K. Di Gravio October 18, 2007

1. K. Di Gravio October 18, 2007

2. Organizational & Human Development • To design, deliver, and develop training and development programs for students, staff, and faculty at UW. • To assist department heads and chairs in developing new strategies for organizational structure and personnel development by providing brainstorming sessions, consultation and/or customized workshops. • To work with HR to assist in the delivery and design of Know Your Workplace sessions or other HR based training. • To design a comprehensive Orientation package and training session(s) for all new Staff to UW . • To provide a plan and an implementation strategy for succession planning at UW.

3. Who We Are…..? Katrina Di Gravio – Director Mark Lisetto-Smith – Administrative Assistant Sue Grant – Coordinator, students and staff Marlene Griffith Wrubel, Coordinator, staff • Collectively over 40 years experience at UW spanning • research, academic, HR and career services. • New offices are located in HH 161 – enter just outside • the HH Courtyard

4. . • EDUCATE - information & knowledge • DEVELOP - developing a new skill • GROW - personal & professional self- discovery • EXPERIENCE - hands-on , outside the box experiences

5. Fall Training - Staff • Leadership For Results • Managing Priorities • Guerrilla Grammar • E-mail As A Second Language • Effective Communication • Understanding Conflict • Personality Dimensions • Work Life Balance

6. Proposed Winter Training- Staff • Leadership For Results • Diversity Training • Career Planning through Personality Dimensions • Customer Service • Personal Financial Management • Who Are They Anyway? - Personal Accountability • Administrative Assistant Workshop • Creativity & Innovation in the Workplace

7. On-going Staff Projects • Situational Supervision • Lunch & Learn Speaker Series • Orientation

8. Staff Conference April 8th & 9th 2008 ______________________________________________________________________ Educate information & knowledge Develop developing a new skill Grow personal self-discovery Experience hands-on, outside the box experiences

9. Some Suggested Topics • Working Together – Cross Generations • Accents In The Workplace • How To Help Students Under Stress • Collaboration, Consensus & Communication • Impulse Control/ Credibility • Communication –Eliminate Negative Vocabulary • Decision Making & Problem Solving • Interview Skills • To Do Vs. To Done Lists • Customer Service/Customer Care • Project Management • Getting Your Message Across • You As A Business • Spirituality • Work Life Balance • Laughter Yoga • World Café • Stress Massage • How To Mix And Mingle • Music Session –Drumming/Singing • Cooking Demo/Team Building • Tai Chi • Single & Sexy • Campus Sustainability • What Others Would You Suggest?

10. Student Initiatives A new student Leadership Program is in the developmental stage. The proposed program would offer opportunity to both the emerging student leader and the more veteran student leader who is already in a leadership role. LAUNCH Into Leadership @ UW • initial leadership series (ideally year 1 & 2) • series of 6-8 workshops • explore leadership through a series of self-awareness & team building workshops. COMPASS – Navigating Your Leadership Potential @UW: • advanced series focused on students who are currently in a leadership role at UW. • series of 6-8 workshops • further development of leadership skills and the ability to work collaboratively with others.

11. Faculty Initiatives Working with Gary Waller, Director of watCACE we are developing workshops for faculty around key topics: • Performance Evaluation/Salary System for Faculty & Staff • Time Management – Do We Need To Meet? • Policy 18 – Staff Employment vs. Policy 76 - Faculty Appointments • Condensed version of Leadership for Results

12. Succession Planning • Key area of focus for UW • Preliminary stages - Focus group has been struck • Second meeting in January

13. Thank You!