Program Design
The Leadership Tech program focuses on developing five levels of leadership capacity:
- Individual (personal / self)
- Interpersonal
- Team
- Networked Communities
- System and Sub-System
Changes in our internal culture and external environment necessitate distributive leadership to accomplish the four goals of Arkansas Tech’s strategic plan. More complex thinkers and action-oriented implementers are needed. Competencies of leaders we need at Tech are evolving beyond just the traditional leadership skills of communication and influence. Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Self-awareness and personal mastery
- Adaptability
- Collaboration
- Networked relationships
- Partnership across boundaries
- Traditional vertical and expanded horizontal leadership capabilities
- Accountability practices requiring initiative and ownership
- Internal and external service excellence
- Broader understanding and knowledge of Tech
- Broader understanding and knowledge of higher education and Tech’s place within it – local, state, and federal