Support for line managers during uncertain times
Here is a list of resources and links we thought may help you as a line manager in supporting your teams and yourself in working remotely, returning to work and managing through challenging times.
This list also includes some of our current online courses and virtual workshops using Zoom. These resources are a combination of University managed resources and external links. Some of the links will require you to login with your University sign in and some will need to be access via an assigned LinkedIn license.
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University information on coronavirus
Useful information and links relating coronavirus and how the University is supporting staff:
Staff update to FAQs (6 Jan 2021) - working arranagement and support
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (Furlough Leave) Staffnet pages
Campus reopening and corporate support (internal guidance)
Voluntary Measures for Staff site on Staffnet (see Managers guidance document)
How to conduct a video interview
Managers' guidance on staff returning to campus - PDF
Annual Leave calculator updated to accommodate 24th July University holiday.
Requesting IT equipment - notice from IT Services
What Works in Lockdown – your views wanted
The following topic areas are in alphabetical order and can be expanded to access learning resources and important links on each topic.
Career development and support
SL&D Career Development pages (webpages with resources, tips and learning)
L&D Toolkit Playlist: Career Management (various short articles)
LinkedIn Learning Path: Staying Positive and Productive during Uncertainty (career development)
Chairing and managing meetings
LinkedIn Learning: Managing Virtual Meetings (32 min online course)
L&D Toolkit Playlist: Meetings (various short articles)
LinkedIn Learning Collection: Minutes, meetings and agendas (playlist of relevant courses)
LinkedIn Learning Collection: Chairing Meetings That Deliver Results (playlist of relevant courses)
Coaching
Coaching SL&D Staffnet pages (internal guidance, resources and access to individual coaching)
Mindset Self Coaching Resources
L&D Toolkit Playlist: Coaching (various short articles)
LinkedIn Learning Collection: Coaching (playlist of relevant courses)
Communicating difficult messages
TSLD011 Online learning: Difficult conversations, Feedback, Influencing and Presentation skills (internal eLearning resources)
Voluntary Severance Scheme and Voluntary Measures - Leaders and Managers Guide (see Managers guidance)
L&D Toolkit: Difficult Conversations (various short articles)
LinkedIn Learning Collection: Having difficult conversations (playlist of relevant courses)
Compliance and health and safety
Campus reopening and corporate support (internal guidance)
StaffNet information about setting up your workstation (health and safety guidance
Developing strategic skills
SL&D Leadership and Strategy webpages
Our Future webpages (University Vision, Values and strategic plan)
LinkedIn Learning: Strategic Thinking (38m online course)
LinkedIn Learning: Strategic Planning Foundations (1h22m online course)
L&D Toolkit Playlist: Scenario planning (various short articles)
L&D Toolkit Playlist: Strategic planning (various short articles)
L&D Toolkit Playlist: Stakeholder mapping (various short articles)
Finance and budget management
Finance Training Modules: An Introduction to the University of Manchester Finances (internal elearning course)
Staff Update on the Purchasing of Goods and Services (internal guidance)
L&D Toolkit: Financial management (various short articles)
BUFDG e-learning (12 free e-learning resources from British Universities Finance Directors Group)
People & OD Policies
Managers’ Essentials: Working with policies (internal guidance and resources)
A-Z of University People & OD Policies and procedures
Managers’ Essentials: Bringing policy to life (eLearning course)
Managers’ Essentials: A-Z list of the Managers' How to guides
People & OD support for managers
Voluntary Measures for Staff site on Staffnet (see Managers guidance document)
TSLD011 Online learning: Difficult conversations, Feedback, Influencing and Presentation skills (internal eLearning resources)
Managers’ Essentials: Managing Performance (internal guidance and supporting resources)
Heads of People & OD and People & OD Partner contact list
Guidance on supporting staff wellbeing during Coronavirus (internal guidance for managers)
Guidance on keeping in touch with staff on furlough (internal guidance for managers)
Leading through change and uncertainty
TSLD200 Leading People Through Change (virtual workshop)
LinkedIn Learning Collection: Leading People Through Change (playlist of relevant courses)
L&D Toolkit Playlist: Change Management (various short articles)
Wellbeing through change support - Looking after others (internal webpages and supporting resources)
LinkedIn Learning: Leading in Uncertain Times (46 m online course)
LinkedIn Learning: Advice for Leaders During a Crisis (43 m online course)
LinkedIn Learning Path: Leading during Times of Change (full learning path of courses)
LinkedIn Learning: Counterintuitive Leadership Strategies for a VUCA Environment (57 m online course)
Managing performance
Managers’ Essentials: Managing Performance (internal guidance and supporting resources)
L&D Toolkit Playlist: Managing Performance (various short articles)
LinkedIn Learning Collection: Managing and Developing Individual Performance
LinkedIn Learning Collection: Having difficult conversations (playlist of relevant courses)
TSLD011 Online learning: Difficult conversations, Giving Feedback (internal eLearning resources)
Managing remotely
Managers’ Essentials: Managing remotely (on ME pages)
L&D Toolkit Playlist: Managing Remotely (various short articles)
LinkedIn Learning: Leading at a distance (36 min online course)
LinkedIn Learning: Managing Virtual Teams (56 min online course)
LinkedIn Learning: Managing Virtual Meetings (32 min online course)
TSLD83 Managing Remotely (virtual workshop)
Personal resilience
Mindset Self Coaching Resources: Resilience
L&D Toolkit: Coping with uncertainty (article)
L&D Toolkit Playlist: Personal Resilience (various short articles)
LinkedIn Learning Collection: Developing Personal Resilience for Change (playlist of relevant courses)
TSLD2001 Developing Personal Resilience for Change (virtual workshop)
Personal skills
Links to our playlists, collections and other learning resources for personal skills:
• Personal confidence: L&D Toolkit Playlist, LinkedIn Learning Collection
• Communicating assertively: L&D Toolkit Playlist, LinkedIn Learning Collection
• Email management: LinkedIn Learning Collection
• Emotional intelligence at work: L&D Toolkit Playlist, LinkedIn Learning Collection
• Networking and relationship building: LinkedIn Learning: Professional Networking
• Negotiation: L&D Toolkit resources, LinkedIn Learning: Negotiation Foundations
• Problem solving and decision making: LinkedIn Learning Path: Develop Critical-Thinking, Decision-Making, and Problem-Solving Skills
• Presentation skills: L&D Toolkit Playlist, LinkedIn Learning Collection
• Influencing skills: L&D Toolkit Playlist, LinkedIn Learning Collection
• Delegation skills: L&D Toolkit Playlist, LinkedIn Learning Collection
TSLD011 Online learning: Difficult conversations, Feedback, Influencing and Presentation skills (internal eLearning resources)
L&D Toolkit: University of Manchester Popular Playlists
LinkedIn Learning: University of Manchester Learning Collections
Project management
A guide to developing your project management capabilities (Adobe Spark article)
Project Manager Development pages (internal pages)
LinkedIn Learning Pathway: Become a Project Manager
LinkedIn Learning Pathway: Become a Project Coordinator
LinkedIn Learning Collection: Project Management - Practitioner Level
L&D Toolkit Playlist: Project Management Overview
LinkedIn Learning Collection: Process Improvement
P&DR resources
Staff News article: Performance and Development Reviews to go ahead as usual (4 Jun 2020)
Staffnet pages Performance & development reviews
Managers’ Essentials: Reviewing Performance (internal guidance and supporting resources)
Managers’ Essentials: Managing Performance (internal guidance and supporting resources)
TSLD83 Managing Virtually (virtual workshop)
TSLD011 Online learning: Difficult conversations, Feedback, Influencing and Presentation skills (internal eLearning resources)
Supporting equality, diversity and inclusion
Equality and Diversity pages on Staffnet
CUBIAS19 Unconscious Bias - Equality and Diversity (internal eLearning)
Supporting personal development conversations
Managers’ Essentials: Developing your people (internal guidance and supporting resources)
Creating your Personal Development Plan (internal guidance and supporting resources)
Getting the best from online learning (internal guidance)
Teaching and Learning
Institute of Teaching and Learning webpages (incl TALON yammer group)
Wellbeing
Coronavirus – wellbeing support webpages (including Manager guidance below)
Guidance on supporting staff wellbeing during Coronavirus (internal guidance for managers)
Guidance on keeping in touch with staff on furlough (internal guidance for managers)
Wellbeing Support on StaffNet (internal webpages and supporting resources)
University Counselling Service
Wellbeing through change support (internal webpages and supporting resources)
Wellbeing through change support - Looking after others (internal webpages and supporting resources)
L&D Toolkit Playlist: Wellbeing for Managers (various short articles)
L&D Toolkit Playlist: Personal Wellbeing (various short articles)
TSLD84 Mental Health for People Managers (virtual workshop)
Building and sustaining resilience - webinar recording
Welcoming and induction for new starters
Managers’ Essentials: Welcoming new starters (internal guidance and resources)
Essential training list for all new starters (list of courses with links)
LinkedIn Learning: Onboarding new hires (1h course)
Working remotely
Working remotely staffnet pages
L&D Toolkit Playlist: Working Remotely (various short articles)
Staffnet news: Working from home (see all FAQs)
ITS Guide to working remotely at The University of Manchester (guidance document)
Media Services Zoom information page
Media Services Zoom guide (internal guide to using Zoom)
How to prevent Zoom bombing: 5 simple tips (external site)
Security tips for using Zoom (external site)
Microsoft Office 365 support pages (Staffnet pages)
StaffNet information about setting up your workstation (health and safety guidance)
Zoom Users Yammer Group (hints, tips and tech support)
You can find more support on these pages:
Coronavirus Staffnet page (with FAQs)
Heads of People & OD and People & OD Partner contact list
Online self-development platforms
Staff Learning and Development pages