CCC's Rising Professionals is a seven-month, virtual professional development program for managers in colleges and universities. As a manager, you will broaden your perspective and increase your impact in higher education and your unique institution through developing:
Program details:
Community Launch Event: full-day session
This kick-off event brings managers from colleges and universities together to explore: the history of academia; your institution's mission, vision, and values; and its goals related to diversity, equity and inclusion. You will identify the connections between your daily work and the specific challenges facing your institution within the current societal context. You and your peers will share and learn from one another the unique rewards and challenges of being a manager within academia. You will also develop an individual learning plan and experience a practical introduction to peer coaching.
Individual Coaching with the CCC Facilitator: 1 (1 hr) session
A one-on-one professional coaching session at the beginning of the program helps you establish your learning goals as a manager. This session provides a model that you will practice within your peer learning group. The coaching is provided by the CCC program facilitator and scheduled in coordination with each participant.
Community Learning & Reflection: 6 (2-hour) sessions
In the context of current priorities and challenges, monthly virtual sessions are an opportunity to share management experiences, learn new tools and content, and practice through application activities and discussion.
Session 1 -- Stress management, self-care & presence
Session 2 -- Skillful communication
Session 3 -- Delegation & prioritization
Session 4 -- Conflict management & difficult conversations
Session 5 -- Managing change and diverse responses to change
Session 6 -- Learning integration and on-going development
Homework: Approximately 1 hour per month
Readings, videos, tools and activities are assigned to support application of concepts. These assignments provide the foundation on which the virtual Community Learning & Reflection sessions and Peer Coaching are built.
Peer Learning Groups: 6 (1.5 hrs) meetings
You will meet monthly in a small, self-directed peer learning group. These conversations help you to integrate program content through reflecting on current experience, gathering perspective, and preparing for more practice. Engaging with our learning group throughout the program provides a powerful support for sustainable change and growth. These meetings are scheduled by you and your small peer group and take place between each of the monthly Community Learning & Reflection sessions.
- an enhanced connection to the mission, vision and values of academia and your school
- skills to navigate constant and unpredictable change and ambiguity
- the ability to coach and mentor direct reports
- delegation and feedback skills to empower and build the performance of staff
- practical and effective approaches to difficult conversations and differences
- realistic and sustainable goals for work-life balance
- practices to support stress management, mindful presence and self-care
- a valuable community of practice of managers in higher education that will continue beyond the completion of the program.
Program details:
Community Launch Event: full-day session
This kick-off event brings managers from colleges and universities together to explore: the history of academia; your institution's mission, vision, and values; and its goals related to diversity, equity and inclusion. You will identify the connections between your daily work and the specific challenges facing your institution within the current societal context. You and your peers will share and learn from one another the unique rewards and challenges of being a manager within academia. You will also develop an individual learning plan and experience a practical introduction to peer coaching.
Individual Coaching with the CCC Facilitator: 1 (1 hr) session
A one-on-one professional coaching session at the beginning of the program helps you establish your learning goals as a manager. This session provides a model that you will practice within your peer learning group. The coaching is provided by the CCC program facilitator and scheduled in coordination with each participant.
Community Learning & Reflection: 6 (2-hour) sessions
In the context of current priorities and challenges, monthly virtual sessions are an opportunity to share management experiences, learn new tools and content, and practice through application activities and discussion.
Session 1 -- Stress management, self-care & presence
Session 2 -- Skillful communication
Session 3 -- Delegation & prioritization
Session 4 -- Conflict management & difficult conversations
Session 5 -- Managing change and diverse responses to change
Session 6 -- Learning integration and on-going development
Homework: Approximately 1 hour per month
Readings, videos, tools and activities are assigned to support application of concepts. These assignments provide the foundation on which the virtual Community Learning & Reflection sessions and Peer Coaching are built.
Peer Learning Groups: 6 (1.5 hrs) meetings
You will meet monthly in a small, self-directed peer learning group. These conversations help you to integrate program content through reflecting on current experience, gathering perspective, and preparing for more practice. Engaging with our learning group throughout the program provides a powerful support for sustainable change and growth. These meetings are scheduled by you and your small peer group and take place between each of the monthly Community Learning & Reflection sessions.
