Professional Development and Resources

A job and career require hard work, constant recalibration and flexibility with our new ways of working. This workshop will give you the opportunity to internally explore the process as it relates to your own career and professional development. The goal of the workshop is to help you appreciate the agency you have over own career, and it will give you time to reflect on resources and supports in place for you while lending credence to all that you have accomplished thus far.

In this online session, participants will learn:

• Career Development and Professional Development, how they differ and what they mean for you as you reflect on your work, development and career.
• How to reflect on your individual career and how to effectively keep it moving forward
• Strategies and tools in place to help you engage with your career in a strategic way
• Options and strategies for development and ways they can happen
• How to set goals and be accountable to yourself

Thursday, December 11, 2025, 1:00-2:30 p.m. Virtual. 

Register here.

Now more than ever, staff are navigating uncertain and stress-inducing situations in the workplace. While we cannot always control the challenges that come our way, we can control our reactions to them. Creating habits and mindsets that enhance resilience also promotes healthier work-life balance, leads to less burnout, and allows us to face stressful situations with more confidence.

In this online session, participants will learn:

• The research behind resilience and why cultivating resilience is critical to your long-term wellbeing
• Practical stress-management tools that can be implemented in 10-minutes or less
• Strategies to focus on what you can control in a stressful situation
• Ways in which MIT’s Work-Life benefits and other campus resources support your wellbeing, including options for on-demand support

Facilitator: Kristen Cascio, MSW, LICSW; Work-Life Program Manager

Wednesday, January 7, 2026, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Virtual.

As leaders, managers can foster sustainable work environments that promote employee wellbeing and create more resilient and productive teams. Given the complex demands faced by people managers, managers often feel they cannot focus on their own wellbeing when they are busy supporting their teams. This session will focus on practical ways to find that balance, allowing you to model practices that promote workplace wellbeing. Special attention will be given to MIT resources designed for managers, including how MyLife Services can assist managers in responding to difficult situations impacting individuals or teams.

Participants will learn:

• Best practices for supporting a culture of wellbeing on your team
• Practical stress-management tools that can be implemented in 5-minutes or less
• Evidence-based strategies for maintaining healthy workplace atmospheres despite the ongoing stressors of the world inside and outside of MIT.
• How MIT’s resources specifically support managers, including best practices for encouraging your staff to make use of the resources available to them

Facilitator: Kristen Cascio, MSW, LICSW; Work-Life Program Manager

Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Virtual.

Search Inside Yourself teaches mindfulness-based emotional intelligence skills for the workplace. The program takes an evidence-based approach combining attention-training and emotional intelligence skills rooted in neuroscience to develop social and emotional intelligence skills for individuals and teams, aiming to improve engagement and well-being. Join us for a 90-minute Keynote Session introducing you to the program’s tools and skills. The Keynote will introduce skills and tools leading to increasing an ability to focus attention, increase self- awareness and build empathy.

Facilitator: Scott Rolph, Associate Director, Talent and Career Development

Thursday, February 19, 2026, 1:00-2:30 p.m. Virtual

Do you feel as though you can’t keep up with all of the requests, emails, and papers that come across your desk? Does it seem that you spend too much time getting too little accomplished? Are you struggling to balance your work and personal responsibilities? These are common experiences in our fast-paced, connected world. Fortunately, you can take greater control of your time by learning to adopt some basic time management tips and techniques.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify basic techniques and strategies for managing time more effectively
• Organize your work to maximize productivity
• Avoid common pitfalls in managing time

Facilitator: Libby Mahaffy, Organizational Development Consultant

Thursday, March 12, 2026, 11:00-12:00 p.m. Virtual 

Sessions will also be offered in April and May, 2026. More information will be coming soon.