Thrive Thursday
Join us for FREE 90-minute interactive learning sessions that build your knowledge and skills and help you improve your own and others’ experiences at work. All sessions are from 9-10:30 a.m. and take place in Seneca 0102a.
| Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|
| September 18, 2025 | Meeting Your Goals: Strategies for Following Through | Do you often set goals, but are unable to follow through? Explore the most effective processes for meeting your goals, and learn scientifically proven tools for staying on track. Enroll here. |
| October 23, 2025 | Create a Thriving Workplace: The Secret Sauce of Employee Engagement | Explore Gallup’s 12 elements of employee engagement, examine the 3 root causes of job misery, and learn strategies to help you and others thrive at work.
Enroll here. |
| November 20, 2025 | Managing Change in the Workplace | The only constant in life is change. Learn about common reactions and emotions that accompany change and how to successfully navigate them. Enroll here. |
| December 4, 2025 | The Five Dysfunctions of a Team | Take a tour of Patrick Lencioni’s The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team and uncover what might be holding your team back and some basic strategies for moving forward toward a functional and healthy state. Intermediate and advanced sessions are also available. Enroll here. |
| January 22, 2026 | 1% Better Every Day: The Power of Atomic Habits | Explore the four laws of behavior change as described in James Clear’s Atomic Habits. Develop an action plan of tiny pivots to help you let go of old habits and develop new ones. Enroll here. |
| February 12, 2026 | The Science of Motivation | Explore what motivates people at work, and learn how to put what we know into practice. Enroll here. |
| March 26, 2026 | Can I Give You Some Feedback? | Discover why giving and receiving feedback can be hard. Learn the three types of feedback and strategies to provide honest, effective guidance. Enroll here. |
| April 23, 2026 | ABCs of Resilience: How our Brain and Beliefs Shape Decisions Under Stress | Explore and practice specific tools for calming your brain and dealing more effectively with stressful and unpredictable situations. Enroll here. |
| May 7, 2026 | Mattering Matters: Increasing Well-being at Work | Mattering, the need we all have to feel valued and to add value, is a concept that has been increasingly noted in recent research as a fundamental human need, and as something worthy of attention in the workplace. Learn what mattering is and leave with strategies for cultivating and prioritizing it at work. Enroll here. |
| June 4, 2026 | Managing Unsolvable Problems: Polarities at Work | Do you often face a tug-of-war between two seemingly opposite values? Learn how to name and navigate the ups and downs of common workplace polarities. Enroll here. |