Being a people manager gives you an opportunity to grow your professional skills in leadership and mentoring every day. Become a more effective manager and grow your knowledge with upcoming trainings from UCOP Learning and Development!

Upcoming classes and workshops for managers

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GROW Plus: Accountability Conversations for Managers
Sept. 4, 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
GROW Plus: Accountability Conversations for Managers is the second part in the required live training series on manager and employee performance conversations. This training answers the question: What do I do when my coaching is not improving performance? In this virtual, live and highly interactive workshop, we will cover: providing productive critical feedback, managing emotions, creating efficient documentation and holding effective accountability conversations. Managers will also practice having role Accountability Conversations using the UCOP GROW Plus framework.

This training is part of the STEP training plan developed by the STEP workgroup made up of people from all divisions. The previous STEP trainings are all prerequisites to this training.

People Leader Forum: Steady Leadership in Turbulent Times
Sept. 5, 1 – 2 p.m.
The People Leader Forum is a monthly opportunity for people managers to connect with one another to develop leadership skills, build community, share best practices, swap strategies for navigating current challenges and learn to better support themselves and their teams.

The title of our Sept. 5 session is Steady Leadership in Turbulent Times: Psychological Tools for Navigating Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity (aka VUCA). In today’s fast-changing world, leaders are constantly faced with unpredictability, high-stakes decisions and pressure to maintain stability. How do you stay steady when the ground beneath you keeps shifting? Join Dr. Ana Dolatabadi from the UCSF Faculty and Staff Assistance Program for this one-hour training designed specifically for leaders navigating uncertainty. You’ll gain practical, psychology-based strategies to:

• Focus on what you can control — and let go of what you can’t
• Cultivate stability for yourself and your team during times of change
• Reduce stress when facing unknowns
• Avoid common leadership pitfalls in volatile environments
• Learn from real-world examples of leaders who have successfully weathered difficult times

This is a chance to reframe your mindset, build resilience and lead with confidence no matter what comes your way!

GROWing Your Check-in Conversations for Managers
Sept. 23, 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.

Required training cohort: Manager Essentials at UCOP

Since 2020, the Manager Essentials at UCOP (ME@UCOP) Training Series has been required for new people managers at UCOP who are classified as S1, S2, M1 and M2. All other people managers are also welcome to attend.

ME@UCOP provides crucial knowledge and advice for managers and supervisors who are new to UCOP management. Through a series of seven classes, people managers learn essential UCOP processes, policies, competencies and leadership philosophies, while building community and connection with their peers. Topics include: UCOP hiring and recruitment, compensation, inclusive leadership, procurement, UCOP policies and laws, and people development.

To receive certification, you must complete all seven courses in one year. Some must be taken in a specific sequence, while others can be taken in any order. Courses are offered four times throughout each year. Registration links are listed under the Required Training icon in your UC Learning homepage. For more information, download a PDF from Box.

On-demand manager training

UCOP Learning and Development has compiled several LinkedIn Learning collections for managers — courses and videos that are directly relevant to managing at UCOP. Activate your LinkedIn Learning account, then use the links below to check out the collections.

• Managing in Remote or Hybrid
• Leading and Working in times of Complexity and Stress
• Teams
• Employee Engagement
• Mentor and Mentee collection
• Leadership Development
• Situational and Adaptable Leadership

For questions about the above resources, contact ucopld@ucop.edu.

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