LEARNING & TALENT DEVELOPMENT @ UMD Fall 2015 Calendar of Opportunities The University of Maryland is committed to fostering a learning community for our staff, faculty, and students. The office of Learning & Talent Development, University Human Resources (UHR), aids the larger university in meeting this commitment by providing UMD staff with opportunities to participate in campus-wide learning and development initiatives. Our goal is to stimulate a transformative culture of learning by providing tools to develop and enhance essential workplace skills and increase job satisfaction, effectiveness, and performance. These initiatives encourage employee engagement and retention
“The Leadership Development Initiatives (LDI) helped me embrace my own potential as a leader in the workplace by reminding me that the skills it takes to be an effective supervisor aren’t just something “you either have or you don’t,” but can be learned and mastered over time through practice,
of UMD staff through personal and professional development. We
openness to change and
coordinate and design and deliver a diverse selection of classroom,
growth, and meaningful
on-line, and individual learning programs for the UMD community.
guidance and feedback along the way.” ~James Stillwell
Art Dwight, Leadership Development Specialist, facilitating learning with the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows, The Philip Merrill College of Journalism