Category: Planners’ Picks Newsletters and Other Updates

We Need to Learn How to Live Here Now

Daily insights on life in the face of uncertainty, by psychiatrist and habit change specialist Dr. Jud Brewer Today’s column from Dr. Brewer is about how to use this unusual situation we’re all living through to set good mental habits instead of creating or adding to unhealthy ones. If you’re struggling right now, this article …

Linkedin Learning Course: Managing Up

Want to learn about Managing Up in an organization? Check out this Linkedin Learning program – a one hour course on leading from whatever position you are in. https://www.linkedin.com/learning/managing-up/welcome?u=56745513 #learningjourney #csn #professionaldevelopment

Connect, Learn, and Grow Series is online

Connect, Learn, and Grow is a new online series offering meaningful, timely, and relevant virtual learning opportunities for UW–Madison employees. The series will feature a variety of speakers and topics, with a new episode posted online every Wednesday.

Use Intrinsic Motivation to Drive Tasks

Don’t feel like getting your remote work done? Not interested in exercising today? Follow Dan Pink’s advice on intrinsic motivation (from his book Drive). Enjoy this short tip.

Learning and Talent Development is moving many of their courses online for the summer!

Supervisors, The team at Learning and Talent Development is moving many of their courses online for the summer! As we work together to find our new normal, LTD is developing virtual opportunities for discussion, learning, and connection—until we can be together again, in person. Managers Supporting Employee Career Development is now being offered in an …

Three Ways Managers Can Support Their Employees During COVID-19

WSB's Jirs Meuris, professor of management and human resources, shares insights for employers during times of crisis.

10 Well-Being Tips During the Days of COVID-19

Pelin Kesebir, Assistant Scientist at the Center for Healthy Minds, shares 10 well-being tips for the time of COVID-19.

Find Resources for Supervising Remotely

Supervising Remotely, a new website designed for managers and supervisors, offers a collection of best practices and resources for supervising others who are working remotely. The content addresses the following issues: Setting clear expectations Maintaining regular communication Managing workloads and being flexible Leading with trust Professional development planning Engagement, inclusion, and diversity Adding fun Information …

Why Leading Inclusively Has Never Been More Important Than It Is Now

5 strategies to manage your newly remote employees

Effective remote working teams don’t just require the right technology—they require the right leadership. Prepared or not, you find yourself the manager of a fully remote team. It’s likely you have never worked 100%-remote, let alone managed a team in this setting. Add to that the overall unrest in the world and this task can seem overwhelming and daunting.