OSU Work Life

Course Title: Creating a Connection Culture

Instructor:  Michael Stallard - Author, Keynote Speaker, Workshop Leader

Length: 58 minutes

Link: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/creating-a-connection-culture/the-superpower-of-connection?u=78580938

Description: Thought leader Michael Lee Stallard and his colleagues have found that, when it comes to culture, the best ones are those that connect people to the organization, their peers, and their work in key ways that enhance performance. In this course, Michael explains the superpower of connection and identifies how it benefits individuals, teams, and organizations. Learn how to develop a “connection mindset" on your team by addressing specific mentalities to connect and by advocating for diversity and inclusion. Explore how to build connection habits with the Vision + Value + Voice model, which shows you how to drive the connection, boost the connection, and spread the connection. See a case study of a good example for the benefits of a connection culture. Find out how to sustain your culture of connection through overcoming common obstacles, developing a plan for connected leadership, increasing connection through mentorship, measuring connection, and celebrating acts of connection.

Course Title: Navigating Complexity in your Organization/Working in a complex world

Instructor: Timothy Smith, Author, Trainer and Leadership Coach

Length: 41 minutes

Link: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/navigating-complexity-in-your-organization/working-in-a-complex-world?u=78580938

Description: The world is evolving at warp speed, and trying to keep up can sometimes be too much, too quickly. Organizations fail to keep up when uncertainty goes unchecked and rogue complexities take root. In this course, learn how to navigate an ever-changing work culture with executive development coach Timothy Smith. Timothy shares his three key methods for overcoming uncertainty and rooting out complexity: communication, connection, and collaboration. He gives you tools to improve communication, a framework for building powerful relational networks, and a guide for fostering teamwork in turbulence. After watching this course, you should be able to spot ways to simplify your processes, clarify your objectives, and drive success during both smooth and challenging times.

Course Title: Overcoming Obstacles and Building Team Resilience

Section: This is a smaller section of this larger training called: Give Respect as a Gift not a Grade.

Instructors: Robyn Benincasa, Firefighter, Adventure Racer, Author, and Speaker

Length: 4 minutes 29 seconds

Link: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/overcoming-obstacles-and-building-team-resilience/give-respect-as-a-gift-not-a-grade?u=78580938

Description: Mutual respect is discussed in this section of this broader training.

Course Title: Communication Foundations

Instructors: Tatiana Kolovou, Faculty Member at Kelley School of Business and Brenda Bailey-Hughes, Senior Lecturer at Kelley School of Business

Length: 1 hour and 22 minutes

Link: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/communication-foundations-2/foundations-of-communication?u=78580938

Description: Learn how to communicate more effectively. Your communication skills affect your career prospects, the value you bring to your company, and the likelihood of your promotion. This course helps you communicate better in a variety of professional situations, including meetings, email messages, pitches, and presentations. Instructors Tatiana Kolovou and Brenda Bailey-Hughes introduce the four building blocks of communication—people, message, context, and listening—and show how they apply in different circumstances. Through the use of vignettes and applied tools, the course shows how to build this core competency and communicate in a way that effectively and professionally conveys your message. Respect is a part of this larger training.

Recognizing these feelings are normal, you’re not alone in them, and addressing them with tools and resources can/may be helpful. This article from Forbes provides strategies to help combat some of the fears and anxieties related to returning to work.

To help professionals get the support they need, we’re sharing courses on mindfulness and stress management. Experts will help you learn how to: 

• Cultivate mindfulness practices to increase focus, remain grounded in change and ambiguity, and manage emotional triggers
• Understand the impact of a mindful physical workspace and how to create one
• Manage stress and get 'unstuck' when you’re overwhelmed
• Build up your energy reserves so you can show up the way you want to with colleagues and loved ones 

Adopt mindfulness practices to shift out of ‘fight or flight’

Mindfulness practices calm our nervous system and shift brain activity out of ‘fight or flight’ mode. Discover which mindfulness practices work best for you and how to fit them into any schedule in the following courses:

• Mindfulness Practices
• The Mindful Workday 
• Mindful Meditations for Work and Life 

Understand and manage stress and overwhelm

Train your brain to get unstuck from overwhelm and stress and create practices in your life that help you feel more spacious and full. Learn how with the help of these courses: 

• Manage Stress for Positive Change
• How to Manage Feeling Overwhelmed 
• Balancing Work and Life

LinkedIn is here to help you navigate the changing world of work with information and resources, including relevant LinkedIn Learning courses to help.

Additionally, both short and long-term mental health resources are available through our EAP and health insurance providers.

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