Faculty Leadership Institute

2025-26 Cohort - Representation Across Every College

Program Objective:

To develop faculty leadership skills and prepare them for leadership roles in academic administration and research.

 

Program Format:

10 monthly sessions, held on Friday half-day morning in-person

 

Program Development

• Identified need:
• Reviewed faculty demographic records with Tami Benham-Deal looking at age, experience, length of service, etc.
• Identified need to prepare faculty at the associate professor and new full-professor level to enter into leadership positions.

 

Held discussions with a variety of stakeholders across campus to discuss needs and curriculum.

 

Combination of:

• 1) general leadership topics
• 2) specific higher education topics

 

Reviewed faculty leadership programs at peer and regional universities.

Partnered with Leadership Wyoming.

Pilot Program: planning how to make it sustainable if offered recurringly

FLI Organizing Team

Presidential Fellow

• Gabel Taggart
  • Associate Professor and Director of the Master of Public Administration Program
  • Board Chair for the Wyoming Nonprofit Network

Presidential Fellow Collaborator

• Barbara Hickman
  • Associate Professor and Program Coordinator for Educational Leadership
  • Former School District Superintendent

Mentors:

• Chase Thiel
  • Riles Chair and Dept. Chair of Management & Marketing
• Dave Bagley
  • Vice Provost of Academic Affairs

FLI and UW Strategic Plan

• Goal 2 Pursue Institutional Excellence
• Nurture a culture of diverse ideas and knowledge creation.
• Value and reward all teaching, research, extension, engagement, innovation, inclusion, and service contributions to UW’s mission.
• Goal 3 Provide a Supportive Community
• Build opportunity ladders for staff.
• Develop initiatives to hire, reward, and retain excellent staff and faculty.

Topics

Leading the Self

oDeveloping Leadership Style

oSelf-care, Burnout, and Rejuvenation

oEthics of Leadership

Leading People

oConflict and Negotiation

oChange Management and Performance Management

Strategic Leadership

oThe Legal Landscape of Higher Education

oFinancial Management and Budgeting

oMission/Vision/Goals, Program Development and Evaluation

External Stakeholder Management

oFundraising, Alumni Relations, and Navigating Politics

oNational Policy and Research Agencies, Talking to the Press