Essential Skills for Successful Leadership
This 1-day workshop is designed to assist faculty in developing the essential leadership and management skills necessary to run a lab, start a program, or manage a center or division.
This workshop will highlight topics such as:
- Leadership
- Management
- Diversity
- Communication
- Conflict resolution
- Managing performance
- Change management
- Psychological safety
This program is highly interactive and includes small group breakout sessions.
Leadership Academy
About the Program
This program is an accelerated 4-day immersive learning experience that draws on the participant’s 360° assessment of leadership competencies and skills.
Faculty Retirement Readiness Reception
Whether you are near retirement, considering it in the future, or are simply curious about what retirement could look like for you as a faculty member, planning for your retirement is important at every stage of your career.
Join Dr. Brian Zink, the Senior Associate Dean for Faculty & Faculty Development to enjoy refreshments and heavy hors d’oeuvres, network with your colleagues, and envision what your future could look like as emeritus faculty.
Developing Your Educator's Portfolio
Preparing the documents needed for promotion takes time and attention to detail. One of the critical items needed in the presentation of one’s materials is the Educators’ Portfolio. Despite the importance of this document, many faculty still find it difficult to pull together a successful package.
Faculty Planning for Retirement Benefits
No matter your age, planning for your retirement is important at every stage of your career. Whether you are near retirement, considering it in the future, or are simply curious about what retirement could look like for you as a faculty member, please join us for this workshop to learn more.
Early Career Kickstart: Clinical Track
These biannual sessions are intended as a follow-up to the monthly New Faculty Orientation. Orientation gave you the information to get you started at Michigan. In this session, there will be specific focus on expectations for advancement and career planning within the clinical track pathways.
Intended Audience: Medical School clinical track faculty (and clinical lecturers who are interested in the clinical track) who have been at the organization for at least 3-6 months
Early Career Kickstart: Tenure Track
These annual sessions are intended as a follow-up to the monthly New Faculty Orientation. Orientation gave you the information to get you started at Michigan. In this session, there will be specific focus on expectations for advancement and career planning within the tenure track. Established tenure track faculty will share their stories around their career trajectories including milestones and stumbling blocks to avoid.
Early Career Kickstart: Research Track
These biannual sessions are intended as a follow-up to the monthly New Faculty Orientation. Orientation gave you the information to get you started at Michigan. In this session, there will be specific focus on expectations for advancement and career planning within the research track. Other topics will include: funding & grant resources, setting up your lab, hiring in the lab, research regulations, and mentoring. Established research track faculty will share their stories around their career trajectories including milestones and stumbling blocks to avoid.
Promotion Packet Dos and Don'ts for the Tenure Track
This workshop will guide faculty through some of the most common areas of concern encountered during the promotion process on the tenure track. Learn the easiest areas for improvements for your promotion packet, what documents you can begin working on now, and common errors to avoid.
This session will cover all ranks on the instructional (tenure) track – bring your questions and ask an expert from Faculty Affairs!
Promotion Packet Dos and Don’ts for the Research Track
This workshop will guide faculty through some of the most common areas of concern encountered during the promotion process on the research track. Learn the easiest areas for improvements for your promotion packet, what documents you can begin working on now, and common errors to avoid.
This session will cover all ranks on the research track – bring your questions and ask an expert from Faculty Affairs!