The holidays are just around the corner and there’s never been a better time to work on your professional development goals. Whatever your career goal, UCOP Learning and Development offers resources to help you grow professionally.

Select each course name to register. Listings reflect Pacific Time; unless stated otherwise, classes take place virtually, by Zoom.

Career development

Success in the Workplace for Newer Professionals
Nov. 5, 1 – 2 p.m.
This training equips new and early-career employees, and the managers who support them, with the skills, awareness, and behaviors needed to thrive in today’s evolving workplace.

UCOP Leadership for Individual Contributors Cohort Info Session
Nov. 10, 1:30 p.m.
Learn about our newest leadership development offering: the UCOP Leadership for Individual Contributors Cohort. Running January – May 2027, this experience is ideal for seasoned ICs who want to flex their leadership skills in their current role, or who are interested in moving into people management. This info session will cover the program format, content, time commitment and requirements for successful completion.

Mentorship Program Info Session
Nov. 12 or Nov. 18, 1 – 1:30 p.m.
Come learn about the UCOP Mentorship Program — an exciting opportunity to share and learn career skills and leadership practices, guide and navigate the UCOP culture, and establish long-term professional relationships. The program creates mentor–mentee pairings that provide a supportive structure to cultivate contacts, explore challenges and enhance workplace effectiveness as employees grow personally and professionally.

Communication, meetings and presentations

Communication in the Workplace
Nov. 13, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
This workshop offers practical ways to communicate with clarity and confidence at work. Participants will strengthen their professional presence, emotional intelligence and verbal and nonverbal communication skills. They’ll leave with strategies for building stronger relationships and making a positive impact in meetings, conversations and presentations.

Technology skills

Excel Power BI
November 5, 12, 18, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Learn about and practice using Power BI in this three-session workshop. Attendees will learn how to connect to data sources; perform data cleaning, profiling and shaping; visualize data and create interactive visualizations; enhance reports and dashboards; and publish and share reports and dashboards.

Creating Accessible Documents Part 2: PDF
Nov. 17, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Building off the Creating Accessible Documents 1: MS Office training, this training is a deep dive into using Adobe Acrobat Pro to manipulate, tag and test PDF documents for accessibility. We will cover tagging documents from scratch, common accessibility errors, tables and forms. To fully participate in this class, you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Pro installed (not just Acrobat Reader).

Wellbeing

Gratitude in Action
Nov. 12, 12 – 1 p.m.
Join FSAP’s annual November gratitude webinar for an opportunity to engage, re-engage and learn more about developing a personal practice of mindful gratitude. This webinar explores current research on gratitude, including its potential benefits for managing stress, our own well-being and how we experience and respond to the world around us. Keeping the unique experiences and demands of the UC community in mind, this webinar will focus on brief, practical approaches to gratitude that can be incorporated into everyday life.

Eat for Calm: Food, Stress and Everyday Wellness
Nov. 19, 1:10 – 1:55 p.m.

Learn simple ways that everyday food choices can support energy, wellness and a sense of calm during busy workdays. This session will explore easy “stress-snack makeovers,” how to build your own wellness bowls and quick, nourishing recipes you can fit into a busy schedule.

New employees

New Employee Orientation
— In Oakland: Nov. 10, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
— Virtual: Nov. 19, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Get an introduction to UC and UCOP, along with tools and resources to help you get started in your new role.

People managers

Manager and Employee Conversations Part 2: Feedback for Employee Accountability
Nov. 6, 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
This is the second part in the required live training series, Manager and Employee Conversations. This training answers the question: What do I do when my coaching is not improving performance? In this highly interactive live virtual workshop, we will cover how to provide productive critical feedback, manage emotions, create efficient documentation, and hold effective accountability conversations. Managers will also practice having accountability conversations using the UCOP GROW Plus framework.

Manager Essentials at UCOP: Budget & BRC
Nov. 12, 10 – 11 a.m.
In this live, virtual, instructor-led session, we will discuss the UCOP budget process and landscape, as well as the Business Resource Center (BRC). Topics will include budget process and timeline, financial systems, and BRC teams, services, trainings and resources. The Manager Essentials at UCOP (ME@UCOP) is required for all new people managers and supervisors. Experienced managers are welcome to attend.

People Leader Forum- Recruitment with AI
Nov. 20, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
As AI tools become more common in the job search process, recruiters and hiring managers are adapting recruitment and interviewing approaches. At this month’s People Leader Forum, we’ll discuss how AI is affecting recruitment at UCOP, including resume and candidate screening and interviewing. We’ll review effective interviewing techniques, behavioral-based questions and follow-up strategies that help validate candidate experience and capabilities.

Check out all upcoming classes on the Link Classes & Workshops page. For questions, contact ucopld@ucop.edu.

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