{"id":368875,"date":"2024-10-01T15:44:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T19:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/?p=368875"},"modified":"2024-10-01T21:01:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T01:01:55","slug":"new-yu-learn-employee-courses-and-programs-reflect-changing-context-emerging-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/2024\/10\/01\/new-yu-learn-employee-courses-and-programs-reflect-changing-context-emerging-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"New YU Learn employee courses and programs reflect changing context, emerging skills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Registration is open for new and enhanced employee learning and development courses, programs and series via YU Learn, designed to drive York University\u2019s strategic focus and talent mobility and support the York U Forward Action Plan<\/a> priorities.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The 2024-25 lineup of employee courses, programs and series represents the \u201ccritical learning content that we know matters to employees and the organization as we evolve and change,\u201d says Jennifer Sipos<\/strong>, director of organizational learning and people excellence.

The latest offerings continue to emphasize five broad capability areas, with a range of courses and topics within each one. The five areas are: change management; digital collaboration; healthy teams; service excellence; and leadership and talent agility.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Employees from the department of Athletics and Recreation engaged in a recent learning and development session on change.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Within each category, new titles and enhanced topics focus on emergent skills and future-focused work, including: generative artificial intelligence, power business intelligence, coaching skills, neurodiverse teams, the people side of change, culture change and accountability, balancing workload, career navigation and personal brand, crucial communication for healthy conflict, leadership skills, working with data and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, most employee programming continues virtually. Many courses are instructor-led, with a range of complementary, self-paced learning, e-learning modules and curated learning paths in LinkedIn Learning. To maximize accessibility, the scheduling of offerings has increased flexibility, with more modes of delivery and a range of program types including new rapid learn (one-hour) sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith a shifting workforce and new ways of working, many of our colleagues are understandably looking to maximize relevant skills and competencies to both grow personally and to thrive in change,\u201d says Leigh Scott,<\/strong> York\u2019s assistant vice-president human resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"In this dynamic and complex environment, it is imperative to have a workforce ready to support York achieving its core mission to be a top-ranked teaching and research university,\" says Laina Bay-Cheng<\/strong>, vice-president equity, people and culture. This year's suite of employee learning opportunities reflects and respects York\u2019s diverse community of learners while highlighting the critical learning content to help leaders and teams do their best work, achieve shared results and grow individual talent.

Some highlights from 2024-25<\/strong> offerings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n