Working parents and caregivers often feel caught between two unspoken expectations: give everything at work, and give everything at home. When both matter deeply, the result is frequently exhaustion, guilt, and burnout – not because of lack of commitment, but because of unsustainable pressure.
UC staff shape the environments where students, early-career professionals, and colleagues discover their potential. Yet many neurodivergent individuals, especially at transition points, face executive-function challenges such as prioritising, planning, and follow-through. These same pressures increasingly affect staff performance and career sustainability....
UC supervisors and managers face unprecedented change and workload pressures while balancing results and supporting team well-being. This interactive, coach-led session moves leaders from reacting to demands to leading with intention and clarity. Participants will learn to navigate burnout and staffing constraints...
In today’s diverse workforce, effective feedback is a critical leadership tool for fostering equity and psychological safety. This session introduces the Equitable Feedback Model, a framework of 10 practical methods, such as growth mindset framing and collaborative discussion, designed to navigate power dynamics and neurodiversity. Participants will learn to move beyond traditional, often biased, feedback practices to build a...
"Collaboration" is often used broadly, leading to misaligned expectations and wasted effort. This session introduces a practical framework to define and request specific types of collaborative engagement. Participants will learn to distinguish between five distinct collaboration types—such as thinking partners and working teams—and explore how...
