Leadership Development and Leadership

In November of 2006, Brian Hawkins, EDUCAUSE President, announced his plans to retire from the presidency of EDUCAUSE at the end of the 2007•2008 academic year. At the 2007 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, he was asked to share the important lessons he has learned in his nearly 40-year career in higher education regarding management, leadership, and professional life. In this 42-minute podcast of that address, entitled "Learning To Drive (and Other Lessons Learned Along the Way)", he discusses issues including personnel management, professional development, and how to map a course for good leadership and a successful career.

 

The call for proposals is now open for the Southwest Regional Conference 2008, "Empowering Community Through Technology," February 20–22 in Houston, Texas. The program for this leading event in higher education IT will follow these tracks:

• Empowering Our Teaching and Learning Communities
• Leading the Charge for Change
• Making IT Work - the Confluence of Technology, People, and Expectations
• Corporate and Campus Solutions

Submit a presentation proposal. The deadline for submissions is October 10, 2007.

A related opportunity: consider submitting material for publication in EDUCAUSE Quarterly. EQ authors receive full editorial support and gain valuable exposure and recognition in a professional forum.

New to IT management? Attend the EDUCAUSE Institute's week-long Management Program in Tempe, Arizona, this February for valuable grounding in effective management practices and strategies. Sessions will focus on topics such as the changing face of IT management; the role of emotional intelligence in effective leadership; interpersonal communication skills; and managing projects, time, and priorities for success. This program tends to fill quickly—register soon.

Cultivating Careers: Professional Development for Campus IT, a new EDUCAUSE e-book, provides an overview of practices for mentoring the next generation of IT leaders in higher education. Hear audio interviews with current leaders in the industry about how they got to where they are today. Cultivating Careers is available online in PDF and HTML. It can be viewed in its entirety or chapter by chapter at no charge.

This 43 minute recording provides coverage of the 2005 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference Session entitled Concierges and Contractors, Shamans and Sergeants: Staff Development Beyond Leaders.

This 50 minute recording provides coverage of the 2005 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference Session entitled We Value Leadership Throughout Our Organization.