UPEACE Centre for Executive Education

What makes some teams work so well together?

It’s not that everyone communicates, thinks, or approaches challenges in the same way. Strong teams learn to recognize those differences and use them as a strength.

Workplace Insight: Understanding People, Elevating Teamwork explores how personality influences the way we communicate, make decisions, collaborate, and respond to others at work.

Through this live virtual course, participants will develop greater self-awareness and practical tools to strengthen communication, navigate differences, and build more effective working relationships.

📅 Starts September 8
💻 Live Virtual

Learn more and register:
https://centre.upeace.org/workplace-insight/

What can we learn from the world's longest-living communities?

Join us for a free Legacy Lab conversation exploring the habits, environments, and ways of living that help communities thrive across generations, and discover practical insights you can apply in your own life.

📅 Thursday, August 27
🕘 9:00 AM (Costa Rica) | 11:00 AM (ET)
💻 Online / Free to attend

Secure your spot here: https://upeacecentre.lpages.co/the-legacy-lab-free-webinar/

Marketing, communication, and storytelling can be powerful tools for positive change, but it starts with questioning how and why we use them.

How can we communicate authentically? How can our strategies reflect our values? And how can we build genuine connections with the communities we hope to reach?

These are some of the questions explored in our Ethical Marketing: Communication and Storytelling for Positive Change course, designed for social entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, community organizers, innovative business executives, recent graduates, and anyone interested in communicating with greater purpose.

📅 The course begins August 25.

Learn more and apply: https://bit.ly/4wBeklB

Some learning experiences stay with us long after the room has emptied.

The Impact Innovation Course at the University for Peace brought together a diverse community to explore how systemic design, applied AI, conscious leadership, and peace and conflict analysis can help us navigate complexity and contribute to meaningful, lasting change.

Through collaborative workshops, reflection, time in nature, and generous exchanges of knowledge, participants explored new ways of thinking, leading, and acting in service of people and planet.

We remain deeply grateful to Courtney Savie Lawrence, Course Faculty Lead and Initiator, and Co-lead of United Nations C3 Labs, for her vision and collaboration, and to every faculty member and participant who brought their experience, curiosity, and commitment to this shared journey.

These photographs capture only a glimpse of a truly enriching experience.

Every message you share has the potential to do more than inform; it can build trust, strengthen relationships, and inspire positive change.

Before publishing your next post, campaign, or story, take a moment to reflect on these five questions. Small shifts in the way we communicate can make a meaningful difference in how people connect with our ideas and organizations.

If you're ready to explore how marketing, communication, and storytelling can become tools for positive impact, join our Ethical Marketing: Communication and Storytelling for Positive Change course.

📅 Starts August 25.

Learn more and apply: https://bit.ly/4wBeklB

🤝 Some of the biggest workplace challenges aren't about technical skills; they're about understanding people.

Every team is made up of individuals with different communication styles, decision-making approaches, and approaches to collaboration. When we learn to recognize and appreciate those differences, we create stronger relationships, healthier workplaces, and more effective teams.

Workplace Insight: Understanding People, Elevating Teamwork is a live virtual course designed to help professionals develop greater self-awareness while improving the way they work with others through practical tools and guided learning.

📅 Starts September 8
💻 Live Virtual

Learn more and register: LINK IN BIO!

Today we're celebrating someone who leads with both vision and heart...

Julia, thank you for creating a space where curiosity is welcomed, ideas can grow, and people feel empowered to make a difference 🎂

Wishing you a happy birthday!