Professional Development Center

This seminar is an educational experience specifically designed to enhance one’s knowledge of Air Force benefits, highlight program requirements and processes. The goal of Informed Decision is to ensure personnel obtain the needed information in order to make the best decision for them and their family. First Term Airmen (FTA) and Second Term Airmen (STA) within 15 months prior to their Date of Separation (DOS) are REQUIRED
to attend unless pending involuntary separation.
Who: Open to Military and Spouses
Time: 0930 (4hr)
Location: *In-person* Professional Development Center (Bldg 941)
Registration: https://airmendevelopmentadvisor.setmore.com/bookclass

This course will provide you with the tools you need to immediately improve your existing relationships as well as cultivate strong, exciting new ones. Using a unique blend of interesting facts, statistics, humor, real-life examples and questions for discussion, Winning with People will show you how: The Skills You Use + The Relationships You Choose = SUCCESS.
Who: Open to All Ranks, Services and Civilians
Time: 1100 (1hr 30 min)
Location: *In-person* Professional Development Center (Bldg 941)
Registration: https://airmendevelopmentadvisor.setmore.com/bookclass

In “Leadership Gold”, John C. Maxwell condenses a lifelong journey of studying and practicing leadership into 26 simple lessons. The underlying message within each chapter is simple: leadership matters. Growing as a leader maximizes your talents, leverages your relationships, and magnifies your successes. In these lessons, John introduces you to the biggest, most important principles he’s uncovered about influence. Leadership Gold wastes no time wading through peripheral issues. Instead, these lessons cuts to the heart of what it takes to attain influence and to lead with excellence and utilizes the experiences each attendee brings to elevate the skills of everyone.Who: Open to All Ranks, Services and Civilians
Time: 1000(1hr)
Location: *In-person* Professional Development Center (Bldg 941)
Registration: https://airmendevelopmentadvisor.setmore.com/bookclass

In this course you will learn you don’t have to be the main leader to make significant impact in your
organization. Good leaders are not only capable of leading their followers but are also adept at leading their superiors and their peers. Debunking myths and shedding light on the challenges, John Maxwell offers specific principles for Leading Down, Leading Up, and Leading Across and Down.
Who: Open to All Ranks, Services and Civilians
Time: 1230 (2hr)
Location: *In-person* Professional Development Center (Bldg 941)
Registration: https://airmendevelopmentadvisor.setmore.com/bookclass

This briefing will provide insight into the VA’s Fully Developed Claims Program. The following topics will be
discussed: eligibility to file a claim for a service-connected disability, what constitutes a valid claim,
documentation and forms required to support the claim, organizing and submitting the claim, time limits,
increases in current ratings, etc. This briefing is INDEPENDENT OF TRANSITION PROGRAMS (TAP/Transition
GPS, etc) and DOES NOT replace the requirement for MANDATORY SERVICE TRANSITION BRIEFINGS.
Who: Open to All Ranks, Services, Retirees and Civilians (Including surviving spouses of veterans and those
facing MEB action). Spouses are encouraged to attend.
Time: 1000 (2hr)
Location: *In-person* Professional Development Center (Bldg 941)
Registration: Email the date you will be attending to chief.rod@gmail.com NLT one day prior to briefing.

This course helps people identify their own and others’ personality traits. Its focus is on teams understanding each other’s strengths and communicating more effectively with people with different perspectives.
Who: Open to All Ranks, Services and Civilians
Time: 0800 – 1200
Location: *In-person* Professional Development Center (Bldg 941)
Registration: Email Zavier.mclester@us.af.mi

RTAs can assist in securing resources and/or implementing training to address any unit identified needs. This training allows individuals to train their mind, just as they would train their bodies for PT. Learning these skill sets provides individuals with a set of tools designed specifically to help increase their personal and
professional performance.
Who: Open to All Ranks, Services and Civilians
Time: 0800-1600
Location: *In-person* Professional Development Center (Bldg 941)
Registration: https://usaf.dps.mil/sites/22682/CDB/SiteAssets/Suicide-Prevention-Event-Registration/Suicide_Prevention_Events.aspx

The JEFC300 empowers Airman to reflect on their behaviors in relation to the Airmen
Leadership Qualities. It facilitates the journey to developing supervisory and leadership
skills, developing the competency of leading individuals and teams, and understanding
the guardrails and guidelines of supervision
Who: 1 year post FTEC
Time: 0800 (4 days)
Location: *In-person* Professional Development Center (Bldg 941)
Registration:  https://airmendevelopmentadvisor.setmore.com/bookclass

The NCOFC500 assists students in grasping the connection between attention to detail,
establishing impactful communications and fostering a culture of trust. It promotes the
realization that asking the appropriate questions involves understanding how to utilize
the answers effectively
Who: ALS grad plus 2-3 years
Time: 0800 (4 days)
Location: *In-person* Professional Development Center (Bldg 941)
Registration: https://airmendevelopmentadvisor.setmore.com/bookclass

The SNCOFC700 assists students in engaging in strategic leadership at the 9-skill level,
offering a rich arsenal of influence tactics for changing people’s viewpoints and
behaviors. It assist students in learning how to build and maintain social relationships to
maximize their informal power and influence in an organization. The course goes
beyond managing into a proactive stance that will take the organization forward.
Who: NCOA grad plus 3-5 years
Time: 0800 (4 days)
Location: *In-person* Professional Development Center (Bldg 941)
Registration: https://airmendevelopmentadvisor.setmore.com/bookclass

In LivingWorks safeTALK you will learn how to reach out to someone thinking about suicide and help them
keep safe by promptly connecting them to further support.
Who: Open to All Ranks, Services and Civilians
Time: 0800 – 1200
Location: *In-person* Professional Development Center (Bldg 941)
Registration: https://integratedresilience.setmore.com/integratedresilence

Lunch & Learn invites airmen to eat their packed lunch while listening to discussions on topics such as
retirement, finances, legal issues and health.
Who: Open to All Ranks, Services and Civilians
Time: 1130 (1hr)
Location: *In-person* Professional Development Center (Bldg 941)
Registration: https://airmendevelopmentadvisor.setmore.com/bookclass

This briefing covers First Term Airmen (FTA) and Career Airman retraining programs and opportunities. The DA will brief program eligibility requirements, the Retraining Advisory, specific entry requirements in the Air Force Enlisted Classification Directory (AFECD) and unique Exception to Policy requests for early retraining.
Who: Open to All Ranks
Time: 0930 (2hr)
Location: *In-person* Professional Development Center (Bldg 941)
Registration: https://airmendevelopmentadvisor.setmore.com/bookclass