Learning & Development

2023 Dec 05

Introduction to Project Management (Virtual)

10:00am to 12:00pm

Location: 

Virtual

In this introductory 2-hr workshop, you will learn and apply a framework to initiate, define, plan, and schedule a project. This course is intended for people leading a project who have little or no formal training in the project management process seeking an introduction to key concepts. Through this hands-on approach you apply tools and techniques and develop a project plan. Note: this workshop does not teach the use of project management software.  Please see LinkedIn Learning options for training modules on specific software.

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2023 Oct 19

Introduction to Project Management (In person)

9:30am to 12:00pm

Location: 

124 Mount Auburn St. Room 3318, 3rd Floor

In this introductory 2-hr workshop, you will learn and apply a framework to initiate, define, plan, and schedule a project. This course is intended for people leading a project who have little or no formal training in the project management process seeking an introduction to key concepts. Through this hands-on approach you apply tools and techniques and develop a project plan. Note: this workshop does not teach the use of project management software.  Please see LinkedIn Learning options for training modules on specific software.

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2023 Nov 29

Facilitating Meetings

9:30am to 12:00pm

Location: 

Virtual

This 2-hour virtual workshop focuses on increasing meeting effectiveness as a facilitator. Involving team members, inclusion, encouraging discussion, decision-making, and follow-up plans are essential for productive meetings whether in-person or virtually. Planning tools for before, during, and after meetings will be shared.

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2023 Oct 04

Facilitating Meetings

9:30am to 12:00pm

Location: 

Virtual

This 2-hour virtual workshop focuses on increasing meeting effectiveness as a facilitator. Involving team members, inclusion, encouraging discussion, decision-making, and follow-up plans are essential for productive meetings whether in-person or virtually. Planning tools for before, during, and after meetings will be shared.

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2023 Nov 30

Design Thinking Mindset

10:00am to 11:30am

Location: 

Virtual

This 90-minute virtual workshop focuses on the five-phases of Design Thinking: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test. . We’ll focus on how to understand the user, challenge assumptions, and redefine problems in an attempt to identify alternative strategies and solutions that might not be instantly apparent with initial level of understanding. At the same time, Design Thinking provides a solution-based approach to solving problems. It is a way of thinking and working as well as a collection of hands-on methods.

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2023 Oct 17

Supervisor Skills Training

9:00am to 12:00pm

Location: 

Virtual

“Supervisors” are defined as, or similar to, team leaders. They are not classified as “people-managers”. 

This 3-day training will focus on the essentials skills needed for Supervisors to be successful in their roles. Distinct from managers, Supervisors are focused on day-to-day operations of 'how' to implement management's decisions in their unit through the work of subordinates.

This training will cover important skills that Supervisors need to be successful including: Performance Management, Feedback, Communication, Delegation, Resolving Conflict, and...

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2023 Dec 06

Manager's Community Forum (In-person)

10:00am to 11:30am

Location: 

124 Mount Auburn St. Room 3318, 3rd Floor & Virtual

Unlike CWD’s traditional classes, the Manager's Community Forum is a 90-minute facilitated dialogue among managers at Harvard to create a powerful dynamic of sharing, learning, and connection. The purpose of this session is to engage in best practice exchange to overcome challenges in your role and create healthier teams across Harvard. Prior to the session, managers will fill out a short survey that will determine common themes for discussion.

Offerings for this course are only viewable to managers.
 
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2023 Dec 13

Becoming a Coaching Manager

9:00am to 12:00pm

Location: 

Virtual

This virtual interactive class will focus on developing foundational coaching skills so that managers can unlock their employees’ potential and have more impact.  During each of the three-hour virtual sessions, participants will have opportunities to coach and be coached in a safe environment with manager peers.  Participants will practice these foundational coaching skills with their employees between the two virtual sessions.

NOTE: This is session two.

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2023 Nov 28

Becoming a Coaching Manager

9:00am to 12:00pm

Location: 

Virtual

This virtual interactive class will focus on developing foundational coaching skills so that managers can unlock their employees’ potential and have more impact.  During each of the three-hour virtual sessions, participants will have opportunities to coach and be coached in a safe environment with manager peers.  Participants will practice these foundational coaching skills with their employees between the two virtual sessions.

NOTE: This is session one.

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2023 Dec 12

Amplifying Authors: Learning from Diverse Voices in Management and Leadership

10:30am to 12:00pm

Location: 

Virtual

Managers are invited to learn about and discuss the work of Julie Zhou, Asian American former tech executive and author of The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You. Participants convene at the end of the semester for a workshop designed for applying the learned concepts in your role at Harvard. The pre-work for this session includes a look at Zhou's work and relevant topics inspired by her perspective. This series is specifically designed to amplify authors of marginalized identities, lifting the voices and perspectives that represent diverse backgrounds.

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2023 Oct 19

Dynamic Work in Action: Align Values, Goals, and Performance Outcomes

10:00am to 11:30am

Location: 

Virtual

This 90-minute virtual session is designed for managers to articulate goals that represent team values and lead to impacting performance outcomes. This session takes particular focus on how to leverage goal-setting and performance outcomes that support dynamic work and flexible work schedules.

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2023 Oct 26

Your Career in a Changing and Dynamic Workplace

10:00am to 11:30am

Location: 

Virtual

In this 90-minute virtual session, we'll consider what it means to be part of new ways of managing careers amidst a changing workplace and dynamic work concepts. Through exercises, discussion, and reflection, you will explore:

1) what where, when and how work is done influences career choice

2) how to showcase your accomplishments regardless of your work arrangement and

3) how to strengths key skills needed to navigate the dynamic work environment.

 

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2023 Nov 07

Succeeding in a Dynamic Work Environment

10:00am to 12:00pm

Location: 

Virtual

Dynamic work, flex work, and hybrid work are all terms that get tossed around as we try to make sense of the post-quarantine workplace, but what do these terms mean and how can we ensure that we're using them well? This two-hour virtual workshop will help individual contributors understand the dynamic work environment and focus on ways they can contribute to the success of their team.

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2023 Sep 20

Succeeding in a Dynamic Work Environment

10:00am to 12:00pm

Location: 

Virtual

Dynamic work, flex work, and hybrid work are all terms that get tossed around as we try to make sense of the post-quarantine workplace, but what do these terms mean and how can we ensure that we're using them well? This two-hour virtual workshop will help individual contributors understand the dynamic work environment and focus on ways they can contribute to the success of their team.

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