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Manager workshops start next week
The ability to recognize and appropriately respond to cultural differences in conflict styles is crucial to effectively manage and resolve conflicts.
The pre-Leadership Forum workshop “Intercultural Conflict Styles” invites managers to explore a shared meaning of conflict, dimensions of conflict, and bridging across differences in times of emotional upset.
This session is a follow-up to the Foundations of Intercultural Competence training, which introduced a continuum model for personal experiences of cultural difference and commonality. This helps people gain insight about personal communication and conflict resolution approaches. A bonus feature of the workshop is the opportunity for managers to assess their own intercultural conflict styles via an online conflict styles inventory.
This training is required for managers and supervisors. Workshops are filling up quickly, and the times are first come, first served. Manager approval is required to hold a seat in these sessions.
Space remains in the following sessions:
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Feb. 19 - 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.
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March 15 - 11:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
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March 16 - 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
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March 18 - 9:00 a.m. to noon
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March 18 - 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
To register for the training, log into Learn, under My Learning Assignments find LOD Intercultural Conflict Styles and click Register, select your session and click Submit. Remember to have it approved by your manager.
If you do not have a Council-issued email address or are in MTPD, click here to log in to Learn. To log in, enter your five-digit employee ID number for your username and use your Learn password.
If you have questions or need assistance in determining when and how to complete the training, please contact your manager.
Register for one of the few remaining seats left for the Writing for Results class on Feb. 18 from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m.
Why should you attend this career enrichment class?
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Get quicker responses to your requests.
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Structure communications to meet readers’ expectations.
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Organize information more clearly.
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Construct readable, concise sentences for best impact.
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Use proofreading techniques appropriate for varied communications.
To enroll:
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Log into Learn.
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If you are not in MTPD: Go to the Talent Hub Page in MetNet and click on Learn.
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If you are in MTPD: Go to the MTPD MetNet site and click on Learn. Log in using your 5-digit employee ID and your Learn password.
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Click the library book icon at the top of the page and scroll down to “A-Learning Institute” and click the arrow pointing to the right.
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Scroll to “LOD Classes Open for Registration.”
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Locate the class and register.
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Fit For Life is pleased to bring back Parent Education Training, an eight-week series with certified parent coach Samantha Moe, as part of our self-care and resiliency programming.
In this interactive training, you will learn step-by-step guidance to handle strong-willed, spirited, even explosive behaviors. This program is for employees with children between the ages of 3 to 13 years old.
Parents will leave feeling equipped with positive tools to transform challenging childhood behavior through learning:
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Brain science beneath children’s behaviors
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The eight pillars of parenting that are critical to creating a peaceful home
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Active assignments each week to use at home
Wednesdays, Feb. 17 through April 7
Online, noon to 1:00 p.m.
Note: There are 15 employee spots available and employee spouses can participate with their own email/screen or share with registered employee.
This program is voluntary and on your own time.
Human Resources hosted a special “Ask HR” Webex session on Feb. 5 for a conversation about the Foundations of Intercultural Competence training attended by all managers and supervisors.
A session recording is available on the HR MetNet site on the Building Diversity, Equity and Inclusion page. Scroll down to Session 6.
Your student loan, that is. The Council participates as a qualified employer in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
This program will forgive any remaining balance of a direct loan provided that 120 qualifying payments have been made. For more information on the program and how to fill out the PSLF application, please check out the PSLF website. All completed employment certification forms should be submitted to Paula Crane for processing.
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As part of the COVID-19 response, Human Resources staff are working remotely without access to office phones, but there are several ways to connect with us:
- Use the "Who to Call in HR" link on the right navigation bar of every HR Connect issue.
- Call staff on the Teams platform.
- Email staff directly.
- Use the "AskHR" inbox.
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Trade Time for Fitness is a health and wellness program that allows you to trade in your annual leave hours to receive up to $2,000 (gross) per payroll year in reimbursements for eligible health and wellness-related expenses, and now includes eligible home office furniture.
This temporary exception to include home office furniture will be in effect until official notice is given – likely through the COVID-19 pandemic while some employees must work from home.
Eligible purchases are limited to home office furniture items. Examples include:
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Office desks
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Sit/stand desks
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Office chairs
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Task/desk lighting
Computer equipment, keyboards, monitors, docking stations, mouse pads and similar Council-provided items are not eligible for reimbursement. These items are brought home from work offices and requested through the ITR process with Information Services.
If you are unable to access the Trade Time for Fitness MetNet page, or would like to verify eligibility of an item, please contact FitForLife@metc.state.mn.us.
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