Developing Your Leadership Philosophy

If you want your team to trust you as a leader, it's important to articulate who you are, what you stand for, and why you're excited to lead them. In this course, author and executive leadership coach Mike Figliuolo shows you how to distill your leadership philosophy down to one simple page covering four critical aspects of leadership: leading yourself, leading the thinking, leading your people, and leading a balanced life. Get hands-on with introspective exercises that help you define and practice leading authentically, with a style that's uniquely yours. Along the way, discover how to share and socialize your vision, make decisions, motivate and mentor, and keep your whole life in perspective.

Lunch and Learn Monthly Sessions

UA HR leads monthly sessions providing updates to supervisors and an opportunity to directly ask questions of UA HR leadership.

UA Compliance Leadership for Supervisors

This session was held on November 16, 2023 and is recommended for supervisors. The slide deck and recording of the session are available at the Compliance Awareness, Education, and Training page under "Supervisor Responsibilities". 

Another helpful link is to the Compliance Chat videos.

Classification 

Find guidance on job families, position descriptions, classification types, independent contractor requests, and position changes.  

Compensation

Access information about the UA salary structure and how to submit compensation requests.  

Career Development Plans

An avenue for advancement through a job family based on successful completion of pre-established criteria.

 

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) 

Learn about federal employment standards, including minimum wage and overtime rules. All UA positions have a default FLSA status. Additional details and training are available on this page.

Development Spotlights

Our Development Spotlights are curated every month to equip our staff with a diverse range of skills crucial for thriving in today's professional landscape.

Free LinkedIn Learning accounts are available to all UA employees! Activate your account today at the UA LinkedIn Learning Center.

Assign LinkedIn Learning courses to your employees

In LinkedIn Learning, supervisors can assign and recommend content to their staff.  Please review the Assigning Content in LinkedIn Learning to One or Some of Your Staff to learn how to assign training to individuals or portions of your staff, or  review the Assigning Content in LinkedIn Learning to All of Your Staff to learn how to assign to all staff you supervise at once.

MyUA Learning Library

Training resources are continuously offered as advertised on the UA HR Training Calendar. If you miss the live training, check out the learning library for the recording for a self-paced learning option. Within the MyUA learning library, under the “Type” drop down,  click on “Tier 3” for these options. 

Respectful Communication in the Workplace (self-paced)

UA employees indicated the importance of open and honest two-way communication, as well as the ability to share opinions candidly without judgment or retaliation. The Respectful Communication in the Workplace collection explores ways to facilitate and engage in safe and authentic communication by exploring interpersonal skills, respect, practicing positive communication, and overcoming the fear of speaking up. Consider completing these courses individually or as a team. 

 

Workshops

Our workshops are live, instructor-led webinars combining discussions, interactive exercises, and practical strategies presented by the professionals at ComPsych Guidance Resources.  All workshops are available to watch on demand after the event has concluded via the registration link.

Performance Evaluation Center

The Performance Evaluation Center features the Performance Evaluation Tool  and Performance Management Resources.

MyUA Performance Evaluation Training (self-paced)

This training includes a step-by-step tutorial on completing evaluations through MyUA, preparation for evaluations, the supervisor and employee's roles and who to contact for questions or issues will also be covered. 

Coaching and Performance Management Resource: Coaching as Conversation- A Guide for Supervisors

This resource is a quick guide for proactive performance management on approaching coaching conversations, identifying strengths and discussing development, providing constructive criticism, along with examples of how to start these conversations. Contact UA Labor and Employee Relations in advance of these discussions for additional guidance and support. This resource is also available in the MyUA Performance Evaluation Training session listed within this section. 

Supervising Remote and Hybrid Employees (self-paced)

This collection of courses offers supervisors skills needed for managing remote/ hybrid employees, shares tips for getting results at a distance—including how to provide remote coaching and feedback—as well as building trust, setting reasonable boundaries as a long-distance leader, engaging employees, and more.

Giving Effective Feedback in Personal or Work Situations (self-paced)

Giving effective feedback is difficult. Most people avoid opportunities to give constructive feedback and give infrequent and often unhelpful positive feedback. This session addresses strategies on how to deliver effective feedback at work or at home. The training will offer multiple examples and provide participants with ample practice to learn how to give feedback that helps individuals improve performance.

Setting Team and Employee Goals Using SMART Methodology (self-paced)

This course walks you through bottom-up, zero-based, commit, and stretch goals. Use SMART goals to change behaviors, build new skills among employees, make actionable goals, create a comprehensive plan for setting and implementing goals, and ways to deal with challenges such as conflicting goals.

 

 

As a manager, you want to set your employees up for success by helping them create SMART goals that align with the needs of your program and the skills the employee has and needs to develop. In this short course, participants will focus on the manager’s role in goal setting and performance management. Learn how to create an environment that’s data driven and ensures support and accountability, as well as help your direct reports define and align SMART goals.

 

 

This course is designed to add knowledge, tactical actions, and communication strategies to your management toolkit, so you can proactively manage employee performance. Create coaching solutions that work, conduct difficult conversations, make hard decisions, and turn performance management into an ongoing positive activity.

 

Building Accountability into Your Culture

Leaders must model accountability to the rest of the organization to create trust and establish their own credibility. Employees must be held accountable for their work, both as individuals and within teams. When leaders and employees are accountable, this creates a culture of accountability, which becomes part of the organization's brand promise. In this on-demand course, leadership consultant and executive coach Mike Figliuolo reveals how to create a culture of accountability by developing accountability at the individual level, team level, and brand level. Along the way, he shows how to set employee expectations, create incentives, and align the practice of accountability with the values of the organization.

 

New Manager Foundations: Clarifying Initial Performance Expectations

As a new manager, you need to establish your identity as a leader, connect with your team, build trust, develop authority and more. In this comprehensive course, thought leader and leadership expert Dr. Todd Dewett guides you through the foundations for success as a new manager. Discover what you need to do to make an immediate impact and set yourself up for success in your new role. Explore effective ways to connect with your team, build trust, and use authority successfully as a new manager. Find out how to guide your team’s performance, motivate your employees, and manage in the face of change. Plus, go over the importance of self-care and personal growth in filling your new role successfully. This course helps you prepare to confidently tackle your responsibilities at work and increase your value to the organization as a new manager.

Recruitment Hub
Explore Talent Acquisition resources in the Recruitment Hub.  We also encourage you to reach out to your your Human Resource Coordinator (HRC); you can find your HRC using the HRC Coordinator List.

Prospective Employees   
We offer a robust and comprehensive benefit package to our employees as part of our total compensation strategy. Here we outline our benefits at a high level - including our health and retirement plans, paid time off, and more.

UA Talent Acquisition & Development
This resource provides information for job seekers, recruiters, training and development opportunities for employees.

Onboarding Employees     
The new employee experience begins well before they arrive at the University. These resources will assist you with onboarding your new hire.

• • Onboarding  Overview (from UA Supervisor Handbook)
  • Onboarding Checklist 
  • Employee Benefits Support
    This resource provides a benefits overview, required action items to set up benefits and additional benefit-related resources for both regular and temporary employees.  
  • Newly Hired Employee Resources
    This page connects new hires to information technology resources, benefits information, and university-based onboarding services.
  • University-based Onboarding Programs & Contacts
    This resources will connect you to the university-based onboarding contacts for UAA, UAF, UAS and System Office employees.

Offboarding Employees   

By partnering and collaborating with your exiting employee to leave all projects, data, and physical environments in a state of "readiness", both parties ensure seamless operational continuity, safeguard institutional progress, and maintain the remaining team's stability.
Below are resources to assist you:

    o Supervisor Handbook (Offboarding Section)
     o Offboarding Checklist
     o Communicating Voluntary and Involuntary Separations
     o Benefits Offboarding

Whether retiring or moving on to life's next adventure, this page is designed to outline all benefit information as employees prepare to leave UA. 

Note: Always consult with your HR Coordinator for guidance on the specific steps and timelines
related to your unit’s offboarding procedures.

Family Medical Leave (self-paced)

This training provides information on what Family Medical Leave (FML) is, eligibility, amount of leave allotted, the process for requesting FML, responsibilities of the employee and supervisor, mechanisms that can be used to record leave, as well as the communications both the employee and supervisor can expect.

Understanding Benefits Overview (self-paced)
This training is designed to help better understand the employee lifecycle, and to be able to assist new employees as they onboard. 

Employee Leaves Journey (self-paced)
This training is designed to help better understand employee leaves and how they interact: Family Medical Leave (FML), Leave Share, Parental Leave, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Short-term Disability (STD), and Long-term Disability (LTD). Learning outcomes will result in participants having a broad understanding of the leaves and protections available to UA employees, an understanding of where to direct employees for additional assistance, and where resources can be located on the benefits website.

HR Self-Service Knowledge Base

This resource provides self service support for HR professionals and employees wanting to find procedures and information regarding employment benefits, compensation, talent acquisition, leave, accommodations, labor and employee relations, off-boarding, payroll, and much more.