professional
development workshops
what they're saying
“Sally...was perceptive about what the potential move might mean for me and did a superb job connecting me to people at the U of M who could also offer insights on the decision. She also helped to put in perspective the question of a joint appointment. I did make the move and am very satisfied both with it and with the decision process that Sally helped to facilitate.”
December 3, 2008
Lisa Disch, Professor
University of Michigan
Workshop Topics
- Leading Change Management Initiatives
- Coaching for Results
- Leadership Development; Study of Self
- Networking in the Academy
- Purposeful Post Doc; A Strategic Approach to Assessing Institutional Fit and Managing Relationships
- Becoming a Successful Academic; A Roadmap for Post Docs and New Faculty
- Mastering the Academic Hiring Process
- Negotiating the Academic Offer
- Welcome to the Academy; Career Mapping for Junior Faculty
- Academy Coaching Writing Group
- Multitasking in the Academy; Managing Stress and competing demands
- Becoming a Successful Academic Administrator
- Leadership Development; Study of Self
Workshop Descriptions
Leading Change Management Initiatives
Academic administrators and human resource professionals are uniquely positioned to champion change in their organizations once they have learned the strategies and tools to effectively influence change management initiatives. This interactive and informative workshop will offer practical strategies and tools that will enable administrators to effectively assess various approaches to change management and identify the best strategy for their department/organization, prepare the management team and employees for change and ultimately implement change management strategies successfully.
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Coaching for Results
Enhance the performance of others by becoming skilled at coaching! Learn best practices in providing supportive and corrective coaching on performance expectations necessary to increase the likelihood of success among individual employees and strengthen collaboration among team members. These coaching skills can be applied to employees or executives that you hope to influence.
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Leadership Development; Study of Self
Leadership counts, from the individual administrator, to each faculty member, department chair, dean and beyond. Within Academe leadership is about influence rather than authority. Influencing human behavior is one of the most difficult challenges leaders face. This workshop provides a road map to self knowledge of how to link one's vision and values to leadership practices and the skill of influencing others in the context of your career.[ BACK TO TOP ]
Networking in the Academy
This workshop focuses on the value and purpose of networking in Academe. This highly interactive workshop explores potential opportunities for building relationships that can ultimately enhance an individual's professional support network, access to important information and available opportunities within their field. Strategies for successful engagements at conferences and everyday interactions within one's department are emphasized.
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Purposeful Post Doc;
A Strategic Approach to Assessing Institutional Fit and Managing Relationships
Given that many doctoral students are now pursuing post doc appointments it is important to address how one can structure and purposefully plan the opportunity to ensure that it lends itself well to their academic future. Issues regarding securing a post doc (based on research considerations and interpersonal fit) and how to proactively manage the relationship with the professor who has sponsored the position in order to achieve one's professional goals as well will be covered.
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Becoming a Successful Academic; A Roadmap for Post Docs and New Faculty
Staying the course toward Associate Professor involves developing plans of action that are intentional, realistic, and successful in accomplishing your teaching, research and publishing goals. It is imperative to tease out essential tasks from secondary tasks and to recognize the need for your focus to shift over the course of the first six or seven years before you come up for tenure. This reflective workshop will explore examples from participants related to priority setting and deciding on plans of action. Participants will gain a greater sense of clarity regarding where to invest their time and energy over the next 12 - 18 months.
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Mastering the Academic Hiring Process
This informative workshop describes the academic job search process from the search committee and institutional perspectives and is designed to give participants the skills to understand the search through the eyes of the very people they will be trying to entice. A comprehensive overview covering the hiring process for tenure track positions from internal authorization to hire at a given rank to what to expect for the campus interview itinerary's commonly developed at both teaching and research universities. In addition to gaining a deeper understanding of the complex hiring process and behind the scenes dynamics, participants will also walk away with practical tips that can be immediately applied to their own search.
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Negotiating the Academic Offer
Negotiation in the Academy is not something to avoid. It is an opportunity for you to collaboratively create an appointment that you will enjoy, be productive in and eventually (yes) secure tenure. This interactive workshop will help you explore different aspects of your future faculty appointment and prioritize what you need to do your job well and then how to best negotiate for it. Participants will identify strategies for salary negotiation as well as other crucial components of the offer such as the structure of their faculty roles, start up packages, research support and dual career needs.
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Welcome to the Academy; Career Mapping for Junior Faculty
Staying the course toward Associate Professor involves developing plans of action that are intentional, realistic, and successful in accomplishing your teaching, research and publishing goals. It is imperative to tease out essential tasks from secondary tasks and to recognize the need for your focus to shift over the course of the first six or seven years before you come up for tenure. This reflective workshop will explore examples from participants related to priority setting and deciding on plans of action. Participants will gain a greater sense of clarity regarding where to invest their time and energy over the next 12 - 18 months.
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Academy Coaching Writing Group
For some people, the anonymity and "convenience" of an online writing group doesn't provide the structure and support they need in following through with their writing goals and actually making progress. That's where Academy Coaching's 8 week writing group comes into play. It allows you to immerse yourself in a time limited focused writing group with clear goals, facilitated discussions, face to face support and accountability to the group.
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Multitasking in the Academy; Managing Stress and Competing Demands
Teaching, research, publishing, administrative responsibilities, writing grants, service, mentoring, net working (not to mention a well balanced and fulfilling personal life).
The roles of an academic are constantly intertwining with one another, but how do you manage all of related tasks without getting tied up in knots? Time management is paramount. This highly interactive workshop will help participants refocus on the basics of solid time management and organizational skills such as managing email efficiently, structuring your time wisely, organizing your office and developing lists that facilitate productivity verses anxiety. Participants will leave the workshop with an organized inventory of their own work, practiced efficient email management and applied time management strategies to their own calendar for the upcoming month.
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Becoming a Successful Academic Administrator
Most academics are prepared to be intellectual leaders within their field. Few have had the opportunity to receive the training and mentoring necessary to become administrative leaders within their department or institution. Many people feel unprepared for their new role. Using the Jossey - Bass Academic Administrators Guide to Exemplary Leadership (Kouzes and Posner) this workshop will highlight the five best practices of exemplary leadership in higher education and provide a confidential forum for new leaders to explore how to apply these practices within their institutions.
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Recommended Reading:
Discovering the Leader in You
Authors: R. Lee & S. King
This book is based on a simple point: leadership roles should be filled by people who deliberately decide that they want to be in them. To that end, 'Discovering the Leader in You' offers a unique system of self-discovery that clearly shows how you can attain the leadership position you want. You'll gain insight into what leadership means to you personally as you strategize your career choices and, subsequently, achieve more personal success within the Academy.