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Grow at Middlebury: December Workshops Open for Registration!
Check out our December workshops! Organizational Design, Five Behaviors of Effective Teams, and Leading with Humility are all open for registration. Click the link below to register and learn more!
Grow at Middlebury: AI for Employees III – AI in Your Work
In this workshop, participants will map the recurring tasks in their day-to-day, decide which ones are a good fit for AI use, and build a small set of solutions they can actually use. We will weigh data and privacy concerns, fairness, bias, and build the judgment skills needed to hand off tasks to AI.
Completing the other workshops in the series, or having equivalent hands-on experience with Gen AI tools, is encouraged before taking this class.
• AI for Employees III: Tuesday, November 17, 10:00-12:00pm ET (In-Person with Aaron Smith)
• AI for Employees III: Thursday, November 19, 1:00-2:30pm ET (Zoom with Aaron Smith)
Grow at Middlebury: Skill Matrix
The skill matrix is a framework for considering where an employee is in their overall career progression and serves as one of three key factors in our compensation program. This workshop will provide an overview of the skill matrix framework, and how we can use this tool to consider impact, ownership, and opportunities for growth.
• Skill Matrix: Thursday, November 5, 11:00-12:00pm ET (Zoom with HRBPs)
Grow at Middlebury: Online Facilitation
This workshop will focus on the unique considerations of facilitating in an online space. From technical and logistical planning to creative ways to engage and interact, this workshop will help you build your online facilitation toolkit to create smooth and successful experience for all involved.
Online Facilitation: Wednesday, November 11, 1:00-2:00pm (Zoom with Melissa Sorenson)
Grow at Middlebury: Managing Teams
A team is two or more people working together toward a common cause. Whether we lead a team or are part of one, we all have the responsibility to contribute productively. In Managing Teams you will learn helpful and practical approaches that you can immediately apply as a team leader or team member. We will look at productive behaviors of effective team leaders and members, review the six steps for team success and how to start up (or restart) a team and orient new team members.
• Managing Teams: Tuesday, November 3, 10:00-12:00pm (In-Person with Sheila Cameron)
• Managing Teams: Monday, November 9, 1:00-3:00pm (Zoom with Melissa Sorenson)
Benefit Contacts
When you have questions about your College Benefits, remember a great resource is often the company offering the benefit. Check out the 2026 Benefit Contacts PDF for links and phone numbers for all of our vendors.
As always, the Benefits Team at GMHEC is available as well Monday through Friday from 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST.
