Administrative Management Group (AMG)

AMG Lunch & Learn - Habits That Work: Building Better Professional Routines
2025-08-27 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | AMG Zoom Event, UCLA
Join AMG on August 27th for a Lunch & Learn with Lola Ivy from Campus Human Resources!

Session Description
Discover how small, intentional habits can enhance your professional development in this engaging one-hour workshop, Habits That Work. This session encourages participants to reflect on the routines that shape their daily work lives. Through guided activities and useful tools, attendees will understand what and how effective habits are formed, as well as explore how habits can be intentionally designed for greater success.
Presenter Bio
Lola Ivy is a workshop facilitator and career management coach with over thirteen years of experience working for UCLA. Currently, she works for Campus Human Resources (CHR), managing a year-long career development program called the Staff Enrichment Program (SEP). Lola also serves as Vice Chair on the Administrative Management Group (AMG) board. Her educational background includes a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from UCLA and a master’s degree in Organizational Leadership and Learning from Pepperdine University.

AMG Lunch & Learn: Coping and Thriving During Times of Uncertainty for Leaders
2025-11-06 12:00 - 13:30
Join us for this AMG Lunch & Learn on Thursday, November 6th from 12 – 1:30 PM with Liena Hsieh McCord, Assistant Director of the UCLA Staff and Faculty Counseling Center.
Lunch & Learn Description:
As uncertainty continues to surround us, its emotional is increasingly difficult to ignore – especially for leaders who must manage their own wellbeing while supporting their teams. The “Coping and Thriving During Times of Uncertainty for Leaders” presentation offers practical strategies to help leaders navigate emotional, physical, and psychological challenges, so they can cope and even thrive in their roles.
Participants will learn to:
• Recognize signs of compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma • Apply self-care tools, including mindset-shifting techniques
• Develop a personalized self-care plan
• Build and maintain a psychologically-safe workplace
Speaker Bio:
Liena McCord is the Assistant Director of the UCLA Staff and Faculty Counseling Center (SFCC). Liena is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and has been in practice for over 25 years. Liena attended University of Southern California where she earned her Master’s Degree in Social Work, and UC Irvine, obtaining her Bachelor’s in Psychology and minor in Sociology. Prior to joining UCLA in 2024, Liena provided behavioral health counseling, consultation, and presentations in other workplace EAP settings, such as Wells Fargo and the County of Los Angeles; worked with adults presenting with severe mental illness in outpatient and inpatient settings for the County of LA Department of Mental Health; and worked with adults, adolescents, and families in private practice.
Liena’s areas of interest and clinical experience include anxiety, depression, trauma, LGBTQIA+ communities, diversity, and domestic violence/threat concerns.
