Category: Career Development

Save the Date!

Kepro-WI is excited to invite you to participate in our upcoming session on Making The Most of a Multi-Generational Workforce delivered by subject matter expert, Christopher Pugh, a sought-after professional with years of experience in this topic. Christopher Pugh will give you the opportunity to engage directly with all of your questions and comments will be responded to in a manner which is appropriate for this session. We are excited to bring you this session and are confident that you will find it well worth your time.

Session Description:
For the first time in history, our workforce is prominently comprised of members from five unique generations. Participants of this class will learn more about how each generation has been shaped by history and how this has led to specific characteristics that provide them each with their own strengths. Join this interactive workshop to explore inter-generational dynamics and how to create a cohesive and productive workforce.

Topic: Making The Most of a Multi-Generational Workforce
Client: State of WI – UW Green Bay
Date/Time: 3/28/2023, 2:00 PM
ID: KEPRO100590

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United States Toll: +1-408-418-9388
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Password: jKGzSXGU555

Meet your Facilitator: Christopher Pugh

Highly accomplished educator with a keen ability to equip teachers, students, parents, and administrators with the fundamental knowledge of understanding culture in an academic and professional environment. Offers practical skills and programs that help examine the nature and function of culture, acknowledging the development of individual and group cultural identity, understanding definitions and implications of professional consistency, and recognizing the influences of culture on learning, development, and risk management.

If only decision-making was as easy as seeing our shadow outside… Let LinkedIn Learning teach you how to decide!

Check out these course recommendations to help you master the art of decision-making:

• Decision-Making Strategies
• Making Quick Decisions
• The Secret to Better Decisions: Stop Hoarding Chips
• The Six Biases of Decision-Making
• Improving Your Judgment for Better Decision-Making
• Overcoming Decision-Making Traps
• Decision-Making in High-Stress Situations
• Acting Decisively
• Crafting Questions to Make Better Decisions
• Executive Decision-Making
• Data-Driven Decision-Making for Business Professionals
• Making Better Decisions by Thinking in Bets
• Critical Thinking for Better Judgment and Decision-Making

The Division of Continuing Education and Community Engagement is pleased to offer the Supervisory Leadership Certificate Program to any UW-Green Bay supervisor who is seeking professional development. The next cohort for this program begins on February 9, 2023!

Build your leadership skills, fulfill your potential and enhance the capabilities of your department with a program designed to advance careers. Supervisors can complete this program with only $299 in expenses for materials and other items charged to their departmental funds. Supervisors are encouraged to discuss the cost with Division Heads/Area Leaders if funding is a barrier to participation. There is no limit to the amount of supervisors who are able to enroll.

To earn the UW-Green Bay Supervisory Leadership Certificate participants must complete eight courses:

Feb 9 – Core Course: Understanding Your Strengths and the Strengths of Others (8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.)

March 10 – Topic Course: Developing an Adaptive Leadership Mindset

March 23 – Topic Course: Helping Your Team Achieve Organizational Management 

April 13 – Topic Course: The Roadmap to High Performing Teams 

May 11 – Conflict Resolution Rather than Toxic Drama

May 25 – Capstone Course:  Developing an Action Plan

Classes will be held on Zoom from 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM unless otherwise noted.

Full course descriptions can be found at this link: https://www.uwgb.edu/certificate-programs/supervisory-leadership/

If you have questions about the Supervisory Leadership Certificate Program or would like to enroll, please contact Christopher Ledvina at ledvinch@uwgb.edu or (920) 465-2164.

Please visit the Supervisor Toolkit for more information regarding professional development opportunities for supervisors.

LinkedIn Learning can help you with some of your resolutions for 2023:

Get fit and healthy – Looking for ways to stay committed to the gym or a new exercise class? Making Big Goals Achievable will help you break up large aspirations into smaller actions to keep you on track!

 

Get organized – We all find ourselves trying to do more in the time we have. Prioritizing Your Tasks will empower you to stay organized and

 

Spend less, save more – Managing Your Personal Finances walks you through the nitty gritty of earning, spending, and saving to help make 2023 your best financial year yet.

 

Enjoy life to the fullest – Our Happiness Tips and Creating an Amazing Life courses provide great guidance on how to enjoy a life filled with meaning and happiness!

 

Create learning goals for yourself to boost your own self-development – both at work and in your personal life.  Here are some suggestions to get you started!

Career Development

• Sharing Your Best Self at Work
• One Minute Habits of Success
• Discovering Your Strengths

Work/Life Balance

• How to Organize Your Time and Your Life
• Aligning Your Values with Work, Life, and Everything In Between

Teaching with Technology

• Learning How to Increase Learner Engagement
• Teaching with LinkedIn Learning
• Teaching Techniques: Blended Learning

Wellbeing

• The Five Thieves of Happiness
• Mindful Meditations for Work and Life
• Managing Stress for Positive Change

With so much to be grateful for, we encourage you to take a moment and reflect with LinkedIn Learning.

• The gift of gratitude (3 mins)
• The neurohack of gratitude (3 mins)
• Developing gratitude (4 mins)
• Taking gratitude inventory (3 mins)
• Embracing gratitude at work (3 mins)
• Keep a gratitude journal (3 mins)
• Gratitude is attitude (3 mins)
• Ending the day with gratitude (3 mins)

Ready to take your gratitude practice to the next level? Grab your headphones, find a quiet spot, and listen to the 12-minute video, Nourishing a Grateful Heart, to learn more about the importance of savoring our moments and feeling the sweetness of gratitude that allows us to arrive most fully in our lives.

Did you miss the Fall 2022 Kepro Trainings? Don’t worry! You can still access them and watch the recordings on our Human Resources, Learning and Development – Training & Professional Development page.

You can also find previous recorded Kepro trainings from Spring 2022 on the same page!

For direct access to the Fall 2022 Kepro Trainings, you can use the links provided below:

• Video: Be Positive
• Power Point: Be Positive
• Video: Creating a Great Place to Work in Ten Easy Steps

Have questions or suggestions on training topics for next Spring? Let us know! You can email hr@uwgb.edu with questions or suggestions.

It’s PSL Season… time to Practice Self-Learning with Podcast-Style Lessons!

Pumpkin Spice Latte or not, grab your favorite morning beverage and settle in with LinkedIn Learning to start your day. In under 20 minutes, these audio-only courses aim to help you overcome fear, build courage, manage anxiety, and more to tackle any situation thrown your way:

• Lose Your Fear of Asking Questions at Work (7 mins)
• Manage Burnout at Work with These Simple Strategies (8 mins)
• Vulnerability: The Workplace Superpower Disguised as a Weakness (10 mins)
• The Courage Habit (13 mins)
• Good Anxiety: Harnessing Its Power for Good (13 mins)
• Bring Your Human to Work (14 mins)
• Conquering Freak-Outs and the Fear of Failure (18 mins)
• Overcoming Overwhelm (18 mins)

We encourage you to listen to at least one of these training by the end of the month. Happy learning!

Save the Date!

Kepro-WI is excited to invite you to participate in our upcoming session on Be Positive delivered by subject matter expert, Shannon Leslie, a sought-after professional with years of experience in this topic. Shannon Leslie will give you the opportunity to engage directly with all of your questions and comments will be responded to in a manner which is appropriate for this session. We are excited to bring you this session and are confident that you will find it well worth your time.

Session Description:
Although not everyone believes in the power of positive thinking, it is a field that has been utilized by countries around the world, for centuries. Today, scientists understand why the attitudinal approach — positive versus negative energy, dramatically impacts us, as well as our relationships with others. In this class, we will discuss our ability to benefit from the power of positive thinking by making changes to our thought process and perspective.

Topic: Be Positive
Client: State of WI – UW Green Bay
Date/Time: 10/19/2022 10:00 AM, America/Chicago
ID: KEPRO100405

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Audio conference:
United States Toll: +1-408-418-9388
Access Code: 26327519275

Password: x6S53n5xEWP

Meet your Facilitator: Shannon Leslie

Shannon Leslie is licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist in Kansas, who has worked in the child welfare system for eight and a half years. She has worked with individuals, adolescents, parents, couples, and families who have experienced trauma, relational, mental health, substance abuse, and other concerns.  Shannon has gained valuable knowledge over several child welfare roles throughout her career. One role she describes as “life altering”, was when she transitioned to an in home therapist for a research project partnered through Kansas University. Shannon’s role allowed her to elicit strengths in others to empower positive changes needed to obtain their goals in child welfare.  Through evidence based and strengths based interventions, Shannon successfully helped others reach positive outcomes.  Upon completion of the research project, Shannon transitioned to Training Specialist in her organization.

Shannon has been in a training role for five years. Shannon believes what we focus on we grow, positive or negative. She is described as enthusiastic, positive, and engaging. Shannon finds herself passionate when motivating, inspiring, and empowering others through training. Additionally, she enjoys training on empathy, perspective, and the impact we have on others. Shannon’s training role has allowed her to be a support to staff. Shannon often is sought out to help manage conflict, encourage, and retain employees. She is known for being the go to person for motivation and support. She has successfully planned and executed employee appreciation events for over 800 employees.

Shannon received her Bachelors from University Missouri-Kansas City and her Masters from Friends University. Shannon has held certifications as a Parent Management Training-Oregon Model therapist, trainer, and coach (5 years). She has completed Seven Habits of Highly Effective People and has been a committee member for the Kansas Governors Conference and Community Violence Action Committee-COMVAC (3 years). Shannon enjoys spreading kindness and is invested in making positive change occur through training and her interactions with others.