CFD Leadership Course for Junior BIDMC Faculty
The Center for Faculty Development Leadership Course for Junior Faculty is offered each year. This is the seventh time the course has been sponsored by CFD. The program is continuously revised and this year will include new topics and a pre- and post- course assessment of your own leadership skills. The program includes modules on basic leadership skills; a practical skill session on how to efficiently and effectively conduct a meeting; challenges of leadership – round table discussion on topics including challenges encountered in leadership positions; aligning diverse talent to work together for a common goal in industry and in working across traditional departmental boundaries; professional developed including ethics of leadership and leadership opportunities in academic medicine.
The course is designed specifically for junior BIDMC clinical and research faculty who have no current leadership role or for faculty at any level who now have a new leadership role. It is the leadership introductory course for all faculty who are interested in learning the basic principles of leadership in the academic environment.
This is a one day course held on October 17, 2008, at the Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA. Registration begins at 7:30 with a continental breakfast and the presentations begin at 8:00. The course neds at 4:00. There is no charge to attend but parking is not included. Refreshments and lunch are also provided.
The application is due no later than Friday, August 22, 2008. To obtain and submit the elctronic application, please contact rduda@caregroup.harvard.edu. or cfd@bidmc.harvard.edu/cfd.
LEADERSHIP course objectives
1. Introduce junior faculty to the principles of various leadership styles and the effectiveness and appropriateness of each type of leadership.
2. Learn how to manage some of the challenges of leadership.
3. Learn about the benefits of working with a faculty with diverse skills and interests.
4. Learn about the responsibility of strong ethical principles in leadership.
5. Learn of leadership opportunities in an academic department, research, teaching and clinical care.
6. Provide practical advice for preparing for a leadership role.
7. Provide you with the opportunity to meet your new colleagues at BIDMC and expend your network.
8. Provide you with the opportunity to speak with senior faculty in an atmosphere that fosters exchange of ideas and interactions.
Written Comments from 2007 Participants
1. Really outstanding. When a mentor suggested I take this course I mentally packed a pillow for 8 hours of power point induced coma. I had no idea it would be this interesting, enjoyable. Thank you.
2. An excellent course. Pleased to have been a participant. First leadership/administrative skills type of course I had been on. Impressed and will periodically update skills, aim to improve/develop those sort of skills.
3. Great course. Hopefully there will be more opportunities to attend courses that will build on these skills that we have been introduced to – i.e. Phase II.
4. This course has been invaluable.
5. Outstanding experience. So much thought and planning went into today.
