Empowerment Self Defense

Focuses on full range of gender-based violence, from everyday to life- threatening, provides options that empower people to make choices that are best for them, includes prevention strategies as well as reactive ones. This program is offered free to students and employees.  

Introduction Into Inspirational Leadership

Inspirational Leadership is having the ability to inspire others to align their actions towards a common goal or vision, to get the job done, and to bring out their best qualities along the way. With inspiration you can connect with something meaningful and articulate a shared mission and/or values in a way that motivates people and offers a sense of purpose beyond day-to-day tasks. Inspirational leaders are agents of positive change, sometimes going against the grain of conventional norms or taking risks in their approach. These kinds of leaders ultimately leave the people they work with feeling inspired, motivated, and connected. So how does one develop this competency? What does it look like in different contexts?

Getting to Know the LRN : How to Access and Navigate OnDemand Trainings and Free Books

Learn how you can quickly navigate through the over 17,000+ FREE, online courses available to faculty and staff. These courses allow you to learn at your convenience by using the Learning Resource Network (LRN) to browse, launch and learn. Plus learn how to take advantage of the over 95,000 free, online book titles that are available to you as a Penn State employee.

Depression, Anxiety and Burnout: Moving Toward Hope and Health

After more than a year of coping with ongoing challenges in a pandemic environment, it is understandable that feelings of depression, anxiety and burnout have intensified. Those experiencing these conditions are far from alone, but recognizing when we need extra support for our emotional and mental well-being is critical. Join us for this discussion during National Depression Awareness Month to understand how to identify and cope with these challenges and how to seek help when needed.

Becoming an Active Witness Who Hears, Sees, Feels, and Does

Everyone is a witness at some time in their lives. A witness observes unacceptable behavior and knows that the behavior is destructive and could become pervasive if gone unchecked. An active witness responds to unacceptable behavior in some form of involvement. Participants will consider a number of responses and appropriate strategies to active witnessing within their own “voice” and personality strengths.

Performance Management - Tips for Making the End-of-Year Review as Effective as Possible - Managers

Please join us via Zoom for a brief session to equip you with the skills necessary to ensure that you are ready to conduct an effective review conversation (including tips for how to finish the performance management cycle in Workday), and to help your employees plan for their continued growth and development.

https://psu.zoom.us/j/959495709 

Performance Management - How to Prepare for Your End-of-Year Review

Please join us via Zoom for a brief session to get you moving in the right direction to complete this year’s performance management process. Useful information will be provided to help you set the stage for participating in a successful review conversation with your manager (including tips for how to finish the performance management cycle in Workday) and to plan for your continued growth and development.

https://psu.zoom.us/j/945549645

Foundation: Discovering Strengths for the Individual -- Using Clifton Strengths

This course will introduce participants to their natural areas of talent so they can grow their talents into strengths, use them to do their work, and offer maximum value to their teams, partnerships, and relationships. Each participant will complete Gallup’s CliftonStrengths (StrengthsFinder) assessment ahead of time and receive custom reports to understand their talents better.

Companion Book: Clifton Strengths Books in the Learning Resource Network 
Once in the Clifton Strengths library – choose: StrengthsFinder 2.0

*IMPORTANT NOTICE – Please check your calendar to be sure that you can attend the training and complete the assessment 3 weeks prior to the event. The fee for the assessment is included at no cost to you but must be paid for by Talent Management -- based on number of registrants – so we want to be sure that everyone that registers is fully committed to attending and completing the assessment when you receive the email request to do so. Thank you!

Reconceptualizing the Teaching of Ethics in a Global Classroom

Varying demographics, backgrounds, and life experiences have a profound influence on what shapes someone’s view of right and wrong. Consequently, an ethical dilemma may form for the educator who is aware that the audience’s background, culture, and norms may not support the ethical decisions outlined in the required teaching manual. This presentation conceptualizes competency development as a means of teaching ethics in global classrooms. 

Performance Management - How to Prepare for Your End-of-Year Review

Please join us via Zoom for a brief session to get you moving in the right direction to complete this year’s performance management process. Useful information will be provided to help you set the stage for participating in a successful review conversation with your manager (including tips for how to finish the performance management cycle in Workday) and to plan for your continued growth and development.

https://psu.zoom.us/j/945549645

Improving Your Professional Writing Skills

This program is designed to teach employees how to improve their professional writing, including e-mail messages and letters, marketing copy (i.e. brochures), and more. Individuals will learn how to create accurate, clear, compelling content for any medium. Through hands-on, skill-building activities and interactive discussions, individuals will be confident that their message will be received. 

Who should attend: This course is designed for individuals who want to enhance their writing skills and learn how to create messages that will connect with their audiences. Continue your journey to becoming an expert writer who understands their audience, can craft a clear and meaningful message, and edit it to a perfect shine.  

Intermediate Strengths: Working with Strengths for the Individual

This intermediate workshop builds on the principles covered in the introductory workshop by going deeper into talents and strengths. We’ll discuss theme domains, themes in development, applying talents, theme dynamics, motivators and demotivators, partnerships, and problem-solving as a team. Attendees will write a theme testimonial to apply a talent to their current work. Emphasis is on utilizing talent themes to achieve workplace outcomes.

Optional Companion Book: Clifton Strengths Books LRN
Once in the Clifton Strengths Library – Choose: StrengthsFinder 2.0

***ASSESSMENT NOT INCLUDED***

PREREQUISITE  – In order to attend this program, participants will have already taken the CliftonStrengths/StrengthsFinder assessment and either have attended the Foundation/Strengths Discovery program or have a basic understanding of CliftonStrengths terminology and application.

Getting to Know the LRN : How to Access and Navigate OnDemand Trainings and Free Books

Learn how you can quickly navigate through the over 17,000+ FREE, online courses available to faculty and staff. These courses allow you to learn at your convenience by using the Learning Resource Network (LRN) to browse, launch and learn. Plus learn how to take advantage of the over 95,000 free, online book titles that are available to you as a Penn State employee.  

Performance Management - How to Prepare for Your End-of-Year Review

Please join us via Zoom for a brief session to get you moving in the right direction to complete this year’s performance management process. Useful information will be provided to help you set the stage for participating in a successful review conversation with your manager (including tips for how to finish the performance management cycle in Workday) and to plan for your continued growth and development.

https://psu.zoom.us/j/945549645

TIAA - Inside Money: Managing Income and Debt

It’s your budget—take control.
Everyone talks about a budget, but how many of us actually make one? Most people have some debt, but how many understand its effects on their lives and their futures? Let us show you the real impact of budgeting and debt—and how to help make your money work.

TIAA’s workshop leader will explain the big picture of budgeting:
-Learn the importance of cash flow—and how to use it
-Change how you look at saving and spending
-Understanding debt and how to manage it

The Art of Delegation

The course provides instruction on why delegation is important, what delegation is, and insight into a multi-step process for delegation.

PLEASE NOTE: There is PRE-PROGRAM WORK that needs to be completed as part of this course. You will receive the pre-work assignments a week or so before the course reminder email you will receive from the Learning Resource Network:
 

Cultivating Your Cultural Intelligence

Culture can be defined as “deeply rooted patterns of values, customs, attitudes and beliefs that distinguish one group from another.” Culture subconsciously guides our behavior and thoughts, and often influences our sense of belonging, motivation, and effectiveness at work. Developing an understanding and awareness of different cultures can help managers and employees from different backgrounds interact more effectively. This session focuses on how individuals can cultivate their cultural intelligence and work well across cultures.

Please note, this program is an individual development program and not apart of Supervision Essentials.

Purchasing Card Policy and Procedure Training

Approvers are an integral and essential part of the Purchasing Card process. Approvers are the direct link to the cardholders for each department and Financial Officer.  Approvers are the ones ensuring financial integrity to the posting of all monetary transactions.

This training / refresher program would provide consistent, accurate, up-to-date information that will be a resource not only for approvers, but also for cardholders and anyone new in a financial role looking to understand this part of the purchasing process.

Who Should Attend:
Highly recommended for all new Purchasing Card approvers, seasoned approvers, cardholders, and anyone new to a financial role (Financial Officer, Assistant Financial Officer, or Financial Coordinator) at all campus locations.

Take Your Skills to the Next Level with the Ability to Have Crucial Communication

Have you ever found yourself needing to address a problem at work with a co-worker or boss, or been in conversations with friends around politics or other controversial topics and just find you do not feel comfortable speaking up?  You worry about things devolving into arguments and getting heated, possibly severing relationships?  Don’t despair, you are not alone, the vast majority of people today feel this way and avoid having these critical conversations.  Lucky for you there are specific skills you can learn that will help you feel more confident and ready to dive into these types of conversations.  Based around the book Crucial Conversation: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, this training will explore the art of dialogue and how you can better prepare yourself and engage in tense conversations. 

Companion Book: Crucial Conversation: Tools for Talking When the Stakes Are High

Performance Management - Tips for Making the End-of-Year Review as Effective as Possible - Managers

Please join us via Zoom for a brief session to equip you with the skills necessary to ensure that you are ready to conduct an effective review conversation (including tips for how to finish the performance management cycle in Workday), and to help your employees plan for their continued growth and development.

https://psu.zoom.us/j/959495709 

Health Advocate Program 101: Learn How to Explore and Utilize Its Vast Employee Resources

In this session, learn how to navigate the Health Advocate website and find out about the free, personal assistance available to you and your family about personal, family, financial, and work issues to help you achieve a healthy work/life balance. 

Intended Audience: Benefits Eligible Penn State faculty and staff wishing to learn more about the Health Advocate Program benefit. 

Performance Management - How to Prepare for Your End-of-Year Review

Please join us via Zoom for a brief session to get you moving in the right direction to complete this year’s performance management process. Useful information will be provided to help you set the stage for participating in a successful review conversation with your manager (including tips for how to finish the performance management cycle in Workday) and to plan for your continued growth and development.

https://psu.zoom.us/j/945549645

Negotiation Skills for Daily Work and Personal Life

Negotiation is a skill we all use every day. In two, two-hour sessions, learn the key strategies and rules of negotiating. Then delve into the intangibles of competing, problem solving, and resolving conflict situations. Examine how leverage works. Explore principles and tactics of persuasion – time-tested ways to get people to do things they might otherwise not do. Learning these principles will help you in your daily interactions both in the workplace and in your personal life. 

*Please Note that this is a two-part program, and that participation is expected at both sessions to receive credit for attending. The program dates are as follows: March 22, 2022 from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. and March 24, 2022 from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.*

*Additional Note: This training includes the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument Assessment. The fee for the assessment is included at no cost to you but must be paid for by Talent Management -- based on number of registrants – so be sure to check and mark your calendar before fully committing to attending. You’ll receive a separate email about 2 weeks prior to the training, requesting you to complete the assessment. 

How Sexual and Gender-based Creates a Hostile Work Environment

This session provides basic guidelines for understanding and preventing sexual and gender-based harassment in the workplace. Information regarding the legal basis for sexual harassment as well as Penn State’s policies and procedures regarding sexual and gender-based harassment and other related behaviors that are offensive but might not be a policy violation. Case studies are referenced throughout the session for participants to discuss and assess what qualifies as severe or pervasive inappropriate behavior, particularly at Penn State. 

TIAA: Getting a Head Start: A Step-By-Step Overview of the Penn State TIAA Retirement Plan

A guide to the ins and outs of the plans offered at Penn State, the advantages of a retirement plan, creating a retirement strategy and how to update your account with TIAA.

Becoming an Active Witness Who Hears, Sees, Feels, and Does

Everyone is a witness at some time in their lives. A witness observes unacceptable behavior and knows that the behavior is destructive and could become pervasive if gone unchecked. An active witness responds to unacceptable behavior in some form of involvement. Participants will consider a number of responses and appropriate strategies to active witnessing within their own “voice” and personality strengths.

Finding Balance in Busy Lives

Finding balance between our personal and professional lives is something many people strive for. However, consistently striving to achieve total balance can lead to feelings of guilt. By setting and working towards attainable goals at work and home, we can find ways to reduce guilt and feel more balanced. This webinar offers daily tips and long-term strategies to find the work/life balance that works for you, minimizing stress in the process. 

Crucial Accountability

Accountability is a critical performance criterion for the workplace. Accountability exists at all levels of an organization/team. The accountability term is frequently used when tasks and team objectives are not being met, but more frequently than not, it was not defined up front what ‘it is’ to the accountable individuals and teams. Supervisors in particular are responsible for ensuring that accountability exists within the team but frequently ‘defer’ and do not confront the lack of accountability. At the same time individuals within an organization/team need to understand their individual accountability and holding their peers accountable. All need to understand what the elements are for achieving it and how to coach/counsel when it is not being met. Much of the presentation will be based upon the book, ‘Crucial Accountability: Tools for Resolving Violated Expectations, Broken Commitments, and Bad Behavior’. 

Companion Book Located in the LRN: Crucial Accountability: Tools for Resolving Violated Expectations, Broken Commitments, and Bad Behavior.

Effective Email Communication

This session will explore how to communicate with others via email and messaging apps. Learn how to craft strong emails that get to the point professionally and quickly. The session will also briefly examine messaging apps, such as Microsoft Teams, to uncover the best practices for these modes of communication.

Thinking Critically

In this facilitated discussion, we will review the concepts introduced in the, “Developing Your Critical Thinking and Cognitive Flexibility Skillsoft video training that you will complete before the session.  
This session will help you improve your critical thinking skills. You'll learn about the intake, investigate, and act stages of critical thinking, as well as how to use analytical techniques to assess information. You’ll also learn the advantages of keeping an open mind through cognitive flexibility. 

Developing Your Critical Thinking and Cognitive Flexibility Course (48 minutes):   

Overview of Penn State Policies

This is a proactive program highlighting the positive aspects of Penn State policies, guidelines, and practices. Discover the ways in which Penn State policies impact your work life. Taught by professionals from the Office of Human Resources, this seminar is your opportunity to review or clarify the following topics:
-Relevant Recent Updates to the policies 
-Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) 
-Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) 
-Sick/Family Time 
-Personal Holiday 
-Flex Time 
-Sexual and/or Gender-Based Harassment and Misconduct 
-Code of Responsible Conduct 
-Protection from Retaliation 
-Tangible Assets 
-HR 79 Staff Grievance Policy 
-Background Checks 
-Alternative Work Arrangements 
-Resources 

Purchasing Card Policy and Procedure Training

Approvers are an integral and essential part of the Purchasing Card process. Approvers are the direct link to the cardholders for each department and Financial Officer.  Approvers are the ones ensuring financial integrity to the posting of all monetary transactions.

This training / refresher program would provide consistent, accurate, up-to-date information that will be a resource not only for approvers, but also for cardholders and anyone new in a financial role looking to understand this part of the purchasing process.

Who Should Attend?
Highly recommended for all new Purchasing Card approvers, seasoned approvers, cardholders, and anyone new to a financial role (Financial Officer, Assistant Financial Officer, or Financial Coordinator) at all campus locations.

Supporting Your Kids: Identifying and Addressing Signs of Stress

Many people have experienced higher levels of stress and uncertainty during the pandemic, including children. While we slowly move toward a sense of normalcy, the residual effects of the pandemic and other events may continue, making it more important than ever to support children as they navigate ongoing changes to their school life and daily routines. This webinar discusses how to identify signs of stress in children of all ages, and provides strategies to support them through challenging times. 

Effective Meeting Facilitation

To provide practical strategies that ensures efficient use of meeting time through amazing facilitation.  

Have you ever sat in a meeting asking yourself, ‘why am I here’, or ‘this is such a waste of time—when will this end’? If you lead meetings, you certainly don’t what this said about your meeting leadership. Attend this interactive session to pick up some new tips and techniques to make the most productive use of everyone’s meeting time. 

Enhancing Confidence & Clarity in Giving Presentations

In this course participants will have opportunities to learn and practice presentation skills in a safe environment. This will include creating and practicing an elevator speech. The course is intended to help participants enhance their abilities to deliver presentations, speak with confidence and engage their audience.

PNC Financial Wellness Workshop: It’s a Balancing Act – A Workshop for the Sandwich Generation

Members of the Sandwich Generation — adults caring simultaneously for their children and parents — may struggle to find a balance between their own financial security and the demands of caring for both children and aging parents. This workshop will help you understand your parents’ needs and how to talk to them about future financial decisions and potential living situations. Most importantly, we’ll talk about how you can continue to look out for yourself and your needs. 

Military Cultural Competency – Be a Veteran Ally

Do you know a military service member or veteran? Have you ever worked with one? What are they like and what were their experiences while they served? What challenges do they experience while serving or as they transition back to civilian life? How are they different from you and I, if at all? How do I engage and talk to them?

This session is an introductory session about the military and veteran community that lives in Pennsylvania, works alongside us, and are students at Penn State. We will discuss why it is important to understand the military/veteran culture and how to close any gaps that exist between service members/veterans and civilians. We will also learn about the military services and the military experience. We will discuss military/veteran stereotypes and myths as well as veteran experiences and challenges.

Finding Balance in a Digitally-Driven World

Prior to the pandemic, many of us became increasingly reliant on technology in our daily lives. However, recent events have made virtual life the norm as we now do everything online – from work to school to socializing and more. It may no longer feel like we have the option to unplug, yet it’s important to consider how to use technology in a way that enhances (rather than detracts from) our mental health and well-being. This webinar reviews how to better understand this modern dilemma and explores strategies to find more balance and avoid technology burnout.