Non-Credited Continued Learning Offerings

Increase your earning potential and build better teams with the following short courses offered through the Transportation & Supply Chain Institute (TSCI).  These courses are designed to enhance your industry knowledge, develop your leadership skills, and help you effectively solve problems in the workplace.

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• Certificate of Completion

Explore the courses below!

• Fundamentals of Finance and Accounting: Course Description and Schedule

  Learn or refresh yourself with a survey in the Fundamentals of Finance and Accounting.  An understanding of accounting is essential for today's managers and even the basic skills in finance and accounting can improve hireability and increase your chances for promotion and advancement.

  This 3-day virtual seminar course will provide an overview of finance and accounting.  Topics will include the language of Finance and Accounting; essential calculations; the fundamental nature of debits and credits; and how to read and interpret a financial statement.

  Meet your Instructor

  

  Fundamentals of Finance and Accounting is taught virtually by Adjunct Faculty, Jared Stedl.  Jared is the Regional Vice President of Van Truckload South at Schneider.  He is a transportation professional with 25+ years of experience in a wide variety of responsibilities. He spent ten years as an adjunct Finance professor for Concordia College and has a dedication to sharing how Finance and Accounting can be used to improve business.  Jared also teaches Financial and Managerial Accounting in the Executive Master's in Transportation Management with a Concentration in Supply Chain program at TSCI. Jared has an accounting degree from the University of Wisconsin Whitewater, MBA from UW Oshkosh, and a Master of Science in Transportation Management from TSCI at University of Denver.

  Introduction email with virtual link will be sent one week before course begins.

  • Schedule: September 8th - 10th
  • Sep. 8th, 1:30pm - 3:30pm Mountain Time
  • Sep. 9th, 9am-1pm Mountain Time
  • Sep 10th, 9am-11am Mountain Time
  • Course Fee: $150.00
  • Registration Deadline: September 1st
  • Course Fees are non-refundable

• EQ for Managers: Course Description and Schedule

  For organizations to succeed, employees need to feel supported, protected, and enabled by meaningful work within a motivated team.  To maximize the potential in terms of performance and productivity, much depends on the emotional intelligence, or EQ, of managers. The statistical data is clear; for leaders to maximize performance of their teams they need to demonstrate genuine and personal engagement. 

  This 3-day seminar course will give people leaders proven methods for creating a workplace environment that emphasizes authenticity, empathy, communication bridging and other techniques to maximize a team’s potential.

  Meet your Instructor

  

  EQ for Managers is delivered virtually by Adjunct Faculty, RJ Graham, PhD.  Dr. Graham specializes in leadership development, executive coaching, teamwork, organizational communication, conflict management and strategy design to optimize organizational success. She has an extensive background to assist organizations with practical, effective strategies and techniques that successfully address business challenges. Dr. Graham’s work experience includes over a decade in leadership positions for Fortune 100 companies, and extensive consulting experience working with industries such as: transportation, telecommunications, IT, banking, and credit card services.

  E-book and introduction email with virtual link will be sent one week before course begins.

  • Schedule: August 25th - 27th
  • August 25th, 4pm-6pm Mountain Time
  • August 26th, 10am-2pm Mountain Time
  • August 27th, 10am-12pm Mountain Time
  • Course Fee: $150.00 (cost includes e-book)
  • Registration Deadline: August 21st
  • Course Fees are non-refundable

• The Art of Scientific Thinking: Course Description and Schedule

  In this evolving and complex world, the scientific method of problem solving has become a key ingredient to the success of organizations. However, there is much confusion to which scientific method to choose.

  This virtual, one-week micro course will explore both ends of the spectrum for the scientific method of problem solving from an ordered and predictable Linear Systems approach to a non-linear and unpredictable Complex, or chaotic, Systems approach. 

  The course will take a dive into linear scientific method approaches (PDCA-A3 thinking-DMAIC) for students to learn how to tackle complicated and simple business problems with these techniques. In this course, you will learn how to quantify a business problem and set up a project team to solve it. 

  Meet your Instructor

  

  The Art of Scientific Thinking is delivered virtually by Mohamed Saleh, PhD.  Dr. Saleh is a thought leader in shifting cultural mindsets by redesigning business systems. Dr. Saleh has a successful track record anchored in two decades of hands-on transformations with a strong interest in making a global difference by providing distinctive leading-edge Lean-inspired education and advisory services aimed at helping organizations in an array of industries achieve the highest levels of performance excellence. His roles in these companies were centered around Lean transformations with much of his career serving in senior level roles.

  Introduction email with virtual link will be sent one week before course begins.

  • Schedule: August 7th - August 11th, 4pm-6pm Mountain Time
  • Course Fee: $250.00
  • Registration Deadline: July 31st
  • Course Fees are non-refundable