We are excited to share the goals, agenda, challenge project tasks and final recommendations, and assessment tools used in the third Provost’s Leadership Academy.
- Professor Andy Policano led and facilitated the seven-month program; which included 19 other leaders from the campus who participated as speakers and group leaders.
- 23 faculty completed the academy. Several Academy alumni have since earned new leadership roles. View 2018-19 Cohort Members.
Academy Agenda
Full-Day Workshop– Oct. 19, 2018
Overview– Download Presentation (PDF)
- The Turbulent Environment Facing Higher Education
- Panel: The Choice to Pursue a Leadership Path
- Pragmatics: The First 100 days and Beyond
- Small Group Breakouts with a Seasoned Leader
- Strategic Planning Overview
- An Introduction to University Budgeting and Financial Strategy – Download Presentation (PDF)
- A Brief Overview of External Relations and Development
Session 1 Topic - November 9, 2018
External Relations and Development – Download Presentation (PDF)
- Working with an external advisory board
- The art and science of development
- How to create a joyful donor
- Challenges
Session 2 Topic - December 14, 2018
Leadership Characteristics, Contexts, and Competence – Download Presentation 1 (PDF), Download Presentation 2 (PDF)
- Leadership Traits
- The Context of Leadership
- Styles of Leadership
Session 3 Topic – January 18, 2019
Leading Change - Download Presentation 1 (PDF), Download Presentation 2 (PDF)
- Managing Change
- Exercise on Leading Change
Session 4 Topic – February 15, 2019
The Heart and Soul of Negotiation - Download Presentation (PDF)
- Ways to think about negotiations
- Learning positions and interests
- Applying negotiation ideas to conflict
- Negotiation Books to Read - full citations
- Programs on Negotiation - Gender Negotiation
Session 5 Topic – March 15, 2019
Faculty Recruitment - Download Presentation (PDF)
- Making reasonable retention offers
- Making a case for a successful retention package
- Applying recruitment and retention information to offer scenarios
Session 6 Topic – May 3, 2019
Challenge Projects and Subgroup Recommendations to the Provost
- Topic: Articulating and Assessing Faculty Contributions to Inclusive Excellence: guidance on how to write an inclusive excellence statement for faculty review process; development of tools to support consistent and transparent assessment of faculty contributions to inclusive excellence
– View Presentation (PDF)
– Download Report (PDF) - Topic: Rethinking the UCI Inclusive Excellence Campus Climate Survey: Recommendations for improving the survey instrument
– View Presentation (PDF)
– Download Report (PDF) - Topic: Empowering Faculty as Mental Health Allies: Recommendation for low-cost, high-impact, near-term solutions to empowering faculty to promote mental health on campus
– View Presentation (PDF)
– Download Report (PDF)