Learning & Development
The Learning and Development area’s primary goal is to offer the University of Mississippi’s staff and faculty an opportunity for continual growth. Our seminars cover an array of topics to improve your professional skills and personal development.
LEAD: Lead Yourself
Lead Yourself is a one-day program designed to increase self-management skills useful in enhancing work performance. This program is available and highly recommended for all employees who are not in a supervisory role.
Topics may include: Time & Energy Management, Your Role in Staff Performance Reviews (It’s a Partnership), Dealing with Difficult People, Accountability, Code of Ethics and Conduct, Effective Communications, Managing Your Boss, and Motivation.
Workshops will resume in-person in the Spring 2022.
Upcoming LEAD: Lead Yourself Workshops
Register through myOleMiss: https://olemiss.edu/hrtraining
LEAD: Lead Your Team
Lead Your Team is designed to develop the skills necessary to appropriately supervise at the University of Mississippi. Supervisors and managers are encouraged to participate and learn how to supervise professionally and effectively. This is a core course and employees with supervisory and people management responsibilities are expected to attend the program.
Topics may include: From Worker to Manager, JAQ Overview, Best Practices for Searches, Behavioral Based Interviewing, Orienting Your New Employee, The ABCs of FLSA & Timekeeping, How to Influence, Dealing with Difficult People, Workplace Conflict, Progressive Discipline, Code of Ethics and Conduct, Effective Feedback & Performance Partnerships, Coaching Up and Down the Generations, FMLA and Donated Leave, and Reality Based Leadership.
These topics enrich positive supervisor practices and behaviors; communications, value, leadership and interdependence.
Upcoming LEAD: Lead Your Team Workshops
Register through myOleMiss: https://olemiss.edu/hrtraining
LEAD
More details coming soon. Invited leaders will receive a formal invitation through email.
Managers, directors of all levels, chairs, deans, and senior level officials should attend. This program is for all leaders, not just newly hired leaders.
Upcoming Sessions
| Date | Course | Registration |
|---|---|---|
| 07/07 | Thriving, Not Just Surviving: Work-Life Blend: This workshop will give you helpful tips on how to balance/blend work-life responsibilities more efficiently. 2:00 - 3:00, Garland 111, Jennifer Payne |
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| 07/13 | LEAD: Lead Your Team (July 13 and 14, 2022): Lead Your Team is a two-day program designed to develop the skills necessary to appropriately supervise at the University of Mississippi. This is a core course required within four months of assuming a supervisory or management position. Learn how to supervise professionally and accordingly within the University's policies and within state and federal laws. Contemporary leadership principles will be introduced.
Attendance will be acknowledged during the participant's performance review process. Tardiness and absenteeism are discouraged.
According to the SHRM 2019 culture report, The High Cost of a Toxic Workplace Culture: How Culture Impacts the Workforce - and the bottom line:
76% of employees say their manager sets the culture of their workplace
39% say their manager doesn?t know how to lead a team
40% say their manager fails to frequently engage in honest conversations about work topics
Are you equipped for the responsibility of supervising and managing?
8:15 - 3:30, Jackson Avenue Center Auditorium A, Jennifer Payne |
Class is Full |
| 07/28 | Career Growth and Development: What's Your Next Step?: This workshop is designed to help attendees think about their current career path and identify opportunities for professional career growth. It will explore goal setting, developing an individual development plan, improving skills/experience, initiating career advancement conversations, and other actionable steps for career development. 2:00 - 3:00, Garland 111, Jennifer Payne |
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| 08/11 | Fostering an Inclusive Work Environment: This workshop invites participants to learn about the issues that impact understanding, respecting, and valuing others in our various teams. We will explore the relationship between expectations, organizational culture, and individual experiences in order to identify and address barriers to inclusion in teams. Participants will learn how to seek understanding and collaborate across difference for greater productivity and efficiency. 2:00 - 3:00, Jackson Avenue Center: Classroom 103, Norris Allen Edney |
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| 08/17 | 'Welcome Home' New Employee Orientation: New employee orientation that provides a unique opportunity to meet leaders and learn more about the University's mission, vision, rich history, the University's "It" factor, and the relationship between Ole Miss Athletics and the University of Mississippi. 8:00 - 12:00, Jackson Avenue Center: Auditorium B, Jennifer Payne |
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| 09/21 | 'Welcome Home' New Employee Orientation: New employee orientation that provides a unique opportunity to meet leaders and learn more about the University's mission, vision, rich history, the University's "It" factor, and the relationship between Ole Miss Athletics and the University of Mississippi. 8:00 - 12:00, Jackson Avenue Center Auditorium C, Jennifer Payne |
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| 10/12 | LEAD: Lead Your Team : Lead Your Team is a program designed to develop the skills necessary to appropriately supervise at the University of Mississippi. This is a core course required within four months of assuming a supervisory or management position. Learn how to supervise professionally and accordingly within the University's policies and within state and federal laws. Contemporary leadership principles will be introduced. Attendance will be acknowledged during the participant's performance review process. Tardiness and absenteeism are discouraged. According to the SHRM 2019 culture report, The High Cost of a Toxic Workplace Culture: How Culture Impacts the Workforce - and the bottom line: 76% of employees say their manager sets the culture of their workplace 39% say their manager doesn?t know how to lead a team 40% say their manager fails to frequently engage in honest conversations about work topics Are you equipped for the responsibility of supervising and managing? 8:00 - 5:00, Jackson Avenue Center Auditorium A, Jennifer Payne |
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| 10/26 | 'Welcome Home' New Employee Orientation: New employee orientation that provides a unique opportunity to meet leaders and learn more about the University's mission, vision, rich history, the University's "It" factor, and the relationship between Ole Miss Athletics and the University of Mississippi. 8:00 - 12:00, Jackson Avenue Center Auditorium C, Jennifer Payne |
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| 11/17 | LEAD: Lead Yourself: All front-line staff employees (non-supervisors), both seasoned employees and recent hires, are invited to participate in this program.
These sessions focus on what it takes to give your best at work. 8:00 - 3:00, Law School Rm 1115, Jennifer Payne |
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| 01/11 | LEAD: Lead Your Team : Lead Your Team is a program designed to develop the skills necessary to appropriately supervise at the University of Mississippi. This is a core course required within four months of assuming a supervisory or management position. Learn how to supervise professionally and accordingly within the University's policies and within state and federal laws. Contemporary leadership principles will be introduced. Attendance will be acknowledged during the participant's performance review process. Tardiness and absenteeism are discouraged. According to the SHRM 2019 culture report, The High Cost of a Toxic Workplace Culture: How Culture Impacts the Workforce - and the bottom line: 76% of employees say their manager sets the culture of their workplace 39% say their manager doesn?t know how to lead a team 40% say their manager fails to frequently engage in honest conversations about work topics Are you equipped for the responsibility of supervising and managing? 8:00 - 5:00, TBD, Jennifer Payne |
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| 01/18 | 'Welcome Home' New Employee Orientation: New employee orientation that provides a unique opportunity to meet leaders and learn more about the University's mission, vision, rich history, the University's "It" factor, and the relationship between Ole Miss Athletics and the University of Mississippi. 8:00 - 12:00, Jackson Avenue Center Auditorium C, Jennifer Payne |
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| 02/16 | LEAD: Lead Yourself: All front-line staff employees (non-supervisors), both seasoned employees and recent hires, are invited to participate in this program.
These sessions focus on what it takes to give your best at work. 8:00 - 3:00, Law School Rm 1115, Jennifer Payne |
Sign Up |
| 04/12 | LEAD: Lead Your Team : Lead Your Team is a program designed to develop the skills necessary to appropriately supervise at the University of Mississippi. This is a core course required within four months of assuming a supervisory or management position. Learn how to supervise professionally and accordingly within the University's policies and within state and federal laws. Contemporary leadership principles will be introduced. Attendance will be acknowledged during the participant's performance review process. Tardiness and absenteeism are discouraged. According to the SHRM 2019 culture report, The High Cost of a Toxic Workplace Culture: How Culture Impacts the Workforce - and the bottom line: 76% of employees say their manager sets the culture of their workplace 39% say their manager doesn?t know how to lead a team 40% say their manager fails to frequently engage in honest conversations about work topics Are you equipped for the responsibility of supervising and managing? 8:00 - 5:00, Jackson Avenue Center Auditorium C, Jennifer Payne |
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| 04/19 | 'Welcome Home' New Employee Orientation: New employee orientation that provides a unique opportunity to meet leaders and learn more about the University's mission, vision, rich history, the University's "It" factor, and the relationship between Ole Miss Athletics and the University of Mississippi. 8:00 - 12:00, Jackson Avenue Center Auditorium C, Jennifer Payne |
Sign Up |
| 05/18 | LEAD: Lead Yourself: All front-line staff employees (non-supervisors), both seasoned employees and recent hires, are invited to participate in this program.
These sessions focus on what it takes to give your best at work. 8:00 - 2:00, Law School Rm 1115, Jennifer Payne |
Sign Up |
| 07/12 | LEAD: Lead Your Team: Lead Your Team is a program designed to develop the skills necessary to appropriately supervise at the University of Mississippi. This is a core course required within four months of assuming a supervisory or management position. Learn how to supervise professionally and accordingly within the University's policies and within state and federal laws. Contemporary leadership principles will be introduced. Attendance will be acknowledged during the participant's performance review process. Tardiness and absenteeism are discouraged. According to the SHRM 2019 culture report, The High Cost of a Toxic Workplace Culture: How Culture Impacts the Workforce - and the bottom line: 76% of employees say their manager sets the culture of their workplace 39% say their manager doesn?t know how to lead a team 40% say their manager fails to frequently engage in honest conversations about work topics Are you equipped for the responsibility of supervising and managing? 8:00 - 5:00, Jackson Avenue Center Auditorium C, Jennifer Payne |
Sign Up |
Contact Jennifer Payne for assistance.