This month inside Cal Poly Humboldt Professional Development Newsletter: 

• Welcome Dr. Anthony Casas, New Associate Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer - Since May 29 of this year, we have the pleasure to have a new Associate Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, Dr. Anthony Casas. Dr. Casas is an accomplished leader in Human Resources. He has earned a stellar reputation for driving outstanding results and pioneering innovative human resources initiatives. At his recent employer, DISA Global, he guided the successful acquisition of 13 companies and contributed to over 1,200% growth in four years at SOC, LLC, another former employer. His innovative leadership in developing effective work-from-home and return-to-work policies during the pandemic indicates his capacity to navigate complex challenges.

• 10 Steps to Successful Presentations - The book 10 Steps to Successful Presentations provides the key information needed to deliver an effective and memorable presentation

• 10 Steps to Successful Change Management - The book 10 Steps to Successful Change Management discusses how change and innovation is essential for company growth, especially in an ever-growing technological world.

• Breath and Health - During the session, we will do some light gentle stretches and guided meditation. Come prepared to leave this 30-minute virtual session afresh, anywhere you are!

• Managing Conflict and Confrontation at Work - Unmanaged or poorly managed conflict in the workplace leads to reduced teamwork, cooperation, productivity and quality, as well as diminished employee commitment and morale. However, good conflict management skills can prevent these results.

• Fueling for Success – Join this engaging and interactive learning experience on how positive psychology can lead to personal and professional success.

• Ableism 101 - We will define ableism, discuss the way it manifests on campus (both physically and attitudinally) and share some ways to counter ableist actions and attitudes.

• Excel Tips and Tricks - Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned Excel user, these tips and tricks can help to save time and make the most of your Excel experience.

• Onboarding and Offboarding Employees - Keys to Continuity - Learn the basics of effectively onboarding new and reassigned employees, as well as offboarding departing employees. Practical tools will be shared!

• Facilitating Challenging Conversations: Preparing Yourself - Conversations around justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion are important and necessary to ensure meaningful action; they also can be challenging and fraught with the potential for missteps, misunderstandings, and pushback from students and/or colleagues.

• Gender Identity and Pronoun Use - This training will provide foundation information on gender, gender identity, and biological sex and highlight the difference between gender identity and sexual orientation.

• How Every CSU Employee Can Become a Customer Advocate - See how the Customer Advocacy approach can be an essential part of all the tasks and activities you already do every day.

• Resume 101 - Learn to write a resume that will stand out and help you move to the next step in the job search process.

• Marketing 101: Fundamentals for the Non-Marketing Professional in Higher Ed - In this interactive workshop, you'll identify how a solid marketing plan can support and amplify your existing efforts and create an action plan to immediately implement core marketing concepts that benefit your customers and your team.

• Leadership Footprints: What is Your Legacy? - This interactive session will discuss the importance of leadership footprints and the legacy we as leaders consciously/unconsciously leave behind.

• Effective Feedback - The workshop will review the following: Define feedback; importance of feedback; feedback for Performance-Development-Connection; when to provide feedback; situation-Behavior-Impact-Intent.

• Facilitating Challenging Conversations: Preparing Others - In this workshop we will discuss actions you can take to create the conditions for productive conversations about topics related to diversity, equity and inclusion.

• CSU's Got Talent - Psychological Safety

• and more! 

Please visit our September 2023 Newsletter