UCOP Leadership Development Program
2015
About the Program
The UCOP Leadership Development Program is designed to accelerate the development of individual
leadership abilities and to create a diverse pipeline of future UCOP leaders.
Target Population: 15 UCOP emerging leaders
Participants will be high-performers with potential for leadership and taking on a larger scope of
responsibility. They currently manage people and/or projects.
The UCOP Leadership Development Program consists of:
 Nine days of interactive learning events
 Presentations by senior leaders
 A team project sponsored by a UCOP leader
 Leadership assessments and a focused development plan
 Individual feedback
Objective: Participants will learn UC strategy, goals and issues. They will learn and practice leadership
tools that will prepare them to be leaders who are capable of meeting the challenges of UCOP’s
changing environment with a focus in the following areas:
 Leading
 Collaboration and Teamwork
 Managing People
 Strategy and Decision Making
 Problem Solving
 Communicating Effectively as an OP Leader
Schedule (9 month program from June, 2015 through February, 2016)
 Announce week of April 20
 Applications due: May 15
 Program launch: June 30
Expected time commitment will be approximately 8 to 12 hours a month. Project work will
require additional time and meetings.
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March, 2015
Typical Full Day Seminar Structure
Time
8:30-9
Event
Networking and recap of prior session
9-10:15
Presentation by UCOP Leader
10:3012
Skill Development
12-1
Lunch
1-4:00
Skill Development
4:004:30
Debrief
Assessment and Coaching
Each participant will meet with a professional coach to review results of the 360 assessment. Preparation for
the 360 will be discussed in the first session.
Timing
Prior to Assessment
Focus
After 360 Assessment
Interpreting and applying the results from
Emotional Intelligence 360
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Preparing for 360; setting development
goals
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March, 2015
Program Topics and Schedule
Theme/Opening Session
UCOP
Presenters/Resources
Seminar
Topic/Working
Session
1 Leading at UC
Leadership at OP
Janet Napolitano
Rachael Nava
June 30
--UCOP Overview
--Leadership
Exercise
2 Overview of Academic Affairs
Aimee Dorr
July 28
Organizational
Savvy
360 Emotional
Intelligence
Assessment
3 Overview of UC Health
Jack Stobo
August
26
Peter Wilton
(Haas School of
Business)
Strategy
Managing Mission
& Vision
Influencing Skills
Managing People & Role of OP
Manager
Dwaine Duckett
4 Overview of CFO Division
UC Budget Process
Overview of Chief Investment
Office
Nathan Brostrom
5 Transforming OGC
OP and Campuses
Charlie Robinson
Risk Management
6 Ethics and Compliance in
the UC environment
Sept.
23
Jagdeep Bachher
Oct. 20
Cheryl Lloyd
Sheryl Vacca
Nov. 12
Sara Beckman-(Haas School of
Business)-Design Thinking/
Problem Solving
Case Studies
Myers Briggs
7 The Research Mission of UC
Data and Decision Making
William Tucker
Dec. 15
Pamela Brown
8 Communicating Effectively as an OP
Leader
Jan. 14
9 Project Presentations
Graduation
Feb. 18
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Teambuilding
(use Myers Briggs
as basis for team
building prep-Kathy Mendonca)
Presentation Skills
Project Sponsors
Leaders
March, 2015
Program Assessment
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Evaluate each session
Measure progress on individual development objectives over the course of the program and
in 6 month follow up
Track promotion and advancement within organization
Evaluate project success with sponsors
Projects
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Complete a 360° Assessment
Work with manager to create development plan
Team project—Research areas of UC to identify their vision, mission and goals
Team project—Reach out to a campus to prepare for the Design Thinking/Problem
Solving session
Team project
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March, 2015