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2025-26 Management Development Series

The schedule is now available for the 2025-2026 Management Seminar Series: Tools for Effective Leadership: Adaptability to Impact, the 25th offering of this exceptional series.

About the Program

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.

Series Schedule

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:
Oct. 8, 2025

Fostering Creativity and Innovation through Improvisation
Business Improv

Nov. 5, 2025

Persuasion and Influence
Noah Goldstein

Feb. 6, 2026

Effective Storytelling: Build Connections and Inspire Action
Iris Firstenberg

Mar. 5, 2026
Leader as Coach
John Ullmen

Eligibility

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.

More Information

For more information about the series, review our Virtual Management Seminar Series eBrochure. To enroll, please visit the UC Learning Center 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.
We appreciate your ongoing support of CHR Learning and Organizational Development programs to enhance leadership preparation. Please contact the Training Desk (Learning@chr.ucla.edu) for enrollment assistance or me (RMathis@chr.ucla.edu) for program information.
We look forward to seeing you at the 2025-2026 Management Seminar Series.