Faculty and librarians at all ranks are called upon to lead, including spearheading a working group, running a lab, serving as a graduate or undergraduate program director, mentoring new hires, chairing a committee, shepherding an academic department, or serving as an associate dean.
OFD’s Leadership Development program helps you be a better advocate, connector, mentor, weaver of collective purpose, and catalyst for positive change by understanding your leadership style, enhancing your leadership skills, and exploring pathways to future leadership roles.
We offer workshops for all faculty and librarians, series for specific cohorts of leaders such as heads and chairs of departments and associate deans, and mutual mentoring groups. We also administer leadership fellowships and host online resources.
Department heads and chairs are the bridges between faculty, staff, students, alumni, and upper administration.
Leadership Essentials is a workshop series for all faculty and librarians interested in enhancing their leadership and management skills.
This programming supports faculty directors in their leadership of academic units, centers, institutes, schools, and more.
This programming supports assistant and associate deans in effectively advocating and leading—up, down, and across the university.
Cultivating future campus leaders through a half-time, one-year appointment to an area on campus and providing mentoring.
Creating and sustaining a diverse network of women and gender diverse leaders through leadership development, networking, and support.
Intensive training and support for emergent and established leaders in the humanities for all institutions in the Five College Consortium.
Leadership Development Resources
Many UMass Amherst faculty have participated in the workshops and fellowships offered by these programs.
Upcoming Leadership Development Events
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You shared your voice, and we listened! This set of resources was developed in response to your needs as expressed in recent listening sessions and surveys, including the COACHE survey. If you have more feedback on leadership programming, please contact Angela below.
Associate Provost for Faculty Development, Professor of Resource Economics