MIDLAND, MI -- Two new day-and-a-half business skills workshops for automotive and commercial-vehicle aftermarket professionals have been announced by the University of the Aftermarket. Each workshop is designed to help aftermarket professionals advance their careers – and their organizations’ competitive position – through a new set of industry-specific skills.

Personal Development Workshop (Course G550) will be offered Feb. 14-15, 2007, at the Northwood University Program Center, 1900 W. Big Beaver Road, Suite 200, Troy, MI. 48084.

Financial Skills Workshop (Course G554) will be offered Feb. 20-21, 2007, also at the Troy location.

Designed and led by Dr. Russel Griffin, a specialist in organizational leadership, communication and conflict management within the automotive and other industries, the Personal Development Workshop will help participants understand and enhance their behavioral tendencies, master the techniques of assertive behavior and develop tools to formulate sound decisions within a work environment.

The Financial Skills Workshop will help participants understand financial language and basic tools necessary to measure and optimize the performance of an aftermarket business. Another key area of study will be the integration of finance into every business discussion, analysis and decision. This workshop will be led by Thomas Alexander, associate professor, Richard DeVos Graduate School of Management, Northwood University.

Each new workshop provides 1.2 continuing education units (CEU) that can be applied toward a University of the Aftermarket professional designation – Automotive Aftermarket Professional (AAP), Commercial Vehicle Aftermarket Professional (CVAP), or Master Automotive Aftermarket Professional (MAAP).

For more information or to enroll in a workshop, please call 1-800-551-2882 or visit the University of the Aftermarket Web site: http://www.univaftmkt.org.