LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS FOR DEPARTMENT CHAIRS Eve A. Riskin Associate Dean for Academic Affairs College of Engineering

This was Joint Work With: Dr. Denice D. Denton Dr. Joyce Yen Dr. Ana Mari Cauce Dr. Suzanne Brainard Dr. Sheila Edwards Lange Dr. Kate Quinn And many others

Leadership Development for Current Chairs and Deans in SEM Help chairs learn the “people” part of the job – evaluation, recruitment, conflict management, etc. Educate leaders about issues affecting women

Diversity and the Bottom Line Catalyst study connecting gender diversity and financial performance for 353 Fortune 500 companies (5 industries) Companies with highest representation of women on their top management teams had: 35.1% higher Return on Equity 34% higher Total Return to Shareholders

UW College of Engineering Five of the top 12 grant-winners in FY2003 and 2004 in the College of Engineering were women But women are only 16% of the UW COE faculty

Workshop Structure Quarterly Half-day, with lunch Department Chair PLUS Emerging Leader Chair-led case studies Science and Engineering departments – cross college boundaries

Sample Workshop Agenda Overview Presentation (30 minutes) Topic 1 (1 hour) Break (15 minutes) Topic 2 (1 hour) Networking Lunch (45 minutes)

Sample Evaluation Comments “Great workshop. Useful to bring issues to the forefront in a positive way to chairs who can actually make changes.” “Shared anecdotes helped elucidate commonalities (we are not alone!)” MacArthur Fellow Tom Daniel calls the workshops “Chair School”

Department Chair Attendance

Emerging Leaders Build the leadership pipeline Over 46% have been women Over 33% have been faculty of color (including Asians)

Past Workshop Topics (out of 5.0) Nominating Faculty for Awards and Recognition (5.0) Family Leave/Tenure Clock Extensions (4.9) Dual Career Hires (4.6) Feedback and Delivering Bad News (4.5) Student Ratings of STEM Women Faculty (4.1) Succession Planning (3.9) Applying High Performance Leadership Characteristics (3.1) Leadership Style and Practices (2.38)

Best Practices Include case studies Create a network of peers Weave diversity and gender throughout, e.g. startup negotiations

Best Practices (con’t.) Use humor Be supportive of chairs’ successes

Worst Practices Assumption that all chairs are troglodytes Not enough discussion Touchy-feely MBA exercises Long-winded (outside) speakers

Institutionalization National Workshops in 2004 and 2005 Leadership workshops for greater UW campus, grouped by Colleges/Schools

And Now a Word from Our Sponsor… LEAD (Leadership Excellence for Academic Diversity) was funded by NSF ADVANCE program to continue national leadership workshops for First one will be in Seattle in July 2007 We are looking for speakers and attendees Stay tuned

Special Thanks to Denice D. Denton