LBJ School Digital Badging

**NEW** Engaged Leadership

Engaged leadership is crucial for state employees as it directly impacts the effectiveness and morale of their teams. Badge earners have completed training in the practical applications of engaged leadership including how to engage a hybrid workforce, lead organizational change, manage employee performance, effectively problem solve and make decisions, resolve conflict, and develop their team.

Participants will engage with six modules and successfully complete all activities. Each module includes an hour of video content and the competency quizzes at the end of each of the six one-hour sessions.

Topics include:
Module 1: Managing Employee Performance

Module 2: Problem-solving and Decision-making

Module 3: Conflict Resolution

Module 4: Managing Organizational Change

Module 5: Developing a High-Performing Team

Module 6: Leading a Hybrid Workforce

Duration: 6 hours

Please contact LBJSchoolDigitalBadges@austin.utexas.edu with any questions.

**NEW** Energy Technology and Policy Conference

This multidisciplinary conference will give participants an overview of energy technologies, fuels, environmental impacts and public policies.  

Topics will be interdisciplinary and will include an introduction to quantitative concepts in energy, including the differences among fuels and energy technologies, energy policy levers, and the societal aspects of energy, such as culture, climate, environment, food, water, economics, security, and international affairs.