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Leadership Committee Report 2001-2002 |
| Submitted by Jan Gilbert, Chair |
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In concert with the Department of Human Resources, the UAC Leadership Committee assisted with recruitment efforts and introduction of the yearlong Leadership Institute for 50 SPA and EPA supervisors that began last summer. The Leadership Committee also developed a mission statement including leadership values that exemplify the philosophy and standards set by the committee in regards to leadership development campus-wide.
A teleconference was presented on November 27th by Development Dimensions International (DDI) and the Leadership Committee for faculty/staff interested in management and leadership principles, hosted by Casey Hurley. About a dozen attendees had a lively dialogue with staff from DDI who shared their philosophy, outlined benefits of their version of management development, as well as defining possible next steps for WCU participants in the Leadership Institute.
Since the committee is relatively new (1 _ years), there seemed a real need to redefine their role/responsibilities to all constituencies in regards to planning further activities for the year beyond the Leadership Institute. Bruce Berger, faculty in the Marketing & Business Law Department of the College of Business, did a half-day visioning workshop for the committee, the UAC Executive committee, and invited guests on February 5th in order to more clearly define the committee’s strengths, weaknesses, alignment with the organization, goals/objectives and next steps. Eighteen participants focused on leadership development and the committee’s role in fostering effective leadership within its constituencies (Administration, Faculty, Staff & Students). The information gleaned from the workshop was used to formulate a plan that was presented to the Executive Council in order to solicit support for a needs analysis, as well as for other ideas generated at the planning session.
A Needs Analysis is being developed and refined with input from Institutional Planning and the Educational Leadership program this month. Using information garnered from the needs analyses, supplemented by an open forum, the committee will develop a 1-2 year plan for activities to be conducted and/or sponsored by the Leadership Committee campus-wide.
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