Learning and development
People Leader Forum: Sep – Steady Leadership in Turbulent Times
Steady Leadership in Turbulent Times: Psychological Tools for Navigating Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity (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…
GROWing Your Check In Conversations for Managers
GROWing your Check-in Conversations for Managers is a required two-hour virtual live workshop that provides managers with an opportunity to practice using the GROW model in STEP check-ins. Instructors will share tips and strategies for providing clear, thoughtful and constructive feedback to employees. Specifically, this…
Delivery Skills for Connecting with Your Audience
For many, public speaking and giving formal and informal presentations can be uncomfortable and daunting. Luckily, delivery skills ca be practiced and improved on with each presentation. This session will focus on identifying anxieties about presenting and how to prepare for them, explore different presentation…
Excel Power Pivot – Session 1
OnlineAdvance your Excel skills with learning Power Pivot. In this class you will: Become familiar with the PowerPivot application and import data. Manipulate data in a PowerPivot worksheet. Create reports using PowerPivot data. Use DAX functions in PowerPivot. Distribute PowerPivot Data. This is the first…
New Employee Orientation: Virtual
OnlineStarting a new job or new location can be daunting. The UCOP New Employee Orientation is designed to facilitate a smooth transition to the organization. Topics include: University of California and our history Overview of UCOP and the organization Tools and Resources Safety Compliance All…
Change Essentials, Session 1
OnlineChange Essentials is based on the best-selling book, Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions, by Dr. John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber. Dr. Kotter’s research revealed eight key steps and four critical leadership principles that, when applied effectively, help to ensure successful…
People Leader Forum: Building Effective Teams
OnlineThe People Leaders The People Leaders 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.
Mentorship Program Information Session
OnlineCome learn about the 2026 UCOP Mentorship Program. The Mentorship Program is 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 goal of the Mentorship Program is to create…
