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Leadership Development

With the opportunity to manage and lead comes great responsibility. Managing and leading can be hard work, but a good plan and the right resources can make it easier. In this section you will find helpful tips to start putting together your personal leadership plan, and you will find resources to help you maximize your impact in your position.

Core Commitments     Leadership Commitments

Management Tooklits & Guides

Baylor HR’s Management Toolkits & Guides page offers practical resources to help supervisors lead well, with tools for employee development, hiring, performance management, compensation, and time and attendance. It is a helpful starting point for managers looking for ready-to-use templates, guides, and best practices to support their teams with greater clarity and consistency.baylor+1

Staff Performance Review Process

Baylor HR’s Staff Performance Review Process page outlines the annual process for evaluating staff performance and documenting employee contributions and development. It helps managers and employees understand key steps, timelines, and expectations, including self-evaluations, supervisor reviews, and the performance discussion.

Laws & Policies

Baylor’s polices and the related employment laws are designed to create a safe and fair work environment, free of discrimination and harassment, with clear processes for raising concerns, and also provide employees with the ability to take care of family members. Please take the time to become familiar with all of these policies as they directly relate to leading and supporting your employees.

Lead@BU

Lead@BU offers a curated yet flexible learning path designed to encourage, and recognize Baylor leaders who intentionally invest in their leadership growth. Lead@BU is intentionally flexible. There is no time limit for completion, and courses may be taken in any order.

The Division of Student Life is currently developing student affairs specific leadership resources for staff in different career phases and roles. 

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