uhrConnect May 2019

UHR|Connect May 2019 Vol. 5 No. 5

We Want to Hear From You This month we are trying something a little different with how we publish the monthly UHR|Connect Newsletter. It came to you in a mobile-ready email format. All the content of the newsletter was presented, and you chose to click and read the entire story most valuable to you. We need to hear from you if this is a favorable change or unfavorable. In short, let us know how you feel about the change and if you have any suggestions to make the newsletter more valuable to you.

Lynda Course Highlight Learn the secrets of turning difficult conversations into successful interactions.

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Fitness & Sports Month Regular physical activity is good for your health.

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Skin Cancer Awareness Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States.

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Benefit Reminders Have you moved since last open enrollment?

Is your email address correct?

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Upcoming Development Plan your development time with the upcoming schedule sessions.

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May’s Lynda Course Having Difficult Conversations Leadership coach and lynda.com director of learning and development, Britt Andreatta shares her tips and strategies for having difficult conversations. In her four-phase model, you'll discover the situations that lead up to difficult conversations, decide when the conversation is warranted, prepare for the interaction, and monitor outcomes to ensure success.

Along the way, learn the secrets of turning difficult conversations into successful interactions that enhance communication and rapport. Improve both your professional and personal relationships, finding your way back from conflict through mutually successful outcomes. Topics include: • Understand why conversations go badly • Define the influence of power structures and patterns in a difficult conversation • Identify observable behaviors and use them to focus on facts and on how behaviors affect the business • Control the direction of a conversation • Build a blueprint from which to structure a conversation • Identify and prepare for resistance during a difficult conversation • Identify the conversational choices available to you when others resist your efforts

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Children and adolescents – Improve muscular fitness, bone health, and heart health Adults – Lower the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and some types of cancer Older adults – Lower the risk of falls and improve cognitive functioning (like learning and judgment skills) Communities, health professionals, and families can work together to create opportunities for everyone to get more physical activity.

How can National Physical Fitness and Sports Month make a difference?

We can use this month to raise awareness about the benefits of physical activity – and spread the word about fun ways to get moving!

May is also Skin Cancer Prevention Month Sponsor: American Academy of Dermatology Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun is the main cause of skin cancer. The UV radiation can also come from tanning booths or sunlamps. The most dangerous kind of skin cancer is called melanoma.

The good news? Skin cancer can almost always be cured when it’s found and treated early – and that includes melanoma. We can work together to prevent skin cancer or find it early when it’s easier to treat.

May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month

This May spread the word about strategies for preventing skin cancer and encourage organizations, communities, and families to get involved.

Regular physical activity is good for everyone’s health, and people of all ages and body types can be physically active.

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month is a great time to spread the word about the benefits of getting active.

and help people take action to prevent or detect it – both at

Here are just a few benefits of physical activity:

How can Skin Cancer Prevention Month make a difference?

We can use this month to raise awareness about skin cancer home and in the community.

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Attention: Kaiser Permanente Participants New! Alexandria Medical Center Now Open Kaiser Permanente delivers on its commitment to increase access to outstanding care and convenience in Northern Virginia.

To better serve our growing membership in Northern Virginia, we are pleased to announce our Alexandria Medical Center opened on Monday, April 1. Please let your employees, who are Kaiser Permanente members, know about this important milestone that marks the first of three new Virginia medical centers scheduled to open in 2019.

Located at 3000 Potomac Avenue, the newly-constructed, 40,000-square-foot medical center offers a wide range of primary care and specialty care services, including adult and pediatric care, women’s health, optometry, and physical therapy. Additionally, the one-stop medical center also contains a pharmacy, radiology, and laboratory services. For more information, visit kp.org/alexandria

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Make sure you complete a new W-4 with your new address

The W-4 form is available at uhr.umd.edu in the Forms Section, or you can submit one through POSC

https://interactive.marylandtaxes.gov/extranet/cp b/posc/user/start.aspx where you can set up a Payroll Online Services Center (POSC) account and complete the W-4 online.

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It is important for your address to be your Official Payroll Address because that will trigger being able to receive information from the State Benefits Office.

Email address update Please make sure that you have an updated email address in PHR. The Department of Budget & Management (State Benefits) may send notifications to you about Open Enrollment via email.

Let Lynda Help Now that the PRD process is wrapped up for your team, it is the time to set new expectations for the next cycle!

It can be a daunting task, and you may want to put it off until the last minute.

Let Lynda help!

Not only can you watch this 4 ½ minute video titled “Setting clear expectations” which is a module in Improving Employee Performance course, but you can also select training videos and courses as part of the Development Plans you are putting together for your team for the next PRD cycle

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Managing in a Linguistically & Culturally Diverse Workplace **Dates and Times Subject to Change. Please visit the training calendar for up-todate course listings**

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