National Leadership Development Programs
Check out these links to various leadership development programs at the national level:
AAC&U Institute on Campus Leadership for Sustainable Innovation. A week-long experience for teams of faculty members and an academic administrator to create learning-centered institutions. http://www.aacu.org
Asheville Institute in General Education. A week-long experience for teams of faculty and administrators working on a specific plan to improve their general education programs.
Asian Pacific American Women’s Leadership Institute has a variety of leadership programs to address the challenges facing Asian American and Pacific Islander women and to nurture trusteeship within their communities. http://www.apawli.org/
Chairing the Academic Department, a program within ACE's Center for Institutional and International Initiatives (CIII), is designed for division and department chairs and deans and focuses on departmental leadership. These workshops seek to support the development of the chair as an academic leader within the department and within the institution as a whole. http://www.acenet.edu/programs/dlp/
Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) is the leading nonprofit institution dedicated exclusively to leadership. CCL integrates cutting-edge research with innovative training, coaching, assessment and publishing to create proven impact for leaders and organizations around the world. http://www.ccl.org
Great Place to Work Institute is dedicated to building a better society by helping companies transform their workplaces. Their work is based on the major findings of more than 20 years of research - that trust between managers and employees is the primary defining characteristic of the best workplaces. They offer services and tools to help companies build trust and become more effective organizations.
Harvard Graduate School of Education. Examine critical leadership issues at colleges and universities. Learn effective approaches to balancing internal and external leadership roles; leading in a changing context; articulating a powerful vision for your institution; and enlisting others in that vision. http://gseweb.harvard.edu/profed/index.html
Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc. (LEAP) offers leadership training programs to advance a comprehensive strategy of Asian Pacific Americans. http://www.leap.org
Leading Creatively is a program for experienced managers who could benefit from new creative perspectives to deal with challenging leadership issues. Offered by the Center for Creative Leadership. http://www.ccl.org/programs/lc/index.html
NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education) provides professional development, promotes exemplary practices by helping senior student affairs officers and administrators, student affairs professionals, faculty, and other educators enhance student learning and development. http://naspa.org/
The African-American Leadership Institute, for experienced African-American managers, is designed to stimulate a process of growth that will help each participant become more successful and productive. In addition, it offers a secure forum for African-American professionals to explore, in a substantive way, those issues that impact their career objectives. Individuals evaluate their own leadership styles, discuss how others perceive their effectiveness, and receive guidance in developing realistic, practical and effective plans for personal and professional growth. http://www.academy.umd.edu/scholarship/aali/
The American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows Program is a year-long higher education leadership development program. It identifies and prepares senior faculty and administrators seeking to strengthen higher education through leadership development. http://www.acenet.edu/programs/fellows/ or e-mail fellows@ace.nche.edu
The National Hispana Leadership Institute is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization committed to the education and leadership development of Hispanic women. http://www.nhli.org/