As 2025 draws to a close, it’s time to start thinking about what you want to achieve next year. UCOP Learning and Development has already planned a variety of great professional development opportunities to help you take your people-manager career to the next level.

Live online courses

All listings reflect Pacific Time; select each link to register. Unless noted otherwise, courses are virtual. For a complete listing of upcoming courses, visit the Link Classes & Workshops page.

December 2025 courses

Managing Psychologically Safe Teams
Dec. 10, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Research shows that a culture of psychological safety is the top determinant of team success. But what is psychological safety and what power do we have to influence the working conditions of our teams? Join us in this workshop designed for managers as we explore psychological safety and the benefits of incorporating it into your team culture.

Career Development Tools
Dec. 16, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Help your team learn how to grow their skills by learning how to coach them on using LinkedIn Learning and My UC Career. In this workshop, we’ll review these tools’ capabilities and how to make the most of them. We’ll also share best practices for building your story-driven LinkedIn profile and brand. Can’t attend? This course is open to all employees, so encourage your team to participate.

Jan. 2026 courses

GROWing Your Check–In Conversations for Managers
Jan. 14, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
GROW is a popular coaching framework used worldwide for problem solving, goal setting and performance improvement. This interactive session allows managers to discuss and practice using the GROW framework as a strategy and tool to support engaging STEP checkpoint conversations. Note: The e-course “GROWing your Checkpoint Conversations” must be taken before this class.

Creating an Inclusive Culture: Success in the Workplace for Newer Professionals — New course!
Jan. 15, 1 pm – 2 pm
Sign up with your new and early-career employees for this new training focused on learning to thrive in today’s evolving workplace. Through a mix of practical guidance and concrete examples, employees and their managers will learn the unwritten norms that shape workplace success, from communication and meeting etiquette to collaboration, professional presence and work habits. The session also highlights the unique strengths newer professionals bring to organizations and offers strategies to bridge gaps, build mutual understanding and foster a culture where employees at all levels can grow, contribute meaningfully and succeed.

Navigating Change and Transitions
Jan. 21, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
As a people manager, learning to adeptly react to change and to guide your employees through it is key to your role. In this workshop, you’ll explore the human response to change, discover stages within the transition process, and expand your capability to successfully navigate personal and professional changes while utilizing William Bridges’ Transition Model and Psychological Flexibility framework.

Subtle Acts of Exclusion
Jan. 27, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
“Microaggressions” aka subtle acts of exclusion (SAE) are unfortunately present in every workplace. As a manager or supervisor, it’s particularly important for you to learn what SAE’s are and how to address them. In this session, we’ll explore the SAE framework, learn how to interrupt SAEs, engage colleagues in discussion and reflect on how our socialization impacts our outlook, attitudes and behavior.

On-demand training

Gartner 

All UC employees have access to an array of advanced professional resources through Gartner — the world’s leading member-based advisory service, providing research, tools, resources and best-practice guidance in several disciplines and industries. To get started, register with your UCOP email address. Learn more about Gartner.

The UCOP L&D team recommends the following resources (account required):

• Self-paced e-course: Managing a Hybrid Team
• Research and recommendations: How to Help Remote and Hybrid Workers Get the Feedback They Need
• Research and recommendations: Innovative Strategies to Attract, Retain and Thrive in the New Talent Landscape
• Toolkit: Psychological Safety
• Manager Success Workshop Series

LinkedIn Learning

UCOP’s free LinkedIn Learning membership for staff gives you access to more than 25,000 courses in 46+ languages. Learn how to get started with LIL, then explore our UC collections for theme-based courses and videos, recommended by the Learning and Development team, for maximum impact. For courses specfically targeted to your role, check out these collections:

• UCOP STEP Goal Setting, Coaching, and Feedback Practices
• Managing in Remote or Hybrid
• Leading and Working in Times of Complexity and Stress
• Teams
• Employee Engagement
• Situational and Adaptable Leadership

For questions, contact ucopld@ucop.edu.

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