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Focus: The Development Of A Community Of Academic Leaders, Lina Prada Angarita, Nayibe Rosado Mendinueta, Katina Katinac@Uninorte.Edu.Co Mar 2023

Focus: The Development Of A Community Of Academic Leaders, Lina Prada Angarita, Nayibe Rosado Mendinueta, Katina Katinac@Uninorte.Edu.Co

Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings

This presentation reports the development of a community of practice for academic leaders in Colombia, South America. Document analysis from 2016 to 2020 helped to characterize the nature of the activities, the purposes, the products and gains. There is evidence of a change of purpose, agency and awareness.


Feedback: The Foundation Of Kind Leadership, Rebecca L. Koltz, Melissa Odegard Apr 2020

Feedback: The Foundation Of Kind Leadership, Rebecca L. Koltz, Melissa Odegard

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Brene Brown states that “Clear is kind. Unclear is unkind.” To give clear and direct feedback requires brave academic leaders who understand that feedback is critical to leadership success. This presentation will use a feedback model – Johari’s Window (Luft & Ingham, 1955), as a backdrop for understanding how to give productive feedback in higher education.


The Four Quadrants Of Administrative Effectiveness, Rob Jenkins Mar 2017

The Four Quadrants Of Administrative Effectiveness, Rob Jenkins

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Administrative effectiveness can be charted on X and Y axes, with X representing responsibility and Y representing control. The best administrators tend to fall in the “High Responsibility / Low Control” quadrant. The session includes an assessment that allows administrators to chart themselves and see which quadrant they typically inhabit.