Advancing Academic Leaders

The Academy is currently facing unique challenges for which leadership plays a critically important role in successfully meeting these challenges.  Advancing Academic Leaders (AAL), a leadership development program designed to support the continuous growth of leaders -- department chairs, program directors, coordinators and other academic leaders -- is a 4-session interactive program that highlights the knowledge, skills and approaches to successfully lead and enhance the climate in an academic organization. Participants must commit to attend all four sessions.  This leadership program builds on the successful Advancing Chairs as Leaders program (2016-18). 

The Office of Engagement and Faculty Development in cooperation with the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics and UNH Advance is offering this faculty development program to build the knowledge, skills, and tools of academic leaders.

For questions, please contact Leslie Couse.

Dates and Workshop Topics:
 

Who Am I as a Leader?

Friday, October 29, 2021
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Piscataqua Room, Holloway Commons

• Personal leadership assessment and statement
• Vision and Values within a Shared Governance model
• Goal Setting

Leading in the Academy

Friday, November 19, 2021
8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Piscataqua Room, Holloway Commons

• The Leadership Challenge (Kouzes & Posner, 2017)
• Dimensions of Leadership
• Voices of Experienced Department, Program, and Division Leaders

Strategic Leadership

Tuesday, December 14, 2021
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Piscataqua Room, Holloway Commons

• Enacting the Vision, Strategic Initiatives, and the Change Process
• Bolman and Deal (2013) Four Frame Analysis for Organizational Challenges
• Budgeting as Strategic Leadership

Creating and Sustaining an Inclusive Climate

Thursday, January 20, 2022
9:00 am – 2:00 pm (Snow date January 21 via Zoom)
Piscataqua Room, Holloway Commons

• Strategies for Enhancing Departmental/Programmatic Climate
• Bias and Diversity
• Interactive Scenarios and Discussion
• Human Resources: Faculty and Employee Practices that Support Diversity