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Select one workshop from each of the following breakout sessions. 

Breakout Session #1 Options (9:00 - 10:30 a.m.)

The Individual Contributor's Version - Accomplishing More in Less Time, Less Effort, and Less Stress - Breakthrough Productivity Principles for the Digital Age! 

Capacity: 256

Please see full description under Keynote Presentations

Instructor: Pierre Khawand

Pierre Khawand has more than twenty years of experience in the software industry. He has led several technology ventures, completed successful mergers and acquisitions, and founded People-OnTheGo in 2001. His Accomplishing More Leadership Program helps today’s leaders develop the awareness and behaviors needed to focus on results and develop people in the midst of the information overload. His best selling Accomplishing More With Less workshop is enabling today’s business professionals to make breakthroughs in their work and personal lives. Pierre is the author of Time for Leadership, the Accomplishing More With Less Workbook, the Results Curve, and the New New Inbox. Pierre holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Michigan, and has completed several Executive Education programs at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (Stanford, California).

Workplace Conflict Resolution Tools Workshop

Capacity: 152

Participants in this interactive workshop learn how to identify and assess a conflict whether it’s a conflict you are in, or a conflict between two or more people. Participants consider a constructive view of conflict and explore a 3 stage model of how conflict escalates. Participants identify common workplace irritations that can be the source of conflict and discover tools to address conflict constructively. Join us to recognize the single most important skill to engage in healthy conflict resolution. 

Instructor: Rita Callahan (Ombuds Office)

Rita Callahan joins the UC Davis Ombuds Office as Associate Ombuds after 6 years as an Organizational Conflict Resolution Practitioner in a large, unionized, complex organization in New York City. For the 13 years prior, Rita worked as an independent consultant with organizations around the country to improve conflict management, communication, collaboration, leadership and organizational performance. She has assessed organizational climates in varied organizations, facilitated many small and large groups, trained thousands of people in conflict resolution, communication, collaboration, emotional intelligence, leadership, mediation, negotiation and related topics, mediated hundreds of workplace cases, and has coached leaders and employees to resolve conflict constructively. 

Lean at UC Davis: What Can Lean do for You and Your Department

Capacity: 40

What is Lean? Lean is primarily a process improvement tool. Lean is a systematic approach to identifying and eliminating waste by lining up the value creating work tasks in the best sequence, then conducting process tasks without interruptions. Simply, Lean means creating more value for "our campus customers" with less wasted time and energy.

What can Lean do for you? Lean gives UC Davis departments tools to empower staff, standardizes processes, and streamlines efficiency. One of the many benefits of implementing Lean in your department is to enable UC Davis departmental staff to strive for a common goal or purpose. Lean provides tools for success as well as gives UC Davis departments an opportunity to evaluate processes from a new perspective. Participating in this Lean training will empower you to see the delays in process time, dysfunctional practices in processes, and even improper layout and structure of an office. This training will offer a way to simplify and organize processes to reach peak efficiency. Also if you participate in this Lean training, you will be able to explore process improvement opportunities and options for your department in a new and different way.  

UC Davis managers, supervisors and staff are encouraged to participate in this training. My intention is for you to be empowered to take action, taking time to work on process improvement through Lean. Hope to see you in the training! 

Instructor: Bryan Collins

Bryan Collins is a Business Analyst Project Manager in the Accounting and Financial Services department at UC Davis. His specialty is serving campus clients within the Business Analysis, Project Management, and Process Improvement disciplines. Bryan comes to UC Davis with over 10 years of experience, delivering results for various clients and organizations such as Microsoft Corp., IBM, General Motors, Amazon.com, NBC Universal, Comcast, Time Warner Inc., AT&T, Sprint, and ABB, to name a few. He has served as a key liaison between business and technology providers, forging business ideas into concrete requirements and solutions, focusing the majority of his time helping clients to improve business/financial processes (HR, Finance, Accounting, Payroll, Logistics, Supply Chain Management). Bryan is skilled at implementing software systems and efficient business and IT controls, establishing effective documentation, and ensuring compliance with regulatory obligations. He is a highly motivated business partner with a reputation as a dynamic, innovative professional with a proven track record in designing, developing, and delivering successful cost-effective, high-performance business processes, technology and information systems solutions for his clients. Bryan holds a BS and an MS in Computer Information Systems and is an active member of the Project Management Institute, International Institute of Business Analysts, and the National Association of Black Accountants. Also, Bryan holds certifications in Project Management (PMP), Business Analysis (CBAP), and Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt, Black Belt underway).  

Campus Technologies to Enhance Productivity

Recently, UC Davis has made some in-roads in subscribing to popular digital services to improve productivity for all faculty, students, and staff.  These include Box.com, access to Google Apps, and others.  We’ll go over what tools are available and ways in which you can use them to improve your productivity and enhance communication with others with whom you work.

Capacity: 49

Instructor: Steve Faith and Cheryl Diermyer (IET Academic Technology Services)

Steve Faith has been involved with educational technology and IT infrastructure at UC Davis for over twenty years including the World Wide Web, authenticated services, and directory services. He has a passion for understanding the nexus between technology and pedagogy, and enjoys collaborating with instructors and teaching assistants on the use of technology in the classroom and in curriculum. In his spare time he repairs and restores vintage pinball machines.

Cheryl Diermyer is an Instructional Design Consultant with Academic Technology Services, UC Davis. Cheryl collaborates with faculty to strategize on the design of learning environments that engage and motivate students to be leaders of their own learning. Cheryl balances learning sciences research with innovative uses of technology to creatively and strategicaly address needs in higher education.

Breakout Session #2 Options (10:45 - 12:15 p.m.)

The Manager's Version - Time for Leadership - Breakthrough Insights and Practices for Today's Managers!

Capacity: 256

Please see full description under Keynote Presentations

Instructor: Pierre Khawand

Pierre Khawand has more than twenty years of experience in the software industry. He has led several technology ventures, completed successful mergers and acquisitions, and founded People-OnTheGo in 2001. His Accomplishing More Leadership Program helps today’s leaders develop the awareness and behaviors needed to focus on results and develop people in the midst of the information overload. His best selling Accomplishing More With Less workshop is enabling today’s business professionals to make breakthroughs in their work and personal lives. Pierre is the author of Time for Leadership, the Accomplishing More With Less Workbook, the Results Curve, and the New New Inbox. Pierre holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Michigan, and has completed several Executive Education programs at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (Stanford, California).

Self Advocacy in the Workplace

Capacity: 152

Self-advocacy for yourself in the workplace can be difficult. It requires knowing what you want, what you do well, and what you have difficulty doing. It also includes understanding office politics, knowing your legal rights, and telling that information to the appropriate person. This session will help participants understand how to empower themselves, access resources, and develop strategies that will help them become an effective self-advocate in the workplace. 

Instructor: Leilani Kupo (Women's Resouces and Research Center)

Leilani Kupo is currently serving as the Director of the UC Davis Women's Resources and Research Center. She received her Ph.D. from Bowling Green State University (OH) in Higher Education Administration in 2010. Her work focuses on gender equity, feminist practice, and finding ways to empower women, identified students, staff and faculty on campus. Her research interests include educational access, identity intersectionality, gender equity, and indigenous knowledge, which she explores from national and international perspectives.

WorkLife and Wellness: From Resources to Recess

Capacity: 49

Work-life integration is the means to “putting it all together”. Attend this workshop to explore the wide array of programs, policies and information available to help you and co-workers be effective in your professional roles and personal lives. Learn tips and techniques to stretch and refresh mind and body. Leave with ideas and resources to meet commitments and pursue interests within and outside of the university. 

Instructors: Barbara Ashby and Sandy Batchelor (Worklife Wellness)

Barbara Ashby is Manager of WorkLife and Wellness at UC Davis. A Work-Life Certified Professional, Barbara has devoted her career and community service to program and policy development in support of work-life integration. She was hired to be the campus’ first Child Care Coordinator in 1990, created the Breastfeeding Support Program in 1994 and organized the WorkLife unit in 2004. Her work has been recognized at local, state and national levels. Barbara holds a B.A. from Brown University and an M.S. from UC Davis. On the home front, she “puts it all together” through yoga, Reiki, walking, gardening and the joy of grandchildren and pets.

Sandy Batchelor is the WorkLife and Wellness Coordinator for UC Davis. As such, she organizes and directs programs, people, and activities to achieve integration of work, life, and health. Sandy has a B.S. in Psychology and an M.S. in Professional Communication. 

Campus Technologies to Enhance Productivity

Recently, UC Davis has made some in-roads in subscribing to popular digital services to improve productivity for all faculty, students, and staff.  These include Box.com, access to Google Apps, and others.  We’ll go over what tools are available and ways in which you can use them to improve your productivity and enhance communication with others with whom you work.

Capacity: 49

Instructor: Steve Faith and Cheryl Diermyer (IET Academic Technology Services)

Steve Faith has been involved with educational technology and IT infrastructure at UC Davis for over twenty years including the World Wide Web, authenticated services, and directory services. He has a passion for understanding the nexus between technology and pedagogy, and enjoys collaborating with instructors and teaching assistants on the use of technology in the classroom and in curriculum. In his spare time he repairs and restores vintage pinball machines.

Cheryl Diermyer is an Instructional Design Consultant with Academic Technology Services, UC Davis. Cheryl collaborates with faculty to strategize on the design of learning environments that engage and motivate students to be leaders of their own learning. Cheryl balances learning sciences research with innovative uses of technology to creatively and strategicaly address needs in higher education.

Breakout Session #3 Options (1:15 - 2:45 p.m.)

Managing the Chaos of Change

Max capacity: 256

More change will likely occur in our lifetimes than has occurred since the beginning of civilization over ten thousand years ago. Change is a part of life. So why is change so difficult? Why are change efforts such messy affairs?  Seldom does a change initiative proceed along a smooth path. More often, the path is crooked and full of potholes, making for a bumpy ride. You’ve been there. As organizational change efforts proceed, strategies and priorities may shift, resources may come and go, budgets may be cut, organizational support may wax and wane, new initiatives may overtake or overlap with current efforts, new pockets of resistance may develop or external factors may shift.  

Change leadership during such uncertainty requires acceptance of its messiness along with patience, persistence and resilience in the face of challenges. Join Lisa Terry, Interim Director of Organizational Excellence in a highly interactive session that examines a framework for managing the chaos of change in your organization.

Instructor: Lisa Terry (Organizational Excellence)

Lisa Terry, MS, SPHR is the Interim Director of Organizational Excellence, a unit that serves as a catalyst for positive change on campus through the application of organization development and business analysis methodologies. In addition to leading the team, Lisa regularly facilitates for strategic planning sessions, team building events, focus groups, and training classes. She earned a BA in Communication and a Master of Science in Organization Development and serves as a board member for the Network for Change and Continuous Innovation in Higher Education (NCCI). Lisa has been invited to speak at several higher education association conferences and is an active member of the Organization Development Network. She is also certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), and as a facilitator for the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and Crucial Conversations. 

Mentoring Matters!

Capacity: 152

Why is mentoring on our minds and in so many business publications we read these days? Mentoring matters to us as individuals, as leaders, and as an organization. It offers professional and personal growth, expanded relationships and networking, and acquisition of new technical, interpersonal, and leadership skills. Whether you are interested in being mentored, being a mentor or both, this workshop will give you an opportunity to explore mentoring and learn about UC Davis tools and resources. Developing our own careers or the careers of others through mentoring is great for UC Davis and an opportunity to engage, develop and retain talented staff – that’s why mentoring matters!

Instructor: Carina Celesia Moore (Talent Management)

Carina Celesia Moore, MA, SPHR, is the Director of the UC Davis Talent Management Center of Expertise in Human Resources. Carina has also been an instructor at UC Davis Extension since 1998, has served as part-time faculty at CSU Sacramento, and serves as an instructor in the Western Association of College and University Business Officers (WACUBO) Business Management Institute. Carina has enjoyed working at UC Davis for over 25 years and is passionate about her work.

WorkLife and Wellness: From Resources to Recess

Capacity: 49

Work-life integration is the means to “putting it all together”. Attend this workshop to explore the wide array of programs, policies and information available to help you and co-workers be effective in your professional roles and personal lives. Learn tips and techniques to stretch and refresh mind and body. Leave with ideas and resources to meet commitments and pursue interests within and outside of the university. 

Instructors: Barbara Ashby and Sandy Batchelor (Worklife Wellness)

Barbara Ashby is Manager of WorkLife and Wellness at UC Davis. A Work-Life Certified Professional, Barbara has devoted her career and community service to program and policy development in support of work-life integration. She was hired to be the campus’ first Child Care Coordinator in 1990, created the Breastfeeding Support Program in 1994 and organized the WorkLife unit in 2004. Her work has been recognized at local, state and national levels. Barbara holds a B.A. from Brown University and an M.S. from UC Davis. On the home front, she “puts it all together” through yoga, Reiki, walking, gardening and the joy of grandchildren and pets.

Sandy Batchelor is the WorkLife and Wellness Coordinator for UC Davis. As such, she organizes and directs programs, people, and activities to achieve integration of work, life, and health. Sandy has a B.S. in Psychology and an M.S. in Professional Communication.

Growing Your Career Through Volunteering

Capacity: 49

Volunteering is a critical component in growing your career. It allows you to build a viable and diverse network, enhance existing skills, learn new skills and increase credibility. Join a panel of UC Davis staff members who have used volunteer opportunities to grow their own careers. Each panelist will provide insight on how volunteering helped them advance. Time will be left at the end for a robust question and answer period on the topic. 

Panel:
Jacob P. (JP) Eres III, UCDHS
Dianne Gregory, UCDHS
Lina Layiktez, UC Davis
Rosemary Martin-Ocampo, UC Davis
Garry Pearson, UC Davis

Instructors: Lina Layiktez and Dianne Gregory (Panel by UCD and UCDHS Staff Assemblies)

Dianne Gregory is an analyst in Health Information Management at UC Davis Medical Center and has 17 years of service to the institution. She collaborates with physician faculty members and staff to ensure the best possible outcome for patients and brings those collaboration skills to her volunteer roles as Vice Chair of the UCDHS Staff Assembly, one of two UC Davis delegates to the Council of UC Staff Assemblies, member of the Campus Community Council, member of the Dean’s LGBTQI Advisory Council, member of the Equal Opportunity and Diversity Committee, and member of the Transgender Policy Committee.

Lina Layiktez has over 20 years of experience in the events and marketing industry, spanning event planning, marketing and tradeshow production. Lina is the Director of Conference and Event Services at the University of California at Davis, a department that oversees approximately 12,000 events annually. In addition to running a successful collegiate conference program, Lina and her team plan and manage their own events including bridal shows, green event planning conferences, fun runs, etc.