This month inside Cal Poly Humboldt Professional Development Newsletter: 

• New Content on CSU Learn & Cross Campus Collaboration Courses - This month CSU Learn has updated Skillport courses and functionality.  Also, there will be many oportunites in the upcoming months to take courses from different campuses.  Many classes that were formerly in-person are now offered virtually. 

• 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! 

• How to Design a Good Survey -  This workshop will explain best practices for designing a good survey. Some of the topics include question order, branching & skip patterns, required responses, survey tools, and survey administration.

• LifeMatters Services Overview - Learn what Cal Poly Humboldt's Employee Assistant Program (EAP), LifeMatters, has to offer and how to access their services. Also learn about situations when LifeMatters may be of assistance to you, such as emotional and physical well-being, planning for the future, parenting tips, and more.

• Meeting People Where They Are: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence - This course will focus on the four core competencies of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and relationship management. 

• Entrenched Conflict to Calm Collaboration-Using "De-escalation Listening" – This workshop focuses on how to employ “de-escalation listening,” a type of active listening that creates space for collaboration and problem-solving. 

• Decisions, Decisions! Creative Problem Solving and Decision-Making Techniques - In this workshop you will learn and apply creative thinking techniques to problems, learn and practice a method of Problem Solving which can be applied to nearly any situation, and learn four styles of effective Decision Making and match them to appropriate situations.

• CSU's Got Talent - You Got This. Mastering the Skill of Self-Confidence.

• 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. From shortcuts and formula basics to Pivot Tables, there is something for everyone in this session.

• Online Skillshops @ the Library

• Upcoming Training Opportunities 

• and more! 

Please visit our September 2022 Newsletter