Texas Tech University System Chancellor Kent Hance will be leading a section of a 4000 level, interdisciplinary seminar this spring. This one-hour class is designed for upper-level college students from all disciplines to give them the tools they need to succeed in the workplace and beyond. Drawing on his extensive life experiences and those of notable guest speakers, Chancellor Hance will cover a wide-array of practical topics that will include:
- Motivation
- Time management and setting priorities
- Problem solving
- Effective methods of communication
- Money matters
- Negotiation and networking
- Basic characteristics of good employers and employees; hiring and firing
- Ethics and diversity
- Service
In this one-credit-hour, pass/fail course, you will have the invaluable opportunity to hear from and interact with Chancellor Hance as well as experts from the professional world. Past guests include current GM Chairman and former AT&T Chairman of the Board & CEO Ed Whitacre, former FDIC Chairman Don Powell, President and CEO of the Belo Corporation Dunia Shive, former Ambassador to the U.N. Stuart Holliday, and many others.