Watch/Listen

• TED talk: Grit: the power of passion and perseverance
• TED playlist: Craft your curiosity
• TED talk: “Squiggly” careers and the end of the traditional path
• Identity Capital, The Rounds with Brandon & Taylor

Read/Practice/Reflect

• Give & Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success (Adam Grant)
• 21 books that’ll get you ahead at work, according to career coaches (The Muse)
• The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter and How to Make the Most of Them Now (Meg Jay)
• The American Upskilling Study: Empowering Workers for the Jobs of Tomorrow (Gallup)
• Stanford d.school reading list (list of books on design thinking)

Watch/listen:

TED talk: Want to get great at something? Get a coach

TED talk: Leaders who coach are creating better workplaces

Audiobook: Co-Active Coaching: Changing Business, Transforming Lives (available through VU Libraries)

Read/practice/reflect:

Book: The Tao of Coaching: Boost Your Effectiveness at Work by Inspiring and Developing Those Around You

Book: Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go: Career Conversations Organizations Need and Employees Want

Book: Helping People Change: Coaching with Compassion for Lifelong Learning and Growth

Book: Coaching for Performance: GROWing People, Performance, and Purpose

Self-paced courses:

Coaching Techniques that Inspire Coachees to Action (Skillsoft course)

Watch/Listen

• TED talk: 4 tips to kickstart honest conversations at work
• TED talk: The art of finding common ground

Read/Practice/Reflect

• Contributing to virtual meetings (ELE infographic)
• Leading your team in contributing in virtual meetings (ELE infographic)
• Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time (Susan Scott)
• The Science of What Makes People Care (article)

Self-paced Courses (incl. Skillsoft)

• *Skills for Communication Success (Skillsoft course

Watch/Listen

• TED playlist: How to bring empathy and authenticity to your life

Read/Practice/Reflect

• Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive (Dr. Marc Brackett)
• Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive (Susan Scott)

Self-paced Courses (incl. Skillsoft)

• Managing Emotions in Times of Uncertainty (Coursera)
• *Achieving Emotional Intelligence (Skillsoft course)
• Emotional Agility quiz

• Generative AI at Vanderbilt
• Workshops and courses
  • Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT (with Dr. Jules White, via Coursera) 
  • Generative AI for Leaders (with Dr. Jules White, via Coursera)

Understanding Higher Education (three e-learning courses from CUPA-HR):

• Course 1: An overview of higher education for all employees (including information on types of institutions, cultural hallmarks, basics of higher education funding, and more) (open access – no registration required)
• Course 2: Higher education employment practices (for HR practitioners; includes information on tenure, academic titles, reporting structures, and more)
• Course 3: Succeeding and leading in higher education (for leaders; includes strategies, resources, and key leadership skills)

To access Course 2 or 3, please email ele@vanderbilt.edu to be added to the CUPA-HR membership roster. (There is no cost.)

Watch/Listen

• TED playlist: Tips for inclusive leadership
• TED playlist: How fearless women lead

Read/Practice/Reflect

• The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety: Defining the Path to Inclusion and Innovation (Timothy Clark)
• The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace (Gary Chapman & Paul White)
• How to identify and tell your most powerful stories (Harvard Business Review)

Self-paced Courses (incl. Skillsoft)

• *Leading Virtual Teams (Skillsoft course)
• *Taking the Lead with Workplace
• *Motivation and Engagement (Skillsoft course)
• *Inspiring and Developing as a Leader (Skillsoft course)
• *Leading in the Post-pandemic Workplace (Skillsoft course)
• *Leveraging Team Skills (Skillsoft course)
• *Coaching to Drive Success (Skillsoft course) 

Watch/Listen

• TED talk: How the power of mentoring can change the world
• TED talk: Mentors: Through research, in practice, and on reality-tv
• TED talk: Science of mentorship

For mentees:

• Are you mentorable?

For mentors:

• TED talk: How to be a great mentor

Read/Practice/Reflect

For mentees:

• How to be a great mentee (Forbes)

For mentors:

• 20 books that will make you a better coach or mentor (Forbes)

Self-paced Courses (incl. Skillsoft)

• *Finding and Nurturing a Mentor Relationship

Viva Learning (a Microsoft-powered learning platform)

When browsing or searching Viva Learning, please note that Microsoft 365 Training content and Microsoft Learn content are available. Content from LinkedIn Learning is not available. To filter when searching, click “Providers” and select check boxes next to Microsoft 365 Training and Microsoft Learn. 

Watch/Listen

• TED talk: Autism: neurodiversity at work works best

Read/Practice/Reflect

• Neurodiversity as a Competitive Advantage (Harvard Business Review)
• Thinking Differently: Neurodiversity in the Workplace
• Neurodiversity Hub
• Autism and Neurodiversity in the Workplace (course modules from the University of British Columbia) - https://circa.educ.ubc.ca/autism-in-the-workplace/

Vanderbilt Resources

• The Frist Center for Autism and Innovation - https://www.vanderbilt.edu/autismandinnovation/
• Vanderbilt Autism & Neurodiversity Alliance (VANA) - This organization focuses on fostering a supportive environment and advocating for neurodivergent individuals.
• Frist Center for Autism and Innovation - The Frist Center offers various tools and resources tailored to neurodivergent individuals, accessible through the "tools and resources" dropdown menu on their website.
• Lyra Health - Lyra provides Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and mental health services, including access to mental wellness coaches.
• Equal Opportunity and Access is the best contact for questions related to accommodations

Additional resources

• University of Connecticut Center for Neurodiversity & Employment Innovation

Watch/Listen

Assumptions:

• TEDxStanford: 5 Steps to Designing the Life You Want, by Bill Burnett

Communication strategies

• TED talk: How to speak so that people want to listen

Energy

• The Accidental Creative: How to Captivate with Vanessa Van Edwards
• TED Talk: Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are, by Amy Cuddy

Read/Practice/Reflect

• Own the Room: Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence (Amy Jen Su & Murial Maignan Wilkins)
• Develop your signature voice Harvard Business Review

Assumptions:

• Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life (Bill Burnett & Dave Evans)
• The 15-Minute Method to Writing an Unforgettable Elevator Speech (The Muse)

Communication strategies:

• How to Frame Your Messages for Maximum Impact (Harvard Business Review)
• 3 Communication Mistakes You’re Making at Work (The Muse)

Energy:

• 7 Simple Meditation Techniques to Practice at Work (Inc.com)

Self-paced Courses (incl. Skillsoft)

• *First Time Manager Essentials (Skillsoft course)
• *Inspiring and Developing as a Leader (Skillsoft course)
• *Leveraging Team Skills (Skillsoft course)
• *Coaching to Drive Success (Skillsoft course)
• *Gaining Insight through Organizational Awareness (Skillsoft course)
• Purpose in Life Quiz, by the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley

Watch/Listen

• TED talk: Who are you, really? The puzzle of personality
• TED talk: The power of introverts

Read/Practice/Reflect

• The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge (Beatrice Chestnut)
• The Four Tendencies: The Indispensible Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other People’s Lives Better, Too) (Gretchen Rubin)
• Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type (Isabel Briggs Myers)
• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking (Susan Cain)
• Contributing in virtual meetings (ELE infographic)
• Leading your team in contributing in virtual meetings (ELE infographic)

Self-paced Courses (incl. Skillsoft)

• 16 Personalities (quiz)

Watch/Listen

• TED talk: The 3 magic ingredients of amazing presentations
• TED playlist: How to make a great presentation
• ELE Workshop: Creating Presentations That Stick: Design Principles 
• ELE Workshop: Creating Presentations That Stick: Engaging Your Audience 

Read/Practice/Reflect

• Vanderbilt Center for Teaching
• Accessibility
• Color wheel
• Coblis — Color Blindness Simulator – Colblindor (color-blindness.com)
• Alt text 
• 10 Tips for Improving Your Presentations  (Presentation Zen)
• Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning (Brown, Roediger, & McDaniel)
• Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Garr Reynolds)

Self-paced Courses (incl. Skillsoft)

• Khan Academy/Pixar in a Box – The Art of Storytelling
• *Office 365: PowerPoint (Skillsoft course)

Watch/Listen

• TED talk: The unforeseen consequences of a fast-paced world

Read/Practice/Reflect

• Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (James Clear)
• Which of these 6 time traps is eating up all your time? (TED)

Specializations/certifications available through Coursera partnership

*Please create a Coursera account or link your current Coursera account through this special Vanderbilt partnership link.

• Project Management (specialization from CU Boulder; includes courses on project management foundations, project planning and execution, and agile project management)
• Project Management Principles and Practices (specialization from University of California, Irvine; includes courses on initiating and planning project, budgeting and scheduling, managing risks and challenges)
• Engineering Project Management (specialization from Rice University)
• Six Sigma Yellow Belt (specialization from University of Georgia system)
• Six Sigma Green Belt (specialization from University of Georgia System)

Self-paced Courses (incl. Skillsoft)

• *Project Management for All (Skillsoft course)
• *Project Management Professional Certification (6th ed.) (Skillsoft course)

Watch/Listen

• TED playlist: Before public speaking

Read/Practice/Reflect

• The Art of Public Speaking (Dale Carnegie)
• Talk like TED: The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds (Carmine Gallo)
• How to identify and tell your most powerful stories (Harvard Business Review)

Self-paced Courses (incl. Skillsoft) 

• *Public Speaking Strategies (Skillsoft course)

Watch/Listen

• TED playlist: The power of collaboration

Read/Practice/Reflect

• The secrets of great teamwork (Harvard Business Review)
• The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team (Patrick Lencioni)
• Gamestorming: A playbook for innovators, rulebreakers, and changemakers (Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, & James Macanufo)

 Self-paced Courses (incl. Skillsoft)

• *Contributing as a Virtual Team Member (Skillsoft course)
• *Cultivating Cross-functional Team Collaboration (Skillsoft course)

Watch/Listen

• TED talk: The power of vulnerability
• TED talk: What we don’t understand about trust

Read/Practice/Reflect

• Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. (Brené Brown)

Self-paced Courses (incl. Skillsoft)

• *The Building Blocks of Building Trust (Skillsoft course)

Watch/Listen

• TED talk: Why we all need to practice emotional first aid
• TED talk: The art of stillness
• TED talk: The cure for burnout (hint: it isn’t self-care)
• TED talk: How to turn off work thoughts during your free time
• TED talk: 4 lessons the pandemic taught us about work, life and balance

Read/Practice/Reflect

• Mind going a million miles a minute? Slow it down with this breathing exercise  (TED)
• Are you a procrastinator or a pre-crastinator? (TED)
• Faculty & Staff Health and Wellness

Self-paced Courses (incl. Skillsoft)

• *Mental Health Awareness (Skillsoft course)
• Kognito At-Risk

Watch/Listen

• Zoomed Out: Virtual Meeting Fatigue and How to Combat It 

Read/Practice/Reflect

• ELE 9/9 Zoomed Out workshop materials

Self-paced Courses (incl. Skillsoft)

• Zoom Exhaustion & Fatigue Scale