In the aftermath of last week’s tragic events, we understand how difficult it is to be a leader at a time like this when you have to find a balance between managing your own emotions and being there for your team.
Brandon Sullivan, PhD, Senior Director of Leadership and Talent Development in the Office of Human Resources, shares some suggestions for applying these concepts during the pandemic, and answers some of the questions that webinar participants posed.
Stay interviews are an effective and proactive tool to retain your high-performing employees and keep them engaged.
A stay interview is not an add-on to a performance review. It is a separate conversation to identify specific improvements that would raise their engagement.
A stay interview can inform you about why your high-performing employees stay in their role, and, should they plan to leave, how you may be able to keep them.
Adjusting our expectations for performance and productivity doesn't mean lowering our expectations. Instead, it means acknowledging the challenges that we've faced and offering feedback and support with grace and compassion to those we supervise, as well as ourselves.
In a decentralized organization like the University of Minnesota, each college, unit, and department at the University has their own culture and norms that can vary widely even between work groups in the same department.