About Professional Skills
The Professional Skills Program helps individuals strengthen leadership and workplace effectiveness through courses in both people-focused and technical skills. Training includes leadership development and emotional intelligence, along with progressive Microsoft Excel courses from introductory to advanced, equipping participants to improve communication, data management, and decision-making in any professional setting.
Professional Skills Courses
HIL101 – Engaged Leaders: Foundations for the Future
Participants will learn ways to improve their leadership skills as well as their emotional intelligence. This course will provide the participant with an awareness of the five leader behaviors that employees expect of their leaders. It will also identify areas within themselves that they can take action on to become a better leader or develop leadership skills that will allow them to step into leadership roles at their organization.
Upcoming Courses
BCS600 – Introduction to Microsoft Excel
This introductory course is designed to teach participants the basic skills of creating worksheets and workbooks. Topics covered in the class include, creating an excel workbook, the ribbon, the backstage view (File menu), Quick Access Toolbar, entering data into worksheets, formatting worksheets, using formulas, working with rows and columns, editing worksheets, and finalizing excel worksheets.
Upcoming Courses
BCS601 – Intermediate Microsoft Excel
The intermedia Excel course is designed for participants who want to advance their skill set by learning to work with advanced formulas, lists, and illustrations. Participants will also work with charts and advanced formatting including styles. Topics covered include advanced formulas, working with lists, working with illustrations, visualizing your data, working with tables, and advanced formatting. It is recommended that participants be proficient in the basic level of Excel prior to enrolling in the intermediate course.
Upcoming Courses
BCS602 – Advanced Microsoft Excel
The advanced Microsoft Excel class is designed for participants to gain the skills necessary to use pivot tables, audit and analyze worksheet data, utilize data tools, collaborate with others, and create and manage macros. Topics covered include using pivot tables, auditing worksheets, data tools, working with others, recording and using macros, and many other useful functions and tools.