WHAT OTHER TRAINING IS AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE MANAGERS?
I completed the Berkeley People Management (BPM) Part 1: Grow Today certificate; what should I do next?
Begin by reviewing your results from the Berkeley People Management Knowledge Assessment. Rather than focusing on the overall score, look specifically at the scores received in each sub-section of the Assessment. For any sub-section in which your score is less than 70%, use the learning resources provided to shore up knowledge gaps related to that sub-section.
You should also visit UC Berkeley’s GROW webpage to explore all the learning and development resources available through Berkeley People & Culture.
As you explore, partner with your manager to create a professional development plan to strengthen any areas you wish to develop. The plan might include attendance in suggested workshops, individual coaching from your manager or a Career Coach from Berkeley People & Culture, participation in one of our campus’s many Staff Organizations, on-the-job stretch assignments, and so much more!
While I understand that Berkeley People Management Part 1: Grow Today is the only required series in the Berkeley People Management program, can you tell me more about the program as a whole?
The Berkeley People Management program consists of four certificate series, touched on briefly below:
The BPM Part 1: Grow Today series is designed for everyone. This fully online workshop series is designed for all staff, from seasoned people leaders to those desiring to become managers, supervisors, or team leads. Seasoned people leaders can use these content refreshers for pertinent people management information. Aspiring leaders can use these quick learning experiences to gain a sense of the breadth of knowledge and depth of responsibility required for a campus leadership role.
There is no time limit for completing this series of courses unless you have been assigned this training because you are a manager/supervisor. Managers/supervisors have six (6) months to complete this training.
The BPM Part 2: Grow Your Knowledge and BPM Part 3: Grow Your Team series are best suited to individuals with current and/or previous people management experience. This can be the supervision of direct reports, volunteers, students, etc. and/or a leadership role in a staff organization or project team, in either a current or previous role. As long as the individual has engaged in overseeing the work of others in some capacity (now or in the past), they will have the background necessary for engaging in the interactive portions of each workshop.
The BPM Part 2: Grow Your Knowledge series provides instructor-led workshops using the Zoom platform to share and help participants learn and practice the knowledge necessary to navigate policies and procedures in our unique campus environment.
The BPM Part 3: Grow Your Team series (also delivered via an expert facilitator using the Zoom platform) provides learning and practice opportunities related to the skills needed to engage teams for ultimate group success at UC Berkeley.
Once the Part 2 or Part 3 series is started, an individual has two years to complete the entire series. This means that once a person takes their first workshop in either series, they have two years from that date to complete the remaining workshops in that particular series to be eligible to receive the certificate for that series.
For example, the BPM Part 3: Grow Your Team certificate has 10 components. If you started this series by taking BPM 207 Leading Change on July 9, 2024, you have until July 9, 2026, to finish all 10 components required for the BPM Part 3: Grow Your Team certificate.
We require a two-year window to complete BPM Parts 2 and 3 as course materials are continually updated due to the changing nature of the workforce and the evolution of employment policies.
The BPM Part 4: Grow the Organization series is a cohort-based program for senior campus leaders (M1s and above and PPSM staff with large programmatic responsibilities). It offers in-person workshops, a 360° leadership assessment, and integrated group coaching to equip leaders with the skills essential for strategic success at UC Berkeley and the support necessary to bring their best selves to the role. Participants complete this cohort series over a ten-week period.