SDC Podcast - Engaging Virtual Teams

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One of the biggest lessons we’ve learned during the past year is that work is about what we do, not necessarily where we do it. In this podcast, we’ll cover topics to help you implement flexible work arrangements on your team, and give you tools to manage employees with different flexible work plans. Visit supervising.umn.edu for more information and to find all the resources mentioned in the podcast.

Visit supervising.umn.edu for more information and to find all the resources mentioned in the podcast.

The circumstances of the last few weeks have required us to shift priorities and adapt to new ways of working. It can be challenging to lead your dispersed team to get results in innovative ways. Visit supervising.umn.edu for more information and to find all the resources mentioned in the podcast.

What many student employees lack in professional experience, they make up in their willingness to learn and their enthusiasm for new projects. In this webinar, we’ll explore simple ways to mobilize students’ eagerness and guide them in their development as young professionals, while ensuring the work you need to finish is completed. In this webinar you will: -Identify the unique opportunities and challenges student workers present. -Discover tips to make supervising student employees a great experience for both you and the student. -Learn from the trials and triumphs of other student worker supervisors. For a more active learning experience, download the Supervising Undergraduate Students ActionSheet(MS Word). The ActionSheet becomes your takeaway to help reinforce learning and something that you can reference for later.

Your department’s goals cannot be achieved alone—it takes work from everyone. Giving orders and commands will only take you so far. To truly be effective you’ll have to gain buy-in from the members of your team, leaders, and peers through influence. In this podcast, you will: -Understand what influence is and is not -Learn how to determine who you need to influence in order to move team, departmental, or University priorities forward -Discover strategies and methods to influence effectively This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on December 11th, 2019. To find more information on delegation, go to z.umn.edu/SDCinfluence. To explore other resources on supervisory development, go to supervising.umn.edu.

The decisions you make when your employees exceed, meet, or do not meet expectations create standards for accountability. Accountability is not just negative or punitive. It can refer to positive consequences for employees who meet or exceed expectations, too. There are many things that get in our way when we try to foster a culture of accountability: assumptions or miscommunication, discomfort with difficult conversations, limited time, and fear. Learn how to address some of these when you’re creating standards for accountability. This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on October 22nd, 2019. To find more information on delegation, go to z.umn.edu/SDCaccountability. To explore other resources on supervisory development, go to supervising.umn.edu.

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Delegating effectively is more than just assigning a task, it’s getting the work done through other people. As a supervisor, you need to know which tasks are appropriate to delegate and which are not, who to delegate to, and how to ensure the project is on track. This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on June 25th, 2019. To find more information on delegation, go to z.umn.edu/delegation. To explore other resources on supervisory development, go to supervising.umn.edu.