Practicing Effective Management
Advanced Techniques

July 15-16, 2026,
12:30 - 4:30pm CST
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $35 members; $70 partial & nonmembers
Continuing Education Hours: 8.0
Note: The two-day PEM training is a prerequisite for all attendees of PEM: Advanced Techniques.
Register
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $35 members; $70 partial & nonmembers
Continuing Education Hours: 8.0
Note: The two-day PEM training is a prerequisite for all attendees of PEM: Advanced Techniques.
Course Description
Practicing Effective Management: Advanced Techniques training is designed for managers who aspire to enhance their skills and competencies in building excellent teams while delivering results. While the two-day Practicing Effective Management (PEM) training teaches the fundamentals of management, PEM: Advanced Techniques delves deeper into growing effective teams interpersonal candor, and maintaining personal wellness while managing professional expectations.
PEM: Advanced Techniques employs interactive and dynamic teaching styles appealing to adult learning methods, and time will be dedicated to role-playing real scenarios from attendees.
- Learn meaningful tools for workplace success
- Increase individual & team productivity
- Practice delivering critical feedback
- Enhance your effectiveness as a supervisor
About the Trainer

Tess Parker, LMSW
Tess Parker is an accomplished trainer, clinical therapist, and educator. As a former program director in behavioral health, she leverages her Master of Social Work from the University of Denver in a career dedicated to serving individuals experiencing mental health emergencies in both outpatient, and residential settings. Tess believes authenticity and vulnerability are at the core of human connection, and this belief is the foundation of her clinical and consultative approach. Tess has an uncanny ability to strategically identify critical gaps in care and then create programs to bridge those gaps and truly save lives. She is also an avid writer, a minimalist at heart, and values meaningful connections with persons served, customers, and her community.