BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal iCal API//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Events items teaser X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:683032d28f4bf DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250408 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250410 URL:/human-resources/events/17th-annual-waterloo-staff- conference SUMMARY:17th Annual À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Staff Conference CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nFormat: _Hybrid conference_\n\nThe À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Staff C onference is an annual two-day learning and\ndevelopment opportunity desig ned exclusively for staff to attend for\nfree at À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ. Featuring emplo yee-led workshops and expert keynote\nspeakers\, the conference is hosted by Human Resources' Organizational\nand Human Development (OHD) team and made possible through the Staff\nExcellence Fund. \n\nUpwards of 1500 sta ff members participate every year\, and it’s a\nwonderful way to delve i nto new topics\, reflect on your own\nprofessional growth\, and connect wi th colleagues from across all our\ncampuses.\n\n X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE DTSTAMP:20250523T083322Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:683032d290791 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250225T084500 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250225T104500 URL:/human-resources/events/keeping-well-work-ceo-you SUMMARY:Keeping Well at Work: The CEO of You CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nFormat: _In-person event_\n\nFor a Keeping Well at Work special event\, join us\, in partnership with\nthe Cultivating Talen t: A Mentorship Collective\n[/human-resources/learning -and-development/cultivating-talent-mentorship-collective]\,\nfor an inter active morning with guest speaker Natalie Stuart\nfrom Connect2You [https ://connec2you.com/] to learn about building\nyour personal brand\, ways t o invest in cultivating meaningful\nconnections with others\, and strategi es to ensure you are gaining\naccess to a diversity of perspectives throug hout your personal and\nprofessional life.\n\nOPEN TO ALL WATERLOO STAFF i nterested in learning about building\ntheir personal brand\, cultivating meaningful connections\, and\nleveraging diverse perspectives to grow prof essionally are invited to\njoin this engaging and interactive session.\n\n DTSTAMP:20250523T083322Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:683032d291372 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250317 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250329 URL:/human-resources/events/foundations-giving-and-rece iving-feedback SUMMARY:Foundations of Giving and Receiving Feedback CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nFormat: _Online course on LEARN_\n\nUnderstanding the fundamentals of giving and receiving feedback is a\ncrucial first step to being able to experience the process\nproductively. Feedback does not need to be stressful\, particularly\nwhen a culture of feedback is created within a team. Be part of\nfostering this culture within your department by gaining awareness of\nthe feedback loop\, recognizing when to offer fee dback\, and how to\nreceive feedback with grace. Participants will also ha ve the\nopportunity to navigate through practice scenarios\, as well as cr eate\na document to articulate their own personal feedback preference\, wh ich\nthey can share with colleagues\, managers or others with whom they wo rk\nclosely.\n X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE DTSTAMP:20250523T083322Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:683032d291c29 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250512 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250531 URL:/human-resources/events/foundations-giving-and-rece iving-feedback SUMMARY:Foundations of Giving and Receiving Feedback CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nFormat: _Online course on LEARN_\n\nUnderstanding the fundamentals of giving and receiving feedback is a\ncrucial first step to being able to experience the process\nproductively. Feedback does not need to be stressful\, particularly\nwhen a culture of feedback is created within a team. Be part of\nfostering this culture within your department by gaining awareness of\nthe feedback loop\, recognizing when to offer fee dback\, and how to\nreceive feedback with grace. Participants will also ha ve the\nopportunity to navigate through practice scenarios\, as well as cr eate\na document to articulate their own personal feedback preference\, wh ich\nthey can share with colleagues\, managers or others with whom they wo rk\nclosely.\n X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE DTSTAMP:20250523T083322Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:683032d29242e DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250707 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250719 URL:/human-resources/events/foundations-giving-and-rece iving-feedback SUMMARY:Foundations of Giving and Receiving Feedback CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nFormat: _Online course on LEARN_\n\nUnderstanding the fundamentals of giving and receiving feedback is a\ncrucial first step to being able to experience the process\nproductively. Feedback does not need to be stressful\, particularly\nwhen a culture of feedback is created within a team. Be part of\nfostering this culture within your department by gaining awareness of\nthe feedback loop\, recognizing when to offer fee dback\, and how to\nreceive feedback with grace. Participants will also ha ve the\nopportunity to navigate through practice scenarios\, as well as cr eate\na document to articulate their own personal feedback preference\, wh ich\nthey can share with colleagues\, managers or others with whom they wo rk\nclosely.\n X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE DTSTAMP:20250523T083322Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:683032d292e1d DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241023T130000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241023T143000 URL:/human-resources/events/leadership-lab-people-leade rship SUMMARY:Leadership Lab: People Leadership CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nFormat: _In-person workshop_\n\nLeadership Lab: Pe ople Leadership offers comfortable and supportive\nspace for managers\, su pervisors\, and folks leading people at the\nUniversity to co-create an in formal peer community. Using the Circles\nof Influence Framework\n[https: //learningloop.io/glossary/circles-of-influence] to guide the\nconversati on\, participants will reflect on their leadership style and\npractices\, identify where their control and influences lies with\nrespect to a pre-se lected issue\, and learn from each other about how\nto approach challenges arising.  \n\nSPRING 2025 THEME - Leading Through Uncertainty: Navigati ng Invisible\nForces\n DTSTAMP:20250523T083322Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:683032d293baa DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250618T103000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250618T120000 URL:/human-resources/events/leadership-lab-people-leade rship SUMMARY:Leadership Lab: People Leadership CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nFormat: _In-person workshop_\n\nLeadership Lab: Pe ople Leadership offers comfortable and supportive\nspace for managers\, su pervisors\, and folks leading people at the\nUniversity to co-create an in formal peer community. Using the Circles\nof Influence Framework\n[https: //learningloop.io/glossary/circles-of-influence] to guide the\nconversati on\, participants will reflect on their leadership style and\npractices\, identify where their control and influences lies with\nrespect to a pre-se lected issue\, and learn from each other about how\nto approach challenges arising.  \n\nSPRING 2025 THEME - Leading Through Uncertainty: Navigati ng Invisible\nForces\n DTSTAMP:20250523T083322Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:683032d2946ca DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250512 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250607 URL:/human-resources/events/emotional-intelligence-eq-f undamentals SUMMARY:Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Fundamentals CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nFormat: _Online course_\n\nEmotional intelligence encompasses the personal\, emotional\, and social\nabilities and skills wh ich allow us to succeed in coping with\nenvironmental demands and pressure s. Those with high emotional\nintelligence readily recognize their feeling s\, manage their reactions\,\nand build positive interactions with others. In this guided\nasynchronous course\, we will unpack what emotional intel ligence is.\nThen\, we’ll learn to develop our emotional intelligence to improve\nour personal resilience and performance\, and learn to apply the \nappropriate emotions skillfully at the appropriate time.\n X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE DTSTAMP:20250523T083322Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:683032d295132 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250714 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250816 URL:/human-resources/events/emotional-intelligence-eq-f undamentals SUMMARY:Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Fundamentals CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nFormat: _Online course_\n\nEmotional intelligence encompasses the personal\, emotional\, and social\nabilities and skills wh ich allow us to succeed in coping with\nenvironmental demands and pressure s. Those with high emotional\nintelligence readily recognize their feeling s\, manage their reactions\,\nand build positive interactions with others. In this guided\nasynchronous course\, we will unpack what emotional intel ligence is.\nThen\, we’ll learn to develop our emotional intelligence to improve\nour personal resilience and performance\, and learn to apply the \nappropriate emotions skillfully at the appropriate time.\n X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE DTSTAMP:20250523T083322Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:683032d295bd9 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250624T103000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250624T120000 URL:/human-resources/events/leadership-lab-personal-lea dership SUMMARY:Leadership Lab: Personal Leadership CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nFormat: _In-person workshop_\n\nIn a work environm ent as big as University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ\, we want to\noffer intentional space for employees in non-supervisory roles to come\ntogether to collectively think through how broader university culture\nand direction impacts them. Leadership Lab: Personal Leadership aims\nto bring individual contributors together to explore how they can lead\nthemselves\, and others by example \, all while receiving and providing\neach other with compassionate care.  \n \n\nThe themes for spring 2025 are:   \n\n*\nJUNE 24\, 2025 – Thinking Creatively about Career Development \n\n *\nJULY 21\, 2025 – TBD  \n\n DTSTAMP:20250523T083322Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:683032d2969c1 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250721T133000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250721T150000 URL:/human-resources/events/leadership-lab-personal-lea dership SUMMARY:Leadership Lab: Personal Leadership CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nFormat: _In-person workshop_\n\nIn a work environm ent as big as University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ\, we want to\noffer intentional space for employees in non-supervisory roles to come\ntogether to collectively think through how broader university culture\nand direction impacts them. Leadership Lab: Personal Leadership aims\nto bring individual contributors together to explore how they can lead\nthemselves\, and others by example \, all while receiving and providing\neach other with compassionate care.  \n \n\nThe themes for spring 2025 are:   \n\n*\nJUNE 24\, 2025 – Thinking Creatively about Career Development \n\n *\nJULY 21\, 2025 – TBD  \n\n DTSTAMP:20250523T083322Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR