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.

Upcoming LEAD: Lead Yourself Workshops

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 Job 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

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

Workshop Schedule
Date	Course	Registration
10/10	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, Hunter Haney	Sign Up
10/11	Above the Line Leadership: Leadership in the future of work has changed. There are new currencies of work and new skills for leaders. Leadership today is human-centered - it is about the person in front of you. These behaviors, grounded in a decade's worth of research, are so often the things that are easy to do and equally easy not to do. But where do they come from? As the field of higher education pushes forward, leadership must come from somewhere. It does not operate like a light switch, turning on and off at a moment's notice. And leadership is not accidental. Rather, your leadership has a purpose and is intentional. In this engaging, reflective, and participant-centered workshop, we'll think about and share your own leadership origin story and where your breakthrough moments have been. Bring your journal and be prepared to think about those impactful and inspiring moments in your journey. Come ready to tell your story. 10:00 - 11:00, Zoom (online only), Hunter Haney	Sign Up
10/26	Creating an Environment that Encourages Employee Growth and Development: Employee engagement increases in an environment where individuals are encouraged to grow and develop as professionals. This presentation discusses strategies for creating and implementing a career development plan for each staff member. 12:00 - 1:00, Zoom (online only), Azhia Jones	Sign Up
11/01	'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 A, Azhia Jones	Sign Up
11/08	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, Law School Rm 1115, Hunter Haney	Sign Up
11/16	Communicating Effectively in a Diverse World: This dynamic presentation takes an insightful look at the challenges of interacting with different types of people (different cultures, generations, personality types, etc.), and offers several practical strategies for maintaining quality relationships with them all. 12:00 - 1:00, Zoom (online only), Azhia Jones	Sign Up
12/14	Managing the Stress of Time and Competing Priorities: This presentation is designed to help individuals recognize how personal organization and use of time contribute to stress levels. In addition, the presentation offers a practical approach to prioritizing efforts and maintaining focus on the most important activities in our lives to reduce stress and increase our effectiveness. 12:00 - 1:00, Zoom (online only), Azhia Jones	Sign Up

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