UConn and UConn Health Faculty and Workforce Professional and Leadership Development

UConn has partnered with Academic Impressions, an organization specializing in professional development resources for higher education professionals. This partnership provides all UConn and UConn Health faculty and workforce, with membership access to a host of learning resources designed specifically for professionals working in higher education.

LinkedIn Learning is available to all UConn staff on the Storrs and regional campuses as an e-learning resource (LinkedIn Learning is not available to UConn faculty or students). Secured through a partnership between HR and UCPEA using a portion of the UCPEA Professional Development fund, LinkedIn Learning provides easily accessible e-learning resources at no cost to employees.

LinkedIn Learning is an award-winning industry leader in online training, with a digital library of over 6,000 courses covering a wide range of technical, business, software, and creative topics. You may watch an entire course or individual videos, and you will be able to bookmark courses of interest and keep track of completed courses. LinkedIn Learning offers the opportunity to develop professional skills, learn new software, and explore other areas of interest towards your career growth.

Accessible 24/7 from your desktop or mobile device, visit https://myapps.microsoft.com/ and navigate to the LinkedIn Learning application to activate your license. If you’re not already signed in to the UConn network, the system will prompt you to enter your UConn credentials.

Human Resources currently offers two supervisor / manager leadership development programs.

Academic Impressions

New supervisors interested in gaining supervisory skills may choose to enroll at no cost in Academic Impressions’ Supervision Certificate Program. Offered on a monthly basis, employees complete the supervisor curriculum over 4 weeks by engaging with both asynchronous and synchronous content. Each week participants have an average of 2.5 hours of asynchronous work that can be completed on-demand. To successfully complete the certificate program, participants then attend two 90-minute live sessions to help apply learning: one at the end of week 2, and one at the end of week 4.

Transformative Leadership Strategies

Human Resources has partnered with Transformative Leadership Strategies (TLS) to offer in-person training that covers the following leadership topics: Leadership 101; Core Values; Emotional Intelligence; Creating Balance; Communicate to Drive Action; Being a ‘Coach-like’ Leader; Give Constructive Feedback; and Build Team Trust. We recommend this training for both new and experienced supervisors and managers who have an interest in honing their leadership skills. UConn and TLS offer cohorts of the training to all interested UConn employees in four three-hour sessions, with a limit of 26 participants per cohort. The total cost to participate varies from $290 – $450 per person, based on attendance. Additionally, departments may contact Human Resources to arrange for private cohorts.

Mediation Skills via The Logue Group

In partnership with the Logue Group, HR offers in-person mediation skills training through a two-day program. The mediation program also consist of 2-4 hours of asynchronous work prior to the in-person sessions. The Logue Group has designed and delivered a wide array of conflict management training programs for the last 30 years. The offered program is a modified version of the 40-hour program currently offered by Bill Logue and Loraine Della Porta at the Quinnipiac Law School Center on Dispute Resolution. 

 We recommend this program for leaders and employees who engage in work (or seek to improve existing skills) that requires negotiation, conflict resolution, and difficult conversations. The program focuses on conflict styles, building trust, listening skills, dealing with emotions and difficult behaviors, difficult conversations and empathy, among other topics. Each in-person session includes lecture and discussion with an emphasis on small-group exercises and role plays.

The program will consist of two 7-hour sessions. The total cost to participate, which includes the cost of lunch on both days, is $733. There is a 24-person limit for the program.

The Life Purpose Lab is now offering Career Purpose Workshops, which provides UConn departments and employees the opportunity to explore possibilities for purpose in every domain of life, including vocation, professional relationships, work-life balance, and personal fulfillment, with an emphasis on building purpose in career.

Participants attend two four-hour sessions (8 hours total), and the sessions include presented material, personal reflection, reflective writing, and small group discussion. The workshops are ideal for professionals who seek greater purpose, direction, and satisfaction in their careers.

HR typically sponsors several Career Purpose Workshops throughout the year that are open to employees, and units may contact HR or the Life Purpose Lab for details about private workshops. While some sessions are fully subsidized by HR or a sponsoring unit, non-subsidized sessions cost $63 per person (cost covers materials).

More information is available on the Life Purpose Lab website.

Upcoming Session Information

FEBRUARY
Tuesday, February 3, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. & Tuesday, February 10, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

APRIL
Wednesday, April 1, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. & Wednesday, April 8, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Human Resources and UCPEA have partnered to provide professional development courses to employees covered by UCPEA. Transformative Leadership Strategies (TLS), a West Hartford-based firm, will offer virtual professional development sessions two/three times a month through June 2026. Each session is two hours, virtual, instructor-led, and limited to 30 individuals (each session is interactive over Zoom).

Scheduled courses, from October 2025 through June 2026, are now available for registration via Learning@Work. Please remember that each course is limited to 30 individuals, and each course maintains a waitlist. If unable to attend after enrolling, please unenroll to allow another employee the opportunity to attend. We ask that employees limit enrollment to two courses to allow more employees the opportunity to participate.