Today's talk is How to turn your dissatisfaction into action by Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr. After the devastating rebel invasion of Freetown in 1999 and the Ebola epidemic in 2014, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, mayor of the city, refused to be paralyzed by her frustration with the status quo. Instead, she used her anger as a catalyst for action. In this inspiring talk, she shares how she transformed her city by taking the risks necessary to bring about dramatic change -- and shows how you can find power in your dissatisfaction.
SkillSoft Spotlights focus on just-in-time online learning that supports you in navigating complex challenges in personal and professional life, helps you to increase your effectiveness, and to improve your relationships. Each course is 30 minutes or less and is curated to provide tools, strategies, and practices to accelerate your success.
This week's spotlight course is Your Role in Workplace Diversity (30 min)
To understand and appreciate diversity in the workplace, you must develop a deep understanding of yourself, as well as any unconscious bias you may have. Your ability to use a variety of strategies to effectively deal with diverse situations is very important. Equally important is the ability to share these effective strategies openly and leverage the diversity that exists within an inclusive organization.
In this course, you'll explore how to become aware of your attitudes toward diversity, understand the source of any cultural bias you may have, and increase your acceptance of diverse cultures, people, and ideas. You’ll also discover how to become an advocate for diversity and inclusion within the workplace.
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SkillSoft Spotlights focus on just-in-time online learning to help you more masterfully manage yourself personally and professionally, improve your effectiveness in managing your work, and support you in skillfully leading your teams. Each course is 30 minutes or less and is curated to provide tools, strategies, and practices to accelerate your success.
This week's spotlight course is Bridging the Diversity Gap (27 min)
Without a diverse workforce, organizations run the risk of viewing things from a very limited perspective. The organization provides the structure for operation, but it's the individuals within that organization who carry out the mission of the organization. To get the most innovative solutions from the individuals in your business, you need to create a workplace that embraces inclusion and avoids bias and stereotyping. This course focuses on what diversity is and how to leverage the diversity within the organization. You’ll also explore the barriers, such as unconscious bias, that must be overcome to create a diversified and inclusive working environment.
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Here are a few key provisions of Coronavirus related distributions permitted under the ORP:
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Performance Management Process
Regular Exempt & Nonexempt Employees
To Supervisors:
June 5th is finally here! Please remember the PMP process runs from April 1, 2019 through March 31, 2020. Supervisors are required to complete and submit a PMP form, offering an evaluation for each of their regular Exempt and Non-Exempt direct reports for the 12-month period stated above. The deadline for submitting these evaluations is tomorrow Friday, June 5, 2020.
Many of you have been successfully utilizing our new process through DocuSign PMP DocuSign which has allowed us to capture the necessary signatures and approvals for the PMPs. For those who have not yet had an opportunity to submit a PMP via DocuSign, it is important to remember that a discussion with the next level reviewer and the PMP review meeting with the employee should take place prior to initiating the online DocuSign process for signatures.
Once the PMP form has been reviewed by the appropriate approver, and presented to the employee, you are ready to submit your completed PMP through DocuSign using the link above (PMP DocuSign). For ease of submission, you will need the employee’s ID (this can be found in the Directory), as well as the employee’s PeopleSoft department number. Please save the PMP form attachment using the following format: Employee’s Last Name_First Name. For example, Abrams_James.
Additional tools and resources, including the PMP forms, can be accessed here. Questions around the PMP process should be directed to James Abrams, Employee/Labor Relations Manager.
Did you know:
1. The end of the year will be here before you know it! Do you know the deadline for using excess leave before the new year? January 2, 2021. Some employees may not monitor their leave in enough time to prevent the risk of losing unused personal and excess annual leave at the end of each year. Remember, timesheets now display a "Year-End Vacation Forecast" figure for eligible employees. Try to use your leave. Don't forget, self care is important!
2. A couple of additional edits have been made to the electronic timesheet.
Questions may be directed to my attention at mcnamara@umbc.edu.
Thank you.
Sherrell McNamara, HRIS Manager
SkillSoft Spotlights focus on just-in-time online learning that supports you in navigating complex challenges in personal and professional life, helps you to increase your effectiveness, and to improve your relationships. Each course is 30 minutes or less and is curated to provide tools, strategies, and practices to accelerate your success.
This week's spotlight course is Organizations Change So Get Ready (30 min)
Change can be disruptive, but adapting to change can also open new possibilities. A changing work situation can create a period of uncertainty while you adapt. A clear understanding of what organizational change is can help build your resilience and flexibility. In this course, you'll find out what can trigger organizational change. You'll explore common responses to change and the stages of reacting to change that people go through when dealing with organizational change. You’ll learn why it’s important to be resilient when adapting to change, and how to prepare yourself to get the most out of change. You'll learn about how the optimal amount of procrastination actually boosts creativity and efficiency. You'll also learn how to use creativity boosters to help you past those times when you procrastinate a little too much.
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Need Login Assistance? Email hrtraining@umbc.edu to set up your account and to help with login difficulties. UMBC faculty and staff accounts are set up within 1 month of hire.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Visit our UMBC SkillSoft page for information on UMBC’s curated role and topic-based certificate tracks as well as professional industry certifications that align with SkillSoft courses.