Performance & Organizational Management

Workplace conflicts are not uncommon, but they can make us feel uncomfortable and unsure about how to engage. In this workshop, we’ll explore, and practice five key things people can do to help productively manage conflict toward meaningful resolution and even, potentially, new understanding. 

Participants will leave with evidence-based strategies -- and a bit of low-stakes experience through practice – to guide their interactions with conflict now and in the future.

Friday, October 25th 10:00 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. PST. Remote via Zoom

Crucial Conversations for Mastering Dialogue teaches skills for creating alignment and agreement—by fostering open dialogue around high-stakes, emotional, or risky topics—at all levels of your organization. By learning how to speak and be heard (and encouraging others to do the same), you’ll surface the best ideas, make the highest-quality decisions, and then act on your decisions with unity and commitment.

The program consists of a series of five 2-hour sessions, meeting on a weekly basis:

This workshop helps people learn more about their own mindset, learn appreciation for how colleagues work, and together be able create a stronger team environment and reach more creative solutions.

Longer hours, increased responsibilities, constant change, accelerated pace of business, intensified pressure…But this doesn’t mean you can’t have fun and enjoy your work. This workshop will help you not only to survive but also thrive in today’s high-pressure world. By unleashing your energy, igniting your enthusiasm and finding fun in your job, you’re sure to maximize your work performance and even enjoy it!

This is a recording from April 2023. Click “Learn more and register” to access the recording.

This training will provide you with the tools and resources necessary to understand the expectations of a search committee member and give you a deeper understanding of the search process and importance of serving in this critical role on behalf of Oregon State University. 

This training uses the Bridge platform and is expected to take 25 minutes for completion.

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This course provides a refresher on why diversity, equity and inclusion make good business sense before focusing on bias: what it is, how to identify it during the hiring process, and practical steps that can be taken to address it in order to recruit diverse, talented candidate pools.

This short, self-paced training is directed at members of search committees, hiring managers, diversity and inclusion professionals, and human resources professionals.

This training provides an overview of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and remote work, ways in which remote work can promote and challenge DEI efforts, and practical strategies designed especially for promoting inclusion in remote workplaces.

This short, self-paced training is directed at managers, employee resource group members, HR professionals, and anyone invested in DEI work in their organization.

The course takes approximately 15 minutes to complete.

When facing organizational change, intense project deadlines, or other stressful situations, employees react in diverse ways. For some, stress leads to a drop off in performance, lowered morale, or emotional outbursts. This workshop will help you plan for the expected and the unexpected and will provide practical tools for dealing with both positive and negative employee behaviors during stressful times.

This is a 1 hour webinar recording from April 2021. Click "view more and register" to access the recording*

Learn how to hire, retain, and grow your talent force - remotely or in-person!

This OSU-curated LinkedIn Learning collection* features 3 hours and 22 minutes of content, including: