Engage with a cohort of advancement-specific talent development leaders to explore common issues and challenges you face and share current practices that will help you to build your leadership capacity.
Overview
Leaders of talent development in advancement often have a lion’s share of responsibilities with just one primary aspect of their role: identifying and mobilizing talent for their teams. However, they are often pulled in many other directions as well, including managing internal processes related to talent development and training efforts while also feeling the weight of “The Great Resignation” and hybrid work needs. This is a unique and challenging time for them to perform these leadership roles given the impact COVID-19 has had on the workforce especially while also managing candidate, staff, and supervisor expectations. However, while this role is complex and demanding, many talent development leaders find great reward and fulfillment in engaging and developing staff, mapping appropriate career paths based on competencies, and filling open positions with candidates who will grow and flourish in the role.
There’s no greater form of ongoing support than the support gained from joining a community of leaders who serve in similar roles. By joining this roundtable, you will have the opportunity to discuss common challenges, get support from experienced peers and your designated facilitator, and build your network. In this cohort-based experience, you will:
- Engage in discussion focused on timely topics and challenges you’re facing in a small, cohort-based, and confidential environment.
- Build community with other talent development leaders and expand your professional network.
- Learn from peers and exchange institution-specific practices and strategies.
- Come away with a crowd-sourced repository of templates, sample language, and other resources that you can refer to and use to inform your future work.
To preserve an intimate and productive experience, the roundtable will be capped at 12 attendees.
Who Should Attend
This group engagement is specifically designed for leaders of talent development in advancement who provide oversight over one or more of the following:
- Responsible for retention and recruitment of staff
- Leading training and staff development efforts
- Identifying career development pathways for roles and units
Leaders of talent development in advancement from all institutional types and sizes are invited to attend.
For additional training on common issues and challenges you face and how you can build your leadership capacity, register for Advancement Roundtable: A Cohort-Based Series for Development Leaders on March 24-April 28, 2023.
How Roundtables Work
The goal of our roundtables is to bring together a small cohort of peers for a comprehensive learning and networking experience. Through short, regular live meetings, you will come together with a maximum of eleven other peers and our expert facilitator in order to:
- Build strong connections and expand your network.
- Try new tactics and approaches to improve your leadership.
- Share your own best practices and listen to those of others.
- Carve out time for reflection.
- Be part of a cohort-based support community.
- Contribute to the conversation with your own thought leadership.
What is the time commitment?
The cohort will meet seven times on Fridays from February to May. Each meeting runs for one hour except for the first event, which will be two hours.
Virtual Sessions
To facilitate community and trust-building among the cohort from the get-go, the roundtable will kick off with a two-hour virtual session on Friday, February 24, 2023. Six bi-weekly, hour-long virtual sessions will follow, running from early March to mid-May.
Session 1 (Virtual): Friday, February 24th 2023 | 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET
Session 2 (Virtual): Friday, March 10, 2023 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET
Session 3 (Virtual): Friday, March 24, 2023 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET
Session 4 (Virtual): Friday, April 7, 2023 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET
Session 5 (Virtual): Friday, April 21, 2023 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET
Session 6 (Virtual): Friday, May 5, 2023 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET
Session 7 (Virtual): Friday, May 19, 2023 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET
Can’t attend all sessions?
No problem. However, we strongly recommend that you participate at least six sessions to get the most value out of this experience.
AGENDA
Session 1 (Virtual): Friday, February 24th 2023 | 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET
Session 2 (Virtual): Friday, March 10, 2023 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET
Session 3 (Virtual): Friday, March 24, 2023 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET
Session 4 (Virtual): Friday, April 7, 2023 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET
Session 5 (Virtual): Friday, April 21, 2023 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET
Session 6 (Virtual): Friday, May 5, 2023 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET
Session 7 (Virtual): Friday, May 19, 2023 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET
During this series of roundtable sessions, you and your fellow attendees will get to drive the agenda based on common challenges such as the following (or others defined by your cohort):
- Strategies for attracting and recruiting diverse staff (i.e., talent development).
- Staying competitive in the marketplace, particularly through COVID-19 and candidate and staff’s desire for a hybrid work environment.
- Identifying efforts to diversify the staff hiring pipeline that includes thoughtful outreach strategies.
- Strategies to effectively onboard staff to be effective and successful in their roles.
- Retention strategies to retain high-quality staff including addressing cultural barriers that have impacted these efforts.
- Identifying opportunities for staff sponsorship and mentorship that are both for the individual as well as cohort-based.
- Coordinating career growth or career mapping for staff.
- Providing support and development managers within your organization.
- Identifying executive coaching opportunities for your senior leadership.
FACILITATORS
Jenn Duffield
Learning & Development Manager, Academic Impressions
Jenn joined Academic Impressions in February 2022 as a Learning & Development Manager for Advancement. Prior to joining AI, she completed a decade of professional experience in higher education and student affairs, working in and overseeing areas that included housing and residence life, student conduct, bias incident and behavioral intervention response, sexual harassment prevention and Title IX, and first year seminar instruction.
Leah Gallant
Talent Development Consultant and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, MIT
Dr. Leah Gallant is currently the Talent Development Consultant and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer at MIT’s Office of Resource Development and the Alumni Association. Dr. Gallant has over 20 years of progressive experience working in higher education, including building and facilitating teams and navigating complex organizations.
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