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2023 Sep 26

Navigating Difficult Conversations

9:30am to 12:00pm

Location: 

Virtual

In this 2.5-hour virtual session, we will practice how to deliver a difficult message with poise, empathy and resolve. We will explore the nature of difficult conversations and what it takes to navigate them to generate solutions and tolerate the discomfort that comes with knowing difficult conversations are a part of how we learn and grow.

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2023 Nov 08

Insights for Communicating at Work (In person)

9:00am to 12:00pm

Location: 

124 Mount Auburn St. Room 3314, 3rd Floor

This 3-hour workshop takes place virtually OR on campus. The focus is on enhancing communication effectiveness and exploring the rewards of thoughtful, results-oriented communication. Communicating well with others allows us to helpfully participate in decision-making, problem-solving, and interpersonal negotiations. Communication success is essential at all levels of the University.

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2023 Sep 27

Insights for Communicating at Work

9:00am to 12:00pm

Location: 

Virtual

This 3-hour workshop takes place virtually OR on campus. The focus is on enhancing communication effectiveness and exploring the rewards of thoughtful, results-oriented communication. Communicating well with others allows us to helpfully participate in decision-making, problem-solving, and interpersonal negotiations. Communication success is essential at all levels of the University.

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2023 Dec 07

Influencing Without Authority

9:30am to 12:00pm

Location: 

Virtual

What are your strengths when it comes to influence on your team or in your department? What about with your manager? Other stakeholders? In this two-hour session, we will focus on best practices for listening to and understanding your audience (those you want to influence). We all have barriers to our influence; we will practice overcoming those and expanding our sphere of influence. 

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2023 Oct 18

Influencing Without Authority

9:30am to 12:00pm

Location: 

Virtual

What are your strengths when it comes to influence on your team or in your department? What about with your manager? Other stakeholders? In this two-hour session, we will focus on best practices for listening to and understanding your audience (those you want to influence). We all have barriers to our influence; we will practice overcoming those and expanding our sphere of influence.  

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2023 Aug 24

Finding More Time in Your Day

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Virtual

The mindfulness approach to time management. Most time management systems quite rightly focus on goal setting, prioritizing and interruption management. There is a lot of good in this strategy. And yet, it doesn’t allow for the certainty that everything doesn’t often go according to plan! Many of us wish we had more time to get it all done. While adding more hours to our day may not be possible, recent studies suggest mindfulness practitioners experience time as passing more slowly and feel less rushed as a result. Remarkably, they saw this effect after just a single 10-minute mediation...

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2023 Aug 17

Time Management: Capturing Your Time Thieves

1:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Virtual

Struggling to get it all done each day and feeling overwhelmed? Juggling workload, family obligations, squeezing in time to see our friends and set aside some time for ourselves? It can be a lot! But chances are, we can accomplish our goals with just a few adjustments to our approach. We’ll explain how we get off track and provide practical tools for achieving our goals when it feels like there is never enough time.

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