EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP:Lessons Learned from Harvard

Michelle Butina

Ph.D., MLS(ASCP)CM

Program Director and Associate

Professor University of Kentucky

AGENDASelf Care

Life Mapping

Leverage Your Network

Lift Others Up

Leadership is Theater

Develop Yourself as a Leader

– Mark Zuckerberg

“The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy

guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.”

Self Care

– Indra Nooyi Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo

“If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself and the organization

gets pulled up with you”

– Nelson Mandela

“When there is danger, a good leader takes the front line. When there is celebration, a good

leader stays in the back room. If you want the cooperation of human beings around you, make

them feel that they are important.”

Life MappingWHAT IS LIFE MAPPING?

! Become aware of what gives the person energy and what drains their energy

! In order to determine if more energy is being expended than replace, throwing the balance off physically and emotionally

! Providing information to assist in personal and professional decision making regarding activities, commitments, and life choices

Exercise that assists an individual in assessing the sources of their life energy and how that energy is being used

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LIFE MAPPING?

ENERGY PRODUCINGvs. ENERGY DRAINING

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! Pick configuration

! Reflect on time and energy demands

! Draw arrows OUT (energy draining)

! Draw arrows IN to yourself (energy producing)

! Reflect on changes now that you are aware of

your energy use

ME

– John C Maxwell

“Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower

others.”

Leverage Your Network

Leverage Your Network

WORKPLACE

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! Map critical

relationships at work

! Instead of energy, reflect on the relationships you have with the person and look for gaps

★Do you need to build new connections or enhance current ones?

Lift Others Up

! Sit at the table

! Find a mentor or be a mentor

! Realize your career in academia is a jungle gym and not a ladder

! Let’s work together

HOW DO WE LIFT OTHERS UP?

THE BOOK! LEAN IN: Women, Work, and the

Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandburg

! Chief Operating Officer of

Facebook

! Founder of the Lean In Foundation

RAINBOW IN THE CLOUDS

Maya Angelou

– Simon Sinek Author of Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

“Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of

communicating”

Leadership is Theater

! Brush up on your acting skills

! Sometimes teaching is theater

! And sometimes leadership is theater

★ Negotiation ★ Conflict resolution ★ Building confidence

– Sheryl Sandburg, Lean In

“There is no perfect fit when you’re looking for the next big thing to do. You have to make

opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around. The

ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.”

Leadership Books Workshops / Programs

!Academia specific

! American Council On Education

! Academy for Academic Leadership

! Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions

! Harvard – Graduate School of Education

Develop Yourself as a Leader

Develop Yourself as a Leader

SUMMARYSelf Care

Life Mapping

Leverage Your Network

Lift Others Up

Leadership is Theater

Develop Yourself as a Leader

FINALEWe have all changed someone's life - usually without even realizing it. Drew Dudley, speaker, author and founder of Day One Leadership calls on all of us to celebrate leadership as the everyday act of improving each other's lives.

EVERYDAY LEADERSHIP

Drew Dudley

THANK YOU

! Thank you for this opportunity