Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
This session explores communication styles and techniques for effective communication within the nuanced relationship of manager and staff member. You will gain insight into your personal communication style and the impact it has on your team. You will also learn techniques for delivering feedback, asking questions, and listening and how your style my flavor how you use these skills.
NOTE: Some concepts and activities in this workshop are drawn from another CWD course, Communicating at Work. While this session is focused on managerial communication, there is a...
Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
Additional day of course: Wednesday, March 29 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Coaching is a reflective conversation focused on leveraging and enhancing a staff member’s skills, knowledge, abilities, and perspective to achieve one’s goals and further engagement. This interactive 2-day session will include skill-practice opportunities in a safe environment with manager peers. You will explore the coaching manager’s mindset and practice foundational coaching skills including listening and the use of open-ended questions.
Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
This course provides hands-on experience with Harvard's Academic Recruiting Information eSystem (ARIeS) for faculty hiring. Topics cover the life-cycle of the recruitment process, including creating and applying to a job posting; searching for, viewing, transitioning, and ranking candidates; sending email; completing the hiring process; and accessing EEO reports. It is intended for the roles of Search Administrator, Candidate Administrator, and Decanal Approver.
Cost: Free (no cancellation fee)
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Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
This workshop is for new HR administrators who use PeopleSoft 8.0 Harvard forms (Job Data Change, Payline Transaction Form, etc.) or upload processes (Additional Pay upload, Costing upload, etc.). The class will provide an overview followed by exercises using the PeopleSoft training instance database. Participants must have access to the forms and upload role(s) in PeopleSoft for a minimum of one week prior to taking the class.
Cost: Free (no cancellation fee)
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Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
This workshop is for new HR administrators who use Quick Hire forms (Monthly, Student, Temp, or LHT). The class provides an overview followed by exercises using the PeopleSoft training instance database. Participants must have access to their Quick Hire role(s) in PeopleSoft for a minimum of one week prior to taking the class.
Cost: Free (no cancellation fee)
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Repeats every month on the 15 of February, 1 times . Also includes Thu Mar 22 2018, Thu Apr 19 2018, Thu May 17 2018, Thu Jun 14 2018, Tue Sep 18 2018.
10:00am to 12:00pm
10:00am to 12:00pm
10:00am to 12:00pm
10:00am to 12:00pm
10:00am to 12:00pm
10:00am to 12:00pm
Location:
Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
This course covers the tasks of approving, requesting, and adjusting absences in Absence Management and approving, reporting, and adjusting hours worked in the timesheet. The course is for Absence Management and Time and Labor users who have the role of Approver, Adjuster, or Keeper in Manager Self Service. Participants must have access to their Manager Self Service role in the PeopleSoft production system for a minimum of one week prior to class.
Cost: Free (no cancellation fee)
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Repeats every month on the 22 of March, 1 times . Also includes Thu May 03 2018, Tue Jun 05 2018.
9:30am to 4:30pm
9:30am to 4:30pm
9:30am to 4:30pm
Location:
Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
This course builds on the skills and concepts taught in Intermediate Excel. Participants will learn to manage multiple workbooks, share workbooks, automate common tasks, audit workbooks, apply advanced analysis techniques, and present data visually. Prerequisite: Introduction to Excel, Intermediate Excel. Version: Microsoft Office 2016
Cost: $180
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Repeats every month on the 22 of March, 1 times . Also includes Thu May 03 2018, Tue Jun 05 2018.
9:30am to 4:30pm
9:30am to 4:30pm
9:30am to 4:30pm
Location:
Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
This course builds on the skills and concepts taught in Intermediate Excel. Participants will learn to manage multiple workbooks, share workbooks, automate common tasks, audit workbooks, apply advanced analysis techniques, and present data visually. Prerequisite: Introduction to Excel, Intermediate Excel. Version: Microsoft Office 2016
Cost: $180
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Repeats every month on the 13 of February, 1 times . Also includes Wed Mar 07 2018, Thu Mar 29 2018, Wed Apr 18 2018, Fri May 11 2018, Thu May 31 2018, Tue Jun 12 2018.
9:30am to 4:30pm
9:30am to 4:30pm
9:30am to 4:30pm
9:30am to 4:30pm
9:30am to 4:30pm
9:30am to 4:30pm
9:30am to 4:30pm
Location:
Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
This course builds on the skills and concepts taught in Introduction to Excel. Participants will learn to customize and enhance workbooks, create advanced formulas, analyze data, organize worksheet data, and insert charts and pivot tables. Prerequisite: Introduction to Excel. Version: Microsoft Office 2010
Cost: $180
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Repeats every month on the 7 of February, 1 times . Also includes Tue Mar 13 2018, Thu Apr 12 2018, Fri May 11 2018, Thu Jun 14 2018.
9:30am to 4:30pm
9:30am to 4:30pm
9:30am to 4:30pm
9:30am to 4:30pm
9:30am to 4:30pm
Location:
Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
This course covers how to create and edit basic worksheets and workbooks. Participants will learn to navigate the Excel environment, perform calculations, modify and format a worksheet, and print and manage workbooks. Version: Microsoft Office 2016
Cost: $180
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Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
WordPress is one of the world’s most popular website-building platforms. It is a content management system (CMS) that allows people with and without coding knowledge to construct and manage websites. This course will cover installation, configuration, user management, asset management (images, PDFs, videos), creating and editing pages and posts, setting up security, and basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Prerequisite: Previous web editing experience.
Cost: $225
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Repeats every month on the 6 of April, 1 times . Also includes Fri Jun 01 2018.
9:30am to 4:30pm
9:30am to 4:30pm
Location:
Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
This course covers how to use HTML 4.01 to create basic Web pages. Participants will create a four-page website; insert text- and page-formatting tags; learn the basics of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS); create hyperlinks; insert inline images; set up page layouts; and conduct a Web publishing test. Prerequisite: An understanding of basic word processing and desktop navigation and familiarity with Internet Explorer or Firefox
Cost: $225
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Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
Additional day of the course: Wednesday, April 25 from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Participants will learn to design, layout, and edit publications such as newsletters and brochures using InDesign CS2 through CS4. Topics include mastering typography and copyfitting; dropping graphics inside of type; text effects; incorporating pictures and Word files; cropping, scaling, and tinting images; using transparency, drop shadows, and corner effects; and creating a table of contents and an index
Center for Workplace Development, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
Additional day of the course: Thursday, March 1 from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Participants will learn to design, layout, and edit publications such as newsletters and brochures using InDesign CS2 through CS4. Topics include mastering typography and copyfitting; dropping graphics inside of type; text effects; incorporating pictures and Word files; cropping, scaling, and tinting images; using transparency, drop shadows, and corner effects; and creating a table of contents and an index
