This month inside Cal Poly Humboldt Professional Development Newsletter: 

• L4Humboldt at the Cal Poly Library - For several years what was called L4HSU has been a source of inspiration in many topics. Organized by the Cal Poly Humboldt Library, what is now known as L4Humboldt, short for LifeLong Learning Lounge at Cal Poly Humboldt, is an opportunity where people share their knowledge, play while learning, and make connections with each other during the summer.

• Establishing Effective Virtual Teams - In this course, you'll learn about teamwork and team leadership when working on a virtual team. You'll cover remote management and tactics for communication, assessment, and meetings for virtual teams.

• Achieving Digital Dexterity - In this course, you'll explore the benefits and techniques for achieving organizational digital dexterity. You'll explore how to establish a tech-centric mindset and how to digitize practices to support digital dexterity. In addition, you'll learn how to gauge organizational progress toward digital dexterity and the associated strategies to sustain it.

• Positive Psychology - Join this engaging and interactive learning experience on how positive psychology can lead to personal and professional success. We will explore the happiness advantage principles that can help shift our mindset through positive psychology.

• Professional Troublemaker - Join us in unpacking the book Professional Troublemaker, considered a "How to Human" manual by the New York Times. Our facilitator LeSondra M. Jones, M.A., will guide participants through strategies on how to apply the Fear Fighter Manual to their authentic selves by lending courage, not fear. In addition, participants will have the opportunity to create their own Oriki.

• A Fearless Campus – The mission of a Fearless Campus is to create a supportive, inclusive, equitable and psychologically safe campus environment with a common purpose of enabling performance, commitment, and retention for all members of the campus community (leadership, faculty, staff, and students).

• Mind Body Wellness with Jessica Coats - Many of us are judged in life by how quickly we can get things done. Because of this, it is difficult to develop the mindset of slowing down, getting centered and getting focused.

• Upward Bullying: Navigating Abusive Behaviors by People with Less Authority - According to the Workplace Bullying Institute, 14 % of all workplace bullying in the U.S. is bullying by direct reports or people with less organizational authority. This workshop explores how to mitigate the conditions that allow this form of bullying to occur and to get through it when it does.

• Creating a Healthy Mind: Addressing Burnout with Kristen Hooks - Burnout is a real thing that leaves us exhausted, detached from our jobs and inefficient in all areas of our lives. Creating a healthy mindset that is flexible and able to adapt to the stress everyday life is a remedy for burnout

• Emerging Allies Networking and Connecting Session - This interactive session is designed for anyone who would like to learn more about allyship and make new connections. Whether you are just starting your allyship journey or are already regarded as an ally by your peers, you will learn from one another.

• Being a Champion: Strategies for Getting Ahead with Jessica Coats - Career advancement begins long before the opportunity for promotion comes along. If you desire to get ahead in the workplace, focus on becoming an invaluable contributor to the organization.

• CSU's Got Talent - The Secret to Getting Along: 3 Steps to Creating Better Teams

• and more! 

Please visit our May 2023 Newsletter