Events

Format: In-person workshop

The theme for spring 2025 is: 
Leading Through Uncertainty: Navigating Invisible Forces

Leadership Lab: People Leadership offers comfortable and supportive space for managers, supervisors, and folks leading people at the University to co-create an informal peer community. Using the Circles of Influence Framework to guide the conversation, participants will reflect on their leadership style and practices, identify where their control and influence lie with respect to the session’s specified theme, and learn from each other how to approach various challenges.   

Format: In-person workshop

Join staff from Special Collections & Archives (SCA) as they share an overview of what an archive is, explore potential collaboration opportunities with the department on special projects, and learn how to begin their own archival research for personal or professional purposes. 

Participants will also have the opportunity to enjoy a special guided tour of the stacks, where they can learn more about how we care for our collections and discover some of our unique treasures. 

Format: Online workshop

When was the last time you had a chance to revisit your résumé? Reviewing your skills and accomplishments can be a great way to identify opportunities for further education and explore career growth. In this workshop, we will explore best practices for building and creating an effective résumé that highlights your career accomplishments.     

Format: Online session

Planning to retire can be a source of both excitement and anxiety. Whatever the emotional response, retirement marks a transition to a new life stage and lifestyle in which daily routines, identity, and roles all change. This session will introduce participants to the emotional effects of retirement. Participants will get an opportunity to reflect on what their ideal retirement looks like and what they can do to make it happen. Join us for this one-hour virtual session provided by Homewood Health.

Format: Online workshop

Effectively answering interview questions can feel challenging under the pressure of the moment. Join this session to discover tips on how to stay calm, address common interview questions, and effectively demonstrate your skills and accomplishments during an interview.  

Format: Online session

Many of us feel overwhelmed by competing work and family demands. This session will help participants identify their key work/life stressors, clarify their values, and develop skills and strategies to effectively prioritize their time and energy. Join us for this one-hour virtual session provided by Homewood Health.

Format: In-person workshop

Change is constant, but how we lead through it can either fuel us or accelerate burnout. In this interactive Leadership Lab: Personal Leadership, we’ll explore the dual challenge leaders face: guiding teams through ongoing uncertainty while protecting their own energy and capacity. 

Together, we’ll reflect on the impact of change, identify the signs of burnout (in ourselves and our teams), and share practical strategies for creating stability, focus, and support while navigating shifting priorities. Through personal reflection and group discussion, participants will gain tools to help them lead with clarity, empathy, and purpose – without sacrificing wellbeing. 

Format: In-person workshop

Have you thought about developing new healthy, sustainable and mindful habits but are not sure how to begin? 

In this interactive, in-person session with Stacey Majaury from Athletics and Recreation, you will select a personal goal related to sleep, stress management, nutrition, physical activity or recovery, and will leave with a 5-minute action plan to achieve that goal. You'll also discover self-coaching techniques to help you reflect, adapt, and maintain consistency moving forward.

Consider also registering for the next step in Deep Health: Small Group Coaching (10 weeks)

Format: In-person session

The Waterloo Staff Orientation Team is delighted to partner with the Visitors Centre ambassador team to offer 90-minute in-person walking tours. Join us to learn about Waterloo's history, students, buildings, eateries, reputation, academics, campus life, and more! These tours are offered rain or shine.

Format: Online course on LEARN

Emotional intelligence encompasses the personal, emotional, and social abilities and skills which allow us to succeed in coping with environmental demands and pressures. Those with high emotional intelligence readily recognize their feelings, manage their reactions, and build positive interactions with others. In this guided asynchronous course, we will unpack what emotional intelligence is. Then, we’ll learn to develop our emotional intelligence to improve our personal resilience and performance, and learn to apply the appropriate emotions skillfully at the appropriate time.