy: Participants whose tuition has been paid and then drop out of the class will be eligible for a refund of tuition minus $200 to cover costs incurred by the provider unless they find a substitute to take their place in the workshop.

This 3-day workshop provides in-depth, individualized development of leadership skills based on feedback from two widely used assessment tools: the DRiV assessment, and the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI; a 360-degree assessment of leadership behaviors). Participants construct a detailed leadership development plan throughout the workshop. 
Content of the workshop includes:         
    - Presentation of the DRiV model and interpretation of individual results on 

      the instrument that assesses factors that drive or drain you.

    - Interpretation of feedback from the LPI, including strategies for improving participants’ abilities to model the way,
      inspire a shared vision, empower others, challenge the process, and encourage the heart.

Tuition: $1,195 (includes 2 books, course notebook, personalized DRiV report, personalized Leadership Practices Inventory 360-degree leadership assessment.

Next offering: Spring 2025 (date and location TBD)

To enroll in this workshop: Send email to mcmullintraining@gmail.com with Enroll ALNRC in the subject line. Include full contact information in the body of the message.

The in-person version of this workshop can be taught in 1-day or 2-day format. The course develops skills natural resource professionals need to communicate technical information in language that nontechnical audiences can understand.  The workshop focuses on writing technical reports (including NEPA documents) in direct, concise, and simple language without losing important meaning and context.
Content of the workshop includes:
     - Identifying the purpose of your writing
     - Writing to support critical decisions
     - Organizing your document
     - How to make your writing more interesting and shorten your documents by up to 30%
     - How to make your writing less dense (using language that stakeholders understand)

Tuition: 2-day workshop--$515 if paid with credit card, $495 if tuition for groups of participants is paid as a group training (includes one book, course notebook); 1-day workshop--$395 if paid with credit card, $375 if paid as a group training. Participants should bring a laptop computer and one or more technical documents they have written or are writing to work on in class. Offered upon request at a location of the client's choice (minimum of 15 participants).

Virtual PSCW Workshops: The virtual version of PSCW consists of three 2-hour webinar sessions with approximately one hour of assignments to practice what you learn after each session. Tuition is $275/person if paid with a credit card and $250/participant if paid as a group training (minimum of 20 participants).

Next scheduled offerings: Fall 2024--dates TBD

                                      

To enroll, send email to mcmullintraiining@gmail.com with Enroll PSCW  in the subject line. Include full contact information and indicate which session you prefer in the body of the message.

To request an offering of this workshop: This workshop must be hosted. The hosting unit must provide a suitable training room and commit to sending at least 15 participants to the workshop. The host unit may collaborate with a nearby unit to provide the minimum number of participants or agree to opening enrollment from other interested participants. To host, send an email to mcmullintraining@gmail.com with the name and location of the group desiring the training.  Please include your full name and contact information in the body of the email message.

 

 

    - How to give more effective presentations and avoid "Death by PowerPoint"
     
Tuition: $995 (includes 2 books, course notebook)
Offered once per year at a different predetermined location or on demand at a location of the client's choice.

Co-instructor: Dr. Ben West, MBSH Consulting
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Next scheduled offering: Monitor this web page or call

To request an offering of this workshop:
send an email to mcmullintraining@gmail.com with the name and location of the group desiring the training.  Please include your full name and contact information in the body of the email message.

 

Understanding Yourself and Working with Others (UYWO)

This 2 to 3-day workshop is designed to provide flexibility in addressing the needs of the client. Almost all of the topics addressed in our other workshops can be offered as modules under the umbrella of UYWO. Topics include: Myers-Briggs Psychological Type as a leadership and communications tool, effective teamwork, dealing with change, negotiation and conflict resolution, generational change in the workplace, developing and nurturing partnerships, and developing productive working relationships within and across organizations. 

Tuition: Variable, depending on length of the workshop and modules selected. Some modules require administration of licensed instruments that affect cost of delivering the workshop. Workshop tuition generally ranges from about $350 per person for one day to $595 per person for two days and $795 per person for 3 days (assuming a minimum of 15 participants). Discounts may be applied for larger groups. Most workshops include at least one reference book per participant and personalized reports for licensed instruments.

 

Offered upon request at a location of the client’s choice. 

To request an offering of this workshop:
send an email to mcmullintraining@gmail.com with the name and location of the group desiring the training.  Please include your full name and contact information in the body of the email message.