Agenda

Your registration fee includes full access to all conference sessions and materials a printed copy of our new book by C. Clinton Sidle, Empowered: Leadership Development in Higher Education, breakfast, lunch, and access to the networking reception on Tuesday, breakfast and lunch on Wednesday, as well as refreshments and snacks throughout the conference.

 

Your leadership development model becomes a framework for both the structure and design of your program. In this opening session, we will share a proven model for ensuring high impact leadership development. Our model will focus on three dimensions:

• Teaching leaders about self
• Teaching leaders about groups and teams
• Teaching leaders about systems and change

 

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We’ll explore future trends in higher education and discuss the implications for how you design your leadership development program. What are the skills and qualities future leaders will need to be successful? How do we take this information into consideration when designing what we teach and how we teach it? These are some of the essential questions we’ll address in this session.

 

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In this session, we’ll share with you a detailed roadmap to follow when developing your leadership programs. You’ll work through the critical decision points such as:

• Defining goals and outcomes
• Selecting and supporting participants
• Setting costs and budgets
• Garnering institutional support
• Implementing program logistics and marketing
• Funding your program

 

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Knowing that we each lead and learn differently is critical to designing an effective leadership development program. In this session, you’ll engage with a validated tool that identifies four distinct styles of leading and learning. We’ll discuss the implications for both leadership and leadership development. We will also explore the critical question of how leaders learn and how your high-impact leadership program can get people on the path to self-awareness and openness to learning.

 

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Marquette University has developed a unique program, the goal of which is to develop a pipeline of faculty leaders who feel prepared and motivated to take on additional leadership roles. The program which spans the academic year includes multiple leadership inventories, is deeply connected to the Jesuit mission at Marquette, and has helped to build a strong network of leaders across academic divisions.

 

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In this session, we’ll hear a second case study focused on a mixed cohort of learners, including both faculty and staff. We’ll share the unique goals of the program along with the curriculum, and key considerations when having leaders across the institution learn together.

 

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This informal reception is your chance to decompress, have some refreshments on us, and expand your network of connections. Our programs are intentionally designed for smaller groups, so this is a great time to catch-up with attendees and speakers whom you may not have connected with yet.

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Your participants will need multiple lenses to understand their approaches to leadership and the differences in styles. In this unique session, you’ll have a chance to explore several widely-available self-assessments including: The 5 Paths to Leadership, MBTI, Strengths Finder, and DISC.

Additionally, we’ll explore the option of including a 360 degree feedback assessment in your leadership program. In addition to exploring multiple options that work in a higher-education context, we’ll also talk through important considerations for using such an instrument.

 

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In our final case study session we’ll share a unique leadership program that differentiates between emerging and senior leaders. Key issues covered include when it makes sense to differentiate programs, how to staff and manage two different programs concurrently and how the programs support one another.

 

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Faculty are great candidates for these programs, and their participation is critical to the institution’s future.  Yet, they can also represent unique challenges for facilitators, especially those who may not have the same academic credentials as their faculty participants. In this session, we’ll share tips and techniques for effective facilitation of leadership programs when faculty are in the room.

 

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Critical to the development of the cohort and the application of leadership concepts is the role of effective coaches and mentors. We will explore the differences between coaching and mentoring as well as explore different models for incorporating these elements in your program.  

 

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No two programs are alike—institutional mission, strategic goals, history with leadership development, resource constraints, etc. – are critical factors in shaping your program. During these roundtables, you’ll have a chance to ask the questions that might be unique to your institutional setting and context.

 

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Once you’ve made the investment, however big or small, to develop a leadership program, you have to find a way to keep the momentum after the formal experience has ended. In this session, the program faculty will share specific practices they’ve used to keep their participants connected to each other and to the university.

 

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Best practice programs ensure that participants document their reflections and learnings as well as utilize learning development plans for their continued development as a leader. We’ll model this practice in this program to ensure each participant goes home with a clear plan of action.