A podcast series where we bring you bite sized thoughts in the hopes they’ll be useful to you on this road we’re all on to do our best and be our best in the realm of financial matters here at UVA.
During times of stress, it's important that we as managers and as teammates pay attention to our own well-being and that of our colleagues. Here are six practical strategies that work both in and out of a pandemic.
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The Challenging the Status Quo Panel Series was designed to show you different perspectives from UVAFinance employees who aren't afraid to challenge the status quo and share their thoughts and ideas with you. Today's session focuses on the UVAFinance Service Model Project Plan, with guests Andrew Sallans, Scott Adams, and Raegan Harouff Gaye.
Want to watch the webinar? Log in to the Continuous Improvement Community (behind NetBadge)
Volunteering: it's great for networking, skill-building, and soothing your soul. Tune in to this conversation with Brandi and Patty to learn more!
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UVA Public Service: https://publicservice.virginia.edu/service-opportunities/volunteer
UVAHR Volunteer Center: https://hr.virginia.edu/covid-19/volunteer-center
UVA Health: https://uvahealth.com/services/volunteer
VolunteerMatch (choose your community for opportunities): https://www.volunteermatch.org/covid19
Let's talk about questions: asking questions of others, asking questions of yourself, and asking questions for better collaborative results. Angela Knobloch joins Patty and Brandi to share how asking better questions can lead to improved relationships and better results.
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UVAFinance Blog (Video): Sharpen your questioning skills.
Warren Berger's work: https://amorebeautifulquestion.com/
Angela's previous pod: https://everydaygrace.podbean.com/e/brene-browns-call-to-courage-finance-matters/
Our pod on President Ryan's book: https://everydaygrace.podbean.com/e/finance-matters-wait-what/
TED Talk on asking questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro9vDEZdQLk
The Challenging the Status Quo Panel Series was designed to show you different perspectives from UVAFinance employees who aren’t afraid to challenge the status quo and share their thoughts and ideas with you. Today's panelists are Amy Nolasco, Jonathan Agop, and Mara Hilliar.
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Watch the webinar on the Online Community in the CI space: https://communityhub.virginia.edu/videos/1416?ru=2104&sr=stream (netbadge required)
UVAFinance's Continuous Improvement Committee recently hosted a webinar on Challenging the Status Quo, featuring members of the FST team. This webinar featured Lisa Shuler, Josh Breeden, and Phil Hamlett.
Access the Continuous Improvement space in the online community (behind NetBadge): https://communityhub.virginia.edu/community/uva-finance-transformation/continuous-improvement
More CI Webinar content on Finance Matters:
https://everydaygrace.podbean.com/e/challenging-the-status-quo-leadership-panel-2-finance-matters/
https://everydaygrace.podbean.com/e/challenging-the-status-quo-managers-panel-finance-matters/
https://everydaygrace.podbean.com/e/challenging-the-status-quo-webinar-finance-matters/
This episode is a companion piece to our recent Brave Space discussion, found here: https://everydaygrace.podbean.com/e/brave-space-in-uvafinance-finance-matters/.
This pod contains a brief exploration of many terms we refer to in our Brave Space discussion, terms that are frequently used when racial equity is discussed. In this episode, LaVerne Harris Grant joins Patty and Brandi to go over the basics.
Resources Mentioned:
https://vpdiversity.virginia.edu/inclusive-excellence
Racial Equity Tools Glossary: https://www.racialequitytools.org/glossary
Implicit Bias test: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html
LinkedIn Learning "Inclusive Mindset for Committed Allies" https://www.linkedin.com/learning/inclusive-mindset-for-committed-allies/becoming-a-true-ally?u=2203468
Articles on the effects of bias:
http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/paying-price-human-cost-racial-profiling/effects-racial-profiling
UVAFinance's Continuous Improvement Committee recently hosted a webinar on Challenging the Status Quo, featuring UVAFinance leadership. This webinar was the second of a series and featured a discussion with Steve Kimata, James Gorman, and Julie Richardson.
Listen to Part One https://everydaygrace.podbean.com/e/challenging-the-status-quo-webinar-finance-matters/
Listen to the Manager Panel https://everydaygrace.podbean.com/e/challenging-the-status-quo-managers-panel-finance-matters/
We're joined today by members of the Inclusive Excellence Advisory Group from UVAFinance, with a discussion of why fostering a brave space within the workplace is so important. Guests on the panel are Melody Bianchetto, Steve Kimata, LaVerne Harris, and Jenn Bari.
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Inclusive Excellence at UVA: https://vpdiversity.virginia.edu/inclusive-excellence
Inclusive Excellence work within UVAFinance: http://uvafinance.blogspot.com/search/label/Inclusive%20Excellence
Previous Brave Space Podcasts: https://everydaygrace.podbean.com/e/brave-space-part-one-finance-matters/ and https://everydaygrace.podbean.com/e/brave-space-part-two-finance-matters/
Last week the UVAFinance Continuous Improvement Committee hosted the second "Challenging the Status Quo" webinar in that series, this time featuring three UVAFinance managers.
You can view the full webinar in the CI space in CommunityHub, or listen in to the discussion on Finance Matters. We'll continue presenting the webinar series as a special edition run of the podcast.
Panelists:
Isaiah Behnke – Director, Student Accounts Operations with SFS
Jenn Glassman – Director, Procurement & Supplier Diversity Services
Brian Logwood – Managing Director, Financial Planning & Analysis
