OA Leadership Symposium 2024: Cultivating Belonging

8:30 a.m. – noon main session (including breakfast)
noon- 12:30 Lunch (for afternoon registrants)
12:30 – 2 p.m. Afternoon session: Five Paths to Leadership

All OAs are invited for to the Council’s Spring Leadership Symposium: Cultivating Belonging!  The symposium consists of a morning and afternoon session. You can attend either session or both and will need to pre-register for the session(s) you plan to attend. Details and links to register are below. Space is limited for each session, please register early.

We hope you join us and if you do, wear a name tag and bring business cards if you have them!

Main Session: Cultivating Belonging 8:30 a.m.-noon, Rise and Shine breakfast buffet 8:30-9:00 a.m., register below via MyTrack:

Information and resource sharing from OAs and leaders across campus. Topics will include*:

  • OA Star nominations
  • OA Council priorities and progress
  • Experiencing a state of belonging
  • Discussion with campus resources and leadership on OAs cultivating a state of belonging

*The symposium is an in-person event. Zoom participation is only available in the main session from 9-10:30 a.m. Zoom link will be shared via email to the OA listserv the week prior to the symposium.

REGISTER FOR THE MAIN SESSION HERE

Afternoon Engagement Activity: Five Paths to Leadership Workshop, Noon – 2:00 p.m.
Noon– 12:30 p.m., taco bar lunch buffet for those registered for this afternoon session
12:30 p.m.- 2 p.m. Five Paths to Leadership workshop, register below via MyTrack:

  • This is an optional hands-on experience offered in collaboration with the Office of the Provost, UO HR, and the OA Council. Space is limited to the first 75 registrants for this session.
  • The Five Paths to Leadership self-assessment allows you to uncover your predominant leadership style, identify areas of growth and understand how your leadership changes under stress. Participants will complete the self-assessment ahead of time and bring their results to the workshop.
  • During this 90-minute session we will build your understanding of the five predominant leadership styles so you can better understand yourself and others. We will apply our learning to a deeper understanding of how to design an effective meeting that maximizes engagement.

REGISTER FOR THE AFTERNOON SESSION HERE

 

OA Council Goals 2023-24

The Council has identified the following goals. If you have ideas about how we can reach these goals, or would like to help, please let us know!

GOAL 1:
Collect and Share Information – Compile, consolidate data from OAs across campus, share information across divisions, departments.

GOAL 2:
Advocate – present to decision-makers information from OAs particularly highlighting matters of pay, modality of work, and benefits.

GOAL 3:
Create Professional Development Opportunities – work with talent on-campus or bring knowledge to campus, create opportunities based on current feedback from OAs for learning and development.

GOAL 4:
Support Belonging and Engagement for OAs on campus, from reimagining OA onboarding to connecting folks with affinity groups to enabling social events.

 

Mission of the OA Council

The OA Council (OAC) is committed to advocating for the needs of our constituents. The OAC is an elected body that represents the UO’s diverse group of  professionals to promote and facilitate communication, identify and address pertinent issues, share information, enhance professional identity, and create opportunities for collegiality.

If you have any questions, concerns or comments please do not hesitate to reach out to the OA Council.