Career skills courses created especially for Cornell employees
Organizational Development & Effectiveness (ODE) offers a variety of programs and workshops that can help improve work, build on professional knowledge, skills, and effective working practices, and ensure you have everything you need to put your best foot forward. Register today!
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June
Unallowable Expenses
June 2, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
FIN 108 - Unallowable Expenses Learn to define allowable and unallowable costs from university and federal government perspectives. Covers Uniform Guidance excerpts, coding federal unallowable transactions, and review processes.
Tuesday, June 2
Instructor: Stephen Jackson
Morale Matters - The Energy Behind Teams
June 3, 9:30 am - 11:00 am
HR 2091 - Morale Matters - The Energy Behind Teams Define morale and distinguish it from related concepts such as engagement, motivation, and burnout. Identify signs of low morale, explore key conditions that shape morale, and apply practical strategies to build morale while maintaining accountability.
Wednesday, June 3
Instructor: Ari Mack
Processing Capital Assets and Physical Inventory
June 5, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
FIN 111 - Processing Capital Assets and Physical Inventory Overview of capital asset policy and thresholds. Learn what constitutes capital assets, record keeping, sponsor-owned equipment, tagging, physical inventories, and surplus/disposal processes.
HR 2071 - Prosci - Employee Orientation Using the Prosci ADKAR model, learn how to thrive through change by evaluating resistance, communicating productively about change, and creating proactive strategies for overcoming resistance.
Thursday, June 11 (In-Person)
9 am - 4 pm
Instructor: Tanya Grove
Coaching Through the Fog: Supporting Individuals Navigating Change Challenges
HR 2055 - Emotional Agility Learn to harness your Emotional Intelligence to take action through life's highs and lows.
Wednesday, June 18
9:30 - 11:30 am
Instructor: Ari Mack
Prosci - Employee Orientation
June 23, 8am - 4:30 pm
HR 2071 - Prosci - Employee Orientation Using the Prosci ADKAR model, learn how to thrive through change by evaluating resistance, communicating productively about change, and creating proactive strategies for overcoming resistance.
Monday, June 23
9 am - 4 pm
Instructor: Tanya Grove
Focus and Flow: Developing Your Time and Energy Playbook
June 23, 9:30 am - 11:00 am
HR 2074 Focus and Flow: Developing Your Time and Energy Playbook Feeling stretched thin or struggling to keep up? Discover proven strategies for prioritizing what matters, managing distractions, and creating healthy boundaries, so you can work smarter while protecting your energy.
HR 2029 - Coaching for Performance Discover the power of coaching to bring out the best in your team. Learn the skill of asking questions versus giving answers and understand your role in coaching for increased performance.
Wednesday, June 24
Instructor: Dane Cruz, Stephen Jackson
Navigating Change and Ambiguity: Finding Opportunity in Uncertainty
TRAVEL 100 - Creating Your Travel Profile in Concur This course will walk you through setting up your traveler profile in Concur as well as cover the use of the Concur Mobile Apps and some high-level travel policy information that pertains to the subject area.
HR 3077 - People Leaders for Project LIFE During this full-day workshop, participants will be led by skilled facilitators to explore ways that difference can impact workplace inclusion. Using examples grounded in research and focusing on disability and neurodiversity as a starting point for this exploration, you will work towards strategies for practical application through dialogue, scenarios, and reflection. You will critically investigate misconceptions around difference that create barriers and inhibit individual and team success. You will also explore and practice research-backed resources and strategies to foster a supportive and inclusive environment
Thursday, July 16
9 am - 4 pm
EHOB 102 HR Training Room
Instructors: Kirsty Lauder, Post Dr Assoc, Lab of Ornithology and Jennifer Fonseca, Senior Management Consultant, ODE
Riding the Waves of Change: Understanding and Combating Change Fatigue
HR 2071 - Prosci - Employee Orientation Using the Prosci ADKAR model, learn how to thrive through change by evaluating resistance, communicating productively about change, and creating proactive strategies for overcoming resistance.
HR 1004 - Developing Facilitation Skills Learn to facilitate meetings and large groups while creating an environment that brings out the best in others through collaboration and belonging.
Monday, July 27 - Friday, July 31
8 am - 4:30 pm
Instructors: Jennifer Fonseca and Tanya Grove
August
Creating Your Travel Profile in Concur
August 4, 9:00 am - 10:30 am
TRAVEL 100 - Creating Your Travel Profile in Concur This course will walk you through setting up your traveler profile in Concur as well as cover the use of the Concur Mobile Apps and some high-level travel policy information that pertains to the subject area.
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