Finance Matters UVAFinance

The relaunched version of Finance Matters is back for installment number two of our Values Series.  This time, Patty and Brandi focus on Collaborative Partnership with guests Joey Carls and Kellyn Morris of the Finance Solution Center. 
Resources Mentioned: 
Service Excellence podcast
UVAFinance Values
Symbiotic Relationship between Ants & Acacia trees
 
 
 

Finance Matters returns, this time with a focus on the UVAFinance values.  Each quarter, Brandi and Patty will bring you guests from UVAFinance who have demonstrated the value.  This first episode focuses on Service Excellence, with guests Danielle Hancock and Kevin Crabtree. 
 
Resources Mentioned: 
UVAFinance Vision, Mission, Values: https://uvafinance.virginia.edu/about-uvafinance
Finance Team Page (for Service Excellence, Collaborative Partner stories) https://uvafinance.blogspot.com/p/finance-team.html
 

Patty and Brandi discuss Ryan Holiday's book Stillness is the Key, a NY Times bestseller that describes how to stay steady and draw on inner peace while the world is anything but quiet.  We go over the book's main concepts, historical examples, and practical applications, in the hopes that you'll find at least two or three ways that you can increase your own clarity, calm, and happiness.  We learned much from Holiday's book and hope you will, too!
See also:  
Stillness is the Key (summarized by the author)
Stillness is Key (on the Daily Stoic)

Vice President for Finance Melody Bianchetto will retire from UVA on February 3 after 26 years of service. She sat down with Patty and Brandi to reflect on her career and her pursuit of diversity, equity, and inclusion in UVAFinance.  
Resources Mentioned: 
UVAFinance Mission, Vision, Values
Melody's Brown Bag Series (under "Resource Library")
Melody's Career Reflections Podcast
 

Vice President for Finance Melody Bianchetto will retire from UVA on February 3 after 26 years of service.  She sat down with Patty and Brandi recently to reflect on her career.   
Resources Mentioned: 
UVAFinance Mission, Vision, Values
Melody's Brown Bag Series (under "Resource Library")
Melody's DEI Podcast

Our fight or flight response kicks in when we perceive a situation as potentially dangerous or threatening.  It's an automatic and unconscious impulse that stems from caveman days (thanks, evolution!) and could be causing you to burn out, make bad decisions, and all around feel pretty crummy at work and at home.  Patty and Brandi talk to Augie Maurelli, James Gorman, Gretchen Kriebel, Sarah Fleming, Addie Coe, and Stacey Rittenhouse about what they've learned about managing this response and prioritizing competing demands without letting their brains kick into overdrive. 
Resources mentioned: 
The Eisenhower Matrix
Steven Covey Time Management Matrix
More about Fight or Flight