Program Description

The Leadership Development Program is designed to ensure organizational success through sustained development of current and future leaders.

Program participation will develop leaders’ skills in the areas of:

  • communication
  • collaboration
  • building relationships
  • strategic planning and decision making
  • leading and managing change
  • building high performance teams and cultivating talent
  • innovative business and management practices

The program consists of a pre-program leadership style and skills assessment; four full-day structured learning sessions; executive coaching; five lunchtime facilitated learning application sessions; a post program leadership competency assessment and sustained development plan.

Participation in the leadership program is in service of individual and organization development. The organizational development priorities are:

Diversity

  • Creating a diverse pipeline of potential senior leaders (Diversity refers to the variety of personal experiences, values, and worldviews that arise from differences of culture and circumstance. UCSF defines diversity as acknowledging, understanding, accepting, valuing, nurturing and celebrating differences among people – whether it’s age, race, ethnicity, gender, physical and mental ability, language, education, sexual orientation, spiritual practice, or socioeconomic status.)

Succession Planning

  • Ensuring organizational success through sustained development of current and future leaders

Individual should be nominated on the basis of their demonstration of capability, commitment and capacity to grow: 

Capability

  • Strong performance in current position

Commitment

  • • Contributing to the mission and vision of the University (exhibits an interest in connecting individual and departmental priorities to the mission and vision of the organization and actively supports UCSF’s commitment to diversity)

Capacity to Grow

  • Seeking opportunity to learn (as exhibited by learning from mistakes and seeking/using feedback)
  • Acting with integrity (exhibits ethical decision making)
  • Exhibiting the willingness to stretch and grow
  • Treating others with respect (exhibits thoughtfulness and respect for others’ points of view)

Leadership Development Program Details:

The program is for talented, career employees in the MSP classification.

Total program participants: approximately 25 (Depending on quality of nominations and organizational demand, a second group of 25 may be added.)

Approximate Cost per Participant: $4,350 (Final cost will be based on final number of participants; we will work to make funding support available for those departments that require it.)

Candidate Nominations Due: October 28, 2011 (extended to Nov. 4th)

Participants Notified of Selection: November 18, 2011

Program Runs: December 2011 through July 2012

Participant Time Commitment: Approximately 55 hours over the course of 8 months (32 hours classroom; 10 hours noontime application workshops; 5 hours executive coaching; 8 hours per learning and support.)