Managing a team during times of extreme uncertainty and upheaval provide unique challenges for us as supervisors. Learning to navigate complex times and complex relationships requires that we know and manage ourselves, maintain healthy open communication, and create a healthy, supportive, and productive environment that enables our people to thrive and bring their best. 

As we consider solutions to the challenges that we individually and collectively face, we often are served by the wisdom of our peers. Hybrid work removes us from those helpful, often uber-productive coffee chats and water cooler conversations where we share our struggles and brainstorm solutions to both individual and common supervisory issues. 

Supervisor Connects has been created as your dedicated space for this conversation.  This is a time to share, support, and learn from each other. Every meeting will explore a common supervisory issue that the group will determine ahead of time. A variety of resources to explore this issue will be utilized - from TED talks, to articles, to interviews with campus experts, etc. A mix of dialogue, activity, and open space for coaching will be included. This is a chart-your-course kind of experience...we will take conversations where YOU want to go in an effort to most serve you in your role as a leader at UMBC and beyond.

This month's session will be devoted to looking at the Skillsoft Percipio platform, in particular the topics of importance to supervisors, and a demo of the new CAISY AI generated conversations. 

This conversation will be facilitated by UMBC's Talent Learning & OD unit within Human Resources & Strategic Talent Management. We welcome you to join us for these exploratory, productive, and hopefully meaningful conversations!

Participants will receive a link with the credentials for the session 24 hours beforehand.