HR Virtual Workshops and Programs

6/15 - Famous Fathers Trivia - In honor of Father’s Day, we’ve put together some trivia about your favorite dads of all time. Challenge your colleagues to see who knows more dads to earn your place on the podium. Take 15 minutes out of your day to have some fun, laugh a little and take a break from your work day.

6/29 - Where’s Pete-moji? - To kick off our summer of Where’s Pete-moji, join us to guess where at UB Pete-moji has been visiting.  Challenge your colleagues to see who knows more about UB.  Take 15 minutes out of your day to have some fun, learn a little and take a break from your work day.

Learn how to set up your student employees for success by providing clear expectations, planning and directing the students' work and developing their skills. This virtual program provides information and resources for supervisors of student employees. It examines the role of a supervisor and teaches the value of coaching, training and orienting your student. Best practices and other successful student management strategies are shared from various units across campus.

Learn what drives people to change, why change is so important and how to prepare for lifestyle changes. Includes a review of how to create SMART goals and steps that can be taken to sustain behavior changes to live a healthier life.

In this workshop you will learn what bias is, recognize where it comes from and gain insight on how to recognize the impact of bias on yourself and others.

This workshop will help prepare you to push bias attitudes aside on a personal level and improve your capacity for engaging in and promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

We know emotional intelligence is a critical skill in the workplace. Empathy is a key factor in demonstrating high levels of emotional intelligence when interacting with colleagues and customers. Increasing your ability to be empathetic is shown to build effective leadership skills, drive performance and improve the customer experience. In this virtual session we will define empathy, assess your ability to display empathy and examine some of the actions you can take to sharpen your empathy skills and become more emotionally intelligent.

Learn to create an inclusive and respectful workplace by utilizing strategies to build positive relationships and foster a collaborative work environment. In this workshop, strategies are reviewed to help you effectively manage differences and reduce negativity and the impact both can have on you and your colleagues. You will learn how you can build positive relationships and assist in creating an environment that allows for the exchange of differing ideas where parties feel equally heard, respected and unafraid to voice dissenting opinions.

Uncover your natural talents using the StrengthsFinder 2.0 assessment and personal reflection exercises. This workshop will help you to maximize your strengths and minimize your weaknesses, as well as learn to capitalize on others’ strengths to work more effectively with your team. You will learn strategies to turn your talents into an asset for your career and in your life.