The UO Office of Organizational Development and Training is offering a variety of professional development opportunities this winter for faculty or staff members looking to improve themselves – from project management to leadership training to listening skills.

Courses, meetings and events are available to UO employees over the next six months. Most of the courses are offered at no cost and several can be expected to be provocative. The majority of the courses will take place in Room 478 of the Peace Health North Building, with select courses being offered at various locations on the UO campus.

The "Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking when the Stakes are High" series will teach participants when and how to hold conversations about emotional or risky topics, with the goal of making high-quality, mutually beneficial decisions. This course series will be held during four, 3.5-hour sessions in January and costs $92.50.

“Project Management Series” is a free five-session course in February and March that provide practical pointers and tools for those involved in planning and overseeing projects. The free six-session “Supervision for Potential Supervisors” course in April and May is specifically designed for employees, including officers of administration, classified staff or faculty, who are interested in becoming supervisors.

The two-day “Influencer” course is a leadership course teaches proven strategies to drive rapid and sustainable behavior change for teams and organizations by learning to diagnose and counteract the complex forces that underlie resistant organizational problems. This course will be held in two, 8-hour sessions in March and costs $185.

The full list of upcoming courses from Organizational Development and Training:

• Are You Talking to Me?, Dec. 11, 9 a.m.-Noon, Peace Health North Building, Room 478
• Contracts 101, Feb. 20, 1:15-4:15pm, Peace Health North Building, Room 478
• Crucial Conversations: Tools for talking when stakes are high (4-session series, $92.50 fee, Peace Health North Building, Room 478) Session 1: Jan. 9, 8:30 a.m.-Noon; Session 2: Jan. 16, 8:30 a.m.-Noon; Session 3: Jan. 23, 8:30 a.m.-Noon; Session 4: Jan. 30, 8:30 a.m.-Noon
• Delegation and Empowerment, Jan. 29, 9 a.m.-Noon, Peace Health North Building, Room 478
• Emotional Intelligence II: Managing Different Behaviors, Feb. 13, 1-4 p.m., Peace Health North Building, Room 478
• Influencer (2-day training, $185 fee, Peace Health North Building, Room 478) Day 1: March 5, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Day 2: March 12, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Leadership in Student Supervision, Feb. 18, 9 a.m.-Noon, EMU Walnut Room
• Listening Skills...Taking the 'Huh' Out of Conversations, Jan. 22, 10 a.m.-Noon, Peace Health North Building, Room 478
• New Employee Orientation, Dec. 3, 8:15 a.m.-Noon, Ford Alumni Center Giustina Ballroom, Feb. 6, 8:15 a.m.-Noon, Ford Alumni Center Giustina Ballroom
• Project Management Series (5-session series, Peace Health North Building, Room 478) Session 1: Feb. 6, 10 a.m.-Noon; Session 2: Feb. 13, 10 a.m.-Noon; Session 3: Feb. 20, 10 a.m.-Noon; Session 4: Feb. 27, 10 a.m.-Noon; Session 5: March 6, 9 a.m.-Noon
• Purchasing Rules and Regulations, Jan. 14, 9 a.m.-Noon, Peace Health North Building, Room 478
• Supervision for Potential Supervisors (6-session series, Bean East Conference Room) Session 1: April 9, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Session 2: April 16, 1-5 p.m.; Session 3: April 23, 1-5 p.m.; Session 4: April 30, 1-5 p.m.; Session 5: May 7, 1-5 p.m.; Session 6: May 14, 1-5 p.m.
• Transforming Meetings - Going from Getting Together to Getting it Done!, Jan. 28, 1-4 p.m., Peace Health North Building, Room 478
• Van Driver Training, Dec. 4, 8-9:30 a.m., Onyx Bridge Room B90C-D (in Science Library); Dec. 17, 1:30-3 p.m., Onyx Bridge Room B90C-D (in Science Library)
• Violence on Campus: Early Identification, Resources and Response, Dec. 19, 3-5 p.m., EMU Fir Room

For a complete list of upcoming computer skills courses go to computer skills workshops. Check the course list often since computer courses are added frequently throughout the term. For questions about computer courses, email Kathy Cooks at kcooks@uoregon.edu.

- from UO Human Resources