For those choosing to close one chapter of life and begin the next, knowing where to begin the retirement process can be daunting. Here's helpful information about UC Retirement programs and benefits.
Monthly Management Tips
Monthly Management Tips (MMT) are brought to you by Administration Leadership 2029’s “Work from Home Management Solutions” team. Each month, the team, in conjunction with Campus Human Resources, will distribute a brief article discussing a different topic important to management’s success. Each article is designed with busy managers in mind, taking only a few minutes to read, with various resources and a scenario to help you gain a better understanding of the topic. Solutions to the scenario can be found in the next month’s email. Active discussion of these scenarios during management meetings is highly encouraged and we hope these discussions will encourage dialogue across management levels where success stories are shared.
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As a leader, lessons should be abundant and learning should be a never-ending process. To become a high-value leader, continuous growth is key to success for both the leader and their staff.
These tips for addressing implicit bias in the workplace can help create a more inclusive and equitable workplace for everyone.
Managers and supervisors have an obligation to address and report abusive conduct and know what resources are available to staff members.
We will explore ways to identify future leaders, ways to think a little outside the box, and offer resources for helping your employees develop leadership skills.
UC Experience Conversations are one-on-one, broad-ranging conversations between managers and staff that help build constructive relationships with your employees.
In order for an organization to continue moving forward, management must have development and feedback discussions with individual employees regarding their interest in upward or lateral movement in their careers.
An important part of developing a strategic talent planning process is to assess the needs of the workforce as well as the department.
Here at UCLA, there are many different opportunities available to help yourself or a member of your staff develop professionally.
Here are ways to support your staff’s well-being and encourage a healthy work-life balance.
The idea of Emotional Intelligence has come forward as an essential tool for leaders in recent years. These five essential skills will help you develop your emotional intelligence.
With the increase in meetings from fully remote or hybrid work arrangements, here are best practices on how to make them effective and efficient.
All organizations risk experiencing losses at the hands of those with ill-intent or personal gain in mind. Here are best practices for ensuring that UCLA’s community members are responsible stewards to the public we serve.
Succession planning is critically important to your organization's future, but is often left on the backburner. Here's how to make sure you're prepared when the unexpected happens.
Have challenges from the pandemic affected employee morale? Here's how to establish a culture of belonging and appreciation within your organization.
A key component of employee engagement includes professional growth. If you have represented staff, here's how to develop them while still complying with the CBA.
UCLA is committed to Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI), but how can we as leaders exemplify this commitment on campus? Here are a few tips and tricks to take that step forward.
As managers, our most important responsibility is guiding the performance and professional growth of our direct reports and team members. Here's how to set performance goals with your staff and provide meaningful professional development opportunities for your direct reports.
Generally, what employees need to achieve their best and feel appreciated is to be recognized for their hard work. Here is a list of creative and effective recognition programs.
Here are tools, tips and resources to ensure an efficient and positive onboarding experience for both you and your new hire, and truly set them up for success at UCLA.
As hiring managers and interviewers remain remote or in hybrid workplace arrangements, here are tools, resources, and best practices to ensure an efficient, positive and equitable recruitment process.
We have scoured the UC webiverse and found some great, free resources available to all UCLA employees you may not know about.
This month we will focus on identifying team behaviors of concern, managing feelings, building trust amongst teams, and the role emotional intelligence plays in this area.
One of the most challenging tasks for people is having difficult conversations. Here is how to prepare for these conversations, what to do during these conversations and best practices for following up.
We would like to introduce you to a simple communication and collaboration tool that the campus has recently introduced: Slack.
COVID-19 has caused many changes to the way our teams communicate and operate. Here's how to build strong, open lines of communication with a remote or hybrid team.
Here are tips and recommendations that will help you through performance evaluation season.
Setting expectations is key to the success of any manager, but is particularly important when managing a remote workforce. Here's what that looks like.
Remote work has many benefits but has also exacerbated existing issues for underperforming employees. Here's what it looks like to create a culture of support and accountability.
