Leadership Academy

Leadership is essential to any organization that wishes to be efficient and achieve its aims. As our workforce becomes more diverse, we are best able to leverage the value of this diversity when we role model inclusive behaviors and foster a workplace climate that encourages all employees to bring their whole selves to work every day. In turn, this provides employees with the positive workplace experience that they deserve. In this session, participants will learn important competencies needed to build their own brand of inclusive leadership.

Elevate your leadership capabilities by diving deep into CliftonStrengths and uncovering your top talent themes. Understand how these themes define your leadership style and empower you to inspire confidence, drive peak performance, foster stronger relationships, and achieve strategic goals. In this interactive session, you will gain strategies to leverage your strengths, enabling you to unlock your full leadership potential and create lasting impact in your organization and beyond. Participants will need to complete the CliftonStrengths for Leaders prior to this session.

Leaders are expected to be exemplary, self-regulate their emotions, and understand the emotions of others, under continually challenging and evolving circumstances. This session helps participants understand the foundational pillars of emotional intelligence. Participants will also gain greater self-awareness and understand others’ awareness, understand how to manage their emotional reactions, learn to deal more effectively with difficult situations, improve interpersonal communication, and improve their decision making. Participants will need to complete the EQ 360 prior to this session.

This session equips leaders with essential financial insights and a solid understanding of legal responsibilities within a university setting. Gain knowledge to navigate financial statements, assess risks, and make informed decisions while ensuring compliance with legal standards. Elevate your strategic decision-making and learn how to safeguard financial health.

Leaders have the greatest potential to foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment. This session will delve into the mindset, individual thinking, and actions essential for effectively managing diverse teams. Gain heightened awareness of implicit and unconscious biases and acquire practical tools to mitigate them. Empower yourself to create a more inclusive workplace and lead by example in championing diversity and equity.

This session will provide an overview of different states of employee well-being in the work engagement – burnout continuum. Participants will learn how to reignite their own and their team members’ engagement and mitigate burnout. The session will explore several stressors relevant to them, as well as the resources that can be useful to mitigate the stressors.