Investing in Your Development
Holy Cross is committed to the growth and development of our employees, and places high value on learning, professional development and effective performance management. From leadership programs to our Be Engaged and Be Inclusive training opportunities, our learning is centered around the College's core workforce values:
- Collaboration: Exchanging information, ideas and thoughts with others in a manner that is proactive and enhances partnerships.
- Inclusion: Actively engaging with the values of the College by promoting a work environment that embraces belonging and demonstrates respect for the opinions and beliefs of others.
- Innovation: Performing one’s job with creativity and proactivity, improving procedures and problem-solving.
- Mission/Service Orientation: Focusing on service to others and contributing to the College’s collective mission.
- Responsibility: Taking ownership of one’s actions and accountability for one’s tasks and duties.
- Employee Development: Committing to and investing in your employees, to enable professional growth in their roles.
- Team Management: Overseeing the success of your employees, helping to allocate resources appropriately and support the accomplishment of common goals.
Leadership and Management Development
This program is for middle managers looking to develop their leadership competencies through connections across Holy Cross. This nine session program focuses on Holy Cross’s Core Competencies: Collaboration, Employee Development, Inclusion, Innovation, Mission/Service Orientation, Responsibility and Team Management.
This three-day program for Individual Contributors will focus on personal growth through self-reflection, how to take ownership for leadership particularly through change and how to build relationships across difference.
In a small cohort peer group, experienced leaders will learn and hone leadership skills. Over eight months, the cohort will meet with an expert coach monthly or bi-monthly to explore ways to reflect on one’s personal leadership style, to increase one’s influence in relation to our professional community and to utilize transformational leadership strategies that empower others to action.
To enable the development of managers at Holy Cross in our supervisory competencies, Employee Development and Team Management, we are offering a three session management development series.
Be Engaged
Be Engaged programs reflect the College's commitment to your personal growth and development. Dive into topics that include Process Improvement, Innovative Work Series, SCRUM in Action, Finding MAGIC at Work and more.
Be Engaged Programs
Sarah Staley, Director of Workforce Development and Talent
Most of us, no matter our role at the College, rely on a set of processes and procedures to get our work done. When problems arise, we may make periodic adjustments to solve specific problems. We don't always step back and look at the process as a whole to identify root causes and long-term solutions to improve the process. In this session, we will explore the Process Improvement mindset and tools.
Sarah Staley, Director of Workforce Development and Talent
Design thinking is a deeply human process that taps into abilities we all have but get over- looked by more conventional problem-solving practices. It relies on our ability to be intuitive, to recognize patterns, to construct ideas that are emotionally meaningful as well as functional and to express ourselves through means beyond words or symbols. This will familiarize you with Design Thinking in action.
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Sarah Staley, Director of Workforce Development and Talent
Get a simple answer to a common project management question: What is scrum? Using LinkedIn learning content, this course provides a short, fast-paced introduction to one of the most popular agile frameworks. Explore the roles of the scrum team, from product owner to scrum master; the five core scrum events; the three scrum artifacts that build into project developments; and the reasons behind the widespread adoption of scrum.
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Be Inclusive
Be Inclusive programs reflect the College's commitment to creating a community and sense of belonging for all employees. These programs help promote a welcoming environment on campus and include Workplace Allyship and Agility, Skills for Inclusive Conversations and more.
Be Inclusive Program
A Collaboration between the JEBI and HR Offices
Workplace diversity and inclusion is a key priority for Holy Cross. Hiring managers need to be able to locate, hire and onboard diverse candidates in order to succeed. This course is a guide to promote diversity and inclusion throughout all the stages of the hiring process, from sourcing to interviewing to selection. This workshop will focus on reducing bias in the recruitment process, creating diverse search committees and adopting best practices when it comes to candidate screening, interviews and evaluations.
Kim McCullen, Workforce Development Specialist
This workshop will strengthen inclusion and collaboration competencies and help you be better equipped to engage in conversations that foster equity, empathy and belonging in the workplace. We will focus on recognizing the importance of sharing space and power in conversations, acknowledging different lived experiences and building trust among colleagues and/or teams.
Sarah Staley, Director of Workforce Development & Talent
Are you actively promoting a culture of allyship? This session will explore how leaders can promote allyship and agility to create a more equitable and inclusive experience for members of teams and those hoping to join them. Using LinkedIn content to learn the fundamentals of group dynamics and how they function in the workplace; explore practical strategies to change your behaviors, with tips on building self-awareness, developing empathy, listening for impact and staying attuned.
LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning is an award-winning industry leader in online training, with a digital library of over 16,000 courses covering a wide range of technical, business, software and creative topics. Holy Cross employees now have the opportunity to access its resources 24/7.
Whether you're looking for a crash course into something that will help with your current job or trying to deep dive into a new subject entirely, LinkedIn learning has options for you.
Performance Management
Holy Cross is committed to the growth and development of each staff member, and places high value on the performance evaluation conversation and process in order to support our employees. Supervisors are responsible for supporting the growth and development of their employees. Throughout this process, supervisors and employees will be asked to collaborate with one another to establish goals for an employee’s own personal development that relates directly to the larger department, division or College-wide goals. Employees will also be asked to reflect upon the goals set during the previous performance evaluation so progress toward those goals can be assessed.