*Deadline to apply has been extended to August 25, 2021.*
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Program Description
Program Description
This is a one-year, cohort-based program is designed to enable junior faculty and director level staff to enhance their interpersonal skills, professional skills, and leadership skills. LEAD uses the Leadership Competency Model to provide the framework for the chosen topics.
The cohort meets face to face for 1.5-2 hours monthly to learn about themselves, to enhance their interpersonal effectiveness, to advance objectives through building quality teams, and to learn to drive change. In between the monthly sessions, participants will complete tasks they set as part of their goal setting activity. -
Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
At the end of the year-long program, participants will be able to:- Demonstrate 5 areas their leadership improved
- Apply concepts to enrich their leadership and personal effectiveness
- Incorporate tools to enhance their management and measure effectiveness
- Implement strategies to continue to build leadership skills
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Curriculum
Curriculum
Learn: 1st Quarter – Knowing Yourself as a Leader
Session 1: Program Orientation and Cohort Introductions
Session 2: Individual Assessment with DISC
Session 3: Emotional Intelligence
Enhance: 2nd Quarter – Enhancing Interpersonal Effectiveness
Session 4: Know Your Values
Session 5: Negotiation and Scientific Storytelling Skills
Session 6: Feedback and Difficult Conversations
Advance: 3rd Quarter – Building Teams
Session 7: Effective Listening and Communication
Session 8: Team Processes and Development
Session 9: Team Problem Solving
Drive: 4th Quarter – Facilitating Change
Session 10: Measuring and Evaluating Effectiveness
Session 11: Initiating and Driving Change
Session 12: Change Implementation -
Who should apply?
Who should apply?
Participants may be faculty or staff who are committed to enhancing their interpersonal and leadership skills. Each cohort will accept 15-17 participants who have the desire to be leaders within their organizations.
2021-2022 LEAD Cohort Application