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RiceLeadersLeveraging leadership for Rice’s second centuryRice now supports a variety of opportunities for career development for faculty and staff, including enrollment in undergraduate and continuing studies courses, tuition reimbursement for other university degree programs, the Whitaker Scholars, department chairs’ programs, ACT training, and courses offered through Human Resources and Information Technology. Now comes RiceLeaders, new in FY 07. With RiceLeaders, we recognize that the single most important determinant of our success in meeting the ambitious agenda of the Vision for the 2nd Century is the capacity of our own team to work effectively across school and divisional boundaries to put Rice’s stamp on local, national, and global issues of importance to us. We also recognize that we have not carefully and systematically supported the development of a university-wide team with the tools and skills necessary to achieve our vision as a great research institution. RiceLeaders is designed to address this need, and will be one of a series of efforts to enable us to confront change and use change creatively to meet our collective goals. RiceLeadersTwo RiceLeaders groups have completed the program, and two more groups are currently underway. These groups, which encompass almost all schools and divisions, each include approximately 25 department chairs, faculty and administrators from across campus. January 2007 RiceLeaders - Cohort 1 September 2007 RiceLeaders - Cohort 2 May 2008 RiceLeaders - Cohort 3 October 2008 RiceLeaders - Cohort 4 The RiceLeaders CurriculumUnder the direction of Brent Smith of the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management, we have developed a 12-day curriculum, offered in four modules over a year’s period. The focus is on the critically important capacities of leadership, teamwork, creativity and strategy. Along with the curriculum, RiceLeaders participants are responsible for completing action learning projects, which are designed to both advance some key V2C initiatives and give participants practical experience in trying out new leadership skills. Each participant’s examination of his or her own leadership strengths and weaknesses is aided by a series of assessments by colleagues, subordinates and supervisors, and by dedicated time with an executive coach. The modules include:
Action Learning ProjectsLike the students at the Jones School, RiceLeaders participants don’t get to leave the class without a major project due soon. President Leebron and Provost Levy have asked the RiceLeaders group to make initial recommendations on the following topics, that are all closely related to Rice’s vision for the second century:
The full charters for the topics, and the action learning groups are listed here. How will we know if RiceLeaders is a success?RiceLeaders is targeted at improving the collective capacity of the university to achieve our goals through both the expansion of individual leadership performance and the leveraging of individual performance through more effective team performance. We will look to each class of RiceLeaders to collaborate more effectively with their own teams and with each other, and support fellow and future groups of their faculty and staff colleagues in the RiceLeaders program and in other developmental initiatives. How can I learn more?Please email Mary Cronin or Kevin Kirby.
Rice University:
A Best Place to Work in Houston
Winner of the 2009 Great Colleges to Work For
Winner of the 2008 Alfred P. Sloan Award for
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