Twenty-eight faculty members graduated this month from the 2012-13 Interprofessional Leadership for Excellence and Academic Development (iLEAD) program after a nine-month course of study in leadership.
iLEAD is an intensive faculty development program bringing proven leadership techniques to academic medicine in an inter-professional environment. One participant called the program “an amazing forum to network with innovative rising leaders at UNMC.”
The graduates covered topics that included:
- the art of influence;
- communication;
- fostering success while working with different personality types;
- negotiation strategies;
- conflict resolution;
- organizational power and politics;
- strategic planning; and
- the balance between leading and following.
At the closing graduation event, Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., encouraged the cohort to establish visionary practices, share and value diverse ideas and feedback, and to set “stretch goals.”
He wished the cohort well with some practical advice: “Do an honest and good job every day and good things will happen to you.”
Participants in iLEAD are prepared to act on his advice.