Dear HR and Payroll Colleagues: As you may notice from other articles in this Newsletter, the HR-Communities of Practice Office is an exciting place to be these days: We are concluding our initial Pilot Learning …
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New Thrive @ UW–Madison Course Available Fall 2017!
Thrive @ UW–Madison is growing! Thrive @ UW–Madison is a series of courses available to all campus employees at no cost to support the development of the knowledge, skills, and, abilities to contribute to healthy, …
HR as a Business Partner, Part 3
In the April 2017 edition, we introduced the concept of HR as business partner as envisioned by Dave Ulrich, author of HR from the Outside In. Ulrich explained that the HR partner model would realign …
Message From the Director
Campus HR Colleagues: Kudos to all of you on your efforts to forge ahead with an array of challenges facing our campus – and using communities of practice and professional development opportunities to enhance your …
How to Include Others When in Power
Over the course of our careers, many of us experience people in leadership roles (including those who lead projects and/or people) who misuse their power or authority. In these situations, we may feel demoralized, intimidated …
Learning Opportunity for Managers and Supervisors
Principles of Supervision and Management (PSM), a training program for managers and supervisors, will relaunch in September 2017. The program has the overarching goal that managers and supervisors will be able to create and maintain …
Transforming Transactions: Fall 2017 HR Competencies Cohort to Follow Successful Pilot
(Email early if interested as capacity limited) HR and Payroll professionals at UW–Madison serve over 20,000 employees in capacities that we may not all have in common given our decentralized environment. What we do have …
Message From the Director
The HR Communities of Practice Office was established in late 2015 as a partner with the campus HR/Payroll community to foster learning, collaboration, and partnership in ways we have not previously experienced on this campus. …
One To Watch: Heidi Udelhoven
Position: Department Administrator Location: Department of Educational Psychology (Ed Psych) in the School of Education How did you come to work as a Department Administrator for the Ed Psych Department? My career has been all …
New Plain Language Certificate offered by Cultural Linguistic Services
Have you ever wanted to get your message across faster and clearer? Effective communication matters. Cultural Linguistic Services (CLS) is pleased to announce its new Plain Language Certificate. We are extending our popular Introduction to …