Emotional Intelligence Seminar
May 7 & 14
8:30 to 12:30 a.m. each day
Administrative and Research Center 346
Emotional Intelligence (EI) is the ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others, and your ability to use this awareness to manage your behavior and relationships. EI has been shown to increase job performance, productivity, and personal excellence. Come to this seminar to explore this important ability and gain skills to improve your own emotional intelligence.Participants will be able to:
- Define Emotional Intelligence (EI).
- Explain the business case for developing EI.
- Recall areas of the brain involved in EI.
- Describe the four elements of an EI model.
- Apply strategies to increase emotional competence.
This is a 2 week series. Participants are asked to participate in both weeks.
Crucial Conversations Workshop
May 15 & 17
8:00 to 5:00 p.m. each day
Administrative and Research Center 346
The CU Boulder Department of Human Resources has teamed up with VitalSmarts to offer this important course to CU Boulder employees. Based on the national best-selling book Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking when the Stakes are High, the Crucial Conversations course teaches participants to speak persuasively, not abrasively; foster teamwork and better decision making; build acceptance rather than resistance; and resolve individual and group disagreements. See the attached document for a detailed description of the course.
Cost: $250 (The course fee includes a Crucial Conversations Toolkit, cue cards for each lesson, a Crucial Conversations model card, a copy of the New York Times bestselling book, Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, the Crucial Conversations audio companion MP3 download, and a course completion certificate).
Learn more about Crucial Conversations.
New Employee Welcome Experience
Thursday, May 16
8:30 to 4:30 a.m.
Register for New Employee Welcome Experience - Full, register for future session
CU Discover: Demystifying Academic Traditions and Regalia in Higher Education
Presenters
- Merna Jacobsen, PhD.: Asst. Vice Chancellor & Deputy Chief HR Officer, and Director of Organization and Employee Development, Department of Human Resources
- Suzanne Soled, PhD: Director of Faculty Relations, Office of Faculty Affairs
New CU Boulder employees in their first 12 to 18 months of employment are invited to participate in the CU Discover Lunch and Learn Series, part of the Department of Human Resources' comprehensive, year-long onboarding program. Participants are encouraged to bring their lunch. Learn more aboue the program on the CU Discover webpage.
Crucial Conversations Refresher: Make It Safe
Organization and Employee Development (OED) along with campus partners introduce a Crucial Conversations Refresher program for Crucial Conversation (CC) graduates. There is no cost to attend this program. All Crucial Conversations graduates are invited to join certified facilitators for an hour-long deep dive into the CC curriculum.
Neuroscience and learning transfer theory tells us that consistently practicing new skills is the biggest predictor to successfully integrating learning into your everyday environment. The Refresher program will provide an interactive opportunity for CC graduates to practice and hone the skills and strategies presented in the original CC training.
Refresher Participants will be able to:
- Apply CC skills and strategies in a facilitated environment.
- Collaborate with other CC graduates and facilitators to enhance their application of CC concepts.
Leading at the Speed of Trust
Thursday, May 30
9:00 to 4:30 p.m. each day
Administrative and Research Center 346
Register for Speed of Trust- 2 Spots Left!
Trust is not merely a soft, social virtue: rather, trust is a pragmatic, hard-edged, economic, and actionable asset that you can create. There is a compelling business case for trust. Teams and organizations that operate with high trust significantly out-perform teams and organizations with low trust. This has been proven in dozens of studies, across a multitude of industries and sectors. The Speed of Trust Practice helps organizations better manage change and create high-performing teams that are agile, collaborative, innovative, and engaged.
Cost: $30 - You must be registed for the FranklinCovey All Access Pass to attend this in-person workshop.