Event Category: Workshop

Building and Leading a Healthy Culture in Your Unit

Every unit has a culture, and most of that culture forms without anyone actually deciding what it should be. This workshop is designed for department chairs, associate deans, and deans who want to take a more intentional role in shaping the culture of their unit. You’ll complete the Five Paths to Leadership® Self-Assessment to see how your own style shows up day to day and under stress, then work as a mock department to practice a structured process for naming the cultural features your unit wants to prioritize, as well as the behaviors that support them. You’ll also explore how a team’s collective leadership profile shapes its decisions and dynamics, and leave with an action plan for bringing the process back to your own department.

Transformational Gifts: Aligning Your Team to Deliver the Impact

Many institutions still treat transformational gifts as the work of a single gift officer, yet the strongest ones grow from a partnership between a donor and an institution, with deans, faculty, and campus leaders helping to bring a big idea to life. This hands-on, one-and-a-half-day workshop helps you to take stock of your internal landscape and the donors already at your table, shape a vision worth partnering on, and build the team to carry it forward. You’ll apply our Collaborative Donor Relationships Framework to a real donor and leave with a team action plan you can put to use right away. ​

Essential Leadership Skills for Department Chairs

Leading as an academic department chair is a challenging role, requiring the navigation of competing priorities, resource constraints, and an evolving higher education landscape. This two-day, in-person workshop is designed to equip department chairs with practical strategies to lead effectively. On day one, participants will reflect on their leadership approach, focusing on enhancing influence, engagement, and collaboration. Day two will address managing conflict, offering tools and techniques to handle challenging situations with confidence and ease. 

Essential Leadership Skills for Department Chairs

Leading as an academic department chair is a challenging role, requiring the navigation of competing priorities, resource constraints, and an evolving higher education landscape. This two-day, in-person workshop is designed to equip department chairs with practical strategies to lead effectively. On day one, participants will reflect on their leadership approach, focusing on enhancing influence, engagement, and collaboration. Day two will address managing conflict, offering tools and techniques to handle challenging situations with confidence and ease. 

Driving Institutional Strategy as a Chief Strategist or Chief of Staff

The Chief of Staff/Chief Strategy Officer plays a crucial role in addressing critical issues facing an institution, yet they often have a more solitary professional experience than other Vice Presidents and Cabinet members—many times, working through influence rather than via large divisional and organizational chart purview. Join us for this one-of-a kind in-person experience, where you will build community, develop resources, and deepen your understanding of the critical issues facing higher education. To preserve an intimate and productive experience, this workshop is capped at 33 attendees.

Essential Leadership Skills for Deans

The demands placed on Deans in today’s environment only continue to grow. They must find ways to motivate and inspire those above, across from, and below them while simultaneously fostering a positive culture and climate, innovating to keep their academic program offerings competitive and future-ready, navigating near-constant change. All of this requires a strong sense of self and an executive leadership skillset that must evolve over time. Join us for an in-person workshop to grow your leadership in community with other Deans facing similar challenges across the country. Together, we will participate in hands-on activities and engage in honest, practical discussion around how you can:

Next-Level Leadership: An Institute for Women Leaders

Are you looking to take the next step in as a woman in leadership but aren’t sure of where to start? Join us for this powerful two-day leadership experience that will help you to achieve both individual and systemic change. Whether you are an administrator, faculty, or staff, you’ll benefit from this conference as you: You’ll walk away from the experience with an actionable roadmap for continuing your leadership journey and achieving your career goals. To preserve an intimate and productive experience, this workshop is capped at 33 attendees.

From Vision to Action: Strategic Planning for a Lasting Impact

This 2-day strategic planning workshop equips higher ed leaders with the tools to create actionable, sustainable strategies aligned with institutional goals. Using design thinking and collaboration, participants will turn broad visions into practical steps for lasting success. You’ll learn to build strategies that inspire buy-in, ensure alignment, and anticipate future challenges. By the end of the workshop, participants will be equipped to translate their institutional visions into clear, actionable strategies that position them for lasting success. To preserve an intimate and productive environment, this workshop is limited to 33 people.

Building Mid-Career Faculty Capacity: A Summit for Faculty Affairs Leaders

Mid-career faculty are at a pivotal point, facing questions about what’s next for their research, teaching, and careers while navigating the uncertainty of today’s rapidly changing higher education environment. Many feel stuck, stretched thin, or disconnected from the sense of purpose that once fueled their work. How can faculty affairs leaders help them to reignite their passion, rediscover their focus, and build the confidence and skills needed to thrive? Join us to explore proven strategies for designing integrated professional development that truly reengages mid-career faculty.  You’ll learn how to help them to reconnect to their purpose, strengthen their sense of agency, and develop the mindsets and leadership capacities needed for them to lead from where they are and make a lasting impact on your institution. What you will gain: To preserve an intimate and productive experience, this workshop is capped at 30 attendees.

Managing Difficult Faculty and Staff

As a supervisor or leader, responding to difficult faculty or staff is some of the most stressful but rewarding work you can do—if you can do it right. Addressing difficult behavior in those who work for you can transform your team from closed off and avoidant to effective and collaborative. But how do you do this work?  Join us for an in-person workshop to learn how to effectively manage difficult behaviors on your team while still leading with empathy. This unique experience will allow you to:    It can take years to perfect the art of managing difficult faculty or staff when you’re doing it on your own. Come to this workshop and jump-start the process to give yourself a leg up on the most taxing part of your job.  To preserve an intimate and productive experience, this workshop is capped at 33 attendees. 

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