Here comes another exciting round of professional skills workshops. Check out the list below and register via Workday, with further details available via the relevant links. Most of the workshops will be face to face and conducted on campus, but there are some that will be completely online.
Giving Effective Feedback
11 August 2022
On campus
- Recognise the importance of giving constructive feedback, and the need to adopt the right mindset to help achieve desired outcomes
- Familiarise participants with the key principles underpinning effective feedback based on the latest research
- Apply a simple feedback model
Managing Conflict
23 August 2022
On campus
- Identify the common causes of conflict
- Understand common and default responses to conflict
- Apply strategies to constructively address conflict
Delegations of Authority
25 August 2022
On campus
- Recognise the overarching principles of delegation to support effective governance and decision-making
- Learn about the role of agents and establishing an agent with reference to the University Delegations Register
- Understand how your role fits into broader University decision-making
A Situational Approach to Leadership
Starting 25 August 2022
Online, over 5 weeks
- Create clear work goal and tasks for a shared understanding of expectations
- Understand team members’ development levels, and leadership style needed, on goals and tasks
- Develop your skill at four leadership styles
- Increase your flexibility to match leadership styles with team members’ needs
Crucial Conversations
Starting 26 August 2022
Online, over 5 weeks
- Build skills to help develop your ability and confidence to hold crucial conversations
- Encourage dialogue, maintain relationships, and stay in conversation when there is a difference of opinion, when the stakes are high and emotions run strong
Effective Workplace Correspondence
6 September 2022
On campus
- Managing your inbox – timings, folders and legal implications of email
- Structures and principles – for scenarios including internal comms, email reporting and correct use of messaging apps
- Tact and tone – dealing with topics that require sensitivity
- Self-editing – refresher on sentence grammar, conciseness, punctuation and editing tools
Strengthening Personal Resilience: Staff
13 September 2022
On campus
- Apply a practical, evidence-based model for strengthening resilience and developing mental fitness for coming through change
- Explore the essential elements of building emotional resilience
Communicating Effectively
14 September 2022
On campus
- Refresh core communication skills including active listening and questioning techniques
- Build effectiveness in communicating clearly, confidently and assertively with others
- Improve your confidence and effectiveness in communicating with others
Managing the Tough Stuff
20 September 2022
On campus
- Improve your capability and confidence in managing performance and conduct issues with staff in a human – centred way
- Make considered and purposeful decisions in addressing performance and conduct issues
- Have courageous conversations about performance and conduct issues with staff
A Situational Approach to Leadership
22 September 2022
On campus, one day workshop
- Create clear work goal and tasks for a shared understanding of expectations
- Understand team members’ development levels, and leadership style needed, on goals and tasks
- Develop your skill at four leadership styles
- Increase your flexibility to match leadership styles with team members’ needs
University Governance (Intermediate)
12 October 2022
On campus
- Understand University governance and the regulatory environment
- Learn how governance provides oversight and monitoring.
- Learn what controls can be put in place for assurance of appropriate governance processes
Strengthening Staff & Personal Resilience: Managers
12 October 2022
On campus
- Understand the psychological process that occurs in response to change and how it impacts well-being
- Apply an evidence-based model for strengthening resilience and developing mental fitness in yourselves and your teams
- Explore the link between well-being and performance and the practical strategies you can put into practice to enhance this
Having Coaching Conversations
18 October 2022
On campus
- Recognise the value in being more proactive in conducting quality coaching conversations with team members and stakeholders
- Implement a consistent coaching culture and operating rhythms using a robust, yet simple and practical model
- Create a realistic action-learning plan to for coaching
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