The Lead From Where you Are program is for individual contributors and managers. Maximizing Organizational Resources (MOR) Associates created this program, and it is being offered to UC Tech community members who are interested in the program themselves or who are selected by their leaders. Recognizing and engaging individuals this unique offering can accelerate their development, build their confidence, and provide them ways of identifying new opportunities to contribute to the success of the organization.
Key Facts
- Program Name: UC Tech Academy: Lead From Where You Are
- Target audience and nomination process: Individual contributors, managers and/or technical leads nominated by their departments based on their potential for leadership growth
- Timing: Six sessions that run during a six month period. In 2024, the program was scheduled to run between February and September.
- Format and location: A hybrid program, including six day-long sessions, three of which are in-person and the other three online. These take place over the course of six months.
- Sponsors: Van Williams and the UC CIO Council
- Contact: Kristin Cordova (see contact details, below)
Program Details
Target audience and nomination process
Individual contributors, managers and technical leads would benefit from the rigorous, Lead From Where You Are program. The process for candidate nomination is managed locally by each UC CIO Council representative.
during their June, 2024 in-person meeting. Participants included
tech employees from several UC locations.
Program learning objectives
The Lead From Where You Are program is designed to cultivate emerging leaders to impact an organization more broadly with the following objectives:
- To become aware of how one’s behavior and attitudes affects one’s work and colleagues, along with how one is perceived by others.
- To enhance each participant’s ability to work collaboratively in teams and to foster an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion.
- To build the self-awareness needed for each participant to understand and capitalize on their strengths.
- To strengthen the relationships across the UC System, thus fostering the collaboration needed to advance the critical work of the university.
- To build the communication skills needed to increase participant effectiveness when working with others to deliver results.
- To develop lifelong learning skills that support goal-setting, positive routines and developing a UC-wide network to shape new approaches to one’s work and future opportunities.
Format and location
A hybrid program consists of six, two-day sessions, half in-person and some online, provided over the course of six months. It consists of different types of learning modalities, including: (1) individual training that personalizes the experience with a tailored development plan, supported by individual leadership coaching; (2) multi-day workshops to provide concepts and tools; (3) applied learning designed to apply the concepts, frameworks, tools and practices between workshops; and (4) community-building that includes building new connections for future collaboration.
About the UC Tech Academy
This program is part of the UC Tech Academy, a suite of professional development programs offered to the UC Tech community. These programs support a range of job levels, and are generally open to the entire UC Tech community, consisting of professionals across the university who work in IT. Learn more about the programs that make up the UC Tech Academy by visiting UC Tech Academy Overview.
Contact
Chief of Staff
UC Office of the President
UC Tech Academy Program Director
Kristin.Cordova@ucop.edu