UCOP Learning and Development
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Smartsheet Essentials: Project Planning Made Simple
OnlineThis foundational session is designed for new users and project managers seeking to understand how to leverage Smartsheet for project planning and execution. Through practical demonstrations and hands-on activities, participants will gain the knowledge to set up and manage projects confidently, using features such as…
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Change Essentials (1 of 3 sessions)
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…
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Difficult Conversations
OnlineEver had a disagreement with someone where the conversation didn't go quite the way you wanted it to? As conflict is inevitable, join us in exploring strategies for navigating difficult conversations in both your personal and professional life. In this highly interactive course, you will…
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People Leader Forum: STEP Tips and Support
OnlineThe 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 2026 PLF schedule is…
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GROW Plus: Accountability Conversations for Managers
OnlineGROW 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…
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Delivery Skills
OnlineFor 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…
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Managing Up: Cultivating a Partnership with Your Manager
OnlineThe manager-employee dynamic can be powerfully productive or woefully fraught. The big question is: what's within YOUR locus of control as an employee to get what you need from your manager? In this workshop we'll focus on exploring ways to develop a mutually beneficial working…
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New Employee Orientation – Remote
OnlineThe UCOP Remote New Employee Orientation is designed to support the transition into the organization of fully remote employees and those who report to locations outside Oakland (DC, Sac, and Path). Topics include: University of California and our history Overview of UCOP and the organization…

