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To ensure managers are fully equipped to welcome and engage team members, HRM has developed a specialized course to educate managers on how to effectively utilize the onboarding guide, warmly integrate new employees, and much more! Managing 101 will serve as both a bootcamp and an introduction to our Management Foundation Series (MFS).

In this course learn team dynamics, leadership, culture, and the team formation process to help you build and lead effective teams. You will learn how to identify different styles of communication and preferences among the team to facilitate effective communication, and learn how to craft team dynamics that include empowerment, trust, and coaching. Finally, you will learn about the importance of a team mission, vision, and values to the overall success of a team.

Learn how to identify and respond to a performance problems, identify ways to increase motivation and solve ability related performance issues, provide specific feedback, and address performance issues through the positive discipline process. This class involves an overview of how to diagnose, respond, address performance issues and includes role-playing and case study analysis to help managers practice these valuable skills.

In this course learn basic project management, meeting management, time management, goal setting and delegating techniques as well as discover valuable time management tools that can assist you in keeping track of multiple projects, resources as well as your employee’s deadlines. This class will also explain the learning transfer process to ensure managers are successfully training and delegating tasks to their subordinates.

Wrap up your Managing Foundations Series with a capstone! We will work through scenarios, team work, and building connections across series concepts through a series of activities.

Do you ever feel like there just are not enough hours in the day? Join us for an interactive Time Management Workshop designed to help you take control of your schedule and make the most of your time. In this session, you will learn how to refine your to-do lists, distinguish between urgent tasks and true priorities, and put these insights into action through effective time-blocking techniques.

As a new employee, you are encouraged to attend the Benefits and Retirement Orientation within two weeks of your start date. Check-in begins at 8:15 a.m. Orientation begins at 8:30 a.m. and concludes by 12:00 p.m. Orientation will provide you with information on LSU, employee benefits, retirement plans and parking permits. Employees eligible for benefits have 30 days from the date of hire (or date of eligibility) to complete enrollment documents and submit them to the Office of HRM

Session 5 of 5: In this workshop you will identify opportunities to keep your knowledge and skills up to date, learn how your supervisor can invest in your development, and create an action plan for your development goals.

Session 4 of 5: In this class, discover how to build strong working relationships with your supervisor(s) that help you gain influence you need to grow your career.

NEW CLASS!!! Take control of your financial future with this interactive class on financial goal setting. Whether you're saving for a big purchase, paying down debt, or planning for retirement, this session will guide you through setting realistic financial goals and creating a clear path to achieve them. Learn the fundamentals of individual financial responsibility, strategies to stay motivated, and practical tools to track your progress.