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- Sep 189:00 AMCrucial InfluenceWhen facing persistent, resistant challenges, leaders often surrender to poor results or invest in change efforts that waste time and resources. And yet it's possible to influence behavior with surprisingly predictable success. For the past thirty years, Crucial Learning has studied leaders with a proven ability to influence rapid, profound and sustainable change. And here's what they know: human behavior is grounded in six sources of influence. Effective leaders know how to leverage and apply these sources of influence to solve everyday leadership challenges. Crucial Influence® teaches leadership skills that are essential to leaders at every level. Drawing on five decades of social science research and work with successful leaders around the world, the Crucial Influence Model reveals why people do what they do and how all leaders—from aspiring leaders to top executives—can influence others for lasting results. Crucial Influence is an engaging classroom course rich with group discussion, real-time practice, and group support and coaching. Delivered in one day, this in-person course offers the best in traditional learning and development. Learning ObjectivesIdentify influence challenges keeping you from results. Clarify vital behaviors that lead to desired outcomes. Motivate and enable others with six sources of influence. Transform organizational culture and secure results. Lead with Influence. Register via TrainTraq (https://traintraq.tamus.edu/SectionDetails.aspx?snum=12000) by September 4th.If the registration deadline has passed or the date for this section doesn't work for you, please visit the Course Details (https://traintraq.tamus.edu/CourseDetails.aspx?cnum=2114687) page and click on the Upcoming Sections tab to explore other available options.
- Sep 238:30 AMCrucial Conversations for Accountability - Day 1Any manager who's struggled to close a significant performance gap or anyone who has ever walked out of an annual review feeling like they've just been processed rather than prioritized knows there's nothing easy about it. Performance management is about addressing behavior routinely and consistently. It's about candidly coaching through challenges and fostering a culture of accountability for lapses in behavior. It's about identifying goals, fast-tracking careers, and in the process, improving the bottom line. The good news is these accountability skills are replicable and learnable. We're all just a few crucial skills away from learning how to manage people and performance daily and directly. Crucial Conversations for Accountability is an engaging classroom course rich with group discussion, real-time practice, and group support and coaching.Learning ObjectivesMaster performance discussions. Manage projects without taking over. Reach alignment when stakes are high and opinions vary. Strengthen trust and reliability. Apply multiple sources of influence. Get results and improve relationships. Register via TrainTraq (https://traintraq.tamus.edu/SectionDetails.aspx?snum=11986) by September 9th.If the registration deadline has passed or the date for this section doesn't work for you, please visit the Course Details (https://traintraq.tamus.edu/CourseDetails.aspx?cnum=2114686) page and click on the Upcoming Sections tab to explore other available options.
- Sep 248:30 AMCrucial Conversations for Accountability - Day 2Any manager who's struggled to close a significant performance gap or anyone who has ever walked out of an annual review feeling like they've just been processed rather than prioritized knows there's nothing easy about it. Performance management is about addressing behavior routinely and consistently. It's about candidly coaching through challenges and fostering a culture of accountability for lapses in behavior. It's about identifying goals, fast-tracking careers, and in the process, improving the bottom line. The good news is these accountability skills are replicable and learnable. We're all just a few crucial skills away from learning how to manage people and performance daily and directly. Crucial Conversations for Accountability is an engaging classroom course rich with group discussion, real-time practice, and group support and coaching.Learning ObjectivesMaster performance discussions. Manage projects without taking over. Reach alignment when stakes are high and opinions vary. Strengthen trust and reliability. Apply multiple sources of influence. Get results and improve relationships. Register via TrainTraq (https://traintraq.tamus.edu/SectionDetails.aspx?snum=11986) by September 9th.If the registration deadline has passed or the date for this section doesn't work for you, please visit the Course Details (https://traintraq.tamus.edu/CourseDetails.aspx?cnum=2114686) page and click on the Upcoming Sections tab to explore other available options.
- Sep 228:30 AMSuccessful Conflict ConversationsIn this learning experience, through discussion and role-play, participants explore:A new model for resolving workplace conflict through an intentional conversation with a workplace colleague Conditions that make a given workplace conflict appropriate for self-facilitated resolution How people perceive and respond during conflict and reconciliation to comprehend the conditions necessary to promote resolution Exploring the behavioral reflexes exhibited during conflict Setting expectations for a successful conflict conversation The predictable stages of workplace conflict resolution Please note the September 22 session registration is now closed. Register for other dates below!REGISTER TO ATTEND
- Sep 2611:30 AM2025 Faculty Affairs Leadership Fellows LuncheonJoin us in welcoming our 2025-2026 leadership fellow cohorts featuring a keynote address by:Amy Waer, MD, FACS, MPSA '23 Jean and Tom McMullin Endowed Dean Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine Lunch Buffet Opens | 11:45 a.m.Welcome, Keynote & Discussion | Noon - 2 p.m.
- Oct 112:00 PMDepartment Head Development SeriesPost-Tenure Review (PTR) Follow-Up: Lessons Learned and Common Misconceptions Presented by Dr. Blanca Lupiani, Dr. Heather Lench and Dr. Heather WilkinsonLearning Outcomes:Review the steps for PTR Explore data from the most recent PTR cycle Appreciate the most frequent issues encountered Recognize the best practices involved in the successful implementation of the approach, providing the accountability necessary to address performance issues in a timely manner Attend in-person (Rudder 301 (https://ruddertower.ucenter.tamu.edu/spaces/rudder-third-floor/#uc-facility-nav)) or virtually (https://na.eventscloud.com/ereg/index.php?eventid=848086&;)REGISTER TO ATTEND