[Hrtrainingnews] Professional Development Monthly - August 2025

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* August 2025*

HEADLINE NEWS


Building Core Supervisory Competencies (BCSC) Cohort Program

Applications are being accepted through August 8, 2025

The Building Core Supervisory Competencies program offers skills and
techniques that help supervisors develop their leadership skills, helping
them successfully manage and develop their teams. Courses focus on
self-awareness,
identification of strengths and development areas, and translating your
awareness into action. Learn More
<https://hr.ucr.edu/employee-and-organizational-development/leadership-skills-development/building-core-supervisory-competencies-program>

Welcome to Franklin Covey

Free information session and platform demonstration: Register
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The Impact Platform for OnDemand learning brings the science of learning to
life, equipping you with the mindsets and behaviors needed to do your very
best work.

This free session will give you a deeper understanding of Franklin Covey's
world-class content and how you can obtain an All Access Pass subscription
through Employee and Organizational Development's training programs.

Register Now for the Franklin Covey On-Demand All Access Pass

Fee: $170 per individual | Register by August 31

Franklin Covey's All Access Pass provides access to world class development
resources including:


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   Competency-based 360 diagnostic tool to help you focus your development
   activities.
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   Online versions of Franklin Covey’s content: includes On Demand format
   of core course offerings, micro courses for targeted skill-specific
   learning, and microlearning for bite-sized content on essential topics.
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   Learner’s Welcome Guide to help you get started.


Watch this short clip
<https://players.brightcove.net/1302165881001/ROhEaS532_default/index.html?videoId=6312314765112>
to learn more!

Mastering Management

Coming January 2026

Targeting experienced managers looking to refine their skills and take
their leadership to the next level, the Mastering Management Development
Program is a dynamic and comprehensive journey designed to equip you with
the essential tools, strategies, and insights to excel as a confident and
effective leader. This cohort program will launch in early January 2026.
Stay tuned for more information!

Spark Your Potential

Coming May 2026

Spark Your Potential is a dynamic and interactive program designed to
empower individual contributors to build the skills to achieve your
personal and professional goals. This cohort program will launch in May
2026. Stay tuned for more information!


EOD Programs

Course

Date(s)

Cost

Register

Franklin Covey's Unconscious Bias: Understanding Bias to Unleash Potential

Unconscious biases are how our brains compensate for overload which can
inhibit performance and lead to poor decision-making. Learn how to be aware
of and address biases so you and your team can thrive, increase performance
and engagement.

8/12/25
8:30 am

Free: Restricted to All Access Pass Subscribers

Register
<https://uc.sumtotal.host/core/pillarRedirect?relyingParty=LM&url=app%2Fmanagement%2FLMS_ActDetails.aspx%3FActivityId%3D496723%26UserMode%3D0&domain=14>

Franklin Covey's Working at the Speed of Trust

When trust is low, people become suspicious, guard communication,
speculate, and disengage. As a result, productivity grinds to a crawl, and
the costs—whether social, emotional, or financial—increase. We call these
trust taxes. When trust is high, people become confident and communication,
creativity, and engagement improve. As a result, productivity speeds up and
costs decrease. We call these trust dividends. Working at the Speed of
Trust® helps you strengthen your trust signals in every relationship to
convert trust taxes into trust dividends and propel yourself and your team
further, faster.

8/19/25
9:00 am

Free: Restricted to All Access Pass Subscribers

Register
<https://uc.sumtotal.host/core/pillarRedirect?relyingParty=LM&url=app%2Fmanagement%2FLMS_ActDetails.aspx%3FActivityId%3D689894%26UserMode%3D0&domain=14>

Franklin Covey's Inclusive Leadership: Practical Ways to Cultivate
Inclusion and Build a Better Team

What happens when you prioritize inclusion in your daily leadership
behaviors? You disrupt bias and create an environment where every person on
your team feels valued, thrives, and creates breakthrough results for your
team and organization. FranklinCovey’s Inclusive Leadership: Practical Ways
to Cultivate Inclusion & Build a Better Team will show you that leading
inclusively isn't something extra to do – it's about making the most of
things you're already doing. You'll learn to connect with each individual
to understand their unique skills and needs, to spot potential and address
barriers to success, and to involve your whole team in co-creating an
inclusive culture.

8/27/25
8:30 am

Free: Restricted to All Access Pass Subscriber

Register
<https://uc.sumtotal.host/Core/pillarRedirect?relyingParty=LM&url=core%2Factivitydetails%2FViewActivityDetails%3FActivityId%3D667741%26UserMode%3D0&domain=14>

Franklin Covey’s Navigating Difficult Conversations: Turn Tension into
Progress

This course takes a targeted approach to helping learners manage emotional
tension and conduct conversations in a way that enables all parties to stay
engaged in collaborative dialogue. Learners will shift their mindset from
fearing and avoiding difficult conversations to seeing them as the way to
make progress on important issues. And they’ll develop the skills to build
trust and respect in every relationship as they navigate sensitive topics.

9/11/25
1:30 pm

Free: Restricted to All Access Pass Subscribers

Register
<https://uc.sumtotal.host/core/pillarRedirect?relyingParty=LM&url=app%2Fmanagement%2FLMS_ActDetails.aspx%3FActivityId%3D684097%26UserMode%3D0&domain=14>

Communicating with Clarity to Drive Performance

Communicating with Clarity to Drive Performance is designed to elevate
participants’ communication skills and enhance performance through goal
setting. This course equips individuals with three (3) key ingredients
needed to communicate effectively and achieve exceptional results.

9/16/25
1:30 pm

Free: Restricted to ePer Participant

Register
<https://uc.sumtotal.host/core/pillarRedirect?relyingParty=LM&url=app%2Fmanagement%2FLMS_ActDetails.aspx%3FActivityId%3D686094%26UserMode%3D0&domain=14>

Franklin Covey’s Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager

Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager™ combines best
practices from agile and waterfall project management to equip learners
with the mindset, skillset, and toolset to engage and inspire team members.
Success starts with the core agile principle of value—a project must
deliver value to an organization. Once value is established, it is people
who make projects successful through a consistent process.

9/23/25
1:30 pm

Free: Restricted to All Access Pass Subscribers

Register
<https://uc.sumtotal.host/core/pillarRedirect?relyingParty=LM&url=app%2fmanagement%2fLMS_ActDetails.aspx%3fActivityId%3d684114%26UserMode%3d0&domain=14>

Focus on Your Talents with CliftonStrengths

Do you ever wonder why you make deliberate choices, do what you do, and are
better at doing some things than others? The reason is talent; a naturally
recurring pattern of thought, feeling, or behavior that influences choices
and directs actions. Through your talents you tap into your greatest
potential for success, and the outcome is strength. During this session you
will explore your natural talents through the CliftonStrengths assessment
which introduces your dominant themes, identifies top strengths, and offers
suggestions on how to leverage them.

10/01/25
9:00 am

$35

Register
<https://uc.sumtotal.host/core/pillarRedirect?relyingParty=LM&url=app%2Fmanagement%2FLMS_ActDetails.aspx%3FActivityId%3D684238%26UserMode%3D0&domain=14>


Course Spotlight
(Available to Franklin Covey OnDemand Subscribers)

Earning Trust

Develop this seemingly elusive skill that enables you and your team to
achieve better, faster results. For more information, please visit Franklin
Covey - On Demand: Earning Trust
<https://app.franklincovey.com/explore/trust/>.

Note: This Franklin Covey content is available to those with a subscription
to their OnDemand Platform
<https://players.brightcove.net/1302165881001/ROhEaS532_default/index.html?videoId=6312314765112>.
To subscribe, register for the Franklin Covey All Access Pass in the UC
Learning Center
<https://uc.sumtotal.host/core/pillarRedirect?relyingParty=LM&url=app%2Fmanagement%2FLMS_ActDetails.aspx%3FActivityId%3D736610%26UserMode%3D0&domain=14>
.

The deadline to register is August 31.

Using Your All Access Pass

Impact Platform Learner Welcome and Getting Started Guide

Your journey to growth and impact starts here. The Impact Platform is your
new home for dynamic, personalized learning—designed to support your
success every step of the way.  Get a quick overview of your new learner
experience by watching our short introduction video
<https://franklincovey.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/10742147391899-Impact-Platform-Learner-Welcome-and-Getting-Started-Guide>
.

ComPsych Personal Development/Work-Life Workshops

Our partnership with ComPsych enables us to offer learning and personal
enrichment opportunities throughout the year. The following workshops are
offered at no cost.

Workshop Topic

Date

Time

Register

ComPsych – Autonomy: Strengthening Your Ability to Work Independently

8/05/25

11:00 am

Register
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ComPsych – The Confident You: Taking Charge of Your Life

8/07/25

11:00 am

Register
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ComPsych – The Sandwich Generation: Balancing Your Personal Life with the
Needs of Your Older Parents or Loved Ones

8/12/25

11:00 am

Register
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ComPsych – Being Part of a Multigenerational Team

8/14/25

11:00 am

Register
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ComPsych – Psychological Pressures of Middle Management

9/09/25

11:00 am

Register
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ComPsych – Bringing Out the Best in Others

9/11/25

11:00 am

Register
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ComPsych – Civility in the Workplace

9/16/25

11:00 am

Register
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UC Learning Center Corner

Training Content Accessibility Audit

Notice for all training owners and content developers

In 2024, the Department of Justice issued a final rule updating regulations
under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities (Factsheet
<https://www.ada.gov/resources/2024-03-08-web-rule/>). By April 24, 2026,
all web and mobile content must meet WCAG Version2.1, Level AA
<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/> standards. This currently includes all
content in the UC Learning Center (UCLC).

Our campus will undertake an audit of this content over the next several
months, reviewing over 500 web-based training activities in the UCLC
system. The responsibility will fall to the training owners and content
developers to assess and remediate existing content. The EOD office will
send out a usage report and audit process timeline to training owners, to
help them identify which content should be either updated or retired.

As of June 2025, when submitting new content, owners are now asked to
attest that their content meets the WCAG Version2.1, Level AA standards.

Related resources may be found under the eCourses or Web-Based Activities
section of the Add Learning Activities page of the UCLC support site
<https://ucrlearning.ucr.edu/add-learning-activities>.

UC Learning Center Helpdesk Transition to Online Service Request Catalog

Submit service requests for the UCLC via ServiceNow!
<https://ucrlearning.ucr.edu/uclc-service-catalog>

The UC Learning Center (UCLC) helpdesk has transitioned to the ServiceNow
platform.

For assistance with the following and more, please submit a request from
our Service Catalog / UC Learning Center <https://ucrlearning.ucr.edu>


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   Helpdesk :Report an Issue
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   New Activity Requests and Roster Submissions


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   Report Requests
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   Change Requests and General Inquiries


LinkedIn Learning

Adding Value Through diversity

Diversity and inclusion are important aspects of how a successful business
operates. This course highlights how fostering diverse teams can help your
organization stay competitive in the marketplace, drive innovation, expand
the richness of thought, and remain relevant on a potentially global scale.
Get acquainted with the oft-overlooked pieces of diversity and learn
actionable ideas like how to collect data, build referral programs, and
expand your network, so that you can include more diversity within your
team. Learn more at LinkedIn Learning
<https://www.linkedin.com/learning/adding-value-through-diversity-2023>.

Gartner

Toolkit: Creating Psychological Safety

Psychological safety is a key factor in maximizing individual and team
performance. Employees who feel psychologically safe are more capable of
taking risks, communicating candidly and thinking creatively. People
managers can use these tools to build psychological safety on their teams.
Visit the Gartner website
<https://www.gartner.com/document/5013731?ref=hp-initiatives&reqid=a0d90fcc-fe88-4782-a85f-e8a0b5ff6f71>
for more information.

HEADLINE NEWS

UCR Staff Assembly <https://staffassembly.ucr.edu/>

R’Mail Migration Office Hour

These meetings are open for those who have completed a R'Mail migration
consultation with Information Technology Solutions (ITS) or attended a
previous Welcome to R'Mail webinar. Join the meeting to ask your follow-up
questions and receive IT Support related to the R'Mail migration

Join the Webinar
<https://ucr.zoom.us/j/99281365307?pwd=RTP5CCbq7c9ZxYwuNAR70kKt8TPrJy.1>


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   August 21st 11 – 12 pm
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   September 18 11 – 12 pm


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   October 16th 11 – 12 pm

Mentor Applications Are Open!

Applications are due August 31

For information and registration to the First Generation Mentorship
Program, please
click here
<https://ucriverside.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bC9H3knqxjuGbZk>.

Residential Education’s First-Generation Mentorship Program is seeking UCR
Faculty, Staff and Alumni to apply to be Mentors for UCR’s first-generation
college students for the 2025-2026 academic year.

2025 Faculty & Staff Picnic

September 9 – 11:30 am | Register by August 28
<https://myadv.ucr.edu/forms/fsp2025?_gl=1*18rquso*_ga*MTkyNzMwMzU1OC4xNzUzMjkwNzUx*_ga_Z1RGSBHBF7*czE3NTMzMTYzODckbzQkZzEkdDE3NTMzMTY5MzQkajI4JGwwJGgw*_ga_S8BZQKWST2*czE3NTMzMTYzODckbzQkZzEkdDE3NTMzMTY5MzQkajI4JGwwJGgw>
.

All UCR faculty, non-Senate academics and staff employees are cordially
invited to join Chancellor Hu for a picnic lunch to kick off the new
academic year


ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Communication

Learn to clearly and effectively share information, use appropriate mediums
for communicating, and learn to actively listen in our collection in
LinkedIn Learning on Core Competencies - Communication
<https://www.linkedin.com/learning/collections/enterprise/1~AAAAAAGOzVo=779217?shareId=a0590507-d2ed-465f-82e6-654a8787e1cb&accountId=26135898&u=26135898&success=true&authUUID=erVW2cu6S4ShMD6NSDEBgw%3D%3D>

Remote Work

UCR Strives to be an employer of choice, providing flexibility in line with
today’s workforce needs. Find Remote Work Resources on the Human Resources
website <https://hr.ucr.edu/employee-resources/remote-flex-work>

Need training now? Visit LinkedIn Learning, via R’Space
<https://portal.ucr.edu/>, to take advantage of UCR curated collections.

Questions? Please contact EOD at HRTrainingContacts at ucr.edu

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Get to Know the EOD Team <https://hr.ucr.edu/eod-team-members>

Personnel Policies for Staff Members:

PPSM50 – Professional Development
<https://hr.ucr.edu/document/ppsm50-professional-development>

Need assistance with course fees?
Apply for a Staff Assembly Professional Development Scholarship
<https://staffassembly.ucr.edu/scholarships>
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