The Power Hour series:
UAAD will host three lunch-time Power Hour programs – one with a bonus workshop attached – and a longer Job Crafting workshop in early June. Bring your lunch to the brown-bag Power Hours and we’ll provide drinks and dessert.
--Power Hour: No-Drama Leadership: Managing Energy, Not People
February 25, 2019
Noon to 1 p.m.
Prem Paul Research Center (2200 Vine St., Whittier School), room 344A
Free to UAAD members; $5 for non-members
Presented by Deb Eisloeffel, HR Manager, College of Business, UNL
Based on the reality-based philosophy of HR expert Cy Wakeman, this interactive brown-bag session will help you learn to be the kind of leader that deals with the facts, clarifies roles, gives effective feedback, and helps your people think clearly and productively. As a reality-based leader, you’ll be able to
• Uncover destructive thought patterns within yourself and others
• Diffuse negative drama and emotional waste and lead the person in front of you
• Stop managing and start leading, empowering others to focus on facts and think for themselves
Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/power-hour-no-drama-leading-to-make-suffering-optional-tickets-56418311689
--Power Hour: Unlocking Success through the Five-Minute Favor
March 27, 2019
Noon to 1 p.m.
Recreation & Wellness Center (1717 N 35th St., East Campus), room 110
Free to UAAD members; $5 for non-members
Presented by Deb Eisloeffel, HR Manager, College of Business, UNL
Adam Grant, Wharton School of Business expert and author of Give and Take, tells us that being a Giver can not only make you the most successful person in the office, it can make you happier in life. Givers succeed because they have stronger networks and they inspire highly collaborative teams. Learn the benefits of being a Giver rather than a Matcher or a Taker, identify your own Giver Super Powers, and learn how to avoid Giver burnout. Participants will experience the simple Giver’s tool – the Five Minute Favor – by participating in a live Reciprocity Ring.
Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/power-hour-unlocking-success-through-the-five-minute-favor-tickets-56420271551
--Double Power Hour: Dine and Dialogue & Ouch! That Stereotype Hurts
April 17, 2019
Hawks Hall 310
Noon to 1 p.m.
Dine & Dialogue presented by Sara Weixelman, HR Generalist, College of Business, UNL
Using cards developed for use in the Dine, Dialogue & Pass It On program, this brown bag session will focus on structured dialogues about race, diversity and inclusion. Participants will gain experience with engaging in conversation on difficult topics in a safe space so they can do so with greater ease in the larger community.
1 to 2 p.m.
Hawks Hall 310
Ouch! That Stereotype Hurts presented by Rachel Wesley, Academic Adviser, College of Business, UNL
This workshop, from the Diversity & Inclusion Center, helps participants understand the impact of stereotypes and biased statements; explore the reasons we remain silent when bias and stereotypes are present; and give participants tools for speaking up without blame or guilt.
Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/double-power-hour-dine-and-dialogue-ouch-that-stereotype-hurts-tickets-56421465121.
--Book Discussion: Taming Your Gremlin
Joint event with UAAD Connect and UAAD Professional Development
May 7, 2019, 5:15-6:30, at The Mill Coffee & Bistro, Nebraska Innovation Campus
Presented by Becky Carter, HR Specialist, IANR Finance & Personnel Office, UNL
This discussion session will focus on Taming Your Gremlin: A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting out of Your Own Way, by Rick Carson. Participants will purchase and read the book before the meeting. During the discussion, we’ll explore Carson’s techniques for seeing between the natural you and the “monster of your mind;” using the power of noticing and considering options; and six keys to maintaining emotional balance when things feel chaotic. These methods offer essential steps to becoming free from self-defeating behaviors and beliefs.
Register at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-discussion-taming-your-gremlin-tickets-56507570665
--Upcoming workshop: Redesign, Don’t Resign: Using Job Crafting to Review, Renew and Re-engage in Your Work
June 2019
Hawks Hall
Time: TBA
Presented by Tammy Beck, Associate Dean, College of Business, UNL
The Job Crafting Exercise, created by the Center for Positive Organizations, will help you to be more engaged, gain new insights, and view your job in a whole new way. You’ll use introspective tools to identify how to reframe your job to make it more interesting and engaging. Based on cutting edge-research from the University of Michigan, the Job Crafting exercise will help you redesign your job. You will uncover hidden insights that will help you build a job that is better suited to you and tailored to your values, strengths and passions. Past participants have found it to be rejuvenating and a catalyst for higher engagement and productivity. Participants must purchase the Job Crafting Workbook ($35) prior to the workshop through JobCrafting.org.