2023 Executive Development Series (EDS) for Deans

8:00-9:00 a.m.
Light Continental Breakfast    

9:00-9:45 a.m.
Welcome, Creating Connections, Agenda, and Objectives

9:45-11:00 a.m.
The Dynamic Landscape of Leading in Academic Nursing
In this session, participants will share their thoughts and struggles around leadership practice in an academic institution, especially in academic nursing. Small groups will work together to surface the challenging issues, explore the capabilities leaders need to address those issues, and discuss the obstacles to building those capabilities. The session will end with a gallery walk and a report to set the workshop's context.

11:00-11:15 a.m.
Break

11:15-12:00 p.m.
An Exploration of Self as Dean and as Leader
Drawing on the insights from the previous session, participants will consider their own practice of leadership – when they are at their best and when they are at their worst. Small group discussions will draw out common themes and struggles. The session will close with a discussion focused on “acts of leadership” and how we show up matters because it influences our relationships, and ultimately, the collection of those behaviors influences the culture of our organization.

12:00-1:15 p.m. 
Lunch (on your own)

1:15-2:15p.m.
A Toolkit for Leading with Emotional Intelligence
CCL research demonstrates that leaders’ lack of emotional intelligence is highly correlated to their likelihood of derailing in their careers. In this session, participants will gain a deeper understanding of emotional intelligence as a concept and then explore tools for developing and practicing as an emotionally intelligent leader. We will consider the internal processes that surface in stressful situations and understand how to use cognitive reappraisal to reframe and manage the emotions of such situations.  

2:15-3:00 p.m.
A Toolkit for Leading with Emotional Intelligence (continued)
Continuing the discussion of leading with emotional intelligence, we will learn and practice CCL’s feedback tool to effectively manage both our emotions and the emotions of others in conflictual situations.

3:00-4:00 p.m.
Considering Your Dean’s Leadership Team: Are We Leading Effectively?
Effective teams capitalize on their members' diversity of ideas and input to lead and collaborate creatively. In this session, we will explore CCL’s framework for collaborative leadership, which many have said is particularly well-suited for the shared governance environment of higher education. Participants will explore the framework, then use its associated assessment to understand the effectiveness of their leadership team and the steps they can take together to strengthen their collective leadership. 

6:00 p.m.
Networking Dinners (Optional)
Meet in Hotel Lobby at 5:45 p.m.. Sign up at registration desk.

8:30-9:00 a.m.
Welcome Back, Reconnecting, and Q&A

9:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.
Leading Challenging Conversations
Conflict or disagreement often arises when there are unresolved tensions between two or more parties wanting a similar outcome but differing views on achieving that outcome. In a Dean’s world, such tensions manifest daily between students and faculty, faculty and administration, staff and faculty, faculty and faculty, and so on. In this session, participants will learn and practice a practical tool to help recognize those tensions and to capitalize on them to foster collaboration through an intentional conversational model.

Good Morning Coffee and Tea Break

12:00-12:15 p.m.
Closing Remarks