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Recruiting Faculty to Participate in College Governance. Phil Smith, Facilitator; Brad Byrom ; Phillip Maynard. Why Is Recruiting Faculty for College Governance Important?. Power of Diverse Leadership. Power of Diverse Leadership. Richer Idea Generation
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Recruiting Faculty to Participate in College Governance Phil Smith, Facilitator; Brad Byrom; Phillip Maynard
Power of Diverse Leadership • Richer Idea Generation • Better Representation of the Views of the Entire Faculty • More Effective Decision Making
Power of Diverse Leadership • Continuity of Faculty Voice and Participation in Decision Making • Share the Workload/Reduce Burn-out • Serves as Important Check-and-Balance
Some General Recruiting Principles Be Authentic
Some General Recruiting Principles Look for Shared Commitment to the College …And Complementary Skills
Recruiting a Diverse Leadership • Be Authentic and Sincere • Engage with Specific Leadership Issues that Matter to the Person • Remove Structural Barriers to Service • Create Structures that Foster Inclusion • Provide a Continuum of Opportunities for Service
Informal Leadership Gathering • Mixture of Faculty Currently Serving as Leaders with Interested and Potential New Leaders • Use of Personal Invitations • Informal But With a Theme • Emphasis on Building Camaraderie and Relationships • Long term versus short term
INFORMAL Leadership GATHERING: THE INVITATION • Be welcoming to all • Encourage recipients to invite others who may be interested in leadership • Provide a meaningful opportunity for input into decision making • Include a follow up message directed at those who attended to encourage further involvement.
Mentoring • Nominate Potential New Leaders for Senate Leadership Retreats • Seek Nominations for Committee Assignments from the Senate as a Whole. Encourage senators to reach out to faculty with leadership potential as well as established leaders. • New Faculty Orientation • Assign Mentors to Newly Hired Faculty • Avoid Overuse of Acronyms and Other Technical Language • Establish Formal Successor Structures Such as Senate President-Elect.
Building Diversity • Consider Term Limits or Committee Rotation Systems • Establish a Faculty Diversity Internship Program • Seek Nominations for Committee Assignments from the Senate as a Whole. Encourage senators to reach out to and include underrepresented faculty.
Discussion • What barriers to recruiting new leaders have you experienced • on your campus?
Discussion • What tactics have you or others on your campus used to successfully diversify leadership?