This webcast is ideal for newer department chairs who are looking to develop the building blocks of their leadership skillset as they enter into their new role. This webcast is especially helpful for Chairs who might need to develop and transform a department with challenging personalities. The content presented could also be helpful for:

• Experienced Chairs who are looking for a refresher on their foundational leadership skills
• Faculty who are admin-curious and thinking about becoming a Department Chair at some point in the future and/or faculty who are committed and on-track to become Department Chairs
• First-year Assistant/Associate Deans

To help you develop your foundational skillset as a new Chair, our expert instructor will guide you through the following considerations:

1. Building Trust: Learn what honesty and transparency in decision-making look and sound like. Get tips for how to mentor faculty so you can guide junior faculty through tenure and capitalize on your senior faculty’s experience as leaders.
2. Building Communication: Learn how to think strategically to facilitate change at the institutional level through consensus building. Get tips on how to listen to and empower individual voices at all levels within your department and how to respond quickly to problems as they arise so your faculty see you as their advocate.
3. Building Community: Learn how to evaluate your organization’s structures to identify unmet academic needs. Get tips for how to build, actively contribute to, and manage well-aligned teams of diverse stakeholders to facilitate change and how to create shared investment in common goals by bridging divided faculties.