Rose Markey brings Trust into Focus at UVAForward 2019

Markey will be pulling double-duty at UVAForward 2019;
She's also emceeing the event.  No word yet on if this cute
pooch will join her.  

Trust.  

It's not the most comfortable topic.   When people say they don't trust someone, what does that mean?  How do I work with someone I don't trust?  How can I foster trust in those who work with me?

Not only is trust hard for us to talk about, but also, we often assume it's a topic that's hard to define and harder to do anything about.

Yet research and several recent books have shown, trust, this big topic surrounded by emotion and risk, is actually quantifiable and definable and is definitely something we can and should do something about.

Attendees of UVAForward 2019 will have an opportunity to learn about the importance of trust and how to grow it within our work environment.    Rose Markey,  Senior Learning & Development Consultant with UVA HR's Talent Development Team will present "The Pursuit of Trust" at a breakout session.  

Trust is a hot topic currently, with books such as Stephen M.R. Covey's The Speed of Trust, Richard Fagerlin's Trustology, and many works and talks by Brene Brown drawing mass attention.

In her session, Markey will walk through the seven elements of trust, based on research by noted trust  & vulnerability expert Brene Brown, and apply those concepts to both self-trust and trust within teams and groups.  Markey says the second half of her session takes the discussion into a highly practical realm, covering how to have healthy dialogue and share your perspective with other people.

Markey has over 25 years of experience in human resources and has been a trainer and professional speaker for many years.  In September, she will complete training to become a certified facilitator of Brene Brown's  Daring Way methodology.  The UVAForward team is excited for her to bring her experience and wisdom on this important topic.

"I want to provide people with the tools so they can have successful conversations when the stakes are really high -- helping them get unstuck, master their own stories, and deal with their own motives before they start talking," Markey said.

If you haven't already, make plans to attend UVAForward 2019!  

Registration will open May 20!


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Get prepared for the Trust conversation at UVAForward.  Check out these resources:

Speed of Trust Podcasts from Finance Matters

The Power of Vulnerability from Finance Matters

Stephen MR Covey on "The Speed of Trust"

Brene Brown on the Anatomy of Trust

Bring your Special Interest to UVAFinance

Special interests allow us all to flower at work!

Are you a knitter who'd like to take an afternoon break to stitch with like-minded colleagues?  A wellness newbie interested in exploring meditation during the workday?  Someone new to the area who'd like to learn more about restaurants in the area with established Charlottesville foodies?  Or maybe you're just looking for a few colleagues to take a walk with you before lunch? 

UVAFinance's Culture Crew wants to help!  

We invite our talented team to bring their special interests, talents, and hobbies to the workplace via our Special Interest Group Team.

Composed of Mara Hilliar, Devin Foster, Brian Logwood, and Ruth Parcells, this group's purpose is to connect you to the resources you need to organize a group around your interest.  They'll help connect you with mail lists, rooms, resources, marketing, and assist in providing guidelines for a successful special interest group in our workplace.

What kinds of activities might be "special interests"?  Any of the ones listed above, but also things like photography, sports, painting, board games, video game groups, book clubs (different than our existing UVAFinance Book Club), or they could be centered around sessions you want to lead, topics you want to teach about, or even topics you want to learn about.  They could be held during lunch or breaks, or before or after working hours.   The possibilities are endless!

If you have something you'd like to share with the group, contact the Special Interest Group Team today, and they'll give you the right resources to help you flower in your niche so that our whole community flourishes.

Want to join the Special Interest Group Team?  They'd love to have you join them!  Just contact one of the members named above.

Check out this Harvard Business Review article on the benefits of employees bringing their special interests to work.

Read more about the Culture Crew here. 

More Lean Classes in 2019

Would you like to improve the efficiency of your processes and the quality of your products/services while reducing costs? Lean principles and tools can help you do just that. We have multiple classes available to help you learn the basics about Lean as well as further your lean skills.

All classes will be held in Carruthers Hall, Conference Room 2 (Carr-2). Click the desired date below to enroll through Workday Learning.

All of the Lean courses will be part of the forthcoming UVAFinance Lean Certification. Stay tuned for an announcement with more information.

We look forward to seeing you in class! If you have any questions, please contact the training team at foc-training@virginia.edu.

Lean is continually seeking to improve quality and efficiency by identifying and eliminating waste.
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Lean Fluency

Lean Fluency will familiarize you with the basics of Lean principles, vocabulary, and tools. The course incorporates three phases of learning including pre and post-workshop activities and the leader-led workshop.

Date	Time
Jul  24, 2019	9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Aug 28, 2019	9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Oct 2, 2019	9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Dec 5, 2019

1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Lean in Daily Work

Lean in Daily Work will provide you with practical, easy-to-implement strategies to make your current processes more efficient. The course includes a discussion of 5S, Standard Work, Kanban Boards and much more.

Prerequisite: Completion of Lean Fluency or the Leading a Lean Transformation certificate.

Date	Time
May 22, 2019	10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Jun 18, 2019	10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Aug 14, 2019	10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Sept 24 2019	10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Oct 22, 2019	10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Nov 20, 2019	10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Lean Projects

Lean Projects delves deeper into the Lean principles and tools with a focus on using the A3 tool to identify and lead continuous improvement (“Lean) projects. The course incorporates three phases of learning including pre and post-workshop activities, the leader-led workshop, and meeting with a Lean coach.

Prerequisite: Completion of Lean Fluency or the Leading a Lean Transformation certificate.

Date	Time
Aug 21, 2019	8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Oct 16, 2019	8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Dec 11, 2019	8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Start With Why: June 12 Book Club

Please join us on Wednesday, June 12, 12-1 pm in Carr-2 for the next UVAFinance Book Club meeting. We will be discussing Simon Sinek’s Start With Why. There is a copy of this book in the Book Nook (in the corner of the Carruthers 2nd floor break area) which may be available for check-out.

What's Start With Why all about? Check out author Simon Sinek's TED Talk for an inside look!

Visit the Start With Why Website

If you have questions about the UVAFinance Book Club or would like to suggest a book or lead a discussion, please email finance_engagement@virginia.edu.

Yoga in UVAFinance this May

During May, yoga classes are available during the lunchtime hour.  Classes are gentle and can be done in comfortable work clothes, but there is time built into the hour to allow you to change.  Class begins at 12:10 and ends at 12:50 (except for May 15, when it will be held from 1:10 - 1:50). 

Instructor: Robin Lilly 

Interested in attending?  Just bring a mat or towel and $5.

Note from the editor:  I'm not saying these classes will fix everything that ails you, but after one session with Robin last week in Carr-2, the knot of pain and tension between my shoulderblades disappeared. 

Happy Podiversary!

Finance Matters launched in April 2018, with two FOC-ers and a snowball microphone.  Twelve months and many guests and guest-hosts later, the podcast has 45 episodes and over 1000 downloads.

We want your ideas!

We've got a ton of ideas and great things planned for upcoming episodes, both topics and guests, and we'd love to hear from you!  What would you like to hear more about, or who would you like to hear from?  Email either Patty or Brandi with your ideas.

Check out the best of the pod: 

The Strength of Being Vulnerable, with Sarah Doran

Cross-Functional Teams, with Shannon Wampler & Josh Breeden

Change Fatigue, with Mary Brackett

Organization Tips

What We Learn from Failure, with Lynne Schwar

The Power of Contemplation, with David Germano

New on the Pod: What's in it for us? Practicing Change in Academia

Patty and Brandi are joined in this episode by Angela Knobloch from UVA's Organizational Excellence Department. Beyond her depth of training and breadth of experience in change management and continuous improvement, Angela just gets the human side of change. Join us for a lively, interesting discussion of the particularities of practicing change in the academic environment.

Lean isn't lean if it doesn't involve everyone. 

                                                      - John Shook

LISTEN HERE

Resources Mentioned:
Organizational Excellence at UVA

More about Angela / Contact

What is Lean Six Sigma?

What is DMAIC?

Dave Boling Retirement

Dave Boling and UVAFinance colleagues enjoyed
cake on his last day in Carruthers Hall.  

This week UVAFinance began our goodbyes to Dave Boling, who has been at UVA for 39 years.  Although he has already officially finished his job responsibilities in Financial Planning & Analysis, Boling will still be on Grounds until the end of June as he wraps up duties with the Ufirst project.

A retirement party will be held on May 29 in Newcomb Hall's Kaleidoscope
Room from 2 to 4 pm (watch for an invite via email soon).

FEAP Seminars this May and June

Check out these upcoming seminars from the UVA Faculty & Employee Assistance Program (FEAP).


To Register: email dds4e@virginia.edu  (include name, employer, department, email address & phone number) or call 434.243.2643

Understanding Anxiety
Presented by Joseph Ipacs, MD

Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health problem in the U.S. and result in +$4.1 billion in indirect workplace costs. For many people with an anxiety disorder, successfully maintaining a job is an essential part of recovery and well-being. Learn how employers can help facilitate this by creating an informed and accommodating work environment and how family members can understand and support their loved ones with anxiety. In this presentation, we will discuss general anxiety, panic disorders and other anxiety-based issues and effective treatment approaches. Rumination and worry are common symptoms but when is it more than that?

Wednesday, May 8, 2019
12 – 1:00 p.m.
Education Resource Center, Room B

Raising the Digital Generation
Presented by Monical Maughlin, LPC, CEAP

Technology is transforming the way that we relate and live our lives. This seminar will explore the opportunities and challenges that raising kids in the digital age brings, and will provide strategies for raising a generation of kids transformed by technology.

Wednesday, May 22, 2019
12 noon – 1:00 p.m.
Education Resource Center, Room B

Stress First Aid:  Caring for Self & Others
Presented by Joyce Camden, LCSW

This seminar covers the degrees of stress which can impact people and ways to identify and reduce the impact of such stress. Most Health Care Professionals have a moderate to high level of stress as usual elements in the work environment. Personal life can also have events and waves of moderate to high stress levels. Independently or together those natural factors in life can accumulate and have heavy impact. There are many ways to expand awareness of stress and how it can become symptomatic. There are also on-going practices which can help heal, restore, and prevent stress from reaching a point of negatively effecting ones experiences and relationships. This workshop provides ways to address these issues with tools and practices that can serve you and your co-workers.

Thursday, June 6, 2019
12 noon – 1:00 p.m.
Education Resource Center, Room B

Parenting Age 0-3 Years:  Fostering Emotional Intelligence in Young Children
Presented by Ken Horne, LCSW

This seminar will focus on skills and techniques for parents and grandparents to foster social-emotional intelligence in young children. Eighty percent of brain growth happens in the first three years of life and there are a variety of evidence-based methods parents can learn to set their children up for success. Drawing from the Boston Basics Campaign and neuroscience research, we will look at everyday interactions between children and caregivers that provide countless opportunities to lay a foundation for wellness and make the most of the first three years of life.

Tuesday, June 25, 2019
12 noon – 1:00 p.m.
Newcomb Hall, room 389

Take a Peek: What's New in the Community

ubicommunity.virginia.edu is where it's all happening!

Adaptive Insights Pilot Project

UVAFinance is working to address a known pain point related to the planning and budgeting process through a pilot of Workday's Adaptive Insights with selected schools. 

Read more in the Community.

FST Update for Fiscal Administrators

At the April 17 Fiscal Administrators Meeting, James Gorman presented an update on Finance Strategic Transformation. 

Check out the slides and share your questions/thoughts!

New Titles in the UVAFinance Book Nook

We just added many new books to the library in the corner of the coffee area in Carruthers.  Drop by and check them out (literally!).  

Two titles worth noting include books by two of our 2019 UVAForward speakers: 

• Humility is the New Smart, by Edward D. Hess and Katharine Ludwig
• The End of Diversity as We Know It:  Why Diversity Efforts Fail and How Leveraging Difference Can Succeed, by Martin N. Davidson

Finance Strategic Transformation Welcomes Mary Wagamon

Mary Wagamon joined the Finance Strategic Transformation (FST) project team early this year as an administrative assistant. In her role, Wagamon supports the project team as they progress through FST, a widespread and intense change effort that touches nearly every part of UVA.

Mary Wagamon

Besides her skill set and experience, one of Wagamon’s strongest qualifications for the position may have just been that she knows a thing or two about change.

After earning her Bachelor of Arts in English and racking up a few years of experience working in a variety of professional administrative roles, Wagamon uprooted her life and moved to Scotland to pursue a graduate degree in English Literature from the University of Glasgow.

“I chose to study English Lit because I’ve always enjoyed work that had to do with communications,” she says.

“I like writing, and I like talking to people. I chose to pursue my studies in Scotland because I’d studied a month there during undergrad, and I loved what I saw while I was there researching literature and culture. I decided I wanted to go back someday.”

A snapshot from Wagamon's
time at the University of Glasgow

After finishing her studies, Wagamon moved back to her home state of Virginia. Although she misses the conveniences of being in a big city, she’s enjoying being back in the area, working at UVA and writing fiction.

Wagamon’s talent and training in writing and editing has served her well in her career, which includes positions at the Library, the Department of Music, and the Department of Computer Science. In addition, she finds her love of working in academia to be a strong motivator in her administrative work.

“I like trying to make my part of the University more efficient and improved, and I like meeting new people and hearing their stories.” she says.

In her new role, Wagamon has already gotten to meet a variety of people from all over Grounds, as the effort she’s a part of involves so many stakeholders.

We’re glad she’ll be part of helping to write this next chapter in UVAFinance’s story!

Bake Off Winner (and winning recipe)

Iris Roberts of Student Financial Services was the winner of UVAFinance's Bake Off at the April 10 Potluck.  Her pecan bars had long been popular with her family -- her daughter even requested that her mom make them for her wedding.

Roberts, who says she doesn't try any recipes that look hard to make, says she entered the contest because "the bars are easy to make and these kinds of interactions between our departments are important."

Congratulations to Iris and thanks for bringing something sweet to the UVAFinance culture!

View the winning recipe here:  https://www.onceuponachef.com/recipes/pecan-shortbread-squares.html

New on the Pod: The Employee's Survival Guide to Change

Surviving Change Part One: Finance Matters

Welcome to part one of a series on Jeffrey M. Hiatt's book The Employees Survival Guide to Change. The book is a short, pithy read with lots of great insight into change and change theory. We'll walk you through the book's practical suggestions for succeeding in times of change. 

LISTEN HERE

Surviving Change Part Two: Finance Matters

We're back for part two of our two-part series on Jeffrey M. Hiatt's book "The Employee's Guide to Surviving Change." This pod focuses on the ADKAR method, and how we can assess where we are in the process: Awareness, Desire, Knowledge, Ability, and Reinforcement. ADKAR is a practical framework for working through change yourself and helping your team to navigate it. 

LISTEN HERE 

Resources Mentioned:

The Employee's Guide to Surviving Change

Information and resources on the ProSci ADKAR model

Applying ADKAR

Town Hall Video Available

Did you miss the UVAFinance Town Halls?  Want to refresh yourself on something you saw/heard?

Check out our video recording of one of the sessions!

Brought to you by the UVAFinance Culture Crew. 
More information about the Culture Crew can be found here.