Supervisors’ Information

Have You Just Hired a New Manager?

Having just hired a new manager for your department, we don’t need to convince you how important it will be for this individual to start to excel in their role as quickly as possible. Their success is directly impacted by how easily they are able to navigate their way around their new environment, (both locally and university-wide), how quickly they start to develop solid, supportive relationships with staff and other colleagues in the department, and how well they are able to integrate what they already know with new information they will need to learn.

A Program to Support New Managers’ Success

To take some of the weight from your shoulders in helping this new manager become successful, we’ve created a new program called Managing at UBC. New managers will feel engaged, connected, and confident in their new role and better suited to deal with the day-to-day operations of your business. We’ve developed this program as one of the initiatives to support the Focus on People strategy to Foster Leadership and Management Practices, because we recognize the key role these individuals play in providing the kind of leadership and management culture that nurtures and engages people’s creativity and grows their capacity to initiate.

A Program Designed to Be Inclusive

You may be surprised that almost 200 new managers are hired annually at UBC. To help support the integration of this number of individuals into the larger organization, the Managing at UBC program has been designed to partner with you, the Manager, in providing a number of learning resources to build knowledge and skills common to our work at UBC while still responding to the unique learning needs of each individual. This is achieved through a combination of self-directed learning opportunities that the new manager can tap into – either in-person or online – and a supportive peer learning environment.

A Readily Accessible Program

The program is available to a new manager from the day they start. Depending upon when they register, they may need to wait a couple of months to attend the Jumpstart orientation and other workshops, however, they will be able to complete a self-assessment, work with a program advisor to develop their learning path and access the online platform right away.

How You Can Partner

Your role in this program is key. We would like to partner with you in supporting your new manager’s growth and development here at UBC. Should you wish to sponsor a new manager’s involvement in this program, we invite you to download the Managing at UBC: Levels of Partnership Sponsorship Form.

Need More Information?

For more details on how this program can benefit your department and your new manager, please take a moment to explore our web pages or contact us directly for more information. We’d be happy to hear from you, especially during this pilot phase, as your feedback will help us to shape the program.