Spaces left in Difficult Conversations: Strategies for Dealing with Challenging Situations: Dec. 10
We have four spaces left in our Dec. 10 session on Difficult Conversations: Strategies for Dealing with Challenging Situations. Register ASAP if you want to gain skills on having challenging conversations as part of your work.
Learning Outcomes
- At the end of this seminar, you will be able to know how to identify resistant behaviour in yourself and others;
- have a greater understanding of what the physiological responses to emotional challenges look and feel like;
- be able to identify your personal strategies for managing your own defensiveness as well as others; and
- recognize when to push and when to back off to get your needs met.
Course Information
Date: Dec. 10, 2018, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: TEF III, Room 610
Cost: $350
Register online
You may be able to use your professional development funding towards this course. Visit the PD funding page for your employee group to learn more, or contact pd.workshops@ubc.ca with questions.
Learning With Lynda.com: Design Your Message For Maximum Impact
This week, we have a post from the lynda.com archive for you, with a look at how to write emails or announcements in a way that connects best with your audience:
Whether preparing for a meeting, making an announcement, or crafting an important email, it’s valuable to consider how “complex confuses, but simple sticks”. Regardless of how complicated the subject or analysis may be, there are four guidelines that can help you prepare your message for greater effectiveness. Watch this short Lynda.com video “Designing the content of your message” to learn about techniques that can support your communication initiatives.
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PD Opportunity: Difficult Conversations: Strategies for Dealing with Challenging Situations: Dec. 10
We have an upcoming workshop on Dec. 10: Difficult Conversations: Strategies for Dealing with Challenging Situations. This workshop is for anyone who needs to have challenging conversations as part of their work.
Learning Outcomes
- At the end of this seminar, you will be able to know how to identify resistant behaviour in yourself and others;
- have a greater understanding of what the physiological responses to emotional challenges look and feel like;
- be able to identify your personal strategies for managing your own defensiveness as well as others; and
- recognize when to push and when to back off to get your needs met.
Course Information
Date: Dec. 10, 2018, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: TEF III, Room 610
Cost: $350
Register online
You may be able to use your professional development funding towards this course. Visit the PD funding page for your employee group to learn more, or contact pd.workshops@ubc.ca with questions.
Learning with Lynda.com: Play with Perspective
Has Thrive Week inspired you to explore different ways to enhance your resiliency? This Learning with Lynda.com feature highlights one of the most powerful tools you can access if you’d like to boost your resilience. Playing with your perspective helps to develop a growth mindset and adapt your way of thinking to see opportunities for learning. Watch “Play with perspective” to learn about three focus areas which can help you thrive.
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Search Inside Yourself training program: Jan. 14-15, 2019
In support of UBC’s commitment to workplace health and wellbeing, HR is bringing back a unique professional development opportunity for faculty and staff at the Vancouver campus.
Developed at Google and founded in neuroscience, Search Inside Yourself (SIY) is a training program that uses emotional intelligence and mindfulness to optimize performance, build leadership skills and increase wellbeing. The SIY program consists of:
- Two-day in-person cohort-based training taught by SIY-certified instructors (Jan. 14-15, 2019, at the Vancouver campus)
- Four weeks of follow-up exercises, content and cohort conversations via email (approx. mid-January to mid-February)
- One-hour debrief session via webinar to integrate learning, answer questions and provide direction going forward (approx. late February)
Cost: $50 per person (eligible for PD funding)
The registration deadline is Jan. 4, 2019, but last year’s program filled up quickly. Spots are limited and available on a first come, first served basis. Register now!
For more information, including program benefits and what’s included in the cost of the program, visit the Search Inside Yourself webpage.
New professional development workshops this winter
We have two new professional development workshops coming up this winter that may be of interest to you or to your staff:
- Dec. 10: Difficult Conversations: Strategies for Dealing with Challenging Situations ($350)
- Jan. 29: Time Management: Planning, Prioritizing & Productivity ($300)
You may be able to use your professional development funding towards these courses. Visit the PD funding page for your employee group to learn more, or contact pd.workshops@ubc.ca with questions.
PD opportunity: Thriving in Change: Oct. 29
HR is hosting a half-day workshop, Thriving in Change, on Oct. 29, 2018. This session is for UBC staff and faculty who want to learn more about the natural cycles and impact of change in order to remain resilient and engaged through the transition.
About the workshop
If nothing changed in your life in the next five years, would that be okay with you? Change is normal and natural – how we respond to change and interact and support others affected by it can make all the difference. In this workshop participants will start by exploring their own attitudes and reactions to change, learn foundational models to broaden their appreciation of the change journey, and gain new tools and strategies for use in an interpersonal and organizational context.
Learning outcomes
- Be aware of you personal reactions and attitudes toward change
- Gain an understanding of key change models
- Be able to identify and use tools and behaviours that support and enhance personal resiliency in change
- Be better able to support others as you navigate change
Course information
Thriving in Change
Oct. 29, 2018, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $200
Tech Enterprise Facilities III, Room 610 [map]
Register online
You may be able to use your professional development funding towards this course. Please visit the PD funding page for your employee group to learn more. Contact pd.workshops@ubc.ca with questions.
Learning with Lynda.com: Top 10 tips for virtual meetings
Gone are the days when meetings were exclusively in-person events. More often they are becoming virtual, whether by phone conference or video conference, to accommodate busy schedules and diverse work locations. Given the different dynamics and technology capabilities which exist in virtual meetings, it’s valuable to consider ways of enhancing the experience and ensuring that each attendee is engaged and able to contribute. In the Lynda.com video “Top 10 tips for virtual meetings”, you will learn both technical and facilitation strategies which will help ensure that your next virtual meeting is productive and engaging.
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PD Opportunity: Appreciative Inquiry: A Way to Generate and Nurture Effective Work Environments: Oct. 12
HR is hosting a one-day workshop on Appreciative Inquiry: A Way to Generate and Nurture Effective Work Environments, on Oct. 12, 2018.
About the workshop
In our intention to make things better, we very often pick up on the things that don’t work: problems, wrong behaviours, errors, and try to fix them. Our lives become filled with problems to solve, one after the other, and we don’t see the end of them. Meanwhile, it becomes increasingly difficult to notice or appreciate what works well; and because these well-working things don’t need fixing, they simply lose their importance.
With Appreciative Inquiry we learn to shift our approach to change by focusing on creating what we want rather than eliminating what we don’t want. We learn to ask questions (or to inquire) in order to explore creative possibilities (appreciative).
Learning outcomes
Using a variety of formats such as paired interviews, small group exercises and video, you will:
- Explore the key principles of Appreciative Inquiry
- Learn simple ways to shift from a focus on problem solving to one of possibility creating
- Pay attention to the role of language/words to phrase appreciative questions
- Identify ways to apply the appreciative inquiry approach in your workplace
Audience
The session is designed for individuals who are intrigued by the statement that ‘we give power to the things we pay attention to,’ and are wanting to find practical ways to exercise personal agency to make a positive difference in the workplace.
Course information
Appreciative Inquiry: A Way to Generate and Nurture Effective Work Environments
Oct. 12, 2018, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $300
Tech Enterprise Facilities III, Room 610 [map]
Register online
You may be able to use your professional development funding towards this course. Please visit the PD funding page for your employee group to learn more. Contact pd.workshops@ubc.ca with questions.
Conflict Theatre Special Performance: Oct. 16
The Conflict Theatre team would like to invite you to a special performance on Tuesday, Oct. 16. At this performance, you will see a short play about workplace conflict at UBC. You will have opportunities, should you want, to participate and try out possible ways to change what happens in the play. The play is presented and created by UBC employees based on real stories from our community. Through Conflict Theatre, we explore ways in which we can change our narratives of workplace conflict.
Conflict Theatre Performance
Oct. 16, 2018, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Lillooet Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, 1961 E Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
RSVP at http://bit.ly/Oct16Performance by Oct. 1
PD workshop: Selection Interviewing: Ensuring Equity: Oct. 16, 2018
HR is hosting a one-day workshop focusing on Selection Interviewing: Ensuring Equity, on Oct. 16, 2018. This workshop is designed for managers and administrators who currently have responsibility for the hiring and selection of staff. The cost of this workshop is $25 (includes refreshments and a light lunch).
About the workshop
The interview is a vital step in the hiring process, so you want it to be as effective as possible. This workshop will focus on the essential skills of behavioural interviewing so that you can more effectively get to know your candidates and find the best fit for your team.
Through group exercises, discussions and role-play within this workshop, participants will:
- Develop questions and practice behavioural interviewing skills
- Develop tools to select the best candidate for the position
- Understand basic concepts of human rights, employment equity, and the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy legislation
Participants will also review current Human Rights and Employment Equity legislation and discuss the objectives of UBC’s policy on employment equity.
Course information
Date: Oct. 16, 2018, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: TEF III, Room 610
Cost: $25
Register online
Spaces left in Building Resilient Teams: Sept. 24, 2018
We have a few spaces left in our Sept. 24, session on Building Resilient Teams. Register ASAP to learn about your conflict management style, and how to support your teams.
Learning outcomes
- Describe the five dysfunctions that can challenge a team’s performance and culture
- Identify strategies to build a high performing team
- Recognize your preferred conflict management style as a leader
- Explore and practice tools to manage conflict effectively
- Create an action plan to apply what you have learned to your workplace
Course information
Date: Sept. 24, 2018, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: TEF III, Room 610
Cost: $200
Register online
You may be able to use your professional development funding towards this course. Visit the PD funding page for your employee group to learn more, or contact pd.workshops@ubc.ca with questions.
The Working Mind for Managers: Sept. 18, 2018
Human Resources is hosting a Working Mind for Managers session on Sept. 18 (9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.). All supervisors/managers/members of the distributed HR community of practice in Vancouver are invited to attend.
About the Working Mind
The Working Mind is a Mental Health Commission of Canada, evidence-based, workplace training program aimed at increasing mental health literacy for supervisors/managers.
Program Goals:
- To provide supervisors and managers with the confidence, tools and resources to support employees who may be experiencing mental health challenges
- To reduce stigma and negative attitudes towards those struggling with poor mental health
- To provide learners with a broad understanding of mental health and wellbeing
- To promote mental health and wellbeing in the workplace
Course Information
Date: Sept. 18, 2018, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS), Policy Room B
Cost: Free
Register online
PD Opportunity: Building Resilient Teams: Sept. 24, 2018
Human Resources is hosting a half-day professional development workshop on Building Resilient Teams on Sept. 24, 2018. This session is designed for formal and informal leaders who want to learn about their own conflict management style, and how to support their teams.
Learning Outcomes
- Describe the five dysfunctions that can challenge a team’s performance and culture
- Identify strategies to build a high performing team
- Recognize your preferred conflict management style as a leader
- Explore and practice tools to manage conflict effectively
- Create an action plan to apply what you have learned to your workplace
Course Information
Date: Sept. 24, 2018, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: TEF III, Room 610
Cost: $200
Register online
You may be able to use your professional development funding towards this course. Visit the PD funding page for your employee group to learn more, or contact pd.workshops@ubc.ca with questions.
Learning with Lynda.com: Helping UBC’s student employees succeed in the workplace
UBC strives to provides meaningful work experiences on campus that offer the opportunity for current UBC students to develop professional skills and learn in a work environment. This short Lynda.com video “Managing a younger employee” highlights three common challenges managers face when supervising younger workers and provides practical steps you can take to support student workers and other younger employees on your team.
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Upcoming Professional Development Workshops: September-October 2018
If you’re planning ahead for your professional development, or want to have some suggestions for professional development opportunities to share with your staff, we have some new workshops coming to UBC’s Vancouver campus this fall:
- Sept. 18: Time Management: Planning, Prioritizing & Productivity (Cost: $300)
- Sept. 24: Building Resilient Teams (Cost: $200)
- Oct. 12: Appreciative Inquiry: A Way to Generate and Nurture Effective Work Environments (Cost: $300)
- Oct. 16: Selection Interviewing: Ensuring Equity (Cost: $25)
- Oct. 24: Practical Project Management (2-Day) (Cost: $550)
- Oct. 29: Thriving in Change (Cost: $200)
These courses are eligible for professional development funding – visit the PD funding page for your employee group to learn more.
Learning with Lynda.com: How to Build Team Performance
This summer, we’re revisiting some great lynda.com posts from the past. Please check out this week’s offering, and see all of our posts at http://lynda.ubc.ca/news/.
Are you familiar with the four common qualities of teams? Watch this week’s Learning with Lynda.com video on “Increasing Team Performance” to learn more about teams and discover a strategy for setting teams up for success. Be sure to download the exercise files attached to the course for a sample framework!
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Community Leadership Program Applications Due Aug. 10, 2018
Applications for the 2018/19 Community Leadership Program are due by Friday, Aug. 10.
This is a great program for emerging leaders at UBC, and one that you may want to recommend to employees in your department as a professional development program.
Staff from all employee groups, as well as graduate students, are welcome to apply for this program. There is no cost to participants.
Visit clp.ubc.ca for more information and to apply. If you have questions about the program, please contact Stephanie Thorpe, Workplace Learning Facilitator.
Learning with Lynda.com: Insert video into a PowerPoint slide
Lynda.com offers a selection of courses that are updated weekly with new tips to enhance your abilities. These courses focus on specific software, like Excel or Word, and topics such as Communication or Time Management. This Learning with Lynda.com installment features a recent PowerPoint weekly tip which highlights how to easily “insert a video into a PowerPoint slide” from a variety of sources, and includes instructions to set up a video so it plays automatically during your presentation.
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