Learn and Grow Calendar

    Explore upcoming opportunities to learn and grow. Courses focus on building leadership skills and acquiring knowledge that will allow you to grow within or beyond your current role.

    Ongoing

    Change Management Training – Online Training

    September 25, 2023

    Writing at Yale Level 2: Elevate Your Writing - vILT
    Instructors: Cheryl Gillette

    Welcome to Writing at Yale Level 2: Elevate Your Writing. This Learning Center course is held over two - 2-hour sessions, virtually. To be exceptional requires time and effort. Writers with a clear understanding of the fundamentals devote time to improving their writing skills. While Writing at Yale Level 1: Understanding the Fundamentals is not required, it is recommended that you have fundamental writing skills for this course. In this 4-hour course, participants benefit from opportunities to practice freewriting, apply new techniques, and collaborate with peers to elevate their writing skills.

    October 3, 2023

    Project Management for Yale Professionals - in classroom
    Instructors: Gina Ohanasian

    Welcome to Project Management for Yale Professionals. This Learning Center course is held in the classroom over one 7.5-hour period. We cover topics such as: level setting, initiating, and planning, executing, monitoring, and closing a project. Come with a project in mind. A project is defined as being a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service. If you are not currently working on a project, please identify a personal example such as a life event, wedding, vacation, or even a renovation job at home.

    October 3, 2023

    Communicating for Results - vILT
    Instructors: Kirk Hooks

    Welcome to Communicating for Results. This Learning Center course is held over two-90-minute sessions, virtually.Participants must attend both sessions to receive credit. The ability to communicate effectively is a key skill for all staff. We spend 75% of our waking hours communicating our knowledge, thoughts, and ideas to others. How do you ensure that your message will be understood in the way you intended it to be understood? This course will introduce you to a process that can help. The focus will be on sending clear, direct communication—to say what you mean and mean what you say.

    October 5, 2023

    InsideOut Coaching
    Instructors: Travis Holyfield, Robert Rosenthal

    GROW® Coaching
    GROW® Coaching (formerly InsideOut Coaching) is for managers at Yale who have direct reports. It is held in one full-day session, virtually. GROW® Coaching focuses on how performance works, how to create psychological safety, and how to keep managers and their team focused on the choices they have during conversations. This leads to extraordinary experiences, leaving participants feeling confident, more empowered and being more coach-like in every conversation they have.

    October 10, 2023

    Workflow Management - vILT
    Instructors: Travis Holyfield

    Welcome to Workflow Management. This Learning Center course is held over two 2-hour sessions, virtually. Participants will be required to attend both sessions to receive credit. In Workflow Management, we will explore a behavior-based skillset that participants can immediately apply to create focus, organize information, and improve time management, encouraging planful personal productivity. We will offer strategies and techniques to focus your attention on the things that matter most, to prioritize your commitments, and create more mental space for innovation, both at work and at home.

    October 11, 2023

    Navigating Conflict - in classroom
    Instructors: Kirk Hooks

    Welcome to Navigating Conflict. This Learning Center course is held over one 4 hour session, in the classroom. Participants will be required to complete several LinkedIn Learning modules prior to the start of class, and will take the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument at the beginning of the class. The TKI allows participants to learn the benefits and downsides of their usual approach to navigating conflict and understand the advantages other options can provide when difficult situations arise.

    October 17, 2023

    Writing at Yale Level 1: Understanding the Fundamentals -vILT
    Instructors: Cheryl Gillette

    Welcome to Writing at Yale Level 1: Understanding the Fundamentals. This Learning Center course is held over two - 2-hour sessions, virtually. We communicate frequently, internally, and externally, and must favorably represent the university, while expressing ourselves clearly. In this 4-hour course, participants refresh the fundamentals to communicate effectively and professionally. You will gain techniques and tips to review and edit, improve email composition, and receive valuable feedback from peers in practice exercises.

    November 2, 2023

    Project Management for Yale Professionals - vILT Virtual
    Instructors: Gina Ohanasian

    Welcome to Project Management for Yale Professionals. This Learning Center course is held over three- 2-hour 15-minute sessions, virtually. Participants must attend all sessions to receive credit. We cover topics such as: level setting, initiating and planning, executing, monitoring and closing a project. Day one in an introduction, while days 2 and 3 dive deeper. Come with a project in mind. A project is defined as being a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service. If you are not currently working on a project please identify a personal example such as a life event, wedding, vacation, or even a renovation job at home.

    November 8, 2023

    Extraordinary Leader Program - in classroom
    Instructors: Stephanie Gosteli, Rondi Frey

    Step Four in the Managing at Yale series. This Learning Center one-day program is being offered in the classroom. This program is for managers and will educate, train and motivate you to become a great leader. In today’s rapidly changing, highly competitive environment, the organizations that excel in their respective markets will be those whose people are most competent, passionate, and focused on delivering results. The Extraordinary Leader Program presents a proven framework for helping individuals make a profound difference in their organization’s results and in their own performance and development.

    November 9, 2023

    Advancing the Extraordinary Leader - in classroom
    Instructors: Yon Sugiharto

    Step Five in the Managing at Yale series. This Learning Center half-day program is being offered in the classroom. This program is for managers and will assess improvements you have made on the development areas you identified during your experience in the Extraordinary Leader Program. A 360-degree leadership assessment, development plan, and a coaching session are included. We recommend that you attend this eighteen months following the Extraordinary Leader Program.

    November 14, 2023

    Learning in Motion: Speak, Listen, Be Understood
    Instructors: Kirk Hooks

    Welcome to Learning in Motion: Speak, Listen, Be Understood. This Learning Center course is held in a single 90-minute session, in the classroom. Effective communication skills are an essential element every employee and manager must have as part of their standard tool set. This course will include a introduction to core topics, a self-assessment, and role-playing activities.

    December 5, 2023

    Navigating Conflict - vILT
    Instructors: Kirk Hooks

    Welcome to Navigating Conflict. This Learning Center course is held over two 2-hour sessions, virtually. Participants will be required to attend both sessions and additionally complete several LinkedIn Learning modules prior to the start of class, as well as an electronic version of the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument, after the initial session and prior to the second session. The TKI allows participants to learn the benefits and downsides of their usual approach to navigating conflict and understand the advantages other options can provide when difficult situations arise.