Thank you for considering Hilltop U for your professional development needs! Explore the different courses we offer below. For questions or more information contact us at HilltopU@htop.org
Elevate your leadership journey with our courses tailored for supervisors. Gain essential skills in communication, conflict resolution, and team development to lead strong teams that create connections, building a community where everyone belongs.
New Supervisor Orientation
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Instructor: Hilltop Recruiter
Course Length: 1.5 Hours
Description: Learn all the tips and tricks for effective interviewing and hiring.
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Instructor: PeopleOps Business Partners
Course Length: 1.5 Hours
Description: Having difficult conversations is part of being a supervisor. Luckily it doesn’t have to be…well, difficult. Learn how to have hard conversations.
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Instructor: Amy Payne & Rochelle Gudder
Course Length: 1.5 Hours
Description: Learn why it is so important to onboard effectively and use tips and tricks to improve your onboarding process.
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Instructor: Ali Weatherby
Course Length: 1.5 Hours
Description: Creating relationships and completing a job simultaneously can be easier than you think. Join the conversation to hear why Hilltop has committed to kicking “performance management” out and bringing People Development in.
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Instructor: Workers Comp & Leave Adminstrator
Course Length: 1.5 Hours
Description: Learn why it is so important to understand how to manage the ill or injured worker. Learn how Workers Comp, FMLA, and ADA effectively and use tips and tricks to improve your process.
Additional Supervisor Courses
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Instructor: Ali Weatherby
Course Length: 45 Minutes
Description: Learn what ethics are, why we should care, and common ethical traps we can all fall into. Learn about the steps to good decision-making and what to do when something doesn’t feel right.
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Instructor: Tom Smith
Course Length: 1.5 Hours
Description: Learn how to show and give recognition using people’s appreciation language.
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Instructor: Ali Weatherby
Course Length: 1.5 Hours
Description: Learn about generational differences that you face at work. Whether it is with your team, other supervisors, or the people we serve, learn information and tips on how to navigate these relationships
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Instructor: PeopleOps Business Partners
Course Length: 30 Minutes
Description: Understand the ways in which the health and well-being of our workforce impact us all. Learn about your role in employee wellbeing and identify ways to promote a culture of well-being.
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Instructor: Monica Garcia
Course Length: 1.5 Hours
Description: Take a look at interviewing through an Inclusivity+ lens to understand that individuals should add to our culture instead of just fit in. Learn how to break down your personal biases and appreciate the unique qualities someone different will bring to your team.
Team Building Courses
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Instructor: Amy Payne
Course Length: 2 Hours
Description: Learn to better understand yourself and others by understanding behavioral tendencies and their effect on others.
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Instructor: Rebecca Weitzel
Course Length: 1.5 Hours
Description: Purpose is a core human need. Through a collaborative process, collective storytelling, and sharing, discover your team’s core contributions and the impact you seek to make. In the end, you have a team WHY statement that can be used to connect your team’s mission to Hilltop’s mission and promote purpose-drive work.
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Instructor: Ali Weatherby
Course Length: 1.5-2 Hours
Description: Understand your own and your teammates strengths through the Gallup Strength Finders test and identify ways you can work together utilizing natural talents and themes in a team environment.
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At Hilltop, we value growth and believe in creating opportunities for all employees to thrive. Join us for a Hilltop U course to enhance your professional and leadership development. Embrace a future of limitless posibilities with the support of Hilltop U.
Professional and Leadership Development
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Instructor: Rebecca Weitzel
Course Length: 1.5 Hours
Description: It’s easier to get people to change their behavior than you think! By understanding the models and methods developed by Dr. BJ Fogg, we can better understand the building blocks of behavior so we can more effectively manage them.
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Instructor: Ali Weatherby
Course Length: (6 Week Cohort) 2 Hours
Description: Are you looking for a way to connect to other leaders across the organization? Join Ali Weatherby in a 6-week discussion and tool development workshop focused on Hilltop Values.
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Instructor: Monica Garcia
Course Length: 1.5 Hours
Description: Discover communication from the perspective of empathy. Truth: 100% of the POWER in communication is in Listening. Truth: 100% of the RESPONSIBILITY in communication is in Speaking.
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Instructor: Monica Garcia
Course Length: 1 Hour
Description: It is essential to treat each workday as an interview. Learn how to improve your chances for growth by identifying what behaviors are helping and hindering your growth.
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Instructor: Hollie VanRoosendaal
Course Length: 1 Hour
Description: Learn what implicit bias is, understand how behaviors can be affected by biases and start your journey on minimizing the role of implicit biases in your professional and personal life.
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Instructor: Rebecca Weitzel
Course Length: 1 Hour
Description: Our personal and professional growth can be enhanced by the kinds of goals we set for ourselves. Learn how to turn your ambitions into effective goals that lead to a fulfilling life and successful career.
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Instructor: Timindra Boyer
Course Length: 1.5 Hours
Description: Effective communication is at the heart of everything we do as humans. Speaking from a place of Care with Candor helps in every interaction, both personal and professional.
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Instructor: Carter Bair
Course Length: 3 Hours
Description: Understand the dynamics that cause and maintain poverty from the individual to the systemic level. Bridges Out of Poverty uses the lens of economic class and provides concrete tools and strategies for a community to prevent, reduce, and alleviate poverty.
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Instructor: Jed Balestrieri
Course Length: 2 Hours
Description: “The How” of creating change in others, starts with you. Explore five areas of focus that can create structure and strategy to help you live and lead more effectively.
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Instructor: Rebecca Weitzel
Course Length: (3 Part) 1 Hour
Description: Discover ways to avoid common meeting pitfalls and learn tools to facilitate effective and productive meetings – whether that’s a meeting with your team, a cross-functional committee, or a one-time training group.
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Instructor: Rebecca Weitzel
Course Length: 1 Hour
Description: Customer service requires a great deal of what psychologists call “emotional labor”. How can we give our very best to our customers while maintaining our wellbeing at the same time?
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Instructor: Hollie VanRoosendaal
Course Length: 30 Minutes – 1.5 Hours
Description: Intentionally bring Hilltop’s value of inclusivity to your team, through a discussion centered around EDI topics. Not sure where to start? Reach out to Hollie and she can bring ideas to you!
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Employee Wellbeing
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Instructor: Rebecca Weitzel
Course Length: 1 Hour
Description: Learn how to shift your mindset about “work-life balance,” prioritize your wellbeing, and practice practical skills to reduce stress and live with more ease.
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Instructor: Rebecca Weitzel
Course Length: 1.5 Hours
Description: When we are connected to one another, working to help each other, we not only raise the success of the entire group, we exponentially increase our own. Learn to nurture a human connection to improve engagement, culture, and well-being to transform our teams from mediocre to extraordinary.
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Instructor: Rebecca Weitzel
Course Length: 1.5 Hours
Description: Through personal story collection, identify your individual purpose to better connect your everyday work to your personal mission and find true fulfillment.
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Instructor: Carter Bair
Course Length: 1 Hour
Description: Carter will be discussing Smart Dollar, a free benefit for Hilltop employees. He will show you how to sign up and use the program, along with other financial tips and tricks! Smart Dollar provides resources on how to save money, get rid of debt, an
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Instructor: Rebecca Weitzel
Course Length: 1 Hour
Description: How we think about stress matters as much or more than stress itself. Get practical tools to help reduce the negative impacts of stress. Understand how to identify and address unnecessary sources of stress.
Driver/ Transportation Training
Instructor: Transportation/Warehouse Coordinator
1.5 Hours
Before driving one of Hilltop’s fleet vehicles it is mandatory to participate in our driver training. Additional training will be needed to drive a lift/passenger van.
**Reach out to HilltopU@htop.org regarding reserving this training.**
First Aid & CPR
Instructor: American Red Cross Instructor
4 Hour
Prepare for the unexpected with first aid and CPR training from the American Red Cross. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can help save a life during a cardiac or breathing emergency.
QMAP- Qualified Medication Administration Personnel
Instructor: Sara Bair
2 Day Training
QMAP (Qualified Medication Administration Person) Training is 7 hours each day and includes a lunch break. The appointment you choose will be the first day of the class.
Note for Non- Hilltop participants: After registering for QMAP class you receive a confirmation email with payment instruction. Remember – we cannot guarantee a seat until payment is received. Hilltop Employees do not need to pay for the training.