Development Options (low or no cost)
| Name/Link | Course Example |
|---|---|
| United Way CLC | Cyber Security |
| EdX.org | FREE Rice courses |
| Coursera.org | Career Success |
| Udemy.com | MS Excel |
| MIT Opencourse | Communications |
| Udacity.com | Data Science |
| OpenCampus | Social Media Marketing |
Competency - Focused Development and Learning Paths
- Competency Development & Templates
- Coaching
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Gain Knowledge and Skills
- Article – Are Your Employees Getting What They Need to Reach Their Potential?
- Article – The Secret of Great Managers
- Questions to Avoid
- What Coaching Is and Isn’t
- Coaching Podcasts
Learn From Others
- Five Questions to Help Your Employees Find Their Inner Purpose
- Watch (as a team) and discuss the video – What are YOU Doing to Help the Person Next to You?
- Visit the Coaching Circles page for information about our offerings, including Supervisory/Leadership Coaching
Develop Through Experience
- Employee Questionnaire
- Self – Assessment: Am I Coachable?
- Collaboration
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Gain Knowledge and Skills
- Whitepaper - Boundary Spanning Action
- Article - Crowd Sourcing to Get Ideas and Perhaps Save Money
- Article - Three Boundary Spanning Ideas
Learn From Others
- Review the websites, resources and tools submitted by Rice professionals in the Supervisor Roundtable
- Communication
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Gain Knowledge and Skills
- Fundamentals of Business Writing course (2 parts) offered via Rice Organizational and Professional Development (register at catalog.rice.edu)
- Advanced Business Writing course (2 parts) offered via Rice Organizational and Professional Development (register at catalog.rice.edu)
- Review the tips found in Writing Skills – Communicating With Words via thebalance.com
- Read Writing Skills – Getting Your Written Message Across Clearly from MindTools.com
- Review the range of resources for Writing Skills available at SkillsYouNeed.com (e.g. common mistakes, grammar, formal and informal, etc.)
- Research course offerings at Coursera.org such as Business Writing (no fee to audit course | 4 weeks) by the University of Colorado or High Impact Business Writing (no fee to audit | 4-8 hours) by the University of California – Irvine
- Visit the Purdue Writing Lab to learn about their resources ranging from the writing process and mechanics to personal correspondence. There are also self – paced assignments and exercises available
- Research the course offerings (all levels) available at Lynda.com, such as Business Writing Fundamentals (fee-based; check for free trial option| approximately 1.5 hrs total)
- Consider other self – paced courses such as Advanced Writing Strategies for Immediate Improvement ($35 fee | 6 hours) rated 4.3/5 or Seven Lessons for Becoming a Standout Writer ($35 fee | 2.5 hours) rated 4.9/5
Learn From Others
- Share a writing sample with a trusted colleague, SME or with a professional at Rice’s Center for Written, Oral and Visual Communication in order to get feedback and enhance writing skills
Develop Through Experience
- Assess your skills using this Written Communications Checklist provided by the free online library
- Decision Making
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Gain Knowledge and Skills
coming soon
Learn From Others
coming soon
Develop Through Experience
- Developing Staff
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Gain Knowledge and Skills
- Understand the impact that strengths-based development has on individuals by reading Strengths-Based Development: Leadership’s Role by Gallup and Why Strengths-Based Development is a Good Idea by td.org
- Review the Stay Engaged (Retention) Interview Toolkit in preparation for assessing staff engagement and career satisfaction with your team
- Review the modified 5 Conversations Framework (adapted from MindTools.com) to determine how this framework could be utilized with your team’s ongoing coaching and development
Learn From Others
- Identify a colleague who is known for developing staff and ask the person to help you by offering practical tips and strategies based on their process and successes
- Have your team read How to Help Employees Embrace Continuous Learning and discuss it as a group
- Implement the New Employee Check-in (30/60/90 day) in order to monitor the onboarding process and ensure new employees are getting the training and resources they need to learn and do their job, as well as get acclimated to the new team and Rice University overall
- Review and consider adopting part or all of the 5 Conversations Framework for developing your staff in order to ensure staff are engaged, clear on expectations, using their strengths, developing professionally, and contributing to the team’s continuous improvement
Develop Through Experience
- Use the Exercise – Talents Inquiry and Strengths Scan with members of your team and schedule one-on-one discussions
- Research the 70/20/10 Model for Learning/Development and provide an overview to your team
- Begin to have intentional career development meetings with your staff members by using the Conducting the Career Development Conversation tool
- Conduct a Team Pulse Check with your team and co-create a plan to make improvements
- Implement the Post-Training Development Form with your group in order to better align training and professional development with individual and school/department goals, as well as increase transfer of training and overall accountability for applying what is learned on the job
- Diversity and Inclusion
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Gain Knowledge and Skills
- Organizational Leadership in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Coursera | Richard Anthony Baker, J.D., Ph.D.
- Goal Setting
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Gain Knowledge and Skills
coming soon
Develop Through Experience
coming soon
Learn From Others
coming soon
- Emotional Intelligence
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Gain Knowledge and Skills
Visit Coaching Circles for information about our offerings, as well as how to apply for Supervisory/Leadership Coaching.
Assessment
- Assessment – EI Assessment by Psychology Today (FREE)
- Assessment – EI Assessment by MindTools (FREE)
Emotional Intelligence
- Article – 5 Ways EI Makes Us a Better Leader
- Article – 10 Qualities of People with High EI
- Article – EI in Leadership
- Article – The Hard Science Behind Soft Skills
- Article – 6 Signs of An Emotionally Intelligent Team
Self-Awareness
- Article – How Are You Perceived at Work?
- Article – The Illusion of Self–Awareness
- Article – How Do You Perceive Your EI?
- Article – EI in Leadership
- Article – Become an Unstoppable Leader by Enhancing Self–Awareness
Self-Management
- Article – Reduce Emotional Hi-jacking
Social Awareness
- Whitepaper – Empathy in the Workplace: A Tool for Effective Leadership
- Article – Empathy is an Essential Leadership Skill – And There’s Nothing Soft About It
Relationship Management
- Article – Relationship Management Checklist (by fme)
Learn From Others
- Video (1:15) – The Importance of Empathy in Leadership
- Video (12:39) – Empathy and Leadership (TEDx Rochester)
Develop Through Experience
- Exercise – Identify Your Triggers
- Exercise – Identify The Emotion
- Leadership
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Gain Knowledge and Skills
- Guide – Situational Leadership Guide
- Read the article Your Leadership Style – Learn to be Flexible in Three Steps
- Read the article The Importance of Inspirational Leadership
- Read Emotional Intelligence in Leadership or visit Mindtools.com for a deeper dive on the topic
- Read the article Top 10 Leadership Blind Spots
- Read Daniel Goleman’s Leadership That Gets Results and identify what leadership style you could most develop
Learn From Others
- As a group or team, have each person complete the free Emotional Intelligence Quiz and schedule a Lunch & Learn where you discuss your results and how this information can help your team work more cohesively.
- Reach out to a leader you admire and schedule a one-on-one meeting to discuss the challenges and rewards of leadership. Also, ask for tips to stand out as a leader and what is the best book they have read on leadership.
Develop Through Experience
- Read the article by Goffee and Jones titled Why Should Anyone Be Led By You? Work with a coach to develop a leadership development plan
- Research leadership and then share a resource for our Career Development Exchange (on our website) to play a role in developing others.
- Listening
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Gain Knowledge and Skills
- Complete the 1-hour course Effective Listening at Lynda.com (under Business Skills); fee-based/check for a free trial or audit options
- Complete the 4-week online course The Importance of Listening at Coursera.org (no fee) provided by Northwestern University (rated 4.6/5 | 494 ratings)
- eBook - Mindful Listening
- Article – The Crucial Body Part All Leaders Must Enhance
- Article – The One Question to Ask to Become a World-Class Listener
Learn From Others
- Schedule a meeting with a mentor or your supervisor and pose the following questions: (1) How would you rate my listening skills currently? (2) Can you provide me with an example to support that rating? and (3) Can you think of one change (personal, environmental, etc.) I could make that would enhance my listening at work?
- Do a self–reflection exercise followed by a feedback session by using the following questions (1) What has occurred or is occurring that could be a result of ineffective listening? (2) Why is effective listening significant for my role? and (3) What would be the benefit or result(s) if my listening skills and related behavior improved? Share your responses with a trusted mentor or your supervisor and obtain his/her feedback.
Develop Through Experience
- Visit SkillsYouNeed and read the 10 Principles of Listening and scan site for other relevant resources to share
- Assess your listening with the free online assessment at MindTools.com and identify 1-2 strategies that will improve your listening skills
- Managing Change
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Gain Knowledge and Skills
- Changing the Change Rules at Google
- Review the Communicating Change handout from Supervisor Roundtable and assess current practices around communicating change
- Apply the Communications Plan Template from MindTools.com to an upcoming project, preferably a new initiative that will entail significant change within the team or department
Learn From Others
- Best Practices Audit
- Change Definition Checklist
- Meet with a member of the Rice Public Affairs department to learn more about various aspects of communication, as well as resources available, specifically for large-scale change and associated communication strategies
- Lead the communications planning and implementation of a project
Develop Through Experience
coming soon
- Meeting Management
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Gain Knowledge and Skills
Learn From Others
- coming soon
Develop Through Experience
- soon
- Public Speaking
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Gain Knowledge and Skills
- Strategies for Engaging an Audience
- Visit Rice’s Center for Written, Oral and Visual Communication website and review options for development, such as workshops/programs and one-on-one consultation
- Review Better Public Speaking – Becoming a Confident, Compelling Speaker at MindTools.com
- Enroll and complete the free 10-week, online course Introduction to Public Speaking offered at Coursera.org by the University of Washington
- Complete a self–paced course (small fee) such as Public Speaking Fundamentals offered at Lynda.com
Developing Through Experience
- Gauge your skills by doing a self–assessment such as one provided via Psychology Today
- Resilience
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Gain Knowledge and Skills
- Article – The Road to Resilience
- Article – Resilience is the New Happiness
- Book – Option B by Sheryl Sandberg
- Book – Grit by Angela Duckworth
Develop Through Experience
- Self Development
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Gain Knowledge and Skills
- Article – Why Self Improvement Should be a Group Activity
- Review The Modern Learner’s Toolkit and create a first draft of your Individual Development Plan
- Article – Self-Leadership - 12 Mindsets and reflect on your current mindset
Learn From Others
- Use the questions and activities from the Put Your Own Oxygen Mask on First Supervisor Roundtable with your team
- Distribute the infographic Meet the Modern Learner to your team and discuss their feelings about today’s workplace learning and how this looks at Rice
Develop Through Experience
- Using the job aid Process for Selecting Technology Training, explore the technology training options available on our website
- View the 3-minute Ted Talk – How to Find Your Passion and Inner Awesomeness
- Strategic Thinking
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Gain Knowledge and Skills
- Article – Three Fundamentals of Effective Leadership
- Article – Leadership Success Starts with Vision
- Article – The Seven Secrets of Inspiring Leaders
Learn From Others
- Gather your team or a group of peers and watch a TedTalk, such as How Great Leaders Inspire Action by Simon Sinek (18:35) or Dare to Dream Big by Isabella Rose Taylor (8:49)
- Observe strategic planning or visioning session in another department, school, or even outside the organization
- Interview a subject matter expert (SME) about best practices in developing a vision statement and/or leading the process of strategic planning
Develop Through Experience
- Lead visioning session for a team or department
- Research and propose a strategic planning process for a department or team
- Technology
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Gain Knowledge and Skills
Adobe
Google
- Google Quick Reference Guides
Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Office on YouTube
- FREE Microsoft Office Tutorials on GCF Global
- FREE Microsoft Office Tutorials at Officeskills.org
Microsoft Excel
- MS Excel Quick Reference Guides
- Excel tutorials on YouTube
Microsoft OneNote
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft PowerPoint
- MS PowerPoint Quick Reference Guides
- PowerPoint Tutorials on YouTube
Zoom
Partnership with CompuTrain for Technology Training
Considering the range of positions, skill levels, and software used throughout Rice divisions, schools, departments, etc. staff members are encouraged to identify the most appropriate vendor to meet the unique needs of the group. Contact Organizational and Professional Development to determine what approach would work best for you and/or your team. As you identify which training option to pursue, click HERE for assistance. This 2-page document will assist you in determining the best option based on your needs.
The following includes, but is not limited to, options* for technology training:
- Attend course locally/off-site | visit HERE for options
- Complete a live, online course | view OPTIONS
- Complete a self-paced, online course | view OPTIONS
*Rice employees get a $25 discount
Other Options for Technology Training: tutorials on YouTube, Microsoft.com, or various open course platforms such as Udemy.com or Coursera. org
Need assistance in selecting training? Use this tool as an aid.
- Time & Attention Management
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Gain Knowledge and Skills
- 5 TedTalks on How to Better Manage Your Time at Work
- A Distractible Person's Guide to Getting Things Done
- Productivity & Time Management for the Overwhelmed (Udemy.com)
- Work Smarter Not Harder - Personal and Professional Productivity (Coursera.org)
Learn Through Others
coming soon
Develop Through Experience
coming soon
Learning Paths
- English as a Second Language
- Social Media Strategy and Implementation
- Work-Life Balance
- Working Remotely
- Leading a Virtual Team (see Team Development resources)
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