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To build a foundation of key managerial and leadership competencies and promote a culture enabling shared success among a select group of first line and mid-level staff members.
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To provide a managerial development opportunity as a means to recognize, reward, and retain talented employees.
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To expand upon the success of the RiceLeaders series and support the building of a comprehensive management development program at Rice.
Upon completion of the series, participants will be better able to:
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Understand their role and responsibility for being actively engaged in identifying, preventing and/or resolving problematic situations and in making suggestions for improvement in their individual work groups and more broadly across Rice.
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Use their enhanced skills to better manage and execute their responsibilities and to strengthen Rice’s foundation of functionally strong and competent first line and mid-level managers.
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Encourage, support and develop cross cultural and departmental collaboration in achieving our mission and the V2C.
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Understand the dynamics of team collaboration with colleagues and be able to develop and lead project teams to success.

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Starting in September 2013, participants will attend monthly operational sessions and/or leadership sessions.
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Hosted and facilitated by VPA and HR with support from various staff and faculty who have completed the Rice Leaders program.
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TEAMS Cohort 5- Thirty participants from academic and administrative areas.
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Coaching provided by supervisors and/or other departmental leadership to promote opportunities for TEAMS members to apply knowledge, expand work experience, practice new skills, and to encourage and enable opportunities to expand skill set.
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RiceLeaders participants will serve as mentors to encourage and enhance skill development, and expand the TEAMS member knowledge base beyond their immediate department.
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A celebration ceremony at the conclusion of the program to recognize efforts and commitment of all TEAMS participants.
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Designed to build a foundation of competencies necessary to be successful in the operational aspects of successful supervision.
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Topics:
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Leadership and Management skills
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Hiring staff
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Performance management
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Understanding the legal and University responsibilities as a supervisor
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Creating a positive workplace culture
Focused sessions facilitated by RiceLeaders to develop and enhance leadership skills and promote discussion on the practical application and daily challenges of leading a team.
Topics include:
 Communication, delegation and motivation
 Project management

 Leading teams and working with others
 Problem Solving
 Process Improvement
 Ethics in the workplace
Participants will have the opportunity to learn from and ask questions directly to senior leaders about:
 their hands-on knowledge and experience on being a leader in good times and bad
 how they recovered and learned from mistakes
 how they define a good leader vs. a good manager
 how they define and communicate success for their direct reports
 their experience in working on a functional team, developing a successful team, and recognizing when a team is having trouble and needs redirection
 defining and expecting accountability, responsibility and ownership from self and direct reports
A 12 month commitment of participation from participants and support from supervisor/department to complete program
Estimated time commitment over 12 months: 70 hours total
 Classroom time – 54 hours
 Mentoring sessions – 6 hours
 Prep work, projects, coaching sessions and activities – 10 hours
Commitment to provide engaged coaching and mentoring to participants by their supervisors and members of RiceLeaders to serve as mentors.
People helping people grow and develop
 A minimum of 6 hours of mentoring time

 Estimate 6 sessions over 7 months (February – August); however session length and activities are decided upon between mentoree and mentor.
 Matching mentor to mentee will be based on career and development goals and feedback on mentoree/mentor match forms.
 Mentors assigned in January
Dana Hess – Director, Employee Relations hess@rice.edu
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Lauren Olson – Compensation & Employee Relations Coordinator lmo2@rice.edu
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Humaira Baig –Employee Relations Specialist baig@rice.edu
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