Supervisory Development Webinars

Providing feedback and development coaching are important parts of supervision, yet it can be difficult to achieve the result you intended every time. In fact, research shows that only one-third of performance feedback interventions actually lead to increased performance. However, learning what science and practice tell us about what actually works can help beat those odds.

This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on February 28th, 2017. To explore relevant resources on Feeback and Coaching, go to supervising.umn.edu.

Feedback And Coaching

Conflict in the workplace may be uncomfortable for many, yet it does have a purpose. In this podcast you will learn to:

-Recognize the benefits of conflict.
-Create more self-awareness regarding your own approach to conflict and that of others.
-Assess conflict to determine its source.
-Build the skills needed to effectively manage conflict.

This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on May 23rd, 2017. To explore relevant resources on Managing Conflict, go to supervising.umn.edu.

Managing Conflict

Effectively developing teams that harness individual strengths while managing differences is a challenge most leaders face. This podcast will cover:

-How to identify when a team is the best option to complete a task.
-The key elements to launch and build an effective team.
-Strategies to improve a team's performance, decision-making, and conflict resolution.

This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on July 18th, 2017. To explore relevant resources on Leading Teams, go to supervising.umn.edu.

Leading Teams

Employee engagement is the extent to which we, as employees energy, and effort at work. Peak engagement happens when we face meaningful challenges while having the support and resources we need to succeed. This podcast covers:

-What employee engagement is and the employee engagement cycle.
-What are the ways to gather input and how do you make sense of the input you have received?
-What are the main elements to consider when preparing for an effective discussion?
-What are some action planning principles and what resources exist to support you in the engagement work?

This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on September 26th, 2017. To explore relevant resources on Employee Engagement, go to supervising.umn.edu.

Employee Engagement

Onboarding is the process of transforming a new employee into a fully functioning member of your team. When done effectively, it is a powerful employee engagement strategy that helps cultivate long term relationships, promote and understanding of organizational culture and foster a sense of belonging.

This podcast will cover:

-Creating a plan built on elements to establish and foster long-term employee engagement.
-Immerse new employees into the culture of your organization and introduce them to key partners for success.
-Set performance expectations and goals to help a new employee succeed in their role and achieve the desired results.

This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on November 15th, 2017. To explore relevant resources on Onboarding New Employees, go to supervising.umn.edu.

Onboarding New Employees

In this podcast, we discussed best practices in the selection and hiring process and how they can make your experiences more effective. We examined ways to identify common pitfalls in the selection and hiring process and resources available to help you avoid making these mistakes.

This podcast covers:

-Analyzing the needs of the position
-Preparing for an interview
-Making a hiring decision

This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on December 11th, 2018. To explore relevant resources on Selection and Hiring, go to supervising.umn.edu.

Selection And Hiring

This presentation is a deeper dive into feedback and coaching and focuses on ideas for application. The content was built based on themes from participant evaluation feedback, comments, and questions and focuses on the challenges supervisors face in giving feedback and coaching for development.

This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on February 6th, 2018. To explore relevant resources on Feeback and Coaching, go to supervising.umn.edu.

Giving Feedback That Works

This presentation is on the topic of Employee Engagement. The content was built based on themes from participant evaluation feedback, comments, and questions and focuses on the challenges supervisors face in taking action on employee feedback.

This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on October 31st, 2018. To explore relevant resources on Employee Engagement, go to supervising.umn.edu.

Employee Engagement In Action

This presentation is on the topic of building resilience for teams and departments. The content was built based on themes from participant evaluation feedback, comments, and questions and focuses on the challenges supervisors face in leading teams and managing team dynamics.

This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on June 26th, 2018. To explore relevant resources on Building Resilient Teams, go to supervising.umn.edu.

Building Resilient Teams and Departments

This presentation is a deeper dive into managing conflict and focuses on ideas for application. The content was built based on themes from participant evaluation feedback, comments, and questions and focuses on the challenges supervisors face in managing conflict.

This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on April 18th, 2018. To explore relevant resources on Managing Conflict, go to supervising.umn.edu.

Managing Conflict In Action

Performance reviews are often viewed as difficult by both supervisors and employees. If you manage others, it means reviewing goals that might be out-of-date, preparing for hours, figuring out how to give feedback in a way that’s productive, and helping people set goals.

This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on March 29th, 2017. To explore relevant resources on Managing and Evaluating Performance, go to supervising.umn.edu.

Managing And Evaluating Performance

This webinar is a deeper dive into the performance management process. It's also a realistic look at why performance management can be so difficult, especially at the University. You'll learn ways to take action to improve your current performance management approach, and how some departments at the University have improved their performance management process.

This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on February 27th, 2019. To explore relevant resources on Managing and Evaluating Performance, go to supervising.umn.edu.

Performance Management Reality Check

Understanding compensation is more than just knowing local pay structures. As a supervisor, you need to clearly know what your local compensation strategy is. In this webinar, we’ll talk about the misconceptions surrounding how we think about pay and outline the key considerations when thinking about your reward strategy. Note: some of the session content only covers pay for non-contract employees, labor unions have contracts that govern their pay.

This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on April 11th, 2019. To explore other resources on supervisory development, go to supervising.umn.edu.

Rethinking Rewards And Compensation

Delegating effectively is more than just assigning a task, it’s getting the work done through other people. As a supervisor, you need to know which tasks are appropriate to delegate and which are not, who to delegate to, and how to ensure the project is on track.

This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on June 25th, 2019. To find more information on delegation, go to z.umn.edu/delegation. To explore other resources on supervisory development, go to supervising.umn.edu.

Delegate to Achieve and Empower

SDC Podcast - Smart Hiring Successful Onboarding

Your department’s goals cannot be achieved alone—it takes work from everyone. Giving orders and commands will only take you so far. To truly be effective you’ll have to gain buy-in from the members of your team, leaders, and peers through influence.

In this podcast, you will:
-Understand what influence is and is not
-Learn how to determine who you need to influence in order to move team, departmental, or University priorities forward
-Discover strategies and methods to influence effectively

This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on December 11th, 2019. To find more information on delegation, go to z.umn.edu/SDCinfluence. To explore other resources on supervisory development, go to supervising.umn.edu.

SDC Podcast - The Art Of Influence

What many student employees lack in professional experience, they make up in their willingness to learn and their enthusiasm for new projects. In this webinar, we’ll explore simple ways to mobilize students’ eagerness and guide them in their development as young professionals, while ensuring the work you need to finish is completed.

In this webinar you will:

-Identify the unique opportunities and challenges student workers present.
-Discover tips to make supervising student employees a great experience for both you and the student. 
-Learn from the trials and triumphs of other student worker supervisors.

For a more active learning experience, download the Supervising Undergraduate Students ActionSheet(MS Word). The ActionSheet becomes your takeaway to help reinforce learning and something that you can reference for later.

SDC Podcast - Supervising Undergraduate Students

The circumstances of the last few weeks have required us to shift priorities and adapt to new ways of working. It can be challenging to lead your dispersed team to get results in innovative ways.

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SDC Podcast - Carrying On Mission-Critical Work in Difficult Times

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SDC Podcast - Engaging Virtual Teams

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