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A Night to Write is a virtual professional development series designed to support faculty and postdoctoral scholars through protected writing time and engaging in a supportive writing community. Each session will offer a specific scholarly writing theme, individual writing time with opportunities for discussion and feedback from experienced facilitators and peers. What to Expect … Read more
Join Drs. Ross and Jamie Ungerleider for an interactive workshop exploring how to navigate imperfection, failure, and loss with resilience and self-compassion. Participants will learn to normalize these experiences and transform them into opportunities for personal and professional growth through reflection and practical tools. All are welcome, but we encourage teams to join this 1.5 hour … Read more
Planning for retirement involves financial, professional, and personal considerations that can benefit from early reflection and informed decision-making. This session will offer practical guidance from HR along with faculty-informed perspectives to help participants better understand retirement planning within the academic environment. Attendees will gain insight into key considerations, available resources, and lessons learned. While relevant … Read more
In today’s fast-paced professional environment, it is easy for tasks, deadlines, and commitments to become overwhelming. This practical, interactive session introduces faculty and staff to Microsoft Planner and Microsoft To Do as simple, flexible tools for organizing work, tracking priorities, and improving follow-through and overall efficiency. Participants will learn how to create a personal task management system … Read more
In this session, Keith Ruskin, MD, will share his unconventional professional journey as an anesthesiologist whose career has been shaped by deep engagement with aerospace and aviation. Drawing on experiences outside traditional academic medicine, Dr. Ruskin will illustrate how curiosity, humility, and a willingness to continuously learn can open unexpected pathways for growth and impact. … Read more
Adaptive Leadership: an evidence-based model for leadership through paradigm shifts. This session presents the framework, strategies for implementing this style of leadership, examples, and survival strategies for leaders who are navigating serious paradigm changes. We will also explore the kinds of paradigm shifts facing academic medical centers in the current climate. Learning Objectives: By the … Read more
This workshop introduces participants to the Relational Leadership framework and explores relational feedback as a means to build psychological safety and leadership skills. It emphasizes the importance of relational communication, and awareness of one’s own and others’ perspectives, cultural lenses, and lived experience. This workshop consists of one online session of 2 hours. The session will include … Read more
Join Alison Fragale, PhD, organizational psychologist, UNC Kenan-Flagler Professor, and bestselling author of Likeable Badass, for a fireside chat on power, status, influence, negotiation, and how people can gain recognition, respect, and opportunities. Her academic research on status, power, negotiation, and influence have been published in her field’s top academic journals as well as national media outlets, including … Read more