Category: Planners’ Picks Newsletters and Other Updates

Feb. 21 is deadline for administrative award nominations

Feb. 21 is deadline for administrative award nominations The Administrative Improvement Award recognizes exceptional performance in administrative roles supporting academics, research, student services, outreach or administration. Nominations are due Feb. 21 for work that resulted in improved efficiency, increased revenue channels, cost savings or improved service delivery.

Register for 3rd Annual Employee Career Conference

Register and encourage your employees to register for the 3rd annual Employee Career Conference. March is right around the corner and a great time to support your employees and your own career at UW–Madison. This once a year employee conference is offered on March 11, 2020 with over 20 sessions focused on early (foundational), mid (framing), and advanced (remodeling) …

8-Day Seminar Series: The Conscious Leadership Experience: March-June, 2020

The Conscious Leadership Experience is an opportunity for leaders of local government, education, business, and non-profit sectors to come together – to learn and create through a mix of experiential learning, deep conversation, inward reflection, hands-on application, and collaboration.  The program will also include 1:1 coaching, opportunities for deep reflection and self-inquiry along with practical …

Six Conversations: Collaborating with Your Staff to Improve Performance

Our friends at the Center for Professional & Executive Development (CPED) offer information on collaborating with your staff to improve performance. Are you prepared to have conversations with your employees who are wondering what comes next in their careers? To be an effective manager, you need to facilitate six basic conversations that matter most to …

Upcoming TTC Project Forums and Manager/Supervisor Training Opportunities

Upcoming TTC Project Forums and Manager/Supervisor Training Opportunities The Title and Total Compensation (TTC) Project invites all UW–Madison employees to February Forums and offers training opportunities for managers and supervisors. February All-Campus Forums All UW–Madison employees are invited to attend an update where new information will be shared. Sessions will be Feb. 11–26, with in-person, …

Leadership Improv this Friday!

Are you feeling like your leadership chops could use a tune-up? Did you want to have a fun way to accomplish that? Of course you do! That’s where Leadership Improv comes in! You’ll want to come see us Friday, January 31, from 12-1, at Union South, where we’ll practice leadership competencies and principles using improv …

CSN Planning Committee member Ruben Mota takes on new role for UW-Madison

CSN planning committee member Ruben Mota has been hired as the UW–Madison campus’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) coordinator.

Administrative Improvement Award program is accepting applications

January 15, 2020 Campus colleagues, Members of the UW–Madison campus community who work in administrative areas are critical to the University’s mission and contribute greatly to the success of students, faculty and staff. To recognize and celebrate outstanding administrative work, we encourage you to nominate a colleague or group of colleagues for a 2020 Administrative …

WORKPLACE WORKOUTS OFFER SPRING SESSIONS

Recreation & Wellbeing (Rec Well) is offering lunchtime Workplace Workouts at The Union and the Space Science and Engineering Center. Classes meet once a week for seven weeks. The fee is $40 per seven-week session. All fitness levels are welcome; no Rec Well membership is required. Learn more at recwell.wisc.edu/workplaceworkouts. More information »

LTD Courses Help Managers Support Employees

Learning and Talent Development is offering two courses designed to build managerial skills. “Managers Supporting Employee Career Development,” scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 22, 8:30 a.m.–noon, provides an overview of how managers can support employee growth and development. After completing this course, managers may choose to take a second course, “Creating Time and Space for Employee …