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Category: Learning and Education
Category: Learning and Education
| Event Name | Event Date | Description | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conflict Resolution | 09/24/2021 | 12:30pm - 1:30 pm | *NOW VIRTUAL: dial-in instructions will be posted soon and emailed to participants prior to the class. During this course, we will learn the different types of conflict, learn to use several tools to help us address conflict in healthy and productive ways, learn how to reap the benefits of conflict, and finally how to mitigate its risks. We’ll also practice using these tools together so that we can all become more confident in handling disagreements within our team and in our personal lives. |
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| Time and Energy Management: Ideas for Sustainable Life Balance | 09/30/2021 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm | *NOW VIRTUAL: click on the course for dial-in instructions. As part of our Ideas for Sustainable Life Balance series, this interactive workshop defines energy management in terms of its relationship to work-life balance asserting that time is finite but energy is not. Several traditional tools are presented but the focus is largely on the need for sustainable practices of working and living in the midst of a pandemic. Individuals will be asked to do a personal energy assessment and to consider a habit that will serve them. | Registration Open |
| The Gift of Feedback | 10/21/2021 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm | *NOW VIRTUAL: click on the course for dial-in instructions. Feedback can be an amazing gift that helps improve performance, but many managers feel challenged by giving and receiving feedback. In this session managers will learn how to frame feedback as a gift that creates productive dialog and improved performance. Additionally, we will cover how managers can solicit feedback from staff in order to become a more effective leader. | Registration Open |
| Assertiveness Skills | 10/27/2021 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm | *NOW VIRTUAL: click on the course for dial-in instructions. You may experience situations when you need to utilize assertiveness to complete a task, goal or project. In this class, we will identify personal blocks to assertiveness, identify both assertive and non-assertive language and behaviors, and learn ways to use assertiveness in everyday situations. | Registration Open |
| Creating and Maintaining Your LinkedIn Profile | 11/01/2021 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm | *NOW VIRTUAL: dial-in instructions will be posted soon and emailed to participants prior to the class. This session will review tips on creating a great LinkedIn profile that will get you noticed by recruiters and industry professionals. |
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| Radical Resilience: Ideas for Sustainable Life Balance | 11/17/2021 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm | *NOW VIRTUAL: click on the course for dial-in instructions. The term “anti-fragility”, coined by NYU professor Nassim Nicholas Taleb takes the concept of resilience to the next level by asserting that there are conditions whereby we are not only able to bounce back, but we become even stronger as a result. This interactive workshop is part of our Ideas for Sustainable Life Balance series that provides tools for increasing your ability to be super-resilient. Based on the work of Harvard educator Dr. Ben-Shahar, author of Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment. | Registration Open |
| Strategies for Fostering Positive Attitudes and Embracing Change: Ideas for Sustainable Life Balance | 12/07/2021 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm | *NOW VIRTUAL: click on the course for dial-in instructions. With the right tools and tactics, every person has the power to reframe and adjust their own thoughts and attitudes when it comes to everyday life, stressful situations, and even in times of change. As part of our Ideas for Sustainable Life Balance series, participants will learn how to self-assess their own attitudes, deal with their thoughts more effectively, manage their perspectives in negative situations, and learn coping tools for dealing with change. | Registration Open |
| Your Career at Penn | 12/08/2021 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm | *NOW VIRTUAL: dial-in instructions will be posted soon and emailed to participants prior to the class. Navigating Your Career at Penn has been developed to assist staff in building their careers at Penn by helping to connect your skills and abilities with career opportunities. The session will be facilitated by Penn HR. Topics include: Increasing Your Marketability at Penn and Internal Job Strategies. |
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| Project Management | 01/26/2022 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm | *NOW VIRTUAL: dial-in instructions will be posted soon and emailed to participants prior to the class. Not everyone who has to manage a project knows how to do it well. This brief session will provide solutions for project leaders to better manage your team and meet your objectives and timeline. | Registration Open |
| Fundamentals of Strategic Planning | 02/03/2022 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm | *NOW VIRTUAL: dial-in instructions will be posted soon and emailed to participants prior to the class. In today’s work environment, complex tasks and projects are more common than ever. By utilizing strategic planning skills, you’ll be able to set yourself and/or your team up for success. Participants of this course will learn to identify the foundation for creating a strategic team, discover strategic values, participate in strategic planning efforts and avoid common pitfalls that derail strategic plans. | Registration Open |
| Virtual Training 101 | 02/17/2022 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm | *NOW VIRTUAL: dial-in instructions will be posted soon and emailed to participants prior to the class. Using our training structure roadmap, we will take a look at how to prepare and execute a virtual training. We will examine the phases of training and how those are structured for a virtual training, how to reformat course activities and communication to participants, tips for using video platforms, and best practices for facilitating your course. | Registration Open |
| Art of Effective Communication | 03/03/2022 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm | *NOW VIRTUAL: dial-in instructions will be posted soon and emailed to participants prior to the class. The skill of effective communication is at the forefront of a successful work environment. Given that many people have been working from a distance for almost a year, effective virtual communication is critical to engagement, productivity, and general well-being. By understanding different communication styles, best practices for choosing the right medium for a given communication, avoiding attribution errors and practicing active listening skills facilitate effectiveness communication to better working relationships and potential productivity. | Registration Open |
| Assertiveness Skills | 04/06/2022 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm | *NOW VIRTUAL: dial-in instructions will be posted soon and emailed to participants prior to the class. You may experience situations when you need to utilize assertiveness to complete a task, goal or project. In this class, we will identify personal blocks to assertiveness, identify both assertive and non-assertive language and behaviors, and learn ways to use assertiveness in everyday situations. | Registration Open |
| How to Make Yourself Indispensable | 04/21/2022 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm | *NOW VIRTUAL: dial-in instructions will be posted soon and emailed to participants prior to the class. Indispensable employees perform with a mindset that drives them to think, act, and behave differently. In this seminar, you’ll learn how to: take ownership of your responsibilities and results, take initiative to go above and beyond what is expected of you, expand your sphere of influence, perform well under pressure, adapt to changing situations, and avoid being “irreplaceable”. | Registration Open |
| Adapting Your Leadership Style | 05/05/2022 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm | *NOW VIRTUAL: dial-in instructions will be posted soon and emailed to participants prior to the class. Leadership styles can vary based on working environment, personal background, or industry. Knowing how to effectively channel the right leadership style given a specific audience or setting is key to being an effective leader. In this course, we will uncover the qualities it takes to be a leader, recognize style differences, understand how to conduct one-on-ones, and develop motivation approaches for employees. | Registration Open |
| TED Talk Tuesday: How to Multiply Your Time | 06/14/2022 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm | *NOW VIRTUAL: dial-in instructions will be posted soon and emailed to participants prior to the class. In this challenging and counter-intuitive video, Self-Discipline Strategist and New York Times bestselling author of Rory Vaden, shows you why you can't solve today's time-management challenges with yesterday's time-management strategies. More importantly he explains why procrastinating on purpose is the key to being able to multiply your time. | Registration Open |
| TED Talk Tuesday: How to Train Employees to Have Difficult Conversations | 06/28/2022 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm | *NOW VIRTUAL: dial-in instructions will be posted soon and emailed to participants prior to the class. "The information we use to effect change and help others comes from everyday employees asking everyday people questions that may not be easy to ask or answer. Thorough, in-person training is necessary for employees to be prepared to navigate questions about race, gender, ethnicity, and more in a respectful and engaging way. That’s why Tamekia MizLadi Smith came up with “I’m Graced” training, guiding employees through difficult conversations face-to-face." | Registration Open |