Professional Development: The Passionate Professional
November 7th 10-11:30am Online
Join UTK colleagues in this session to unlock your true potential by merging passion with profession with this program. Discover the transformative power of aligning your passions with your career and embark on a journey towards purpose-driven success. Join us and revolutionize the way you work, one passion at a time.
Making Holidays Happier
November 9th 9:30-10:30am Online Zoom
“Making the Holidays Happier” helps employees identify some of the factors that contribute to holiday stress. It also explores a variety of ways to create the kind of holiday celebration that meets individual needs. Attendees will be able to make better choices for the holidays while lowering stress levels, improving family relationships and having more fun. Register HERE
Embracing Happiness
November 14th 3-4pm Online Zoom
This session aims to educate on the basics behind the science and benefits of happiness. Measuring happiness, the psychology and symptoms of happiness, and strategies to choose happiness are all covered. This course encourages introspection into your own perceptions and feelings of happiness to help determine how you can encourage and embrace happiness in your life. The focus in this session will specifically in relation to the holiday season.
Highlighted articles and resources:
Kids These Days: Crucial Conversations for Accountability October 2023
How to Tell Your Boss They Talk Too Much Crucial Conversations for Mastering Dialogue October 2023
Looking to take some courses for K@TE credit?
NEW!! K@TE Courses for the Fall
Do You Have These Four Essential Customer Service Skills? 1-hour course
A Guide to Empathy at Work 30-minute course
Resolving Conflict with Coworkers 30-minute course
Leading with Emotional Intelligence 1-hour course
Others available:
- Time Management Essentials
- Dealing with Stress, Pressure and Burnout
- Workplace Communication Basics
- A Guide to Workplace Integrity
- Workplace Distractions: How to Avoid Common Time-Wasting Traps
- Developing a Growth Mindset
- Problem-Solving Fundamentals
- Advanced Problem-Solving
- Scheduling 101
Coming soon!
The Art of Managing Up
How to Build a Better Relationship with Your Manager and Coworkers
All courses are self-paced and provide HR0128 credit!
UT System Conferences
Administrative Professionals Conference
November 8th– 9th, 2023
Crowne Plaza Knoxville Downtown – FULL BUT SPACE MAY OPEN UP
UT System Administration HR Employee and Organizational Development is proud to host the second-annual Administrative Professionals Summit: A system-wide event designed for rigorous learning for administrative professionals from across the state. This conference will provide professional growth and leadership development relative to the roles and responsibilities of administrative professionals. We appreciate your dedication to your professional development and growth. As a reminder, UTC’s Career Development Fund may be able to assist you with registration costs.
Coming next year!
May 22nd – 23rd, 2024
Conference for Women’s Leadership (CWL)
To be held at UT Health Science Center in Memphis, TN. CWL will explore the meaning of women’s leadership as it pertains to higher education. We are duty-bound to prepare women who lead at all levels to learn, develop, and grow their leadership abilities.
Register for TIAA’s live webinars!
Each month, TIAA hosts several live webinars. You can also view recordings of past webinars.
Find the topics and register here.
You can also visit the UTC Training Calendar by clicking here or visiting the HR Professional Development webpage.
There is NO cost to attend any of the above trainings and events.