Essential Skills for Leading Departments
The Essential Skills for Leading Departments lunch series equips chairs with the knowledge and skills they need for success, including proactively working to enhance department culture and managing conflict to ensure the success and retention of faculty and staff, as well as of students.
Chairs who participate in the series will:
- Build skills and discuss best practices and scenarios for managing conflict and promoting trust, respect, professionalism, belonging and community
- Learn how to proactively promote faculty well-being and influence department culture
- Gain information about resources for intervention when necessary
Topics will include Giving and Receiving Feedback, Managing Staff, Building Community and Well-being, and Improving Department Climate, among others.
Registration and Contact: Department chairs will receive emails to register for each session. If you have questions, please contact Joan Johnson, Director for Faculty, Office of the Provost, at faculty@northwestern.edu.
Date and time | Topic | Facilitators |
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Sept. 8, Noon-3 p.m. |
Giving and Receiving Feedback (Chairs Welcome Program)
|
Sarah Klaper, University Ombuds |
Oct. 12, Noon-1:30 p.m. |
Managing Staff
|
Tracy Gioia-Walker and Julia Kyle, Human Resources |
Nov. 30, Noon-1 p.m. |
Building a Thriving Community: The Role of Trust and High-Quality Communications
|
Gaurava Agarwal, Faculty Wellness Program Director |
Jan. 18, Noon-1 p.m. |
Caught in the Middle: The Chair’s Role
|
Sarah Klaper, University Ombudsperson |
Feb. 28, Noon-1 p.m. |
Improving Department Climate
|
Michelle Manno, Assistant Provost for Diversity and Inclusion |
April 5, Noon-1:30 p.m. |
Managing Promotion and Tenure
|
Sumit Dhar, Associate Provost for Faculty |
April 14, Noon-1 p.m. |
Lunch with the Provost |
Kathleen Hagerty |