{"id":1415,"date":"2025-07-06T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/workday\/?p=1415"},"modified":"2025-07-07T14:58:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:58:17","slug":"top-things-managers-should-do-when-starting-in-workday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/workday\/2025\/07\/06\/top-things-managers-should-do-when-starting-in-workday\/","title":{"rendered":"Top things managers should do when starting in Workday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to Workday! As a manager, mastering Workday is essential for effectively leading your team. In addition to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/workday\/2025\/07\/06\/top-10-things-for-faculty-and-staff-to-do-when-starting-in-workday\/\">top 10 things faculty and staff should do in Workday<\/a>, here are the key tasks managers should prioritize to get started:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.wisconsin.edu\/workday\/internal\/144627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Learn the basics of navigating in Workday<\/strong><\/a><br>Take time to explore Workday\u2019s interface to understand how to move through dashboards, menus, and search functions effectively.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.wisconsin.edu\/workday\/internal\/144792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Review your Team Org Chart<\/strong><\/a><br>Check your team\u2019s organizational structure to ensure accuracy and understand reporting relationships.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.wisconsin.edu\/workday\/internal\/144745\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Explore the My Team Management Dashboard<\/strong><\/a><br>Use this dashboard to access critical tools for managing your team, including:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.wisconsin.edu\/workday\/internal\/144906\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Time &amp; Scheduling Hub<\/strong><\/a>: Monitor and manage your team\u2019s schedules<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.wisconsin.edu\/workday\/internal\/144901\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Time Off Calendar<\/strong><\/a>: View and plan for team members\u2019 absences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.wisconsin.edu\/workday\/internal\/147382\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Onboarding Status<\/strong><\/a>: Track the progress of new hires<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.wisconsin.edu\/workday\/internal\/search.php?q=learning&amp;cat=0&amp;aud=465\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Learning<\/strong><\/a>: Review your team\u2019s training and development activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.wisconsin.edu\/workday\/internal\/144865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Approve time off<\/strong><\/a><br>Learn the process for reviewing and approving time-off requests to keep your team\u2019s schedules on track.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about the most common actions for managers to take in Workday, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/workday\/workday-for-managers\/\">Workday for Managers page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This quick guide covers the top tasks managers should take to get started in Workday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6449,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-managers","category-news-and-announcements"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/workday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/workday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/workday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/workday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6449"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/workday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1415"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/workday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1616,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/workday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415\/revisions\/1616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/workday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/workday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/workday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}