The University of Nebraska Kearney recognizes that people are our most important resource for sustaining excellent teaching, research, and service. Our goal is for all employees to maximize contributions to their departments, while having opportunities to develop their talents, to acquire and use new skills, and thus to achieve greater career effectiveness and satisfaction. The following courses are available in Bridge, and each department head is responsible for ensuring that individual and departmental training needs are met.
Bridge is the University of Nebraska’s learning management solution that houses employee learning and professional development. Bridge has a collaborative team of ITS, campus compliance, and HR leads that support the system.
Employment Law Essentials: Hours Worked Compliance
Recommended
Bridge
On-Demand
Understanding Diversity
Recommended
Recommended
Bridge
On-Demand
Teamwork: Being an Effective Team
Recommended
Recommended
Bridge
On-Demand
Management Basics
Recommended
Bridge
On-Demand
Generational Awareness
Recommended
Bridge
On-Demand
Emotional Intelligence
Recommended
Recommended
Bridge
On-Demand
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Recommended
Recommended
Bridge
On-Demand
Coaching and Feedback
Recommended
Bridge
On-Demand
Goal Setting & Achieving
Recommended
Bridge
On-Demand
Presenter: Bridge Description: This course provides basic functions and navigation within Bridge, the university’s learning management system for students, staff, and faculty. Cost: None Intended Audience: Required for all employees Format: On-Demand Time: 8 min
Presenter: HR Description: This course consists of several sub-modules with a focus on the basic tools’ supervisors should be aware of to be successful at supervising duties. This includes the following:
Job Description
Classification Process
Salaries
Recruitment
Collective Bargaining
FMLA
ADA
Evaluations Basics
Corrective Action
Cost: Free Intended Audience: Required for supervisors Format: In-person Time: 90 min *Offered in February and September
Presenter: HR Description: This course focuses on how to have an effective evaluation, critical conversations, setting reach goals, and engaging in strategic planning & execution. Cost: Free Intended Audience: Required for supervisors Format: In-person Time: 45 minutes *Offered in March and October
Presenter: Krista Fritson – UNK Professor Description: What is your conflict resolution style? How does it vary depending on your situation & relationships? Is your style conducive to healthy and happy relationships? Work life? Quality of life? Information can be a powerful tool towards growth. This presentation will offer some insights about your conflict resolution style and ways to evolve to your comfort level. Cost: Free Intended Audience: Required for supervisors and recommended for all employees Format: On-Demand Time: 90 minutes
Presenter: HR Description:
Understand the need for different approaches to conflict situations
Increase understanding of the nature and dynamics of conflict
Practice strategies to help prevent and resolve differences in the workplace
Cost: Free Intended Audience: Required for supervisors and recommended for all employees. Format: In-person Time: 2 hours Pre-requisite: Boundaries & Listening
Presenter: TBD Description: Bring an awareness of the types of microaggressions that can occur in the workplace or classroom and provide strategies/resources to empower people to address micro-aggressive behaviors when they occur. Cost: Free Intended Audience: Required for all employees Format: TBD Time: TBD
Presenter: Bridge Description: Supervisor's guide to stay in compliance with the Department of Labor's Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA) for hourly employees. Cost: Free Intended Audience: Recommended for supervisors Format: On-Demand Time: 30 minutes
Presenter: Bridge Description: This course will help you understand diversity and how you can help create a workplace that values and respects differences. You will learn to identify stereotypes and biases, encourage diversity, and take action to prevent and discourage discrimination. Cost: Free Intended Audience: Recommended for all employees Format: On-Demand Time: 22 minutes
Presenter: Bridge Description: Someone calls you a jerk to your face. What do you do about it? Everybody feels frustrated, angry, or even annoyed by another person sometimes. But there’s a tried-and-true process you can follow to smooth the prickliest predicament between co-workers. Cost: Free Intended Audience: Required for all employees Format: On-Demand Time: 22 minutes
Presenter: Bridge Description: What makes an effective team? How does one team succeed where others have failed? In this course, you'll learn how team dynamics affect the way we interact with each other, and ways leaders and team members can make the most out of their team experience. Cost: Free Intended Audience: Recommended for all employees Format: On-Demand Time: 26 minutes
Presenter: Bridge Description: This training will help you learn managerial skills needed to create work efficiencies, set appropriate goals and expectations for yourself and your team, delegate responsibilities, manage your time, and provide appropriate feedback. Cost: Free Intended Audience: Recommended for all employees Format: On-Demand Time: 39 minutes
Presenter: Bridge Description: This course explains key differences among the generations present in today's workforce, and gives you tips on intergenerational communication. Whether you’re a Traditionalist, Baby Boomer, Gen Xer, or Millennial, a little understanding goes a long way. Cost: Free Intended Audience: Recommended for all employees Format: On-Demand Time: 27 minutes
Presenter: Bridge Description: Are you emotionally intelligent? We're talking about how you manage your behavior, navigate social situations, and make personal decisions to achieve positive results. This course provides tools, techniques, and tips to be more emotionally intelligent! Cost: Free Intended Audience: Recommended for all employees Format: On-Demand Time: 31 minutes
Presenter: Bridge Description: This Critical Thinking and Problem Solving course covers step-by-step, logical thinking approaches as well as out-of-the-box approaches for times when traditional methods just aren’t working. Try a new strategy or two, and bam! You’re back in the game! Cost: Free Intended Audience: Recommended for all employees Format: On-Demand Time: 14 minutes
Presenter: Bridge Description: In this course you will learn an easy-to-understand coaching model, effective methods for giving feedback and constructive criticism, how to increase trust with the members of your team, and how to achieve ongoing, long-term development through mentoring. Cost: Free Intended Audience: Recommended for all employees Format: On-Demand Time: 27 minutes
Presenter: Bridge Description: Do you have clear and measurable goals for yourself? Have you written them down? If not, you're not alone. In this course, you'll learn key techniques for setting goals, making plans to achieve those goals, and leading yourself to success. Cost: Free Intended Audience: Recommended for all employees Format: On-Demand Time: 20 minutes
