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When a UCEDD Director Steps, Jumps or Falls Up, Down or Aside

When a UCEDD Director Steps, Jumps or Falls Up, Down or Aside. Case Study. UCE is in a Medical Center Decision to step aside to pursue other local options Opportunity was not short notice Option allowed leaving directorship but remaining within UCE Latent and Undefined Timeline

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When a UCEDD Director Steps, Jumps or Falls Up, Down or Aside

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  1. When a UCEDD Director Steps, Jumps or Falls Up, Down or Aside

  2. Case Study • UCE is in a Medical Center • Decision to step aside to pursue other local options • Opportunity was not short notice • Option allowed leaving directorship but remaining within UCE • Latent and Undefined Timeline • First thoughts occurred in 2002 • Strategic Plan in Place that Reflects Institutional Priorities • Organizational structure emphasizes strong middle management • Coincidence of Recent Events Accelerated Planning • New Leadership • Intensified Pressure • Promising Opportunities • Personal Issues • Timed Phase Out • Negotiated Exit Plan • National Search

  3. Some Thoughts • Succession planning assumes that a sitting director has something to say about succession • Variable across different organizational settings • In a medical school, this may or may not happen • Vicissitudes of deaconal oversight • Easy way out to appoint from within • Expensive to recruit from outside • May turn on how UCE’s contributions are viewed • For many reasons, the sitting Director may not be able to (and maybe should not) discuss options and influence the decision • Suitable internal successor may not be available, despite best efforts • Internal successor may slow growth

  4. What is a Director of a UCE in a Medical School to Do? • Best Plan • UCE and Institution are on the same strategic page • UCE has viable middle management structure and execution • Institution motivated to recruit best leader, whether internal or external • Enough time is allowed for the recruitment to occur • A suitable recruitment package is available • Transition not coincident with events that might affect UCE stability • The sitting director does not hang around unless asked • Less Good Plans • An interim director is appointed • The sitting director is replaced with a “transition” leader • A compromise candidate is appointed to save money, resources or time • Sitting director hangs around even if asked

  5. A Personal Note:

  6. “…miles to go before I sleep”

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