Welcome WashU managers! Here you can find training and resources to help you successfully lead and cultivate an enriching employee experience.
Please reference the Welcome to WashU Hub for onboarding a new employee.
Announcements
The Manager’s Resource
Guidance for Managers on Supporting Employees Dealing with Substance Use Issues
Wellness Champion Fund Projects
Virtual Learning
All upcoming management courses
Welcome New Managers!
Orientation Training
Complete your required Learn@Work orientation training within your first 90 days at WashU. Search for “Manager Orientation” to get started.
Workday’s Manager Quick Start Guide
Manager-specific step-by-step tutorials, reference guides and eLearnings to familiarize yourself with Workday, WashU’s human resources and financial administration system.
Manager & Supervisor Resources
Hiring Resources
Search & Interviewing
- Recruitment contacts
- Acceptable and unacceptable interview questions (PDF)
- Behavioral-based interview questions (PDF)
- Benefits recruiting guide (PDF)
- Employee benefit cost comparison (XLS)
- Sample total pay statement staff (PDF)
- Sample total pay statement faculty (PDF)
- Recruiting in Workday reference guide
Diversity
- Diversity hiring manager quick guide (PDF)
- Diversity hiring manager toolkit (PDF)
- Digital accessibility
Onboarding
- Welcome to WashU Hub
- New employee welcome letter (DOC)
- Directions to assign WashU’s New Employee Orientation in Learn@Work (PDF)
- New hire 30-day checklist (PDF)
- WashU Acronyms (PDF)
Executive Search Services
The executive search services team supports search committees by bringing executive search industry best practices to high-level/high impact openings assuring a well-qualified diverse slate of candidates. With more than 50 years of combined health care and academic search experience, the team has previously served in leadership roles for leading executive search firms before establishing the in-house service more than 10 years ago. Please contact Mark Prosperi, executive director of talent management and executive search, to learn more.
Leadership Tools
Performance Feedback
- Performance evaluation forms
- Request for job review form (PDF)
- Personnel review justification form (PDF)
- How to provide effective feedback (PDF)
Compensation Tools
- Compensation program objectives
- Writing a job description
- Job description template (DOC)
- Research job description instructions (PDF)
- Bonus authorization form (DOC)
- Additional compensation resources
Applied Leadership
Applied Leadership focuses on developing, improving, and sustaining organizations, leaders and teams. Our highly experienced team is dedicated to assessing, researching, designing, delivering, and evaluating support for WashU leadership. We work on strategic planning and implementation, leadership coaching and development, individual and team assessments, team culture change, change management, performance improvement, and retreat planning and facilitation. Please contact Karen Sanders, Senior HR Organizational Development Consultant, to learn more. Resources for supervisors are also located below.
- 360 feedback FAQs (DOC)
- 7 steps to develop a position back-up plan (PDF)
- Engage/stay interviews (PDF)
- Re-recruiting existing employees resources and tools for leaders (PDF)
- Skip-level reviews (PDF)
- What Great Remote Managers Do Differently (Harvard Business Review)
- Working remotely playbook; Strategies, tips and tools for managing and working (PDF)
- Leadership coaching FAQs (PDF)
Your Role as a Leader – Taking Care of Your Employees
Workplace Hub
Achieve individual and team success through today’s diverse work arrangements.
Staff Courses
Encourage your team members to expand their knowledge and participate in staff courses available through WashU’s Learning & Development team.
Well-Being Hub
Help employees manage their work/life balance from mental well-being to family care and wellness programs.
Diversity and Inclusion
As a community, we are united in our commitment to justice and racial equity. We will listen and engage to work toward mission-oriented action that makes our university and our city a beacon of justice to the world.