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WELCOME
Academy Practicum, Program Review, and Closing
OVERVIEW: PRACTICUM and CLOSE
Our Week in Review
Program Competencies
Reflective Practice
Mentor Selection
PAP Review/Submission
IPDP Completion
Class Reflections
Looking Ahead
Sharing a Shell
PROGRAM TOPIC AREAS
First session in residence
• Welcome And Overview
• Complex Role of Organizational Leaders
• Integrating and Celebrating Strengths
• Learning Leadership - Finding Your Voice
• Understanding Self and Others:
Work Behavioral Styles
• Building Global Awareness
and Cultural Intelligence
• Leading Effective Teams
• Communicating Effectively
• The Leadership Practicum
• Program Review and Closing
PRACTICUM PROGRAM COMPONENTS
 Finalize Your PAP and IPDP
 Engage in Reflective Practice
 Journal Your Experiences
 Select a Mentor
 Select a Program Partner
(Optional)
 Stay Connected
 Academy Liaison
 Academy Coach
LinkedIn
 Submit Reflection Reports
 Apply for Grad Credit (Optional)
PARTICIPANT COMMENTS
 “Lessons learned have shaped my leadership behavior,
relationships and personal vision.”
 “Many things have changed in my life since last year’s Chair
Academy, and since my Mid-year report was submitted. . . . The
Chair Academy session has taught me that I need to take the time
to think and plan long-term and be strategic. The reflection and
strategic planning have probably been the most valuable piece for
me.”
 “Attending the first week of the Chair Academy was a great
experience. I had so much enthusiasm for what I learned that I
made significant progress on nearly all of my objectives before it
was time to do my midterm report in February . . .”
 “Looking back to the last year’s Chair Academy workshops and
training sessions, I am glad to see myself profoundly changed in
numerous leadership styles; including complex roles as an
organizational leader, behavioral style, team building, being an
effective manager in strategic planning and managing conflicts.”
 “Due to the Chair Academy, in this last year, I exhibited a
significant growth, improvement, and achievement in my
workplace. This is squarely due to the motivation and
encouragement I received from the workshops, training sessions
and mentees.”
 “This past year has provided so many opportunities for growth,
change and reflection. . . .As I work through my goals and
objectives in each of the above categories, I realize how they all
come together as one package when working in teams or when
being the lead on a project. Each category provides tools and a
focus when working with others. This perspective has allowed me
to ‘stand on the balcony” and to observe who needs help to move
forward, who needs more information, when to listen rather than
throwing more ideas out and when to pull everyone together.”
GRADUATE CREDIT
Nova Southeastern University - Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Coordinator - Dr. Debbie Nellis
• Partnered since 2005
• Earn Up to 6 Elective Credits
• POC
Royal Roads University - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
• Coming Soon!
STAYING LINKED
• LinkedIn Group
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Social Connection
Focused Issues/Topics
Informational Updates
Program Announcements
Moderated Discussion
Academy Tips and Tools
• Readily Accessible
• No Cost
REFLECTION
Reflective practice integrates thought
and action with reflection. Engaging
in reflective practice requires:
• Assume the perspective of an
external observer.
• Identify the assumptions and
feelings underlying their practice
• Speculate about how assumptions
and feelings affect practice.
(Kottkamp, 1990; Osterman, 1990; Peters, 1991)
THE PURPOSE OF REFLECTION
Reflection is an active process
whereby the professional can
gain an understanding of how
historical, social, cultural and
personal experiences have
contributed to professional
knowledge and practice
(Wilkinson, 1996).
STRATEGIES FOR REFLECTIVE PRACTICE
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Question what, why, and how you do things.
Seek alternatives
Keep an open mind
Compare and contrast
Seek a framework, theoretical basis,
and/or underlying rationale
View from various perspectives
Ask “What if…?”
Ask for ideas and viewpoints
Use prescriptive models applicable
Consider consequences
Synthesize and test
Seek, identify, and resolve problems
PERSONAL ALIGNMENT PLAN (PAP)
Plan
Responses
Name
Contact
Capabilities/Strengths
Behaviors/DiSC Style
Mission
Complex Role
Strengths
Leadership
Work Behavioral
Strategic Thinking
Global Awareness
Communication
TAKE 30 AND REVIEW
• Reflect on Your PAP and IPDP.
• Highlight 5 areas you most want
to spend time and attention on.
• Briefly outline the object of your
desire in each area.
• Complete the Personal
Alignment Plan provided.
• Review with a partner.
• Finalize and submit to your
Coach.
• Complete your IPDP for personal
use and accountability.
JOURNALING
Your journal can be:
• Verbal, written, or video recorded
• Casual or formal
• Sketchy (notes in your day planner) or
comprehensive
• Daily, weekly, or as needed
• Public or private
• Personal, professional, or both
Your journal . . .
• Echoes your reflective practice
• Provides documentation of progress on your
objectives
• Records the patterns of your professional life
• Becomes a vehicle for appropriate emotional release
• Is an ever-ready “ear”
• Offers health benefits, makes writing your practicum
reports easy!
SELECTING A MENTOR
The importance of mentoring in developing post-secondary
institution leaders cannot be underestimated. Mentoring
provides continuity, a linking of one professional generation
to the next, and support for the developing professional.
The role of your mentor includes:
• Review your IPDP and understand your goals
• Suggest strategies for success
• Introduce you to people and resources you need
• Give honest and frequent praise and advice
• Provide opportunities for professional growth
• Be a confidential and accessible ear for problems
• Remove obstacles to your success, when possible
THE 16 LAWS OF MENTORING
1. The Law of Positive Environment
2. The Law of Developing Character
3. The Law of Independence
4. The Law of Limited Responsibility
5. The Law of Shared Mistakes
6. The Law of Planned Objectives
7. The Law of Inspection
8. The Law of Tough Love
9. The Law of Small Successes
10. The Law of Direction
11. The Laws of Risk
12. The Law of Mutual Protection
13. The Law of Communication
14. The Law of Extended Commitment
15. The Law of Life Transition
16. The Law of Fun
"Mentoring - A Success Guide for
Mentors and Protégés"
Floyd Wickman and Terri Sjodim.
CLARIFYING EXPECTATIONS
As the mentee, take a few minutes
to answer the following:
What do I expect from this
relationship?
What do I think my mentor’s
expectations are for this
relationship?
Address the following:
• Role expectations and objectives
• Method and frequency of communication
• Availability and meeting schedule
• Your Individual Professional Development Plan
SELECTING A PROGRAM “BUDDY”
• Identify a Program participant you
would like to form a supportive
relationship with during the
Practicum.
• As “Buddies,” you will have an
appreciation and understanding of
the events and activities that each of
you are going through during the
Practicum.
• Call, e-mail, or write to your “Buddy”
on an as-needed basis for support
and for someone with whom you can
share ideas and frustrations.
REFLECTION REPORTS
Approximately halfway through the practicum,
and at the end of the practicum, you will submit
a program reflection report.
• The primary purpose of each report is to reflect
on your progress toward your IPDP objectives.
• The reports’ secondary purpose is to reflect on
the experience itself, your roles and
responsibilities, insights into leadership, and your
overall performance during the practicum.
• Your report can be as individual as you are!
• Reports should be emailed to both of your
facilitators and to the Academy at:
[email protected]
PROGRAM COMPLETION
To qualify for the Certificate of Completion you must:
• Attend all training sessions.
• Write and implement an
Individual Professional
Development Plan.
• Work with a mentor during the
practicum to accomplish your
objectives.
• Submit a Mid-Year and a Final
Reflection Report .
• Please adhere to the deadlines,
particularly for the final report, so
that the appropriate certificate may
be ordered for you.
THE WORK OF LEADERS
The Work of Leaders
• Crafting a Vision
• Building Alignment
• Championing Execution
FIND YOUR VOICE
SIGNATURE VOICE
Voice
for Self
Ability to
connect
with core
values.
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Voice
for Others
Ability to
connect/
align with
stakeholders
As leaders we may have many voices, but our signature voice
is found at the intersection between our inner voice that
connects us with purpose, mission, and values to our outer
voice that allows us to align with key stakeholders.
IT ISN’T ROCKET SCIENCE
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Keep it simple
Make people your priority
Communicate with your feet
Simplify systems and strategy
Make your mission meaningful
Develop some perspective
Get over yourself
Say thanks every day
Grant Thompson
LIFE IS A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE
Your View
Your Buyer
Your Appraiser
Your Lender
Your Assessor
GUAGING YOUR PERSPECTIVE
• What was your perspective
about this program when you
arrived?
• Has it changed and if so how?
• What’s the one thing you wiill
take away from our time
together and perhaps even
share with others?
PROGRAM TOPIC AREAS
Second session in residence
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Welcome and Practicum Reflection
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Strengths-Based Leadership
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Adaptive Leadership
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Leading and Managing Change
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Strategic Thinking and Acting
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Organizational Culture and
Cultivating Followership
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Leader as Manager
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Leadership Assessment (MLQ)
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Managing the Enterprise
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The Leader’s Ethical Compass
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Celebrating Excellence, Closing, and Graduation
Planning and Resourcing - Organizing and Staffing –
Assessing and Evaluating - Managing Conflict –
Coaching - Crisis Management - Developing Others
OPERATIONAL GUIDE
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Appreciate and Respect Differences
Maintain Confidentiality
Participate
Keep and Open Mind
Challenge Your Own Assumptions
Respect the Right to Disagree
Give Freely of Your Experience
Have FUN!
GOALS
• Build and Sustain a Learning
Community
• Develop Your Leadership Skills
• Recognize and Value your Strengths
• Engage in a Dialogue of Discovery
• Appreciate the Need to be More
Reflective Practitioner
• Seek to Make a Difference in
Your Life and in the Lives of Others
MONDAY MORNING CHOICES
• Character Choices
define the person you are
values!
• Action choices
do something, do nothing!
• Investment choices
people you spend time with.
David Cotrell 2007
Your day, your month, your year
may be well defined by the choices you make.
SMOOTH SAILING OR NOT . . .
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN . . .
GIFT OF THE SEASHELL
This shell is a gift
to help you
reflect. Consider
the story it tells
based on its past,
its unique shape
and design.
GOING HOME
IT WAS OUR PLEASURE!
Margo Keys
Rose Ferretti
“Success isn't a result of
spontaneous combustion.
You must set yourself on fire.”
Arnold Glasgow
Jeff Yergler
SO LONG . . .
SAFE TRAVELS . . .
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN!