COVID-19 has brought many changes and confirmed that remote work will be a more regular part of employee life at UCLA. Although remote work brings with it many benefits, it has also exacerbated existing issues and created some new challenges for our managers, including those overseeing hybrid teams.
In response to the need for additional support for our managers and supervisors navigating this new reality and ensuring management has the tools and resources to succeed, Administration Leadership 2029’s “Work from Home Management Solutions” team has created Monthly Management Tips emails.
"We hope these emails will help managers feel prepared with the tools and guidance to engage in conversations with team members, address performance issues in a meaningful manner, and improve team dynamics, efficiency and morale with the trust and rapport they have built with team members,” said Jessica Doty, assistant manager of employee and labor relations.
In January 2021, the first Monthly Management Tips email was distributed to managers and supervisors at all levels within Administration. January’s tips focused on “Creating a Culture of Support and Accountability” and provided micro-learning videos to dive deeper in to this topic. Each month, the group, in conjunction with Campus Human Resources, will distribute a brief article discussing a different topic that is important to management’s success. Each article is designed with busy managers in mind, taking only a few minutes to read, with various resources and scenarios to help readers gain a better understanding of the topic. Solutions to these scenarios can be found in the next month’s email. Active discussion of these scenarios during management meetings is highly encouraged, and it is hoped that these discussions will encourage dialogue across management levels where success stories are shared.
“Our team is humbled to report that feedback for these Monthly Management Tips has been overwhelmingly positive and we are excited to continue to share these tips with all of you,” said Doty.
