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During these uncertain times, many of you who are now faced with supervising remotely. This session will offer a quick introduction to supervising remotely and an opportunity to connect with other managers to discuss challenges, successes, and strategies. This session has 2 parts. Part 1: You must watch the LinkedIn Learning video titled, “Leading at …

Free access to E-Book of ELEVATE by Robert Glazer Robert Glazer has made his amazing book ELEVATE free for E-Book download through April 7, 2020. This is the book that CSN is featuring this summer for our annual Summer Book Club. If you want to pre-read it and be uber-ready for discussion, download it today! …

TTC Project Adjusts Timeline in Response to COVID-19 Under the challenging circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Title and Total Compensation (TTC) Project is working on a minimum three-month extension to the project timeline. Details will be shared once key decisions are finalized. As planned, the Title and SJD Library remains frozen during this …

Following the lead of campus administration, CSN has temporarily suspended all planning of future events until further notice. We apologize for this interruption in our networking and training, and look forward to getting back into the planning stages later on this season. If you have any questions about CSN, please email rich.gassen@wisc.edu. Thanks and be …

Each year the Student Employment team opens nominations for Student Employee of the Year. With nearly 9,000 students working in thousands of roles across campus, this represents a prestigious honor to ultimately appreciate the invaluable work completed by students each day. The impact of each of these students is tremendously important and felt by the entire campus community. In addition to acknowledging these contributions on our campus, our top nominee is also passed along for consideration to be both the Regional Student Employee of the Year as well as National Student Employee of the Year, which are programs administered by the Midwest Student Employment Association in conjunction with the National Student Employment Association.

Registration is open through Friday, Feb. 28 for the UW–Madison Employee Career Conference, “Construct Your Career at UW.” The conference takes place Weds., March 11, 8:30 a.m.–4:15 p.m. at Union South. Participants will find tools, inspiration, and resources to help them achieve their career goals at UW–Madison. Attendees will learn how to assess where they …

Networking events, whether you are a salesperson or a peer at an organization like UW-Madison, can be daunting and awkward. Having a goal of what you want to get out of the meeting is important — go in with a plan to meet a certain number of people, build upon an existing relationship, or pitch a product or service your department offers.

An excellent follow-up article to CSN’s recent discussion on introversion in the workplace: The importance of self-awareness for introverted leaders. Enjoy! https://lnkd.in/e7Ds9aT

Robert Glazer, the author of ELEVATE (hint: CSN’s upcoming Summer Book Club feature) writes a weekly email update called Friday Forward (which was actually the inspiration for his book). I want to share this week’s message with you, and remind you that you all matter: to me, to your family, and to the UW–Madison. Thanks …

When was the last time you were thanked for your contributions at work? When was the last time you expressed gratitude to another coworker? Downloadable e-book available here.