Celebrating Women's History Month
“A Brief History of Women in Higher Education”, by author Jone Johnson Lewis, highlights the long path that has led women to earn more than half of all higher education degrees today. Yet despite significant gains for women’s access to higher education, women still lag behind men in many professions, particularly in positions of leadership. Only 41 Fortune 500 companies are led by women. In the technology field, some 60% of start-ups have no women serving in leadership positions. And in higher education, women occupy less than 40% of executive level positions, most often in lower-level executive positions.
This month we are pleased to share learning opportunities that support women who want to build a legacy of forward movement in the workplace. From learning opportunities designed to prepare you for supervisory and leadership roles, to compelling stories from women leaders around the globe, we hope you find these resources informative and inspiring.
Featured Tech Skills Course
Twitter for Professionals: Using Twitter Media Studio
Twitter Media Studio is your one stop shop for managing your multimedia activities on Twitter. Learn how to upload videos, GIFs, and images, share and schedule tweets, and keep track of your audience engagement and interactions.
Course time: 26 minutes
HSU Introduction to Writing Effective Position Descriptions
The Introduction to Writing Effective Position Descriptions offers employees and administrators an opportunity to learn best practices when approaching the often difficult task of creating or revising a position description.
Staff Compensation & Classification Request Informational Session
Informational session regarding the process for submitting staff classification and compensation related request for review such as requests for in-range progression and classification review.
Morning Monday Meditation
Start your week grounded and refreshed with this 15 minute guided meditation session. Each Monday at 8am.
Change Management – Prosci ADKAR basics
Change at an institutional, department or even individual level is more than the business side of planning. Every bit as important is the people side of change. Prosci's ADKAR Model is designed to guide change based, fundamentally, on how we as human beings experience change.
Connect and Center
Wind down from the work week and prepare to enter the weekend grounded and with ease. This 30 minute opportunity to connect with others and experience guided meditation is offered weekly on Fridays at noon.
Featured Soft Skills Course
Making the Move into Management
Transitioning into a management position can be both exciting and potentially overwhelming. The shift from individual contributor to leader requires confidence, solid communication, and a clearly defined plan of action. This Challenge Series exercise explores the benefits of drafting a transition strategy.
Course time: 15 minutes
Facilitating Effective Meetings
This course teaches the fundamentals of planning, facilitating and participating in successful meetings. You will learn how to create clear outcomes in designing meetings, learn why it is important to prepare, implement and follow through on meetings, and learn how to facilitate engaging meetings during the time of virtual hosting.
On the Bookshelf
Real Women, Real Leaders: Surviving and Succeeding in the Business World
by Kathleen Hurley
Drawn from a range of industries including higher education, technology, law, the military, politics, the media, and more, these stories provide the details that every ambitious woman needs to know. You'll learn which skills, attributes, and relationships served these women best, how they overcame the obstacles thrown into their paths, and the people they credit as instrumental along the way.
Why Restorative Rest Makes You More Productive And How To Achieve It
6 Essential Lessons for Woman Leaders
In a rich conversation full of practical insights, former Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard and former Finance Minister of Nigeria Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala reflect on their experiences as women leaders in positions of global power -- and share six standout lessons on what it takes to lead and build solidarity in the face of gender bias and stereotypes.
CSU's Got Talent
"Trauma in the Time of Corona: Implications for Educators, Students and Our Learning Communities" March 25 from 10:00 - 11:00 AM PT
Join Shaili Jain, M.D., PTSD specialist and Professor of Psychiatry, Stanford University, to understand the implications of trauma for educators, students and our learning communities.
Upcoming Classes
Writing Effective Performance Evaluations
This course will prepare you to successfully complete annual performance evaluations for your employees.
When Employees Leave
Learn the basics of retaining institutional knowledge, transfering key partnerships, appropriately acknowledging exiting employees and more.
Principles of Supervision Series
The Principles of Supervision learning series focuses on developing supervisory skills with higher education in mind. Through instruction, discussion, practice and reflection, participants will gain a greater mastery of their own supervisory skills and learn strategies for more effectively leading others.
Are You In Need of Help Creating Courses for Your Staff?
The Learning Technology area of the Human Resources department can help you create custom elearning and microlearning courses or videos. For your staff, they can help as a training tool and always available reference. For your clients, they can help understand processes and instructions. For more information, please contact Alfredo Corral at alfredo.corral@humboldt.edu
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