Whether you are currently in a leadership role, just starting your journey, or exploring your next step, this interactive workshop series is designed to support faculty at all levels. Focused on essential soft skills—such as navigating change, negotiating effectively, managing conflict, and fostering peer learning—this series will empower you to lead with confidence and impact.
An archive of previously recorded programs can be found on the Faculty Video Library.
Upcoming
Check back soon for details on our next session in January 2026.
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Giving constructive feedback to colleagues and direct reports
Speakers: Cliff Teague (Executive Administrator, Human Resources) and Randy Lucius, PhD (AVP, Learning and Organizational Development)
This session offers an engaging and practical learning experience focused on building skills in delivering constructive feedback. Participants will explore frameworks for giving feedback that supports growth, fosters trust, and improves team dynamics. Through step-by-step guidance and interactive discussion, attendees will learn how to frame feedback with clarity and empathy—particularly in coaching colleagues and direct reports—as well as how to effectively deliver official performance feedback.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Identify key principles and strategies for delivering constructive feedback that promotes growth and accountability.
- Apply effective communication techniques to give feedback with clarity, empathy, and impact.
- Develop approaches for navigating challenging feedback conversations with colleagues or direct reports in a leadership context.
Utilizing the VUCA framework to navigate change
Speaker: Janie Durham, Organizational Development Consultant
This interactive presentation introduces the VUCA framework—now widely used in leadership and organizational development—to help teams understand and respond to the challenges of today's fast-changing environment. Each element of VUCA highlights a specific kind of disruption that impacts decision-making and change efforts. By learning to identify and respond to Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity, participants gain tools to stay grounded, think strategically, and lead more effectively through change.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Define each component of VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity) in layperson’s terms.
- Recognize real-world examples of VUCA challenges in their work environment.
- Apply the VUCA lens to a current challenge to shift from reactive to proactive thinking.
- Practice using a simple tool or set of guiding questions to move from confusion to clarity in VUCA situations.