1. 1 www.purdue.edu/dp/advance Leadership Development Opportunities for Tenured Faculty Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Ph.D. Deputy Director, Center for Faculty Success May 18, 2010

2. 2 www.purdue.edu/dp/advance Outline 1.Overview of ADVANCE-Purdue 2.Leadership Coaching Cohort 3.Promoting Women’s Leadership 4.Questions

3. 3 www.purdue.edu/dp/advance ADVANCE-Purdue 1.Increase the number of women of color in STEM faculty positions 2.Improve the success of all women STEM faculty 3.Engage all faculty in transforming Purdue 4.Integrated Research Team

4. 4 www.purdue.edu/dp/advance Goal 1: Increasing STEM women of color faculty Search Chair Workshop on Faculty Hiring Presidential ADVANCE Advocate Cultural Center Events

5. 5 www.purdue.edu/dp/advance Goal 2: Success of all STEM female faculty Mentoring Institute for newly hired faculty President’s Luncheons for STEM female faculty Work-Life balance workshops Leadership Development for tenured faculty STEM female faculty of color group

6. 6 www.purdue.edu/dp/advance Goal 3: Educate all faculty Diversity Catalyst Program Department Head workshops Gender and Science Seminar Series

7. 7 www.purdue.edu/dp/advance Integrated Research Team Institutional Ethnography Study – Tenure and Promotion Policies – Family Leave Policy Academic Career Pathways Study – Looking for a new metaphor to better describe the career paths of women, and women of color in particular Results from the research will be used to improve programming and inform university policies

8. 8 www.purdue.edu/dp/advance Goal 2 Program: Leadership Coaching Cohort Motivation: A lot of energy is spent getting faculty tenured and then they are left on their own No formal mentoring programs for tenured faculty Senior faculty do not know what leadership opportunities are available They want to get into leadership but don’t know how to get there

9. 9 www.purdue.edu/dp/advance Leadership Coaching Cohort Many successful women in academia, industry and government state that the coaching they received played an important role in their success. Purdue President France Córdova College of Engineering Dean Leah Jamieson Female STEM Faculty Professors 11% Associate Professors 19% Assistant Professors 28% Department Heads: 5 / 35 Center Directors 2 / 13 Female STEM Faculty Professors 11% Associate Professors 19% Assistant Professors 28% Department Heads: 5 / 35 Center Directors 2 / 13

10. 10 www.purdue.edu/dp/advance Leadership Coaching Cohort Susan Bulkeley Butler Dedicating her efforts to advancing the careers of women and women’s leadership www.sbbinstitute.org

11. 11 www.purdue.edu/dp/advance Leadership Coaching Cohort Logistics: open to tenured female STEM faculty limited to 10 women per cohort meet once/month for 2 hours group coaching / personal coaching pre and post evaluation each AY goal is for the cohorts to continue year to year

12. 12 www.purdue.edu/dp/advance Leadership Coaching Cohort Cohort One: 7 women 3 Full Professors 4 Associate Professors Representing the Colleges of Engineering, Science, Technology, Agriculture

13. 13 www.purdue.edu/dp/advance What do you hope to gain? Learn leadership skills for a business setting I would like to continue to improve myself -- both by learning new skills and developing existing ones -- especially in the area of leadership. I hope to find a mentor that I can turn when I need professional advice. I would like to discuss the dos and don'ts of interacting with administrators. Skills for effective management and leadership Time to think about my career. In our fast paced lives, I do not think as often as I should about my career Ultimately, I would like to have a clear career matrix that helps to prioritize my decisions.

14. 14 www.purdue.edu/dp/advance What topics would you like to discuss? Dealing with uneven distribution of workload and allocated resources Saying ‘no’ nicely Gender equality How to get promoted Managing difficult people Leadership Showing vision, while still managing current challenges Prioritizing Negotiating position and raise

15. 15 www.purdue.edu/dp/advance What skills/resources are important to your future success? Need leadership and organizational skills Improve effective public speaking and public image Gaining peer support, acceptance, and respect Ability to recognize political and critical issues Obtaining funds for career improvement Skills for managing personal and professional lives

16. 16 www.purdue.edu/dp/advance Leadership Coaching Cohort “Make things happen for you, don't just let them happen to you” --Susan B. Butler Make-It-Happen Model, a framework based on her consulting experiences with Fortune 500 companies. – Create your vision – Build your team – Develop your plan – Navigate your journey

17. 17 www.purdue.edu/dp/advance Leadership Coaching Cohort Post-assessment for cohort I in progress Fall 2010 – Cohort I will continue – Expanding to add a second cohort of female STEM faculty – Adding a cohort of female non-faculty STEM PhD directors/administrators

18. 18 www.purdue.edu/dp/advance Education Promoting Women’s Leadership Leadership Coaching Cohort Educate Deans and Department Heads Database

19. 19 www.purdue.edu/dp/advance Promoting Women’s Leadership Mentoring Institute – Develop cohort early – Provide strategies and resources for success Diversity Catalyst Program – Trained in the literature and promote diversity across campus Training for Deans and Department Heads

20. 20 www.purdue.edu/dp/advance Questions?