LEADME MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
Adapted from the successful NCURA Leadership Development Institute designed by Gale S. Wood, Consultant, the NCURA, Region VI, Education and Professional Development (E&PD) Committee has developed a modified program to strengthen and increase the number of new and emerging leaders to serve our profession and NCURA at the regional and national levels.
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The one-year program focuses on providing educational and professional development experiences to selected Mentees.
PROGRAM PLAN
The “LEAD Me” Program pairs one Mentee with a Primary Mentor who serves as the main contact to assist in identifying leadership and professional development goals and objectives. S/he will also help the Mentee formulate a Leadership and/or Professional Development (L&PD) Plan, a critically important element of the Program. This Plan will include the identification of a Personal Best Leadership Project through which the Mentee will demonstrate use of Kouzes & Posner's 5 practices and 10 commitments of successful leaders. Lastly, the Primary Mentor helps in identifying short term Supplementary Mentors to form a Mentee's Support Team to provide specialized knowledge of skills needed for the implementation of the Mentee's L&PD Plan.
Use of multiple mentors ensures that each Mentee is afforded an opportunity to have his/her needs for specialized knowledge and skills maximally addressed. No single Mentor, then, is expected to address the comprehensive range of expectations or needs of his/her assigned Mentee. Finally, this overall approach to mentoring should result in increased volunteer involvement and participation from NCURA, Region VI & VII members.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
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Create a supportive and interactive e-learning environment where Program participants and the membership can share knowledge to help guide selected Mentees through the leadership development process
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Provide access to e-tools on a range of leadership and professional development topics to contribute to the development of new Region VI & VII leaders
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Increase interest and foster long term careers in sponsored research
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Provide opportunities to form, increase and strengthen professional contacts and relationships among the region's members
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Further strengthen professional networks within the region's research community and beyond
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ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
LeadMe Program Chair/Co-chairs (reporting to the Education & Professional Development Committee)
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Provide overall leadership of the program
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Ensure continuity of operations: calls, schedules, recruitment, assignment of roles and responsibilities
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Identify leaders and experts outside the program to lead Professional Development series presentations
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Organize and serve as Chair/Co-Chair of LeadMe Subcommittee; convene as needed to review program objectives and progress, or to resolve operational or programmatic challenges
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Report to Chair of Education and Professional Development (EPDC) Committee on program goals, progress and challenges
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Mentee
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Active participation in planned activities
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Establish measurable and achievable leadership and/or professional development goals and objectives
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Develop a Leadership Project, in consultation with Mentor
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Interact with Mentor and MINT regularly
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Minimum of two contacts per month
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Be available, responsive and respectful of time commitments
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Complete assignments in a timely manner
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Proactively communicate needs to Mentor
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Remain open to feedback
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Seek opportunities to continually grow professionally and to contribute to NCURA
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Be responsive to webmaster/mistress requests
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Mentor
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Assist Mentee in setting his/her goals and objectives
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Help the Mentee devise a viable Leadership Project
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Be accessible to Mentee based on a mutually agreed upon schedule
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2 times per month minimum
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Enthusiastically share information, skills and knowledge
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Provide constructive feedback
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Serve as a thoughtful listener and supportive advisor
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Encourage opportunities for professional growth within the profession and volunteer contributions to NCURA, both regionally and nationally
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MINT
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Assist Mentors with Mentees in developing established set goals and objectives
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Assist the Mentee with developing their Leadership Project
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Share previous experience in the program
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Serve as a thoughtful listener and supportive advisor
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Encourage opportunities for professional growth and volunteer contributions to NCURA
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Provide operational support to program: Coordinating calls, Webex invitations, etc.
MENTEE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
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Create a Leadership and/or Professional Development (L&PD) Plan
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Read and study The Leadership Challenge by Kouzes & Posner, 5th Edition
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Develop a “Personal Best Leadership Project” which utilizes the 5 practices and 10 commitments espoused in The Leadership Challenge
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Present a Poster about the preliminary status of the Personal Best Project during the Regional Meeting
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Submit a program synopsis of the completed Project for presentation consideration at an Annual Meeting
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Maintain a personal journal to document and reflect on Program experiences
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Engage in on-line readings and other e-discussions
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Maintain a Mentee-Mentor Contact Log
PROGRAM COHORTS (pages under construction)
RESOURCES AND FORMS
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NCURA, Region VI LEAD Me Mentee & Mentor-In-Training (MINT) Application (download and save)
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NCURA, Region VI LEAD Me Mentor Application (download and save)
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The Leadership Challenge by James Kouzes and Barry Posner, 4th Edition
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Free Management Library (SM) Developed by Authenticity Consulting, LLC
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Leadership Development Planning
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Framework to Design Your Training Plan
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Leadership Theories
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The Leadership Challenge Book Review
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Lead Me Discussion Group at
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Harvard Business Review Articles