Leadership Development Series

This seven-part series supports supervisors and managers in developing the leadership behaviors that build trust, engagement, and accountability across teams. Participants learn how to recognize stress and burnout, adapt their leadership style, navigate conflict, coach employees with care and clarity, and foster inclusion and belonging in diverse workgroups.

The series is typically offered three times per year — winter, spring and fall. It is designed for supervisors and managers, but anyone interested in the topic is welcome.

• Session 1: Leading with Emotional Intelligence

  Strong leadership starts with self-awareness. This session explores how emotions influence communication, trust, and decision-making. Participants learn ways to stay steady under pressure, show empathy while keeping boundaries, and respond instead of react. These skills lay the foundation for effective feedback, coaching, and accountability throughout the leadership series.

  Participants will:

  • Recognize how emotions influence leadership and communication

  • Practice tools to respond rather than react under pressure

  • Strengthen empathy while maintaining healthy boundaries

  • Build a foundation for feedback, coaching, and accountability

• Session 2: Recognizing Stress and Burnout in the Workplace

  Everyone experiences stress; it’s part of being human. But when pressure becomes constant, it can quietly drain focus, connection, and morale. This session helps employees and managers recognize the early signs of burnout and reset before exhaustion sets in.

  Participants will:

  • Understand how stress affects thinking, behavior, and teamwork

  • Identify personal and workplace signs of overload

  • Practice simple tools to pause, reset, and recover during the workday

  • Explore ways to build a workplace culture that protects energy and purpose

• Session 3: Adapting Your Leadership Style

  Every team, task, and moment calls for a slightly different kind of leadership. This session helps you recognize your natural style, flex it when needed, and strengthen the emotional intelligence that builds trust and engagement.

  Participants will:

  • Identify what makes leadership effective
    Explore how personal style shapes team dynamics

  • Learn when and how to adapt using Situational Leadership

  • Practice staying authentic while flexing to meet team needs

• Session 4: Finding Paths through Conflict

  Conflict is inevitable, but it doesn’t have to divide your team. This session explores how stress and threat responses shape conflict and how leaders can use tension as a tool for clarity, trust, and accountability.

  Participants will:

  • Explore how the brain and body react to conflict and stress
    Recognize personal and team conflict patterns

  • Practice strategies to de-escalate and re-engage during tense moments

  • Learn to guide teams through “storming” into stronger collaboration

  Conflict handled well builds trust. This session equips leaders to turn difficult moments into opportunities for growth.

• Session 5: Coaching and Correcting - Supporting Growth and Accountability

  Every leader has to balance care with candor. This session shows how to give feedback that builds trust, not tension, helping employees grow while maintaining clear standards. Through practical frameworks and real examples, participants learn to coach for development, correct with confidence, and deliver feedback that motivates lasting change.

  Participants will:

  • Clarify the difference between coaching, correcting, and feedback

  • Learn a simple structure for clear, supportive conversations

  • Practice language that lowers defensiveness and strengthens accountability

  • Apply stress-aware tools to stay calm and effective under pressure

• Session 6: Building Belonging in the Workplace

  Belonging in the workplace grows from clarity, contribution, and connection. This session helps leaders understand what shapes employees’ work styles, what motivates them, and how to align strengths and expectations so teams perform at their best.

  Participants will:

  • Explore how values and strengths influence motivation and engagement

  • Identify generational and experience-based differences in work and communication styles

  • Learn strategies to align tasks, expectations, and strengths

  • Practice leadership behaviors that support contribution, connection, and team performance

• Session 7: Navigating Change and Transition

  Change is constant, but transition takes time. This session helps leaders understand how people adapt to change and what teams need to stay steady through uncertainty. Participants learn how to guide their teams through endings, resistance, and new beginnings with empathy and clarity.

  Participants will:

  Distinguish between change (external) and transition (internal)

  • Recognize emotional and behavioral signs of resistance

  • Practice communication tools that build trust and calm

  • Explore strategies to support morale, learning, and resilience during change

Upcoming Classes

• WINTER SERIES: January 14 to February 25, 2026, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Hybrid: Cascade Health, 2650 Suzanne Way (limited sitting), Eugene; or online via Teams.

  • SESSION #1: 1/14/26

  • SESSION #2: 1/21/26

  • SESSION #3 : 1/28/26

  • SESSION #4 : 2/4/26

  • SESSION #5 : 2/11/26

  • SESSION #6 : 2/18/26

  • SESSION #7 : 2/25/26

• SPRING SERIES: March 31 to May 12, 2026, 8:30 - 10 a.m. Springfield City Hall, Council Chambers Meeting Rm, 225 5th Street, Springfield.

  • SESSION #1 : 3/31/26

  • SESSION #1 : 4/7/26

  • SESSION #3 : 4/14/26

  • SESSION #4 : 4/21/26

  • SESSION #5 : 4/28/26

  • SESSION #6 : 5/5/26

  • SESSION #7 : 5/12/26

• FALL SERIES: September 22 to November 3, 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Springfield City Hall, Council Chambers Meeting Rm, 225 5th Street, Springfield.

  • SESSION #1 : 9/22/26

  • SESSION #2 : 9/29/26

  • SESSION #3 : 10/6/26

  • SESSION #4 : 10/13/26

  • SESSION #5 : 10/20/26

  • SESSION #6 : 10/27/26

  • SESSION #7 : 11/3/26

Cost:

Free to employees of EAP subscribers.

$100/session all others.

If you are interested in offering the series as a private training for your internal leaders either online or in person, please contact us for pricing at (541) 345-2800 or trainings@cascadehealth.org. 

To Register:

Employees of EAP companies may register by phone at (541) 345-2800 or by email trainings@cascadehealth.org. Please provide your name, email address, employer and the class you would like to register for.