SUNY Leaders Meet to Discuss Building Leadership Capacity
September 28, 2006
Hudson Valley Community College
Troy, New York
Leaders from the State University of New York’s 30 community colleges met on September 28th at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, New York, to discuss enhancing the breadth and depth of leadership on their campuses.
SUNY’s new chancellor, Vice Admiral John R. Ryan, Ret., started the day by sharing his personal vision of leadership. Mark Pogue, Vice President of the Education Division of the Gallup Organization, followed with a presentation on leading from our strengths. Participants had the opportunity to complete an online assessment, StrengthsQuest, prior to attending.
Barbara Viniar, Executive Director of the Institute for Community College Development, introduced ICCD's new structure for its programs, Gravitational Leadership: A New Framework for Leadership Development. (Click on the title to view the paper.) Gravitational Leadership is organized around the leadership competencies developed last year by the American Association of Community Colleges.
Small groups discussed how to use their own experiences in structuring opportunities for leadership development, what barriers they faced and how ICCD and SUNY can assist campuses in creating leadership development programs. As it is in other states, this is a particular challenge for small and rural campuses. ICCD will use the results of these discussions to develop new programs and services.
