Faculty and staff members with leadership roles foster the essential conditions that enable the successful implementation of our University’s mission. Often, however, people assume those roles because of high performance in another area and never receive formal introduction to the qualities of an effective leader. In this longitudinal program, participants will gain familiarity with the Mass General Brigham competency framework for leaders as they relate to the higher education environment. The resulting community of practice will support ongoing professional development and attainment of meaningful goals.
Eligibility
Eligible participants serve (or aspire to serve) in specific role groups and supervise others.
- Assistant and associate dean
- Chair and associate chair
- Program director
- Center director
- Clinical director
- Director of an academic support unit
- Program manager
Format
- Eligible participants apply with a project in mind with support from an academic unit leader
- Possible project ideas include:
- Developing accountability measures to ensure effective implementation of recommendations.
- Designing and assessing curricular changes for improved learning outcomes.
- Building evaluation components to measure success and impact.
- Streamlining processes to enhance efficiency.
- Strengthening team cohesion and resilience to achieve shared goals.
- Possible project ideas include:
- Up to 12 will be selected; divided into learning communities based on similar goals
- Meet synchronously twice a month for ten months. Can be hybrid.
- One meeting a month will be didactic for the entire cohort, and the second meeting will focus on application of leadership skill set and troubleshooting project progress in smaller learning communities
- All participants will build their networks by interviewing at least two senior leaders at Mass General Brigham or other higher education institutions
- Final session with project presentation and leadership reflections
- Participants who meet milestones may apply for funds to implement proposed project
Application Deadline
Applications must be submitted by 5:00 PM EST on Friday, May 23, 2025.
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Timeline
| March 2025 | Issue call for participation Information sessions
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| May 23, 2025 | Applications due |
| Summer 2025 | Scheduling and content development |
| September 2025 | First sessions to convene |
| June 2026 | Graduation |
Upon successfully completing the program, participants will:
- Adopt personal and professional leadership skills to manage complexity and build resilience
- Advance innovation and adaptive change in educational models, program development, and learner support systems
- Analyze organizational financial information and develop strategic approaches to resource management
- Apply empathetic listening and communicate effectively for diverse audiences
- Build relationships and networks throughout Mass General Brigham that support organizational mission and extend professional network
Didactic session themes will be organized around the ten Mass General Brigham leadership competencies. Within each competency, participants will focus on an aspect of academic leadership that they can apply to their roles.
Performance Focused
- Learning agility
- Adopt a flexible, authentic model of leadership that promotes wellbeing
- Cultivates innovation
- Interpret data to identify future needs
- Ensures accountability
- Project and optimize budgets
- Manages complexity
- Leverage technology to maximize efficiency
- Customer focus
- Create a learning-centered environment
People Focused
- Instills trust
- Give and receive feedback
- Builds effective teams
- Manage conflict and negotiate
- Collaborates
- Delegate and empower others
- Communicates effectively
- Conduct a difficult conversation
- Drives equity and inclusion
- Apply an equity lens to create environments where all can succeed
Questions?
Contact Regina Doherty.
Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Dean for Interprofessional Education and Practice
Professor
Occupational Therapy
- rdoherty@mghihp.edu
- (617) 643-7768
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