Management Seminar Newsletter
February 2, 2021
Management Seminar Class Offerings
February 22 , 9-11 am
Employee Guide Review & Updates for Managers, Registration LINK
HR Employee Relations Director Cathy Franklin and Payroll Director Marci Brown will walk supervisors through the policies in the employee guide, and will highlight important updates made with the latest revision. Participants will learn processes associated with the policies that they can apply within their departments/schools.
Any questions please contact Vanessa Hoffman at vlhoffman@dcsdk12.org
Leadership
8 ways to better manage ambiguity and uncertainty
As a manager, you’re supposed to be in charge, but of what? Shifting company strategy, markets changing with the wind, unclear priorities from your manager, even a direct report who may or may not be happy with her role in the long run. Ambiguity is everywhere at work.
Read the article from Covey here
10 ways to have a better conversation
Sharpen the Saw
How to Make Stress Your Friend
Kelly McGonigal, health psychologist and lecturer at Stanford University, shares inspiring new research showing that stress may only negatively affect your health if you believe it will. Learn strategies for stress reduction by reframing how you view stress and making stress your friend. You can reframe by turning it from a negative into a positive and using it to build resilience and connection to others.
How to Build Leadership Resilience Through Self-Awareness
Read the article from DDI here
Notice and challenge the negative thoughts holding you back at work
Anxiety, frustration, confusion, anger. However they manifest themselves, negative thoughts about work can devour mental energy and render you incapable of good judgment. But when you confront, rather than suppress, those negative thoughts, you stand a better chance of keeping them under control — or even seeing an upside you hadn’t considered.
Read the article from Covey here