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

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

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/

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)

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