The academy’s curriculum is designed to create an engaged learning environment, and uses evidence-based scholarship and best practices in transformational leadership. To that end, the following objectives will be met.

Objectives

• Build an institutional culture that frames leadership as operating from a core set of values and the corresponding actions consistent with those values.
• Create and nurture an inclusive community of diverse leaders at the University of Oregon.
• Increase knowledge of the models, frameworks, and competences for effective leadership.
• Understand the concepts of transformational leadership: a process that situates leaders and followers as co-contributors to resolution and goal attainment.
• Frame leadership from a strengths-based lens, grounded in current research, theory, and best practices.
• Enhance skills and knowledge for one’s current role; increase capacity to serve as leaders in today’s higher education environment; and increase potential for leadership advancement.

Session Topics to Include

• Transformational Leadership vs. Transactional Leadership
• Self-Awareness, Self-Management, and Personal Wellbeing
• Core Purpose and Core Values (Your Why)
• Strengths-Based Leadership and Behavioral Style
• Emotional Literacy and Emotionally Intelligent Leadership
• Leading Through a Lens of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Relational Leadership & Coaching Teams
• Leadership and Management: Influence, Power, and Authority
• Critical Dialogues and Conflict Resolution
• Leading Through Uncertainty, Ambiguity, and Change