Course Category: Free for All-Inclusive Members

Find Your Position of Power When Addressing Toxic Leadership

In toxic environments – where employees feel worse after they start – you may experience uncertainty, fear, or helplessness on when and how to speak up to advocate for yourself and others. You believe you must tolerate the toxicity, even though doing so can be devastating to your career. It doesn’t have to be that way! Join our expert online and learn how to engage in conversations that will empower you to create change. You’ll learn how to recognize, communicate about, and minimize the impact of toxic leadership. You’ll walk away with recommended language, tools, and most importantly, increased confidence to confront toxicity in a non-threatening way.

Succeeding as a Disruptive Innovator: Stories from a Former College President

As a senior leader in higher education, you understand the importance of disruption and innovation. But how do you help enable it on your campus? Join us online to hear from Bob Kustra, a former president at Boise State University (2003-2018), who introduced disruptors throughout his tenure to transform Boise State from an undergraduate commuter college to a research university of distinction. Bob learned through experience that seeding innovation into the college campus is more about capitalizing on accidental moments than it is about planning for it. You will leave with advice on how to: Cultivate a mindset of identifying leads Purposefully follow up Take advantage of unexpected moments

Refining Your Out-of-State Recruitment Strategy

Refining Your Out-of-State Recruitment Strategy Hone and bolster your out-of-state recruitment strategy to strengthen your enrollment funnel. Welcome to your course page for your virtual conference! We’ll be adding links to meeting rooms, schedules, social media, and course materials as they become available. Make sure to check back as it gets closer to your conference! Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Troubleshooting Tips & FAQs Downloading and Testing Adobe Connect Expand   Downloading and Testing Adobe Connect Test your setup in advance: https://ai.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm Please click the Run Diagnostic Test option on this website to see if you need to update or download anything like Flash or the Adobe Connect app. If you have any issues, another option is to switch the internet browser you are using. Once you have completed necessary steps, you can test again. You’ll know it is working if the Adobe window in your browser launches the Adobe Connect app to log you in.   Accessing the Meeting Room The meeting link for each day of the conference can be found on the course page above. Follow the meeting link, and then: Click the radio button that reads, “Enter as a Guest” In the box that says […]

Building Inclusive Pedagogy Online

This is a webcast recording from the live event that took place on March 30, 2020. In the wake of COVID-19, the rapid transition of moving courses online has left many students feeling isolated and insecure, and it has put the most vulnerable students at even greater risk. By using components of inclusive pedagogy in online courses, instructors have the unique opportunity to build community in a new way and create spaces for all students to come together and learn on equal footing. This webcast recording will offer practical, immediately applicable techniques that educators from any area of study can use to create a positive online learning environment and effectively engage students. By making small adjustments in your teaching process, you can make your online course more inclusive and allow your students to more effectively learn during these uncertain times.

Preparing for the Future: Considering Institutional Mergers in Your Strategic Planning

Preparing for the Future: Considering Institutional Mergers in Your Strategic Planning Set your institution up for future success. Learn how to navigate the complex world of strategic mergers. Welcome to your course page for your virtual conference! We’ll be adding links to meeting rooms, schedules, social media, and course materials as they become available. Make sure to check back as it gets closer to your conference! Ensure Your Technology is Ready! This workshop is intentionally designed to allow for maximum learning, connections, and engagement. We advise the following in order to participate fully:   Use a headset/earbuds and webcam if possible.(Headset or earbuds will reduce ambient noise and echoes, and webcams will allow us to make more personal connections.) Ensure your equipment works before the start of your conference. Test your headset/earbuds, webcam, and ability to connect to Adobe Connect at this link: http://ai.adobeconnect.com/wctest/  If you have issues connecting to Adobe Connect, go to this link: https://ai.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm.  Click the “Run Diagnostic Test” option on this website to see if you need to download the Adobe Connect app.  Ensure internet speeds of 10 mbps download and 2 mbps upload for the best experience. (If this is not possible, turning off your webcam and closing unnecessary windows in the background […]

Recruiting for Diversity: A Training for Academic Search Committees

Is your academic search committee a “receiving” committee – one that waits for applications and hopes they’ll be diverse? Or does your committee have the mindset of recruiters – closely monitoring applications and taking action to ensure the diversity of the applicant pool? Ultimately, hiring more diverse candidates requires search committees to see themselves as accountable for the outcomes of the process. Join us online to learn key pieces of a more proactive mindset that will help ensure your search processes produce more diverse hires. To help you start thinking more like a recruiting committee, our expert will share tips for: Networking intentionally to attract more diverse candidates Tracking and benchmarking data on the diversity of your candidate pool throughout the process Mitigating implicit bias

Identify and Actualize Your Team Values to Increase Trust and Engagement

Most leaders recognize that team values are important. They enrich collaboration and teamwork and anchor the team during periods of change and uncertainty. But the process of establishing, norming, living, and protecting team values to create meaningful impact isn’t always intuitive. Join us online to learn how to use Meg Wheatley’s “Islands of Sanity” model to articulate values and build community and trust within your team. This model says we do our best work when we evoke and rely on our best human qualities. We will give you a template for defining values with your team, and you’ll leave with tips for how to embed and bring those values to life within your day-to-day operations and culture.

Department Chairs: Maximize Your Productivity By Cultivating Your Academic Staff

As a department chair, you’re stretched between teaching, research, meetings, and overflowing inboxes. Especially if you’re newer to the role, you may feel tempted to field this day-to-day without help – because faculty members commonly work on their own. Even if you’re ready to ask your academic staff for assistance, you haven’t been trained to manage them or discuss their performance. Join us online to learn how to build the capacity of your academic staff, which will help you manage your time and workload and focus on your most important leadership responsibilities. In the session, we’ll cover: How to define staff roles and responsibilities with clear purpose and intention How to set boundaries within your own role as chair How to reinforce performance expectations with affirmation and feedback

Advance Your Career with a Personal Board of Directors

You will likely secure your next leadership role through your network, so surrounding yourself with the right people can make or break a career. How can you be more intentional in building your network to fast-track your career within senior leadership? Join us online and learn how a personal board of directors can help fuel your next career transition. A personal board of directors is a group of 5-7 people who offer advice, resources, and support over time to help you navigate challenging situations with confidence. In this webcast, you’ll learn how to create and manage your personal board of directors – including how to invite the right people and how to use your meetings productively – so that you can acquire the right skills and experience at the right time.

Managing Change as a Department Chair: 5 Traps to Avoid

As a department chair, you are responsible for leading your faculty through large-scale disruptions, such as department restructures, curricular reform, and policy changes. Even if you’re familiar with change management literature, managing the change can be especially tricky within academic departments. Your role as a “middle manager” can often be ambiguous because you lead both as a member of faculty and an administrator in a shared-governance environment. Join us online to learn how to avoid common change traps – behaviors that prevent all of us from adopting, embracing, and engaging with change. We’ll discuss how change traps often play out in academic departments, and you’ll leave with a solid understanding of how you can recognize and manage the traps in your own initiatives.

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