The schedule for the 2025-2026 Management Seminar Series: Tools for Effective Leadership: Adaptability to Impact, the 25th offering of this exceptional series, is available.
“Tools for Effective Leadership,” sponsored in partnership with UCLA Anderson’s Executive Education Program, is designed to provide practical tools and strategies to help attendees engage their team, enhance core competencies, build professional networks, and advance the University’s commitment to organizational effectiveness and inclusive excellence.
The series features presentations by Anderson faculty, national field experts, and interactive dialogue with campus colleagues. The virtual platform enables CHR to support leaders operating under a hybrid work model. Quarterly sessions are offered on the following topics:
| ▪ | Fostering Creativity and Innovation through Improvisation, Business Improv | Oct. 8, 2025 |
| ▪ | Persuasion and Influence, Noah Goldstein | Nov. 5, 2025 |
| ▪ | Effective Storytelling: Build Connections and Inspire Action, Iris Firstenberg | Feb. 5, 2026 |
| ▪ | Leader as Coach, John Ullmen | Mar. 5, 2026 |
All academic and administrative leaders, faculty and professional staff at the Career Tracks Manager 1 and above, Professional 4 or 5, or PSS 5 and equivalent MSP classifications and above are eligible to attend.
For more information about the series, review our eBrochure. To enroll, please visit the UC Learning Center at http://lms.ucla.edu and select the Management Seminar Series category.
Departments may reserve a package and designate different participants for individual workshops, provided they notify us in advance of their participation. The fee for the entire series is $605 and $200 for single seminars. Package reservations have priority; then, it is first-come, first-served.
Contact the Training Desk (learning@chr.ucla.edu) for enrollment assistance and myself (rmathis@chr.ucla.edu) for program information.
Campus Human Resources, Training and Development
Phone: (310) 794-0850 | Fax: (310) 794-0855
