1. Quidel Leadership Institute: Focus on Essential Skills
Customer Service/Satisfaction
Decision Making/Accountability
* Continuous Improvement
Teamwork
* Positive Change
Communication *
Leadership
Strategic Thinking
Career Development Pathway
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2. Quidel Leadership Institute: Development Needs
Supervisors were asked to review the essential skills and identify those most important for success at Quidel and where the greatest development needs are in their work groups.
Three top rated areas necessary for success were also identified as development needs:
Communication skills
Continuous improvement
Positive change
Other identified development needs:
Motivating others
Priority setting
Time management
Project management
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3. Quidel Leadership Institute: Q-rriculum
Skill
Development
Functional
Training
Management
Training
Career
Development
Developing Employees at Quidel
What is Career Development at Quidel?
Food for Thought Supervisory Skill Update
Project Management
Priority Setting
Communication
Influencing
Language Training
etc.
Examples of training for all employees include:
Strategic selling skills
Quality and Production- related SOPs
Continuing education for certifications: - Purchasing
- Accounting - Legal/HR - IS
General Management Skill Updates
Focal review training
Anti-harassment training
Business Leadership Training (BLT)
Behavioral styles – your own and others
Working as a team
Change
Accountability
Shadow of the leader
Coaching/Feedback
Supporting others
Winning together
Moving beyond your comfort zone
Supervisors
Supervisors
All Employees
All Employees
Yellow subject/titles represent those programs already being offered or scheduled for this year.
Food for Thought – regular lunch meetings with supervisors where “we provide the food, you provide the thoughts”
Supervisors discuss ee relations issues through case studies that we present to group for discussion. Based on their past experience with feedback from HR at end. Follow up with toolks, info, etc. based on their thoughts on what they need.
Managing Projects for Success
Focus on priority setting and time management, the importance of communication to help projects succeed, and influencing others
Two half day sessions this summer
Business Leadership Training
Initially targeted at supervisors, will be opened to invited high performers as a “learning to lead” program
Five sessions this summer – the first is a half day, followed by four two-hour lunch meetings
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