STATESBORO — Georgia Southern University is offering a non-credit business leadership course at the Coastal Georgia Center in Savannah.

“Leadership Skills for the Front-Line Manager” will be held on every Tuesday from March 4 through April 29, except for March 18. Each session will run from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

The 32-hour course will train managers, supervisors and other administrative personnel with leadership responsibilities.
Each class will focus on a particular topic, such as communication among employees, legal concerns for supervisors, handling conflict and criticism, and effective methods of coaching employees.

Co-sponsored by Georgia Southern University’s College of Business Administration and the Continuing Education Center, the course is designed for managers and supervisors from such varying fields as manufacturing, distribution, hospitality, transportation, health care and government.

The registration fee is $600 per participant, with a corporate discount rate of $550 per person for four or more people from the same organization. The deadline is Friday. To sign up, visit http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/supervisor.html or call (912) 681-5551.

For more information on any of the business and career development programs offered by Georgia Southern University, contact program specialist J. Marie Lutz at seminars@georgiasouthern.edu or (912) 871-1763.