Overview
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There will be 3 workshops in the “Academic Leadership: Fundamental Building
Blocks” program. Early in the program there will be 2 half-day workshops. Prior to the
workshop, academics participating in the program will be asked to complete a 360°
survey feedback instrument. This is an on-line survey that asks you to nominate some
of the people you work with to complete the survey. These significant others include
your line manager (e.g., Head of School/Department), some peers, professional staff
and others that work closely with you. The result of this feedback is the focus of the first
workshop.
The first workshop will focus on exploring the results of your ICVF analysis by looking
at your triangulation and the correlations between self and significant others. Significant
others will be used here to describe those key relationships that influence and support
you in your role. For example, your Head of School, Dean of Teaching and Learning,
Peers, Course Coordinators, Professional staff.
In this workshop we will explore some ground rules to support each other in this
highly personal leadership development experience. Your initial responses to your
feedback will be examined within a supportive environment. Academic leadership is
highly contextual. This will have to be taken into account when studying the results of
your triangulation analysis.
The workshop will also explore the meaning of the ICVF in more detail so you can
understand your scores and profile more deeply. Based on these, the workshop will
move towards identifying where you might like to focus your action in your Personal
Action Plan. The importance of goal setting, reflective practice, coaching and other
strategies to support the implementation of your action plan will also be covered in this
workshop.
You are encouraged to share and support one another in this process as this is a
highly effective strategy for leadership development.
By the end of the first workshop, you should have a clear direction in terms of your
Personal Action Plan in order to either build your strengths further and/or work on
strengthening some of the gaps in your leadership capability.
The second workshop, about 4–6 weeks later, will exclusively focus on your Personal
Action Plan, providing details on how you can use the results of your ICVF triangulated
feedback to put into action strategies that will elevate your leadership skills and potential.
You should have developed a Personal Action Plan (based on the first workshop’s
activities) by now and started implementing some of the actions.
In this workshop, you and your peers will come together again to review your
progress to date and to fine tune your Personal Action Plan. Further information will be
provided that may assist you in your action planning. It will also give you an opportunity
to raise any further questions, so that you can complete this leadership development
program with the skills and abilities needed for continuous development as an academic
leader.
The third workshop will take place some 4–5 months later. Its purpose is to review
your action plans.