Learning Paths

Building Trust and Collaborating with Others

Learn how to develop and maintain collaborative, constructive, and cooperative working relationships.

Identify opportunities to connect teams, departments, units, and organizations. Discover how to interact with others and give them confidence in the intentions of you and your organization. Build listening, trust-building, and decision-making skills; manage meetings and difficult conversations; and identify practical strategies for collaborative leadership.

LIL - Learning Forum (Date TBD, 11-12:30)

Ten Courses:

  1. Employee Experience (36m)
  2. Being an Effective Team Member (31m)
  3. Building Trust (58m)
  4. Effective Listening (1h 4m)
  5. Giving and Receiving Feedback (48m)
  6. Communicating with Diplomacy and Tact (1h 5m)
  7. Critical Thinking for Better Judgement and Decision-Making (56m)
  8. Having Difficult Conversations (1h 7m)
  9. Collaborative Leadership (37m)
  10. Why Trust Matters (24m)

Resources:

IU Staff Core Competency - Instills Trust

Forbes: Trust Me! Why you Need to Understand Trust, And How to Earn It

 

Accountability

Learn how to accomplish objectives, exceed your goals, and be more proactive.

Being accountable is more than just being responsible for something - it's also ultimately being answerable for your actions. To hold yourself accountable, you must find the motivation to do difficult things. You need to amplify the urgency of your mission, know why it matters, and understand how taking responsibility helps you become the kind of person you want to be.

LIL - Learning Forum (Date TBD, 11-12:30)

Seven Courses:

  1. Holding Yourself Accountable - 35m
  2. Building Accountability Into Your Culture - 29m
  3. Acting Decisively - 39m
  4. Overcoming Procrastination - 24m
  5. Delivering Results Effectively - 54m
  6. Becoming Indestractable - 33m
  7. Getting Things Done - 30m

Resources:

IU Staff Core Competency - Ensures Accounability

No Excuses: Be Accountable for you Own Success

The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability by Craig Hickman and Tom Smith

Develop Conflict Management and Resolution Skills

Learn how to deal effectively with others in antagonistic situations. Discover how to reduce tension or conflict.

Review how to effectively settle disputes by focusing on solving the problems at hand—without offending egos. Evaluate the feasibility of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.  Learn the essentials of effective conflict resolution; practice communication techniques to improve relationships; and discover how to communicate clearly and compassionately.

LIL - Learning Forums (Date TBD, 11-12:30)

January 11 - January 29

Nine Courses:

  1. Conflict Resolution Foundations (51m)
  2. Improving Your Conflict Competence (46m)
  3. Fred Kofman on Managing Conflict (59m)
  4. Managing Team Conflict (1h 10m)
  5. Working with Difficult People (1h 46m)
  6. Working on a Cross-Functional Team (1h 4m)
  7. High-Stakes Communication (1h 4m)
  8. Compassionate Directness (40m)

Resources:

Under Pressure: Your Brain n Conflict, Why Drama is Bad For Your Brain by Joshua Gowin

Managing Conflict at Work: Understanding and Resolving Conflict for Productive Working Relationships (available via Skillport.iu.skillport.com)

Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Instrument

Change Management Champions

Learn how to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, and approaches to problems.

Unprecedented and volatile times demand that leaders grounded in perspectives that fit the times. Discover change management approaches and modern-day examples to help you weather shifting demands.

LIL - Learning Forums (Date TBD, 11-12:30)

Eight Courses:

  1. Change Leadership - 37m
  2. Change Management Foundations - 46m
  3. Building Change Capability for Managers - 55m
  4. Using Emotions to Leverage and Accelerate Change - 30m
  5. Reorganize and Transition Your Team for Change - 31m
  6. Leading Culture Change in Your Team - 36m
  7. Change Management Tips for Leaders - 16m
  8. Harnessing Change to Unleash Your Potential - 46m

Resources:

Network for Change and Continuous Innovation

Change Management in Higher Education

Basics of Change Management

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

This learning path addresses bias, cultural competence, effective communication, and accountability while working in a diverse environment.

This enlightening course will challenge and provide diversity, equity, and inclusion learning opportunities.

LIL - Learning Forums (Date TBD, 11-12:30)

Five Courses:

  1. Inclusive Campus Environment Toolkit
  2. Confronting Bias:  Thriving Across Our Differences (40m)
  3. Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (47m)
  4. Communicating about Culturally Sensitive Issues (55m)
  5. Communicating Across Cultures (32m)

Additional Learning After the Series

Support Your Well-Being

Gain skills to support your well-being.

https://healthy.iu.edu/

 

Career Planning @IU

https://careerplanning.iu.edu/

Twenty curated courses cover topics such as practicing mindfulness and meditation; managing anxiety, depression, and stress; calming your mind; and restoring your body.  Assess how change and uncertainty impact your wellbeing; Identify what improvements you can make; Apply proven techniques you can use now and in the future.

Twenty-one Courses:

  1. Building Resilience (34m)
  2. Cultivating Mental Agility (36m)
  3. Embracing Unexpected Change (14m)
  4. Making Better Decisions by Thinking in Bets (28m)
  5. Sleep is Your Superpower (34m)
  6. Handling Workplace Change as an Employee (2h 2m)
  7. Subtle Shifts in Thinking for Tremendous Resilience (24m)
  8. Mindfulness Practices (2h 3m)
  9. Mindful Meditations for Work and Life (1h 27m)
  10. The Mindful Workday (40m)
  11. How to Manage Feeling Overwhelmed (43m)
  12. Managing Anxiety in the Workplace (1h 9m)
  13. Managing Depression in the Workplace (1h 3m)
  14. Avoiding Burnout (24m)
  15. Managing Stress (21m)
  16. Stop Stressing and Keep Moving Forward (22m)
  17. De-stress:  Meditation and Movement for Stress Management (36m)
  18. Chair Work:  Yoga Fitness and Stretching at Your Desk (33m)
  19. Computer and Text Neck Stretching Exercises (20m)
  20. Ergonomics 101 (35m)
  21. Recharge your Energy for Peak Performance (51m)