CAUL Leadership Institute 2014
Hotel Realm, Canberra – 14-15 August 2014
(Updated 11 August 2014)
Time
Session – Day 1
9.00-9.30 Registration & Coffee
9.3010.00
Opening – Heather Gordon, President of CAUL
10.0011.00
Strategic Perspectives – Chair, Heather Gordon
Delegates’ introduction & ice-breaker
Professor Ian Young, Vice-Chancellor, Australian National University
In this session, Prof Young will share his perspective on the environment in which
universities currently find themselves, what they need to prepare for and which
individuals or organisations they might need to influence.
…universities are confronting … unprecedented competition, aggressive accountability
demands and a view of operating in a global context. And they are doing this with less
funding. It is said that some of the greatest challenges facing HE today are: student
engagement; research performance; institutional accountability; revenue generation;
and globalisation. [Segall & Freedman, 2007] More than ever before, HE leaders face
the challenge of excelling during uncertain times.
11.0011.30
Morning tea
11.301.00
Thinking about the Future – Chair, Kate Kelly
Maree Conway, Thinking Futures; Founding Partner, Centre for Australian Foresight
This session will explore how thinking about the future in a systematic way can help
professions better understand and respond to changes and disruptions in the big picture
context in which they work and to expand perceptions of strategic options open to them.
Thinking about the future – AKA strategic thinking – is perhaps the biggest gap in
strategy development in Australian universities. This session will take participants
through an abridged strategic thinking exercise, starting with (i) what it means to think
about the future (individual characteristics needed), (ii) moving on to the big picture
shifts in global trends we are seeing today and how they might evolve, (iii) how those
trends impact higher education, libraries and librarians, (iv) the need to merge past,
present and future in strategic decision making to respond to change and (v) identifying
strategic options beyond the status quo that can be implemented today.
1.00-2.00 Lunch
Time
Session – Day 1
2.00-3.00 Future Focus on the profession - Chair, Sandra Jeffries
Sue McKerracher, Executive Director, Australian Library and Information Association
Most organisations do pretty well what they do today. It’s what they need to be doing
tomorrow that’s the missing skill. Part of every leader’s job is to be strategic. The higher
you go, the more critical the requirement. The challenge and the joy is in seeking
opportunities to change, grow and take risks to future proof the library and information
profession.
3.00-3.30 Afternoon tea
3.30-4.30 Managing Your Career - Chair, Heather Gordon
Margie Jantti, Director Library Services, University of Wollongong
In today’s rapidly changing work environment, the ability to acquire skills, demonstrate
a range of leadership and management competencies that in turn produce value and
impact for your employer are no longer ‘nice to haves’ but essential for survival.
Planning, goal setting, implementing actions and assessment are necessary ingredients
for success in career management. In the contemporary world, other factors such as
brand management, value proposition and personal alignment require attention and
investment.
4.30-5.00 Q&A – Panel session
CLI Committee (Margie Jantti, Sandra Jeffries, Kate Kelly)
7.00 for
7.30
Conference Dinner at Mecca Bah, Manuka
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Time
8.459.45
Session – Day 2
Communication and Influence – Chair, Anne Horn
Belinda Robinson, CEO Universities Australia
Belinda is spearheading the sector's campaign to deepen engagement with the
Australian public, build strong mainstream support and have widely recognised the
role that universities play in securing Australia’s long-term well-being.
In this session, Belinda will share what it takes to mobilise others; to build and align
stakeholders, capabilities and resources to get things done; build commitment
towards common goals; navigate complex issues with clarity and alacrity to leverage
UA’s position and aspirations.
9.4510.30
Strategic Thinking: more than producing a plan – Chair, Kate Kelly
Anne Horn, University Librarian/Executive Director, Academic Support, Deakin
University
Sandra Jeffries, Director Information Services, University of the Sunshine Coast
Anne Bell, University Librarian, University of Sydney
Strategists make decisions that drive the organisation towards its vision. Universities
have their own style of planning and engagement of others in shaping strategic
priorities and a long term view. Universities are increasingly being faced with the
challenge of formalising goals and objectives (the plan) with that of being intelligently
opportunistic to take advantage of new and emerging opportunities.
10.3011.00
Morning tea
11.0012.00
Getting Down to Business: University Librarians – Chair, Margie Jantti
Heather Gordon, President CAUL/ Director, Library & Information Services, James
Cook University
Greg Anderson, University Librarian, University of Newcastle
Kate Kelly, Director, Library Services, Southern Cross University
1. Roxanne Missingham, University Librarian, The Australian National University
All of us here in this room have responsibility for delivering the Library’s vision. This
session will focus on the imperatives of being self-directed; a change agent; a skilled
informer and communicator; to ensure our libraries are reputed as relevant, visible,
valued; and contemporaneous
12.001.00
Lunch
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Time
1.002.30
Session – Day 2
Strategic Connections and Influence – Chair, Heather Gordon
Steve Lancken – Negocio Resolutions
Are your influencing skills effective? Are you maze savvy? Organisations are complex
labyrinths of egos, constituencies, issues, rivalries all competing for scarce resources.
For those skilled in building strategic relationships, navigating the maze and
influencing others, the return is high – advocates and champions, successful
negotiations, greater efficiencies, easier exchange of ideas and optimal use of
available resources for mutual gain. The five mistakes we make when we disagree and
what we can replace them with, improved collaboration skills and better negotiations.
2.303.00
Presenting your Message
Sandra Jeffries, Director Information Services, University of the Sunshine Coast
Margie Jantti, Director Library Services, University of Wollongong
This session will summarise a range of strategies and tactics that will assist you to
prepare for a range of communication and presentation formats; whether they are
formal or informal; to large or small groups; to the executive leadership team or
peers. Good presentations are those that achieve their objectives. Good
communicators are respectful of the time and intelligence of their audience.
3.004.00
Afternoon Tea
Q&A – Panel Session – CLI Committee
Completion of Evaluation Forms
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