Instructor Led Programs

Penn State Police: Who We Are and What We Do

Information on how to contact University Police and Public Safety and services and resources provided by University Park police.

TIAA: INVEST! Make the move toward long-term financial security: Your mid-career retirement check-in

For anyone halfway down the road to retirement, this webinar is a critical checkpoint. It covers successful money management, how to juggle competing financial demands and retirement-saving strategies that can help put you on the path to lifelong financial security.

Generations in the Workplace : Maximize Resources

From jokes to communication to relationship dynamics, the impact of generational differences is present every day in the workplace. This presentation addresses the concept of “generation” as well as how to benefit from generational influences and perspectives. Attendees will receive tools and insights to maximize and work toward supporting more productive workplace dynamics. Provided by SupportLinc.

Thinking Critically

In this facilitated discussion, we will review the concepts introduced in the, “Developing Your Critical Thinking and Cognitive Flexibility Skillsoft video training that you will complete before the session.  
This session will help you improve your critical thinking skills. You'll learn about the intake, investigate, and act stages of critical thinking, as well as how to use analytical techniques to assess information. You’ll also learn the advantages of keeping an open mind through cognitive flexibility.

Enhance Your Personal Brand: Lessons from the World's Most Successful Companies

Apple. Google. Target. Twitter. Coca-Cola. Starbucks.  These are some of the most famous brands in the world.  But did you know that you have a brand as well?  Your personal brand is the essence or promise of what will be experienced by others when interacting with you.  Through self-reflective exercises and creative thought experiments, this program will show participants what factors comprise their personal brand, which ones may be increasing or decreasing their effectiveness, and how to develop a personal brand that enhances personal and professional success. 

Accessibility 102 @ PSU - Accessible Word Templates

In this session, we will walk through using a Word template to create accessible documents using Microsoft Word with templates as an example. We will reformat a report so that it includes headings, image ALT text, accessible tables, and an accessible bar chart with a description. We will also discuss how to share an accessible template for multiple documents and how to modify the styles of a template.   

Performance Management - Giving & Receiving Feedback for All Supervisors

The information will be presented via Zoom. Join us to learn how to begin providing feedback to your direct reports and receive feedback as a direct report.  You’ll be given useful guidelines, exercises, and examples that you can apply to your performance conversations!

Performance Management - Giving & Receiving Feedback for Individual Contributors

The information will be presented via Zoom,  Join us to be given useful guidelines, exercises, and examples that you can apply to ensure that your performance conversations with your supervisor are as helpful as possible throughout the year.

Understanding Transgender and Gender Diverse Identities—Support and Advocacy

The Transgender and Gender Diverse Identities workshop is designed to provide participants an opportunity to better understand nuances around the transgender and gender diverse communities. Included in the session: language regarding gender diversity, challenges faced by the community, and most importantly how to support trans and gender diverse folks in the community. 

Managing Change: How to think about it in a different way

Change is an essential element of the world and can be perceived as “good” or “bad”. Change affects everyone differently, so there is no “normal”. And, in many ways, how we adapt to change is impacted by our attitudes and perspective.

Therefore, our past experiences, attitudes and our energy influences our perception of change. Thinking about how to manage change differently can help us move forward even in difficult times.

Resume Crafting Strategies Workshop

In this session, you will learn about the vetting process that recruiters use when reviewing candidate resumes, along with the implications this has on what you decide to include on your resume and how you plan on formatting it.  The presenter, Dr. Bob Orndorff, will reinforce the importance of crafting your resume strategically versus slapping your content onto a piece of paper.  You’ll also learn how to customize and tailor your resume to the needs and values of the recruiter and their organization. 

Run Hide Fight: Active Attacker Response Program

Guidance on how to respond to an Active Attacker situation for Faculty, Students and Staff can be obtained through the Run Hide Fight: Surviving an Active Attacker Program, presented by the University Police. The Run Hide Fight: Surviving an Active Attacker Program provides information on the steps you can take to mitigate the actions of an Active Attacker.