Finance Matters

How confident are you that you won't be retaliated against if you admit to a mistake at work?  The answer to this question is one of the biggest indicators of psychological safety in the workplace.  Listen in to learn more about psychological safety and its role in creativity, belonging, and productivity.

Resources Mentioned: 

Fifteen Ways to Promote Psychological Safety in the Workplace (Forbes)

Deloitte's 2020 Global Human Capital Trends Report

Amy Edmonson's Work on Psychological Safety: 

• https://web.mit.edu/curhan/www/docs/Articles/15341_Readings/Group_Performance/Edmondson%20Psychological%20safety.pdf

Do you ever look back on your past self and think about how much you didn't know then?  We all learn as we go through life, and we should get comfortable with the fact that we'll never know as much as we think we know.  Being aware of how much you don't know can actually make you a better manager and human being.  Listen in as Patty and Brandi discuss a book they admittedly haven't read full of good ideas on this very topic!

Resources Mentioned:

The Dunning Kruger Effect

Think Again:  The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant

Adam Grant Interviews:  

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbqqIYTHuwM

Finance Matters:  Crucial Conversations (4 part series)

Patty and Brandi welcome Lisa Harris back to Finance Matters to discuss the Six C's of Inclusive Leadership as identified by Dr. Shirley Davis.  

Resources Mentioned: 

• Dr. Shirley Davis' 6 C's of Inclusive Leadership

• Find Your True North

During times of stress, it's important that we as managers and as teammates pay attention to our own well-being and that of our colleagues.  Here are six practical strategies that work both in and out of a pandemic.

Resources Mentioned: 

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UVAFinance Shoutout board

The Challenging the Status Quo Panel Series was designed to show you different perspectives from UVAFinance employees who aren't afraid to challenge the status quo and share their thoughts and ideas with you.  Today's session focuses on the UVAFinance Service Model Project Plan, with guests Andrew Sallans, Scott Adams, and Raegan Harouff Gaye.  

Want to watch the webinar?  Log in to the Continuous Improvement Community (behind NetBadge)

Volunteering:  it's great for networking, skill-building, and soothing your soul.  Tune in to this conversation with Brandi and Patty to learn more!

Resources Mentioned: 

UVA Public Service:  https://publicservice.virginia.edu/service-opportunities/volunteer

UVAHR Volunteer Center:  https://hr.virginia.edu/covid-19/volunteer-center

UVA Health:  https://uvahealth.com/services/volunteer

VolunteerMatch (choose your community for opportunities): https://www.volunteermatch.org/covid19 

Let's talk about questions:  asking questions of others, asking questions of yourself, and asking questions for better collaborative results. Angela Knobloch joins Patty and Brandi to share how asking better questions can lead to improved relationships and better results.

UVAFinance Blog (Video):  Sharpen your questioning skills.

Warren Berger's work:  https://amorebeautifulquestion.com/ 

Angela's previous pod:  https://everydaygrace.podbean.com/e/brene-browns-call-to-courage-finance-matters/

Our pod on President Ryan's book:  https://everydaygrace.podbean.com/e/finance-matters-wait-what/

TED Talk on asking questions:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro9vDEZdQLk 

The Challenging the Status Quo Panel Series was designed to show you different perspectives from UVAFinance employees who aren’t afraid to challenge the status quo and share their thoughts and ideas with you​.  Today's panelists are Amy Nolasco, Jonathan Agop, and Mara Hilliar.

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Watch the webinar on the Online Community in the CI space:  https://communityhub.virginia.edu/videos/1416?ru=2104&sr=stream (netbadge required)

• https://everydaygrace.podbean.com/e/challenging-the-status-quo-managers-panel-finance-matters/

UVAFinance's Continuous Improvement Committee recently hosted a webinar on Challenging the Status Quo, featuring members of the FST team.  This webinar featured Lisa Shuler, Josh Breeden, and Phil Hamlett.

Access the Continuous Improvement space in the online community (behind NetBadge):  https://communityhub.virginia.edu/community/uva-finance-transformation/continuous-improvement 

More CI Webinar content on Finance Matters:  

https://everydaygrace.podbean.com/e/challenging-the-status-quo-leadership-panel-2-finance-matters/

https://everydaygrace.podbean.com/e/challenging-the-status-quo-managers-panel-finance-matters/

https://everydaygrace.podbean.com/e/challenging-the-status-quo-webinar-finance-matters/

This episode is a companion piece to our recent Brave Space discussion, found here: https://everydaygrace.podbean.com/e/brave-space-in-uvafinance-finance-matters/.  

This pod contains a brief exploration of many terms we refer to in our Brave Space discussion, terms that are frequently used when racial equity is discussed.  In this episode, LaVerne Harris Grant joins Patty and Brandi to go over the basics.  

https://vpdiversity.virginia.edu/inclusive-excellence

Racial Equity Tools Glossary:  https://www.racialequitytools.org/glossary

Implicit Bias test: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html

LinkedIn Learning "Inclusive Mindset for Committed Allies" https://www.linkedin.com/learning/inclusive-mindset-for-committed-allies/becoming-a-true-ally?u=2203468 

Articles on the effects of bias:  

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/the-state-of-healthcare-in-the-united-states/racial-disparities-in-health-care/

http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/paying-price-human-cost-racial-profiling/effects-racial-profiling

https://www.centerforhealthjournalism.org/2017/11/08/how-racism-and-microaggressions-lead-worse-health