Employee Learning and Development

Leaders' Forum for Academic and Administrative Leaders

Western Leaders’ Forum is an opportunity for Western’s senior Academic and Administrative leaders to discuss issues of strategic importance to the University. The Forum provides an opportunity for information sharing, idea exploration, dialogue and feedback. The sessions are a combination of presentations by Western leaders or guest speakers, and small-group discussions. The forum meets throughout the academic year, over lunch, usually in the Great Hall. The Forum is hosted by Gitta Kulczycki, Vice-President, Resources and Operations.

For more information:
Cara Carson, Human Resources Coordinator,
e: ccarso6@uwo.ca
t: 519-661-2111 ext. 85581
-OR-
Andrew Fuller, Director, Learning and Development,
e: afuller@uwo.ca
t: 519-661-2111 ext. 85723.

The group includes:

President & Vice-Presidents	Associate Vice-Presidents
Deans	Associate Deans
Graduate Chairs	Assistant Deans
Undergraduate Chairs	Directors
Chief Operating Officers	Chief Financial Officers
Senior Directors of Administration

Meeting Dates:
(Great Hall 12:00 - 2:00 pm)

November 29, 2012

January 24, 2013

April 18. 2013

For a summary of recent meetings, please go to "Leaders Digest"

Topics addressed to date include:

April, 2012	-	Leading for a Vibrant Future; John Izzo, PhD
January, 2012	-	Imagine Western: The Future of Our Campus; Sustainability and Master Plan
November, 2011	-	Telling Western’s Story, Supporting Western’s Campaign
Sept, 2011	-	Learning beyond the classroom: methods, benefits and your role
April, 2011	-	Communicating Western to the World; Do our key messages and our visual identity express what is important to us?
February, 2011	-	Leadership on Trial, the role of leadership in global economic crisis
December, 2010	-	Teamwork: Building World-Class Research at Western
October, 2010	-	Update on Western’s Strategic Directions
May, 2010	-	Leadership for a Safe and Respectful Environment: Leaders’ New Accountabilities Under Bill 168--Amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act
March, 2010	-	University and Community Dialogue: Collaborating for Mutual Success
December, 2009	-	What Keeps Us Awake at Night; What Brings us Back to Work Each Day
October, 2009	-	Dialogue with our New President, Amit Chakma
March, 2009	-	Collegial Leadership – President Paul Davenport
December, 2008	-	Modeling Leadership: Being Clear About Goals, Principles and Practices in Uncertain Times
October, 2008	-	The Changing World of Post-Secondary Education: Strengthening Western's Strategic Advantage
May, 2008	-	Building the Research Intensive University: Western's Strategic Directions
March, 2008	-	The Graduate Student Experience
January, 2008	-	Safe Campus Community - Leaders' Role
November, 2007	-	Defining and Supporting a Culture of Respect
October, 2007	-	Courtney Pratt on Leadership
April, 2007	-	NSSE and the Student Voice: Understanding “Student Experience", "Student Engagement" and How These are Measured
March, 2007	-	Moving into the Blue: Ways to Influence Workplace Culture
January, 2007	-	Western as a Workplace: 2007 Culture Survey Results
November, 2006	-	Leadership Talent: Identifying it and Developing it
October, 2006	-	A New Master Plan for Western: Consultation Opportunity for Leaders
April, 2006	-	Using Western's Campus Communications Survey and Culture Survey Results to Increase Workplace Engagement
March, 2006	-	The Invisible Risk: Leaders' role in protecting Western's electronic information
February, 2006	-	Seek, Select, Get Set to Go: Hiring Talent and Supporting Performance
December, 2005	-	Dialogue on Western's Strategic Plan
November, 2005	-	Strategic Directions for Western: Our Academic Vision and Emerging Issues
May, 2005	-	Enhancing the student experience
April, 2005	-	Western's culture - What's changed since 2000
February, 2005	-	Orienting new faculty
December, 2004	-	How to make London a "Creative City"
November, 2004	-	Western's identity
April, 2004	-	Leadership and Vision at Western
March, 2004	-	Meeting the Communications Challenge: The Results of Western ’s Employee Communications Research
February, 2004	-	How to Influence Workplace Culture: Learning from Each Other
December, 2003	-	Western’s Organizational Culture
October, 2003	-	President’s Priorities for 2003-2004: Vision for Western–Leading Together
June, 2003	-	Readiness for the Increased Cohort and Undergraduate Reform: An Update
March, 2003	-	Academic and Administrative Recruitment and Hiring: Employment Law and Hiring Decisions
February, 2003	-	The Research Intensive University: What It Means to All of Us
January, 2003	-	Personal Leadership, with Ron Yamada, MDS and Western Board Member
October, 2002	-	Aspects of Organizational Culture at Western: Collaborative Ventures
June, 2002	-	Human Rights Issues in the Workplace
March, 2002	-	The Increased Cohort and Undergraduate Reform: Implications for Units and for the University as a Whole
January, 2002	-	UWO Successes in Involving Staff in Change and Development
October, 2001	-	Distributed Leadership: Presentation by Chancellor Eleanor Clitheroe
June, 2001	-	What we Mean by Leadership: Best Practices in Leadership at UWO
May, 2001	-	UWO’s Values-Behaviours-Accountabilities Approach