Indiana State University Academic Affairs Retreat 2016 Report on Academic Leadership Conferences Liz Brown John Pommier Erik Southard Don Rogers Stephen Patton Donna Selman Jessica Nelson Marcee Everly With gratitude to Provost Licari who generously supported our professional development.

Council of Colleges of Arts & Sciences CCAS Seminar for Department Chairs/Heads October 2-4, 2016 (next seminar) www.ccas.net

CCAS For new/newish chairs, not just Arts & Sciences Seminar style, ≈36 attendees Whole group meetings and smaller breakouts Focus on discussion, networking Vingettes/case studies thoroughly discussed Individual consultation

How I can be helpful Conflict management Stress management Liz.Brown@indstate.edu

Academic Chairpersons Conference February 8-10, 2017 New Orleans, LA Great conference co-sponsored by Kansas State University Global Campus and IDEA Focus on chairs; attended by many academic leaders Plenary sessions, interactive workshops, roundtable discussions, best practice presentations

Lessons Learned Bonding and Bouncing Great deal of time spent with ISU colleagues, reflecting on take-a-ways from sessions, common challenges or triumphs There are some things we do better Insight offered Heartaches and Headaches are common and universal Congenial Language is common in many institutions

ACE Leadership Academy For Department Chairs How to handle/manage the volume of demands and responsibilities in a large dept. Make time for yourself: try to set aside 3 hours, twice a week. Use an appointment system (30 minutes) to schedule faculty and students. *American Council on Education

ACE Leadership Academy for Department Chairs Facilitate an awareness of the positive things happening in the Department and University. Share these at department meetings. Have faculty share these as well. Get out in front of news that could be misinterpreted as negative or is indeed negative, and provide facts, context and facilitate a discussion

ACE Leadership Academy for Department Chairs Networking and the Power of Weak Ties. Encourage faculty to expand their on and off campus network and use it. Recognize weak ties and cultivate them. Don.Rogers@indstate.edu

ACE Leadership Academy for Department Chairs Topic based lunch: Institutional Politics, Diversity issues, Budgeting, Assessment, Conflict, Technology, Planning. Interactive Activities: Chairs a provided scenarios with a realistic background stories. Solutions are discuss and assessed in groups. Conflict Management Vignettes: Role playing activity My advice is to research topics in the agenda prior to the event to get the most out of the activities.

ACE Leadership Academy for Department Chairs Budget model frameworks (Lecture from Natalie Krawitz Former VP for Finance at University of Missouri) Incremental budgeting Zero-based budgeting Activity-based budgeting Responsibility Center Management Centralized budgeting Performance-based budget

ACE Leadership Academy for Department Chairs

Positive Academic Leadership ATLAS ATLAS: Academic Training Leadership & Assessment Services Jeffrey Buller: Small Group Work (2-3). 50 Attendees. One Day. ATLAS Leadership Professors, Chairs and Deans Collegiality, Evaluations (all levels), Problem Solving, Decision Making, Recruitment and Retention of Faculty

How I can be helpful (takeaways) Perspective: From Disaster to Opportunity Proactive: Focusing on strengths of the individual, elevating those AND rewarding them. (IE) Alternative Models of Tenure and Promotion. “You don’t build a program or an organization. You build people. People build programs and organizations.” Systems Approach to Chairing Donna.Selman@indstate.edu Scenario: Two days before classes start a faculty members who works in a very rare specialty comes to you and informs you that she has been awarded a highly prestigious international award. The award will make the faculty member’s career and will bring an incredible amount of positive attention to the department and the university. BUT—the faculty member needs to leave immediately for at least one full year and you have no one else to cover her courses. 5 reasons this is a Disaster—Five ways in which it is an opportunity. Positive Leadership does not ignore negative events but builds on them to develop positive outcomes. not about being positive all the time—or a cheerleader—but it is about recognizing opportunities that arise from very real and tough decisions. Systems approach to Chairing: Know what motivates your people? Salary? Appreciation? Job Security? Promotion? Passion? Find out the things that they do best and like to do. Know how best to invest in that, position that within your department and reward it equitably.