Spring 2011 ADVANCE Leadership Development Workshop

Facilitators:

• Betsy Brown, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
• Laura Severin, Professor of English

All sessions are scheduled from 12-1:30pm in M8 Caldwell.

Session One: Introductory Session (W Jan 19)

• Overview of ADVANCE (Laura Severin)
• Interactive Exercise
• Introduction to Leadership Theory (Betsy Brown)
• http://www.tnellen.com/ted/tc/bolman.html#structure
• http://changingminds.org/disciplines/leadership/theories/leadership_theories.htm
• Overview of Journaling (Laura Severin)
• Overview of Shadowing (Betsy Brown)

Session Two: Panel: Getting Started in Administration (F Feb 4)

• Panelists:  Jo-Ann Cohen, Associate Dean of PAMS; Chandra Cox, Head of Art and Design; Margo Daub, Head of Plant Biology; and Mary Ann Lila, Director, Kannapolis Research Institute
• Moderator: Betsy Brown
• Reading: “Becoming a Department Chair”

Session Three: Communication and Conflict Resolution (W Feb 16, Betsy Brown)

• Discuss Conflict Style Inventory
• Interactive Exercise
• Reading: “Team Building through Supportive Communication”

Session Four: Panel: Issues Faced by Women in Administration (W Mar 2)

• Panelists:  Patricia Cormier, former President of Longwood University;
• Jayne Fleener, Dean of Education; and Terri Lomax, Vice Chancellor for
• Research
• Moderator: Dan Solomon, Dean of PAMS
• Reading: “Faculty and Staff Members’ Perceptions of Effective Leadership: Are There Differences Between Women and Men Leaders?”

Session Five: Managing Time, Stress and Work-Life Integration (Laura Severin) (W Mar 16)

• Interactive Exercise
• Readings: “Survival Skills for Department Chairs” and
• “Women at the Top: Powerful Leaders Define Success as Work +Family in a Culture of Gender”

Session Six: Panel: Issues Faced by Underrepresented Minorities in Administration (W Apr 6)

• Panelists: Irma McLaurin, President of Shaw University; Jose Picart, Vice
• Provost for Diversity and Inclusion; and Joanne Woodard, Vice Provost for
• Equal Opportunity and Equity
• Moderator:  Laura Severin
• Readings: “Women and Women of Color in Leadership: Complexity, Identity, and Intersectionality” and “Pathways to Presidency”

Session Seven: Concluding Session (W Apr 20)

• Discussion of Readings (Laura Severin)
• Taking the Next Step (Betsy Brown)
• Letter Exercise (Laura Severin)
• Readings: “Presidential Advice” and “Spiraling through the Glass Ceiling”
• Readings and Activities Subject to Change