*Please note: session times and titles are subject to change. 

All sessions will take place in person in the Horticulture II room at the Arboretum. Parking is free.

Program Objectives

Introductory Session
Friday, January 5 - 1:00-4:30 - Arboretum, Hort II

• Discuss Leadership Academy objectives and expectations, while establishing community agreements
• Connect cohort participants, providing immediate opportunity to engage
• Reflect on alignment between organizational and personal values
• Develop insights on how other people think about and process the same information differently

• Identify personal leadership strengths and development opportunities through assessment and self-reflection
• Gain credibility by aligning personal values, university values and their behaviors
• Create and communicate a shared vision for the future
• Align individual and team behavior with strategic direction and foster shared accountability
• Opportunity to reflect on how to apply what they have learned to a current leadership challenge of their own
  

• Develop insights into how one’s career path has unfolded in service of generating skill set strengths
• Explore a “me and we” perspective created to allow for conscious living that considers both one’s individual lived experiences and an undeniable oneness with people across many backgrounds
• Convey executive presence by making one’s value visible with a clear, compelling, and concise one-minute professional narrative (to be performed at Graduation)

• Create a vision of who you are at your highest and best, to apply to your life now and as it changes
• Learn 6 simple body-mind practices to help you ground in the present moment, and approach issues with mindfulness and creativity
• Learn the Critical Moment Dialogue, to face “something’s up” moments and find new practical solutions to everyday challenges.

• Identify and practice techniques to help with identifying, responding, and intervening to microaggressions
• Reflect on concept of Alternative Leadership Styles 

• Increase understanding of everyday negotiation opportunities for creative problem solving
• Explore the differences between positions and interests, and how to apply this framework when negotiating and problem solving

• Increase knowledge and understanding of the elements necessary for change success
• Better understand the roles of leaders and sponsors during change
• Apply learning to a current change initiative

• Gain experience collaborating and preparing on-the-fly
• Apply leadership skills to manage a group process
• Practice organizing and facilitating conversations

• Increase knowledge of campus leadership structure and how the Academic Senate affects aspects of campus functionality
• Practice critical thinking skills by observing, questioning, and commenting on complex issues across campus

• Refine public speaking skills by presenting Professional Narrative
• Celebrate accomplishments
• Reflect on the program, what you’ve learned and how you’ll use your new skills