Emerging Leaders

Our offering for emerging leaders is continually evolving to meet individual and organizational needs.  Emerging leaders are faculty members who are currently in leadership roles (informal or formal) and those who are preparing for leadership in the future.

Program:

The Leadership Primer 2.0


Audience:

All full time academic staff interested in leadership; may be in a formal or informal academic leadership or is preparing for future leadership opportunities. One offering of this program is through nomination from Deans; the other is an open program available to all full time academics.

Format of Program:

In person, facilitated sessions with up to 25 participants (six 2.5 hour workshops)

Frequency of offering:

Two programs during the year (depending upon demand)

Completion Requirement:

Participation in all workshops in series

Registration Link:

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About this Program:

This program has been specifically designed for University of Calgary academic staff and is designed for emerging leaders who are interested in developing their leadership skills in an academic setting with colleagues from other faculties across campus.

Individual workshop in the series include:

  • Leadership in the Academy: Perspectives and influencing strategies
  • Leadership: Starting with You
  • Your leadership role and how to manage competing priorities as an academic
  • Working with colleagues and developing your team
  • Influencing Culture
  • Introducing and influencing change

Program:

The Leadership Challenge: Leadership Foundations


Audience:

All full time academic staff interested in leadership; may be in a formal or informal academic leadership or is preparing for future leadership opportunities.

Format of Program:

In person, facilitated one-day workshop with up to 25 participants

Frequency of offering:

Two programs during the year (depending upon demand)

Completion Requirement:

Participation in full day workshop

Registration Link:

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About this Program:

Immensely practical and hands-on, The Leadership Challenge is designed to inspire, engage and help emerging and experienced leaders develop the leadership skills needed to meet their unique leadership challenges.

This one-day workshop is based upon a certified program created by James Kouzes and Barry Posner, globally acclaimed researchers and authors of best-selling book, The Leadership Challenge. It is based upon almost 30 years of original research and data from over three million leaders from around the world. This program has been customized for the academic leadership environment and will include extensive opportunities for peer-to-peer discussion.

Benefits to participants:

  • Identify their leadership strengths and weaknesses
  • Clarify and communicate their fundamental values and beliefs
  • Set the example for others by aligning their actions with shared values
  • Express their images of the future
  • Inspire others to share a common vision
  • Search for opportunities to change and improve
  • Experiment with innovative ideas and learn from accompanying mistakes
  • Build collaboration and trust
  • Strengthen the ability of others to excel
  • Recognize the accomplishments of others
  • Apply learnings to a current leadership challenge