Leadership Library
Last revised February 23, 2023
The best leaders are lifelong learners adaptable to change and flexible in their leadership style. They know that the complexity of the role demands new ideas and strategies to stay fresh and ahead of the curve. Below are some great resources that can keep you on your game, without taking a lot of time.
Trauma Informed Workplace
Leading in a Hybrid World
- Job Aid: Work from Anywhere (PowerPoint from McLean & Company)
- How to Manage a Hybrid Team (Harvard Business Review)
- Create Your Hybrid Workplace Strategy with 7 Questions (Gallup)
- Establishing Effective Virtual Teams (elevateU course, 30 minutes)
- Leading Virtually (elevateU course, 43 minutes)
- Contributing as a Virtual Team Member (elevateU course, 18 minutes)
- How to Smoothly Transition from At-Home to In-Person Work (MSU College of Social Science)
- Individual and Team Resources in elevateU
- Measure Performance: Strategies for Remote and Hybrid Teams (Gallup)
- Setting Boundaries for Remote-friendly Teams (Workplaceless)
- How to Set Expectations and Boundaries in Remote Work (Remote Leader Project)
- Sample Calendar Guidelines (.docx)
- Becoming an Emotionally Intelligent Leader (elevateU course, 51 minutes)
- Leveraging Emotional Intelligence (elevateU course, 28 minutes)
Communicating Through Conflict (Series of short videos from MSU Extension)
Engaging Remote and Hybrid Teams
- Engaging Your Virtual Team Members (Association for Talent Development)
- Facilitative Leadership Online Tool Talks (Series of short videos from MSU Extension)
- Liberating Structures (Online tools related to The Surprising Power of Liberating Structures book)
Onboarding Your Virtual Team Members (Association for Talent Development)
- How to Have a Hybrid Meeting that Works for Everyone (Short video from Harvard Business Review)
- Moving from Virtual to Hybrid Meetings (LinkedIn)
- Make Hybrid Meetings the Best of Both Worlds (Forbes)
Instructor-Led Opportunities
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- Essentials for Supervisory Success
- Achieving Alignment in Management
- Advancing Excellence in Leadership
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