Connecting With Others: Reaching Potential Through Inclusion

Friday, June 28, 2019; 8:30 am – 5:00 pm | 210-214 McKenna Hall 

This free training session by Ralph Brandt (http://rdrgroup.com/) delves deep into the true definition of inclusion and makes a case for connection. Ultimately, participants will learn the core inclusion competencies, application of those competencies, and follow-up tools that lead to increased organizational effectiveness, increased employee engagement, and superior leadership. Examining the latest demographic trends and analyzing fluid cultural dimensions are just a few stops in this training of improving the skills that create the connective culture that our organizations vitally need.

Space is limited so please reserve your spot by clicking here.  This is great training and further helps its participants develop and contribute to our diversity and inclusion initiatives.  This is a great developmental opportunity for anyone interested in becoming a Diversity Educational Volunteer (DEV). If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact Eric Love within the Office of Human Resources.

Light continental breakfast will be provided between 8-9:30 am, in addition to lunch from 12-1 pm, and snacks from 2-3:30 pm. 

From the Office of Human Resources…

We continue to make improvements to the performance management process based on your input. This year, we will make three changes to the process based on the feedback you have provided.

What’s changing in the performance management process?

1. The process will open early for those who would like to set expectations before July. Your manager will inform you about when your department is ready to set expectations.

2. Comment boxes will be available again for each expectation to make it easier to comment on individual items. Completing the comment boxes at year-end will be optional.

3. There will now be five steps in the process instead of seven. The midyear review should be replaced by routine performance conversations* between managers and employees. The new, five-step process is:

• • Employee sets expectations

  • Manager approves expectations (a conversation is recommended)

  • Employee self-evaluates and enters rating

  • Manager reviews, comments and enters final rating (after meeting with employee)

  • Employee signs off

*Throughout the year, employees and their managers should meet on a regular basis to have coaching conversations to review progress and make adjustments. These conversations can happen during one on one meetings or when a work observation is complete.

What do I need to do now?

1. Check with your manager regarding your annual expectations.

2. Start developing expectations using the SMART format for the coming year in order to drive clarity regarding the work to be accomplished over the next 12 months.

For any questions regarding this change, please contact the askHR Customer Service Center at 1-5900 or askHR@nd.edu.

The Summer 2019 Professional Development Programs will help you strengthen and build new skills to achieve your career potential. Topics include Communication, Diversity and Supervision.

If you’re looking for additional options that are flexible and work best with your schedule, you can take one of the many courses, view videos, and choose from a variety of books to read at Skillport.nd.edu available at no cost for Notre Dame faculty and staff.

Check out the lineup of Learning Programs and Series at our Learning and Organizational Development website or click on the calendar to the left to see what’s being offered by date.

Enrollment: to register for Learning Programs, log in to Endeavor.

The Future of Work and Workers
in Collaboration with Citi Foundation and the City of South Bend

The Citi Foundation, the University of Notre Dame, the City of South Bend, and the Zielsdorf Family Partnership for Corporate Engagement will convene key thought leaders from think tanks and academia; the private sector; NGOs; foundations; and local, state and federal governments for a series of focused presentations and  discussions on “the future of work and workers”. The conference will be held on the campus of the University of Notre Dame Tuesday evening, June 4th
through Thursday afternoon, June 6th, 2019.

The conference will seek to focus on social and technological policies and innovations that will enable leaders and institutions to manage disruption while optimizing the benefits of technology for their citizens. What does the future of work look like when framed in the human context? We wish to move beyond the problem definition that has dominated other such events towards tools and solutions that can only be derived from rich multi-stakeholder engagement, bringing together ethicists, technologists, policy  researchers, politicians and business leaders. The conference is intended to be both domestic and global in perspective with some elements devoted to the particular challenges of automation facing states like Indiana in the industrial Midwest.

A full schedule and registration information may be found at the Future of Work at Notre Dame site.

Google has implemented a change to Calendar designed to help avoid overlaps in meeting times. Rooms will no longer accept two Calendar events that overlap in time.

Previously, someone with manage permissions for a room could successfully create an event on the calendar for that room, even if it contained another event for that same time period. Now, if the room has already accepted another meeting, it will decline any new meeting created at the same time directly on the room’s calendar.

Details about this change are available in this G Suite Update article.

A new scheduling feature similar to Boomerang is available as well. Google added a convenient feature to Gmail that allows you to schedule any email to be sent at a later date and time. This feature is available on Android, iOS and Gmail on the web.
Just write your email as you normally would, then schedule it to be sent at a more appropriate date or time. It provides greater control, so you can shift your work time to whatever is most convenient for you and your recipients. Additionally, it’s even easier to collaborate globally—allowing you to work across time-zones while still respecting everyone’s digital well-being.

Find out more about the new Gmail feature on this Google support page.