Learning Opportunities

• Academic Impressions

  UConn Health partners with Academic Impressions to provide on-demand leadership courses, articles, and virtual trainings for higher education professionals.

  New supervisors may enroll at no cost in the Supervision Certificate Program, a 4-week blended program combining asynchronous coursework (approx. 2.5 hours/week) with two live 90-minute sessions.

  Visit the Academic Impressions portal to learn more.

• Engagement & Team Development Support

  In support of creating an engaging, productive, and flexible work environment, The Office of Professional Well-Being and Engagement works with leaders to help you build a culture of employee success with your teams by sharing our most revealing employee engagement survey data and helping dissect what the data says about the state of your teams. Our office also works with leaders on topics like building connections and driving collaboration.

  Meet with a well-being specialist to discuss how 1:1 meetings, feedback, recognition, and other tools are the cornerstone of helping you keep a pulse on your employees' needs and well-being and ultimately creating a workplace where your employees feel valued, needed, and connected to UConn Health.

• MeEssentials - UConn Health Managerial Essentials

  Our Human Resources teams provide new and long-standing managers with up-to-date overviews of key HR topics and the fundamental issues surrounding managing the life-cycle of your work teams to help you effectively approach the challenges of managing your employees' workplace needs.

  Courses are currently available online on your HR Management Toolkit. Please reach out to the HR Consultants for more information.

• New Leader Assimilation

  This orientation program is an effective process for aligning and integrating a UConn Health leader, new to the organization or promoted to their first leadership role, to start laying the foundation for work between the leader, their team, and the organization.

  In addition, the orientation helps leaders focus on understanding their team and organization expectations and build norms to support a healthy work culture and performance in alignment with our UConn Health Values.

  If you are interested, please reach out to your HR consultant. 

• State of Connecticut In-Service Training

  The State In-Service Training Program provides high-quality, diverse training opportunities to all. Connecticut state employees through a partnership between the Department of Administrative Services and the Community College System.

  Visit our State of Connecticut In-Service Training website to learn about the program and when and how to register for classes.

• The Leadership Forum™

  In partnership with Transformative Leadership Strategies (TLS), this in-person program supports managers and supervisors in developing self-awareness and leadership effectiveness.

  Topics include emotional intelligence, communication, coaching, feedback, team trust, and values-based leadership. Conducted in two six-hour sessions.