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Friday, October 11, 2024 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

LinkedIn Learning (LIL) Lunch and Learn

Format: Online workshop

Join us for a 45-minute LinkedIn Learning (LiL) Lunch and Learn session designed to help you unlock the full potential of LinkedIn Learning. Whether you're new to the platform or looking to deepen your knowledge, this workshop will provide you with practical tips and strategies to make the most of your learning journey. 

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Exploring Your VIA Character Strengths

Format: Online workshop

Knowing your strengths and how to use them is essential to your career growth and development. This workshop will explore our strengths using the VIA Character Strengths assessment. We will explore how our strengths can be used in new ways at work and at home. We will learn how to spot and appreciate strengths in others, including our work colleagues, and create stronger connections with them.

Thursday, October 17, 2024 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Keeping Well at Work: Handle with Care: Conflict Resolution in the Workplace

Format: Online workshop

Conflicts stem from many different sources. Understanding when and how to apply a variety of different conflict resolution strategies can prevent unnecessary hardship. This one-hour virtual session will review strategies to defuse anger and conflict so that difficult situations in the workplace can be resolved respectfully.

Wednesday, October 23, 2024 9:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Personality Dimensions®

Format: In-person workshop on October 23; Online workshop on November 28

Have you ever wondered why you immediately click with some people, yet feel guarded around others? Personality Dimensions® is a self-assessment tool that has you discover your individual preferences, styles and temperaments while learning to recognize and appreciate the preferences of others. Learn to strengthen your communication skills with others through a variety of highly effective tools and techniques that will allow you to explore your strengths and build on areas for development.

Wednesday, October 23, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Leadership Lab: People Leadership

Format: In-person workshop

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 influences lies with respect to a pre-selected issue, and learn from each other about how to approach challenges arising.  

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 9:30 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Emotional Intelligence at Work

Format: Online workshop

In today’s rapidly changing work environment, building strong and impactful work relationships is crucial to innovation, efficiency, and organizational success. Emotional Intelligence is the ability to read, understand, respond to, and manage the emotions in ourselves and others. It encourages self-awareness, internal self-regulation, and the exploration of diverse perspectives. Through effective and authentic communication, emotional intelligence will create positive relationships within our personal and professional lives.

Thursday, November 7, 2024 9:30 am - 12:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Conflict and Self

Format: In-person workshop

Do you ever feel like your understanding of conflict and your reaction to it don’t align? Our individual mindsets to conflict play a big role in how we respond in moments of tension and opposition. In this workshop, participants will lean in with curiosity about how they respond to conflict, how they approach conflict, and how our narratives play out. Through individual reflection, small and large group discussion, and workplace conflict case studies, participants will gain tools to approaching conflict productively and authentically. 

Monday, November 11, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Leadership Lab: Personal Leadership

Format: In-person workshop

In a work environment as big as University of Waterloo, we want to offer intentional space for employees in non-supervisory roles to come together to collectively think through how broader university culture and direction impacts them. Leadership Lab: Personal Leadership aims to bring individual contributors together to explore how they can lead themselves, and others by example, all while receiving and providing each other with compassionate care. 

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST (GMT -05:00)

Keeping Well at Work: Navigating & Supporting Menopause in the Workplace

Format: Online workshop

Menopause is a transitional stage in many people’s lives and affects not only people experiencing this stage in life, but those around them, including colleagues, family and friends. Education, resources and support have the potential to create more comfortable and inclusive workplaces and empower people through this transition. Join Stacey Jacobs from the Sexual Violence Prevention & Response Office (SVPRO) to learn more about menopause, its symptoms, and how it may affect workplace experiences and productivity. Open to all employees!

Thursday, November 21, 2024 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Exploring Further Education

Format: Online workshop

Explore your education options to enhance your career at the University of Waterloo. Learn about undergraduate and graduate programs, application processes, and available professional development opportunities. In this workshop, we will discover how to enhance your career and personal growth through various educational pathways, including online and on-campus programs. Bring your questions and take the first step toward advancing your education and career!