Manager's Toolkit
Welcome to the Manager Toolkit
The Manager Toolkit is designed to support you in your managerial responsibilities at the University of Chicago. Here you will find practical templates, helpful guides, and direct links to essential resources from recruiting and onboarding new team members, to managing performance, recognizing accomplishments, and fostering professional growth. Your unit may have unit-specific practices and procedures, so please consult with your unit HR Partner for guidance.
Recruiting & Hiring Employees
Resources, templates, and guidance to ensure successful recruitment efforts.
Onboarding Employees
Essential steps, templates, and tips to welcome new team members and set them up for success.
Performance Management
Best practices and templates for providing effective feedback and promoting employee growth.
Employee Recognition & Development
Strategies and tools for recognizing contributions and helping team members grow.
Leading Teams
Practical tools for managers on building cohesion, fostering collaboration, and influencing employee engagement
Offboarding Employees
Process guides and checklists for managers to support team transitions.
Other Resources
Additional organizational development tools, templates, guides, and links to enhance your toolkit as a manager.
Recruiting & Hiring Employees
JD Template
- Non-union role
Managers should collaborate with their unit HR to ensure the position is leveled properly and posted in Workday.
- Union and Temporary role
Managers should collaborate with their unit HR to ensure the position is leveled properly and posted in Workday.
Other Resources
- Position process posting process: coming soon
- Hiring manager training (Workday Learning)
- Compensation Fundamentals Series: Coming Soon
- Job Architecture Training
Available to all managers, this training will be auto assigned to all new people managers.
- Talent Acquisition
- Compensation
Onboarding Employees
Resources
- Onboarding template
- Guide for new hires
- Guide for new managers
- Getting to Know UChicago New Hire Orientation
Sign up through Workday Learning
Performance Management
Employee Recognition & Development
Resources
- Recognition & Awards
- Team Member Recognition Preferences
- Employee Development Discussion Guide
Understanding your employee’s development goals
- Leadership Development Workshops
- Workday Learning
- Staff Tuition Benefits