Category: Planners’ Picks Newsletters and Other Updates

Confirmed: CSN Members helping facilitate another CoP’s exercises

Later this month, Campus Supervisors Network members will facilitate an exercise at the Lab Manager Community of Practice meeting to help them work through some questions they have about leading staff effectively. Kevin Galles, a senior research specialist at Klein Lab, asked CSN’s planning committee to partner with his group and talk about the “accidental …

Business Lessons from the World of Improv

A good read below about using the skill set of improvisational comedy to be better leaders and communicators. UW–Madison has its own monthly sessions on this subject matter at UW-IT Connects – Leadership Improv. Leadership Improv provides a monthly opportunity to learn and practice improvisational skills through active participation in exercises and skits to help …

Leadership and Management Development Conference registration ends soon!

REGISTER TODAY! (ends November 1) 19th Annual Leadership & Management Development Conference Forward Thinking for Today’s Leader  NOVEMBER 13, 2017 UNION SOUTH on the UW–Madison campus Registration $125 **CEU’s available** LMD 2017 Schedule.pdf Click here for workshop information https://www.talent.wisc.edu/home/Hide-A-Tab/ConferencesSpecialEvents/LeadershipManagementDevelopmentConference/tabid/397/Default.aspx

Speaking of Leadership – 5 Questions that Clarify

https://soul2work.com/2017/10/speaking-of-leadership-5-questions-that-clarify/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_feed%3BGlAsOm4XTqOC383yU22pAw%3D%3D

Mapping our future programs

The planning committee of CSN met yesterday to map out much of the next year of events we will focus on. Be on the lookout in the coming months for sessions on the generational divide and how to work together, on getting the right candidates for your recruitment and preparing an effective job post, and …

Did you miss your chance to laugh into leadership?

Did you regret not coming to CSN’s recent presentation of Leadership Improv? Are you wishing you could take a break from your routine and try some new exercises in comedy to hone your skills of being “in the moment?” Well, you’re in luck! Leadership Improv, a UW-IT Connects Community venture, runs a monthly session the …

Employee Flu Shot Information

Flu shots are the most effective way to to prevent the flu and are free to all students and staff with State insurance on campus. See the article below for details on locations near you to get your shot, if interested.

Two very different events; one common goal

CSN is currently working on two fall events for supervisors and managers to excel in their roles as leaders on the UW Campus. One is a panel of supervisors sharing their personal perspectives on the new Leadership @ UW Framework that was put into practice recently, and how they use its guiding principles to produce …

Get practice being “in the moment” with staff!

UW–Madison Supervisors: Could you benefit from any of the following: > Getting practice being “in the moment” (as leaders always are) > Becoming more comfortable speaking from the top of mind > Practice becoming more comfortable acting (as opposed to reacting) in a safe and supportive space > Learning the science behind why practice makes …

UW Madison Speaker’s Bureau: Check out Laura Albert at Middleton Library

Laura Albert, Associate Dean of Engineering at UW–Madison is presenting an interesting talk next month as part of the UW Madison Speaker’s Bureau: “Advanced analytics for supporting public policy, bracketology, and beyond!” Thursday, September 21st, at 7:00 PM Middleton Public Library – Archer Room In this, the 4th lecture in our year-long Scholar’d for Life …