FRN Leadership Initiative

When: Fall 2022/Spring 2023
Where: Online

Application Deadline: Friday, August 26, 2022 at 11:59pm EDT (NYC time)

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FRN LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE DESCRIPTION

The FRN Leadership Initiative prepares emerging leaders to transform their own campuses by getting them to recognize opportunities to lead up, down, and sideways. This program also builds community across the FRN for continuing leaders who want to facilitate change and maximize collaboration within and between institutions. Ultimately, the goal of this program is to contribute to the transformation of the higher education ecosystem.

For our second cohort, we will accept up to 18 participants. The duration of the entire virtual program will be held over two semesters, Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 (six sessions in the fall and six sessions in the Spring).

All dates are on Fridays from 11–12:30pm EDT (NYC Time)

Fall 2022

SEP. 09 — Self Leadership (Program Kick-Off: Get to Know Your Cohort and Their Institutions)

In our program kick-off we will get to know one another, our current positions, and our institutions / units. 

We will also discuss:

  • what are the actions and characteristics of the best or worst leader you’ve worked with? what were they like? what were their core values or principles?
  • what are the essential values and actions of a successful leader if you were to build the perfect leader?
  • overcoming resistance
  • your role’s history and legacy
  • support and self-care
SEP. 23 — Self Leadership (Time Management & Project Management) / Myers-Briggs® Overview

In this self  leadership session, we will discuss: 

  • time and project management 
  • setting boundaries for yourself and others you may lead, and 
  • the Myers-Briggs® Type Instrument (MBTI) process. (Taking the MBTI will be totally voluntary.)
OCT. 07 — Interpersonal Leadership (Personnel)

In this interpersonal leadership session, we will discuss:

  • organizational charts
  • personnel performance expectations
  • personnel reviews, and
  • strategies for inherited personnel
OCT. 21 — Interpersonal Leadership (Power Dynamics and Culture)

In this interpersonal leadership session, we will discuss: 

  • the mission, vision, and purpose of your institution or unit
  • learning the unspoken, lived mission of your unit/organization
  • getting to know others in your institution or unit
  • speaking up
  • intersectionality, and
  • influencers and informal power dynamics
NOV. 04 — Interpersonal Leadership (Building Relationships)

In this interpersonal leadership session, we will discuss:

  • building relationships with internal and external stakeholders
  • trust, transparency, and psychological safety, 
  • coaching and mentoring, and
  • shared governance
NOV. 18 — Inclusive Leadership (Creating Inclusive and Equitable Spaces and Environments)

In this interpersonal leadership session, we will discuss:

  • creating an inclusive and equitable campus
  • your understanding and commitment to equity and inclusion
  • overcoming biases
  • equity and inclusion in hiring and performance evaluations, and
  • retention for equity and diversion

Spring 2023

JAN. 27 — Interpersonal Leadership (Managing Conflict / Difficult Conversations)

In this interpersonal leadership session, we will have a guest leader discuss:

  • managing conflict / difficult conversations, and 
  • There will also be an overview of the Style Matters Kryabill Conflict Style Inventory. (Taking Style Matters will be totally voluntary.)
FEB. 10 — Team Leadership (Building High-Performing Teams that Learn and Adapt)

Led by Associate Provost Dr. Rosalie Richards, Stetson University

In this team leadership session, we will discuss:

  • team building and talent acquisition
  • identifying your team’s core competencies and gaps
  • communicating your expectations to your team
  • managing your team’s expectations
  • facilitating better meetings
  • team charters, and
  • forming task forces, working groups, and committees
FEB. 24 — Systems Leadership (Data-Supported Decision Making)

Led by Dr. Maria Thompson, Former President and CEO of Coppin State University

In this systems leadership session, we will discuss:

  • gathering data and determining who to trust
  • accessing data
  • retrieving the reports/data you need, and
  • data-supported decision making
MAR. 10 — Systems Leadership (Communication Strategies Including Transparency and Crisis Management)

In this systems leadership session, we will discuss:

  • communication strategies including transparency,
  • critical questions for crisis communication planning, and
  • policy and practices reviews.
MAR. 24 — Systems Leadership (Leading Change)

Featuring Dr. Maria Thompson, Former President and CEO of Coppin State University

In this systems leadership session, we will interview a guest leader to discuss:

  • their definition of leadership,
  • their leadership journey, and
  • leading change, in particular.
APR. 07 — Capstone (Your Roadmap and Legacy)

For your FRN Leadership Initiative capstone, you will choose one or more of the following deliverables and verbalize them in our final session together.

  • Reflect On Stretch Goals For Your Institution/Unit That Can Be Accomplished in 3-5 years
  • Identify and Create Your Legacy for Your Current Position
  • Create Your 3-6 Month Roadmap in a Leadership Area of Your Choice

Please note that any dates that include guests are subject to change. However, the other dates and times are fixed.

Guest Session Leaders

 

Rosalie Richards, Ph.D., Associate Provost, Stetson University Rosalie Richards, Ph.D.
Associate Provost, Stetson University

As Associate Provost for Faculty Development, she is responsible for leading all aspects of teacher-scholar faculty development and support, with a focus on enhancing excellence and innovation in learning and facilitating an inclusive learning environment of intellectual vibrancy. This ranges from faculty development to international learning and undergraduate research to online learning.

Prior to joining Stetson in 2014, she served as the first Kaolin-Endowed Chair in Science and Georgia Eminent Scholar at Georgia College & State University, the state’s public liberal arts university. Richards was the founding director of the award-winning Science Education Center and was responsible for collaboratively raising over $10 million in private, state, and federal grant support to advance STEM education in the state of Georgia. At Georgia College, she served as professor of chemistry in the Department of Chemistry, Physics & Astronomy. Between 1996–2001, Richards served as the first NASA-National Science Foundation Model Institutions for Excellence Scholar-Teacher at Spelman College in Atlanta, GA. While a doctoral student, she taught chemistry as an adjunct professor at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, CA, and was a member of the Drew University of Medicine’s MCAT Boot Camp staff in Los Angeles, CA.

Dr. Rosalie A. Richards holds a B.S. in chemistry with physics from the University of the Virgin Islands, earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Southern California, and received a certificate in project management from the Keller Graduate School of Management.

 

 

Maria Thompson, Ph.D. Maria Thompson, Ph.D.
President and CEO, Retired, Coppin State University

Maria is a career educator whose work experience spans a variety of institutional categories, including research universities, comprehensive universities, land-grant universities, urban located, rural located, HBCUs, and PWIs. She was president and CEO of Coppin State University (CSU), provost and vice president for academic affairs at the State University of New York (SUNY), and vice president for research and sponsored programs at Tennessee State University.

Maria earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Tennessee State University, a Master of Science degree from the Ohio State University, and a doctorate from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

 

 

FRN Leadership Initiative Facilitator

 

De Angela L. Duff Associate Vice Provost, NYU, and Industry Professor, NYU Tandon School of Engineering De Angela L. Duff
Associate Vice Provost, NYU, and Industry Professor, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

In her role as Associate Vice Provost, De Angela works closely with Vice Provosts Clay Shirky and Charlton McIlwain. She aides and reviews work on online courses & degrees and other technology-enhanced education, as well as serves a leadership role in setting and executing the strategic vision for the Faculty Resource Network (FRN). She also assists with other leadership, faculty development, or teaching & learning initiatives, managed by the Provost’s Office. She holds an MFA in Studio Art (Photography) from MiCA, a BFA in Graphic Design from Georgia State University, and a BS in Textiles from Georgia Tech.

Testimonials

I really got so much out of the FRN Leadership Initiative. It helped me to understand not only my own leadership strengths and weaknesses, but how to recognize the individual strengths of each member of my department. I particularly enjoyed the Meyers-Briggs analysis and follow-up discussion with De Angela. I will miss the ability to see and speak to the other academics in the seminar and discuss our challenges and successes.
Jennifer Brown, Ph.D.

Professor of Writing, Literature, and Language Chair, Humanities & Social Sciences , Marymount Manhattan College

The course really forced me to think about the qualities of good leadership and to re-think the ways in which I interact with my colleagues at NYU and in the field of archaeology. The guest speakers were universally excellent.
Pam Crabtree, Ph.D.

Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Anthropology Department, Faculty of Arts and Science, New York University

The excellent FRN Leadership Initiative showed me that leadership is a state of mind. It is the ability to listen, to model, to recognize the talent in other people and to help them thrive. Above all, it is community. The cornucopia of wisdom I gleaned from my FRN colleagues has been transformational for me both at home and at work.
Jenny McPhee

Academic Director and Clinical Assistant Professor Center for Applied Liberal Arts School of Professional Studies, New York University

This initiative has broadened my understanding of leadership in my personal, family, and work relationships, causing a reexamination of my reactions. I was able to evaluate my decision-making process honestly and carefully in a relaxed virtual environment with peers. Each meeting reaffirmed a new focus towards identifying strengths and areas to improve. I have learned a great deal and shared the readings with others. I will miss the meetings; the class has proven to be of great personal enrichment.
Miriam Ramírez-Muñoz, Ph.D.

Professor Department of Communication, Universidad de Puerto Rico en Humacao

The FRN Leadership Initiative provided an invaluable opportunity for me to reflect on my own experiences with leadership, while also considering what kind of leader I have been and aspire to be. It helped shape my vision for a future in leadership in academia and offered numerous resources, including a supportive community of peers, to aid in the pursuit of that goal.
Charmayne E. Patterson, Ph.D.

Director, Center for Innovative Teaching, Learning, and Engagement Associate Professor of History Department of African American Studies, Africana Women’s Studies, and History, Clark Atlanta University

The FRN Leadership Initiative helped me rethink my leadership paradigms in my roles as professor, industrial and organizational psychologist, and campus chancellor. I enjoyed very much the book club, group sessions, diagnostics tools, and coaching sessions. I highly recommend the FRN Leadership Initiative to anyone that wants to develop and improve their leadership skills.
Carlos A. Andújar Rojas, Ph.D.

Full Professor Chancellor, University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo

Since I teach in a doctoral leadership program in higher education, more than impacting the way I think about my leadership role, my participation in the FRN Leadership Initiative confirmed for me that I am on the right track in the way I currently provide facilitation and various pedagogies/strategies to support my students’ learning and growth. It was enlightening to be on the other side of the learning experience to view the way leadership development is provided. The diagnostic tools (self-assessments) and large and small group discussions were most impactful for me since these tools pushed us to self-reflect. Self-reflection leads to greater self-awareness, self-identity, learning, and growth. I’m proud to have been a member of the first cohort of the Initiative and would recommend it to faculty at any level.
Sequetta F. Sweet, Ed.D.

Assistant Professor of Organizational Leadership School of Education, Stockton University