Managers’ Corner: Learning opportunities to grow your skills and support employees
February 3, 2026 •
Being a people manager brings unique rewards and challenges. UCOP Learning and Development offers several resources to help you support employees while broadening your professional skillset.
Live virtual development
ME@UCOP: Managing in the Modern Workplace
Feb. 19 & Feb. 20, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
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. In this session, we will discuss UCOP processes and strategies that support building inclusive and engaged teams.
STEP resources workshops
GROWing Your Check-In Conversations for Managers
Feb. 26, 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.
People Leader Forum: STEP Tips and Support
Feb. 27, 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. In February, we will help managers navigate the STEP process, including actionable strategies to make performance reviews more meaningful and tips to streamline processes so you can spend more time on impactful conversations. Ask questions, discuss your ideas and get personalized support.
Check out all upcoming classes on the Link classes and workshops page.
Self-paced resources
The UCOP Learning and Development team has created targeted Linkedin Learning collections with custom-selected courses and videos to support UCOP people managers. Select each topic to get started.
- Employee Engagement
- Leading and Working in times of Complexity and Stress
- Managing in Remote or Hybrid
- Situational and Adaptable Leadership
- Teams
- UCOP STEP Goal Setting, Coaching, and Feedback Practices
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For questions, contact ucopld@ucop.edu.
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