TEAMS (Training Enables a Manager's Success) is an exciting, new leadership program designed to promote and encourage leadership and development. TEAMS consists of both Operational and Leadership focused sessions with engaged coaching and mentoring to participants by their supervisors and members of RiceLeaders.
TEAMS Program Outline:
Goals -
- To build a foundation of key managerial and leadership competencies and promote a culture enabling shared success among a select group of first line and mid-level staff members.
- To provide a managerial development opportunity as a means to recognize, reward, and retain talented employees.
- To expand upon the success of the RiceLeaders series and support the building of a comprehensive management development program at Rice.
Objectives -
Upon completion of the series, participants will be better able to:
- Understand their role and responsibility for being actively engaged in identifying, preventing and/or resolving problematic situations and in making suggestions for improvement in their individual work groups and more broadly accross Rice.
- Use their enhanced skills to better manage and execute their responsibilities and to strengthen Rice's foundation of functionally strong and competent first line and mid-level managers.
- Encourage, support and develop cross cultural and departmental collaboration in achieving our mission and the V2C.
- Understand the dynamics of team collaboration with colleagues and be able to develop and lead project teams to success.
Commitment -
- A 12 month commitment of participation from participants and support from supervisor/department to complete program.
- Estimated time commitment over 12 months: 70 hours total
- Classroom time - 54 hours
- Mentoring sessions - 6 hours
- Prep work, projects, coaching sessions and activities - 10 hours
- Commitment to provide engaged coaching and mentoring to participants by their supervisor and members of RiceLeaders to serve as mentors.
Mentoring Program -
People helping people grow and develop
- A minimum of 6 hours of mentoring time
- Estimated 6 sessions over 7 months (January - July); however, session length and activities are decided upon between mentoree and mentor.
- Matching mentor to mentee will be based on career and development goals and feedback on mentoree/mentor match forms.
- Mentors assigned in December.
Cohort 1 Mentors
Cohort 2 Mentors
Cohort 3 Mentors
Tools for TEAMS:
Breakfast of Champions:
Cohort 3 Participants and Cohort 3 Presenters
Cohort 2 Participants and Cohort 2 Presenters
Cohort 1 Participants and Cohort 1 Presenters
Click here to view pictures from TEAMS Cohort 2 Celebration Ceremony
Click here to view pictures from the TEAMS Cohort 1 Celebration Ceremony
How can I learn more?
Dana Hess, Director of Employee Relations, at hess@rice.edu or 713-348-4755
Lauren Olson, Compensation & Employee Relations Coordinator, at lmo2@rice.edu or 713-348-4760
Welcome to
TEAMS!