Building Resilience with Your Team During Uncertain Times

Leading teams during times of crisis can be an enormous challenge and an unexpected opportunity. Supporting staff to deliver their best possible work means – just like in-person – offering informational, resource, and emotional support. Predictably, there will be some roadblocks, so the question is how can you actively guide your team in building their resilience to bounce back from stress and move forward with renewed energy and agency? Join us online for this two-hour experiential training where you will engage with the four components of resilience to protect and promote your own and your team’s well-being: The ABCS© model is an ideal approach to guide your team through difficult transitions while maintaining a productive mindset.

Inspiring Confidence Through Yield Communications (Virtual Workshop)

Instructors W. Kent Barnds Executive Vice President of External Relations Augustana College   John Lehman, Ph.D. Vice President for University Relations & Enrollment Michigan Technological University Course Highlights 1hr 34m of video instruction Downloadable resources Course Details Released 06/2020 How do you instill absolute confidence when there are no absolutes? This is the difficult task that enrollment leaders face during these unprecedented times. Strong, intentional messaging to prospective students and their families will be more critical than ever before if you want to minimize summer melt and yield the largest possible class for fall 2020. During this virtual training, our expert instructors will walk you through key considerations for crafting effective yield messaging in the midst of uncertainty and give you the opportunity to discuss and critique example communications with your peers. Finally, you will have time to practice implementing what you have learned to craft your own messages during a scenario activity. We Want to Hear From You! Please take a few minutes to fill out a short survey letting us know about your experience with this course.

Mastering Time Management: An 8-Day Practical Program

We have partnered with Steve Riccio, one of Academic Impressions’ Success Coaches, to bring you this video course and help you take back control of your day-to-day schedule by empowering you to focus on the priorities that matter the most to you. Through a combination of self-reflection and skills-practice activities, you will transform the way you manage your time by learning how to: 

Managing Conflict (Virtual Workshop)

Instructor Dr. Karen M. WhitneyPresident Emerita, Clarion University     Jeanne A.K. Hey, Ph.D.Dean Emeritus, University of New England Course Highlights 2h 4m of video instruction Downloadable resources Course Details Released 7/24/2020 OverviewWithout regular human interaction that can often mitigate friction, frustrations with co-workers can build into unmanageable disagreements. Learn how to identify the source of your conflict with a co-worker and how you can both come to common agreements for working together.  Session 1: Identifying the Source of Conflict You will be introduced to practical tools that can be used to address conflict in its earliest stages before it becomes a formal dispute. In this first session, you will learn how to identify the source of your conflict. Is it Structural, Process, Personal, or Organizational?  Session 2: Developing Your Conflict Management Strategy and Action PlanIn this second session, you will workshop your conflict management strategy by identifying underlying interests, resources, and control that you have. You will leave with an action plan for addressing your conflict for which you will receive feedback from peers and the facilitators.   Who Should AttendThis session is ideal for higher education professionals, especially women, who are looking for productive ways to address conflict in their workplaces.  Learning OutcomeAfter participating in this online training you will have strategies […]

Managing Up, Down, and Across

Our current realities and stresses can often exacerbate existing friction between workers, co-workers, and their supervisors. In this workshop, we will examine how to get on the same page with your supervisor and peers to achieve common goals. You will learn how to manage up, down, and across so that you, your team, and your supervisor are all working toward shared goals. Session 1: Influence & Authority  Influencing is a powerful tactic no matter where you sit within your institution’s organizational hierarchy. This session will be useful to you if you are trying to influence both the people who you supervise and the ones report to, as well as peers with whom you regularly collaborate. You will have opportunities to workshop your next steps for influencing a peer, a supervisor, or someone you supervise. Session 2: Managing Up  “Managing up” is about aligning priorities to better serve your institution and students. By focusing on common goals, you can be an invaluable resource to your supervisor managing a full plate, helping them understand a more complete perspective, and use your strengths to complement theirs. We will provide you with strategies to find common goals with your supervisor and use these intersections […]

Cultivating Your Unique Leadership Skills in this New Environment (Virtual Workshop Recording)

Leading during the COVID-19 pandemic requires a new understanding of how you react to stress as a leader, how your team manages stress, and how to build rapport and trust over virtual communication tools. Session 1: How Do I Lead Under Stress? You will use a self-assessment tool to help identify your leadership style and then engage in discussions about how to manage and capitalize on your specific style while mitigating the challenges that come with it. You will learn how to use the findings from The Five Paths to Leadership℠ Self-Assessment to better plan for your strengths under normal, as well as stressful conditions. Session 2: Managing Remote Teams Our new ways of working remotely have presented unique challenges in terms of overseeing teams and projects. Many supervisors find themselves leading remotely for the first time and are looking for ways to motivate, maintain morale, and ensure accountability for their teams. In this virtual training, we will look at three possible scenarios of team dynamics and discuss how to best lead within each one. You will be asked to share lessons learned as you evolve these new ways of working. Leading during the COVID-19 pandemic requires a new understanding of […]

Week Six: Ongoing Training Needs for Investigators and Decision Makers

This training is based on 2020 Title IX regulations and has been retired. Please visit our Title IX Trainings Page to view all current Title IX trainings. The new Title IX Rule provides instruction for institutions’ use and posting of training materials for Title IX personnel. Pursuant to the rule, Academic Impressions and the speakers for all Title IX training will be providing clearly labeled public-facing materials that can be used for the purposes of fulfilling the mandated posting guidelines. Some materials, including the recording of webcasts, are protected by copyright and are not meant to be public-facing. Please note that Title IX training materials do not have to be posted until August 14, 2020 according to the new Title IX federal regulations. This virtual learning experience is designed to help you interpret, plan, organize, and write proposed changes to your campus’ sexual harassment grievance policy by August 14, 2020. View the six-part series and our other Title IX trainings.

Week Three: The Investigative Process (Virtual Workshop)

This training is based on 2020 Title IX regulations and has been retired. Please visit our Title IX Trainings Page to view all current Title IX trainings. The new Title IX Rule provides instruction for institutions’ use and posting of training materials for Title IX personnel. Pursuant to the rule, Academic Impressions and the speakers for all Title IX training will be providing clearly labeled public-facing materials that can be used for the purposes of fulfilling the mandated posting guidelines. Some materials, including the recording of webcasts, are protected by copyright and are not meant to be public-facing. Please note that Title IX training materials do not have to be posted until August 14, 2020 according to the new Title IX federal regulations. This virtual learning experience is designed to help you interpret, plan, organize, and write proposed changes to your campus’ sexual harassment grievance policy by August 14, 2020. View the six-part series and our other Title IX trainings.