Professional Development for Women Faculty

Leadership Program for SOM Women Faculty- Fall 2012

The Leadership Program for Women Faculty (LPWF) is a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine sponsored leadership initiative designed for female Associate and Assistant professors. The program focuses on academic medicine career building and development of leadership skills.The accomplished program faculty will offer inspiration and valuable career advice along with insight into the leadership development needs that are unique to women. The ultimate goal of this initiative is to advance women leaders in this School of Medicine.

The Leadership Program for Women Faculty is a cohort program for 40 or more women leaders and will consist of an opening event, eight one-half day morning seminars taught by experts in the content areas mentioned below, and a final networking session and wrap-up luncheon. Topics which will be covered include the following:

• Working Together: Getting to Know Yourself and Others
• Crucial Conversations
• Influencing for Impact: On Being Influential
• Influencing for Impact: Influence and Power Case Study on Rosalind Franklin - The Nova documentary "The Secret of Photo 51"
• Negotiation Skills
• Leadership Challenges for Women: Overview of Decision-Making and Risk-Taking Strategies
• Leadership Challenges for Women: Facilitating Group Decision-Making
• Speak Like a Pro
• Total Leadership:Being a Better Leader/Having a Better Life

A cohort of 40 or more female faculty at the level of Assistant and Associate professors will be chosen to participate based upon nomination and completion of an application process.

The SOM Vice Dean for Faculty, the Office of Women in Science and Medicine and the Office of Faculty Development are pleased to collaborate with the office of Talent Management and Organization Development to offer the Leadership Program for Women Faculty. For detailed information about the nomination and selection process, as well as specific questions about the program, please contact:

Barbara Fivush, M.D.
Director of the Office of Women in Science and Medicine
Division Chief, Pediatric Nephrology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
200 N. Wolfe Street, Suite 3055
Baltimore, MD 21287
410-955-2467
owism@jhmi.edu
Web site:http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/education/women_science_medicine/

Special Workshop Sessions for Women Only

Powerful Communication Skills for Women

Talent Management and Organization Development, Robin Hurd-Graham, Instructor
06.25.12, 9:00-4:00, Eastern Campus, Room B102
To register, fill out the trainingjhuform and fax it to (443) 997-6867
Brains, talent, and energy won't add up to much if you haven't mastered the most potent tool for success and powerful communication skills. Your communication style is your inescapable calling card. It immediately announces who you are, how you feel, and what you expect from yourself and others. In this one day workshop, you will learn to recognize and avoid the power robbing speech mistakes and habits that may be holding you back. You will also learn to persuade others of your point of view and motivate them to act in your best interest.

Information and Conversation Sessions (4 sessions offered)

The OWISM hosts Information and Conversation sessions four times each year. These sessions are informal and open to all SOM women faculty. Topics for these informal sessions have been solicited from faculty members, and have included: work life balance, advancement, feeling valued, childcare, and navigating the SOM system.
All of the sessions have a dedicated facilitator with expertise in the selected topic, and the informal nature of these sessions allows for great interaction between faculty members.
View the 2011 InformationandConversationposter

All Faculty Course Offerings

Assertive Communication: On and Off the Job
Becoming a Conflict Competent Leader (SOM Faculty Only)
Communicating With Others: Your Style and its Impact
Conquering Negativity: Creating Optimism in the Workplace
Crucial Conversations
Crucial Conversations (SOM Faculty Only)
Dealing with Difficult People
Effective Meetings in Half the Time- (SOM Faculty Only)
Essential of Communicating with Tact and Finesse(2 Day Requirement)
FLEX Talk:Communications Skills Using MBTI Personality Type Theory
FLEX Talk:Understanding Yourself and Others Better through MBTI Personality(SOM Faculty Only)
Getting and Staying Organized
Managing Multiple Priorities
Managing Stress and Staying Positive in Today's World
Negotiation Skills: Creating Agreement and Managing Conflict (SOM Faculty Only)
Senior Leadership Transition Workshop
Speak Like a Pro I  (SOM Faculty Only)
Speak like a Pro II  (SOM Faculty Only)
Speak Like a Pro I
Speak Like a Pro II
The Mechanics of Leadership: Influencing Interpersonal and Group Outcomes
Time Management: Strategies for Managing Your Day
Writing Effective Emails:Strategies and Tips for Productive Email Correspondense

Online Resources

Vision 2020 Panel-Report & Faculty Development and Gender Report

All Faculty Course Offerings

Speak Like a Pro I (SOM Faculty Only)  (2 offerings)

Talent Management and Organization Development, Karen Storey, Instructor, Interactive Training
04.03.12, 8:30 - 11:30, 2024 E. Monument St., 2nd Floor auditorium, Room 2-1002
OR
04.03.11, 1:00 - 4:00, 2024 E. Monument St., 2nd Floor auditorium, Room 2-1002
Registration: FacRegForm
Faculty members win grants and build reputations based (to some extent) on their ability to speak with confidence to large groups of people.  Speak Like a Pro offers the knowledge, skills, and abilities you need for effective presentations.  You’ll learn proven techniques for planning, practicing, and delivering public presentations.  Further, you will receive expert feedback from your instructor, as well as personal responses and insights from your classmates.  Each participant is asked to prepare in advance a 10-minute presentation.  Focus on managing stage fright and maintaining composure in front of any size audience.  Voice and body language are explored as an effective communication tool.  Key ways of adding maximum impact are discussed along with ways of preparing quickly and confidently for any presentation.  Each participant is videotaped in order to provide instant feedback on their strengths and areas that need improvement.  Especially for faculty who speak English as their second language, this class is a must.

Speak Like a Pro II (SOM Faculty Only) (2 Offerings)

Talent Management and Organization Development, Karen Storey, Instructor, Interactive Training
04.13.12, 8:30 - 11:30, 2024 E. Monument St., 2nd Floor auditorium, Room 2-1002
OR
04.13.12, 1:00 - 4:00, 2024 E. Monument St., 2nd Floor auditorium, Room 2-1002
Registration: FacRegForm
Participants who have attended Speak Like a Pro may attend this advanced class. Each participant is asked to prepare in advance a 10-minute presentation. Focus on managing stage fright and maintaining composure in front of any size audience. Voice and body language are explored as an effective communication tool. Key ways of adding maximum impact to any presentation are discussed along with ways of preparing quickly and confidently for any presentation. Each participant is videotaped in order to provide instant feedback on his or her strengths and areas that need improvement.

Speak Like a Pro I (2 offerings)

Talent Management and Organization Development, Karen Storey, Instructor
04.16.12, 9:00 - 4:00, Eastern Campus, Room B101
OR
05.18.12, 9:00 - 4:00, Eastern Campus, Room B101
Registration: trainingjhuform
Speak Like a Pro offers the knowledge, skills, and abilities you need for effective presentations. You'll learn proven techniques for planning, practicing, and delivering public presentations. Further, you will receive expert feedback from your instructor, as well as personal responses and insights from your classmates.

Essentials of Communicating With Tact and Finesse: National Seminars Group
- 2 day course (must attend both days)

03.15.12 AND 03.16.12, 9:00-4:00, Eastern Campus, Room B102
OR
05.21.12 AND 05.22.12, 9:00-4:00, Eastern Campus, Room B102
To register, fill out the trainingjhuform 
Top-notch communication skills can mean the difference in your career between going places ... and going nowhere! This intensive two-day workshop designed for career-focused professionals will give you the powerful communication strategies and interpersonal skills you need to get your point across tactfully and diplomatically. You'll also gain tips for delivering standout presentations and making your letters and memos pack a punch. You'll discover expert techniques for exerting influence on the actions and attitudes of others, how-to's for communicating effectively and tactfully in a variety of tough situations, and strategies for putting an end to energy-draining feuds and infighting in your department. And because we all make verbal blunders from time to time, you'll learn damage control techniques to help you get your foot out of your mouth gracefully and save the day! 

Effective Meetings in Half the Time (SOM Faculty Only)

Talent Management and Organization Development, Ray Perry,  Instructor
09.27.12, 8:30 - 11:30, 2024 E. Monument St., 2nd Floor auditorium, Room 2-1002
Registration: FacRegForm
Time is a commodity, and time wasted in unproductive meetings is a drain on most organizations.  Meetings must be focused, interesting, and productive, as well as effective.  This workshop provides leaders and managers with tools and a variety of highly effective meeting management techniques that can help to reduce the amount of time required for problem solving and decision-making.  These techniques and tools can be used for standing meetings, shorter-term project team meetings, strategic business planning as well as emergency problem solving meetings.  Your participants will notice the difference.  Learn about the various roles of leaders and facilitators, and come to understand the personal and organizational barriers and roadblocks to running effective meetings.  This workshop will include practice using meeting planning tools, an overview of a profile that shows a model of common thinking styles, and ideas on how differing personalities can be a positive force for creativity and productivity.  Learn about the stages teams go through as they develop.  Techniques and tools such as the PART, Visible Agenda / Planning Sheet, Problem Statement, If-Then Chart and Decision Matrix will be practiced.  Bring just yourself or your entire team.

Becoming a Conflict Competent Leader (SOM Faculty Only)

Talent Management and Organization Development, Linda Dillon Jones, Ph.D., Instructor
06.28.12, 8:30 - 11:30, 2024 E. Monument St., 2nd Floor auditorium, Room 2-1002
Registration: FacRegForm
Dealing effectively with conflict is difficult for leaders and followers alike. Some try to avoid conflict and wish it would go away, while others tend to get angry and lash out at others in ways they regret later. Poorly managed conflict creates enormous costs in the form of wasted time, turnover, and lawsuits. How can we assess how we currently handle conflict and develop the skills we need to deal with conflict more effectively. This course examines the sources of conflict in organizations, and probes the special nature of traditional adversarial roles, hierarchy, and special interests within an organization. Through case studies, role-plays, and examples shared in class, participants investigate effective methods for reaching satisfactory agreements. The Conflict Dynamics Profile is administered to provide the individual with greater self-knowledge of personal style. Using small-group activities, participants develop and practice effective conflict resolution strategies.

Getting and Staying Organized

Talent Management and Organization Development, Ray Perry, Instructor
04.27.12, 9:00-4:00, Eastern Campus, Room B102
To register, fill out the trainingjhuform 
It's happened to most of us. We organize our desk on a Monday only to find that it is disorganized by Wednesday. What would happen to productivity and effectiveness if you could get organized and stay that way? How much more control would you have over your day? In this practical workshop, participants will learn the secrets behind organization and space management that lead to a more creative and stress-free work and home environment.

Managing Multiple Priorities

Talent Management and Organization Development, Ray Perry, Instructor
03.30.12, 9:00 - 4:00, Eastern Campus, Room B102
To register, fill out the trainingjhuform 
It seems as if there's always too much to do and not enough time to do it. Imagine the impact on productivity if you learned how to better manage this situation! What would happen to your sense of control and accomplishment during the day. In this practical workshop, you will learn how to get more done in less time with less stress by upgrading your skills at managing multiple and sometimes competing priorities.

Assertive Communication: On and Off the Job (2 offerings)

Talent Management and Organization Development, Virginia Jacobs, Instructor
03.28.12, 9:00-4:00, Eastern Campus, Room B101
OR
05.02.12, 9:00-4:00, Eastern Campus, Room A120
To register, fill out the trainingjhuform 
This course focuses on practical ways to project self-confidence, recognize the differences between assertive, passive, and aggressive behavior, develop the skills needed to change the behavior of others, say no, give and receive criticism, listen more effectively, and resolve conflict.

Dealing with Difficult People

Talent Management and Organization Development, Ray Perry, Instructor
05.18.12, 9:00-4:00, Eastern Campus, Room B102
To register, fill out the trainingjhuform 
How much more successful would you be if you could do a better job managing conflict at work and at home? What would this mean to your level of stress and sense of control over the quality of your life? In this powerful workshop, you will customize practical strategies for resolving conflict with others, in a way that strengthens rather than hurts relationships.

Communicating With Others: Your Style and Its Impact  

Talent Management and Organization Development, Virginia Jacobs, Instructor
06.13.12, 9:00-4:00, Eastern Campus, Room B101
To register, fill out the trainingjhuform 
The lifeblood of all strong relationships is good communication. Individual and group productivity are greatly enhanced by the ability to communicate well. Participants in this course will identify their preferences in verbal and nonverbal communication. You will uncover a tendency toward one of four communication styles: driver,analytic, relater amiable, and expressive. You will learn about your style's inherent strengths and trouble spots, and the impact of your style in the workplace. You will also explore attributes of effective communication and develop listening and assertion skills.

Time Management: Strategies for Managing Your Day

Talent Management and Organization Development, Ray Perry, Instructor
05.11.12, 9:00-4:00, Eastern Campus, Room B102
To register, fill out the trainingjhuform 
Imagine the impact on your professional performance if your ability to juggle everything on your plate significantly increased! What would that mean to your productivity and sense of professional satisfaction? In this highly interactive workshop, participants will learn to blend time and task management into a single management approach that compliments any challenging schedule. This practical program will help participants take control of their day and gain greater confidence handling projects, priorities, and deadlines.

Powerful Listening Skills

Talent Management and Organization Development, Robin Hurd-Graham, Instructor
06.18.12, 9:00-4:00, Eastern Campus, Room B102
To register, fill out the trainingjhuform 
This workshop is designed to help individuals listen and communicate for positive, productive relationships with co-workers, customers, and family members. It offers practical techniques for developing active listening skills that show. This seminar prepares participants to get results from other employees based on positive, open communication.

Managing Stress and Staying Positive in Today's World

Talent Management and Organization Development, Debra Smith, Instructor
05.01.12, 9:00- 4:00, Eastern Campus, Room B102
To register, fill out the  trainingjhuform 
In this program, you will learn the effects and characteristics of stress and better understand why stress is considered the invisible disease. You'll identify your stressors and your personal stress reactions. You'll increase your awareness of the mind's role in the stress cycle, how perception, paradigms, and self-talk contribute to your stress, and how habitual thinking styles can be redirected. You'll learn how to get rid of your worries, how to break the anger habit, and how to manage physical stress through nutrition, exercise, and relaxation. You'll use a six-step problem-solving model to take control of your stress situations, discover ways to manage change, and use goal setting to balance the demands of your career and your personal life.

Conquering Negativity: Creating Optimism in the Workplace

Talent Management and Organization Development, Mark Hankerson, Instructor
05.07.12, 9:00-4:00, Eastern Campus, Room B101
To register, fill out the trainingjhuform 
Is negativity a problem in your workplace? If so, it may be causing a drop in morale that costs your organization lost productivity,ongoing quality problems, and the resignation of good people. This course is an ideal starting point for you and your co-workers to confront negativity quickly and constructively. In this workshop,participants will learn techniques to turn negative attitudes around, discover tips to rekindle enthusiasm among employees, and find out what you can do when influential people (top management, owners, outside consultants) are contributing to organization-wide negativity.

Speak Like a Pro II

Talent Management and Organization Development, Karen Storey, Instructor
06.14.12, 9:00 - 4:00, Eastern Room B101
To register, fill out the trainingjhuform 
Participants who have attended Speak Like a Pro may attend this advanced class. Each participant is asked to prepare in advance a 10-minute presentation. Focus on managing stage fright and maintaining composure in front of any size audience. Voice and body language are explored as an effective communication tool. Key ways of adding maximum impact to any presentation are discussed along with ways of preparing quickly and confidently for any presentation. Each participant is videotaped in order to provide instant feedback on his or her strengths and areas that need improvement.

FLEX Talk: Practical Communications Skills Using MBTI Personality Type Theory

Talent Management and Organization Development, Heather Williams, Instructor
05.04.1212.05.11, 9:00 - 4:00, Eastern Campus, Room B102
To register, fill out the trainingjhuform 
Communication has never been more important than it is today. The world has become more sophisticated and complex and people have higher expectations. At the same time, we all work in a climate of increasing time pressures, financial constraints,and personal accountability. Given such competing demands it is not surprising that dissatisfaction and complaints continue to increase. Much of the time, these complaints and disagreements often relate more to what was said (or the way it was said) than what was done. By the end of instruction participants will be able to describe their own psychological type preferences in terms of the MBTI framework, identify the ways their type prefers to interact, and recognize behavior cues from each type preference. Further participants learn to identify behavioral cues and mental functions and explain how others prefer to receive communication in a professional setting. The session offers the time to discuss and begin to practice alternative ways of communicating with people of different type preferences to flex communication style. It is suggested, but not required, that participants have some past knowledge of the MBTI, although it is not expected that people will have gained that knowledge at Hopkins.

The Mechanics of Leadership: Influencing Interpersonal and Group Outcomes

Talent Management and Organization Development, Dick Kilburg, Instructor
06.04.12, 9:00 - 4:00, Eastern Campus, Room B102
To register, fill out the trainingjhuform 
How can you use your leadership skills to work with a group to accomplish a goal? What is your personal style of influence? What tactics can you use to overcome resistance? Do you need a different bag of tricks when influencing subordinates, peers, and other leaders to deliver desired outcomes without negative consequences? This challenge is significant for dyads, small groups, and large departments. This session will provide the opportunity for more personal assessment, as well as case studies to practice the skills being taught.

Crucial Conversations

Talent Management and Organization Development, Debbie Sampson, MA, Instructor
03.26.12, 9:00- 4:00, Eastern Campus, Room B101
To register, fill out the trainingjhuform 
This workshop focuses on the use of powerful conversations and crucial confrontations- transformational conversations that create mutual learning and lead to committed action. Participants will learn how to use powerful conversations to strengthen connections and facilitate change. You will have the opportunity to practice powerful conversation techniques, and you will learn how to use these methods to improve performance and relationships. Powerful conversations require practice, careful thought, and constant reflection. Approaching conversations systematically will allow you to improve critical interactions and shape them to get the results you want.

Senior Leadership Transition Workshop

Talent Management and Organization Development, Debbie Sampson, MA, Instructor
06.14.12, 9:00 - 4:00,Eastern Campus, Room B101
To register, fill out the trainingjhuform 
Getting a good start in a new leadership role is a critical aspect of any senior leader transition. This course is targeted at leaders new to their senior roles within the last 18-24 months, whether they come from inside or outside the University. The content focuses on the four key challenges new leaders face in addition to sizing up their new situation, understanding the University's culture and the organizational dynamics during a leadership transition, developing an entry strategy, helping their staff transition, enhancing influence and strategic approaches, avoiding common mistakes, managing interpersonal challenges and managing the stress of transition. Information on the extensive resources for leaders within the university will also be provided.
Participants who might benefit most from the course might be those who supervise a group of faculty or professional staff or have significant program responsibility. This one day workshop will utilize both leadership best practice frameworks as well as integrating the collective wisdom of the leaders who are course participants.

Crucial Conversations (SOM Faculty Only)

Talent Management and Organization Development, Debbie Sampson, MA, Instructor
10.15.12, 8:30 - 11:30, 2024 E. Monument St, 2nd Floor, Room 2-1002 Auditorium
To register, fill out the FacRegForm 
This workshop focuses on the use of powerful conversations that become transformational as they create mutual learning and lead to committed action. Studies have shown that by holding these crucial conversations well, communications become more open, honest, respectful and problems can be resolved. Participants will learn how to use conversation to strengthen connections and facilitate change. The best individuals, teams and organizations demonstrate an ability to engage in meaningful dialogue as they effectively manage those conversations where the stakes are high, opinions vary and emotions run strong- those crucial conversations. By learning a step-by-step process for dealing with misperceptions, violated expectations and difficult behavior, individuals can become more influential and impactful in their personal and professional lives.

Negotiation Skills: Creating Agreement and Managing Conflict (SOM Faculty Only)

Talent Management and Organization Development, Catherine Morrison, J.D.,Instructor,
10.12.12, 8:30 - 11:30, 2024 E. Monument St, 2nd Floor, Room 2-1002 Auditorium
To register, fill out theFacRegForm 
The environment in which health care professionals practice is one in which conflict and the need for negotiation abounds. The ability to foster agreements and manage conflict within and between workgroups can strengthen relationships, transform ideas into initiatives, and move parties beyond stuck places. This interactive workshop is designed to help participants understand and apply a systematic approach to preparing for, structuring, and engaging in business and health care negotiations. Participants will learn how to diagnose a negotiation or conflict and choose from a spectrum of responses based upon the presenting symptoms. Negotiation cases and group discussion will provide participants with insight in to their own negotiation and conflict handling styles and the opportunity to practice new frameworks and techniques.

FLEX Talk: Understanding Yourself and Others Better through MBTI Personality (SOM Faculty Only)

Talent Management and Organization Development, Kathy Forbush MBA, Instructor
10.13.11, 8:30 - 11:30, 2024 E. Monument St, 2nd Floor, Room 2-1002 Auditorium
To register, fill out theFacRegForm and fax it to (443) 997-6867.
Communication matters. It's at the heart of how professional people function effectively. Even people who communicate well typically would volunteer that they also believe they could communicate better. Better and more influential communication can provide an advantage to everyone, especially in understanding individuals whose preferred behavior is different than your own.
This course strengthens participants self-awareness as individuals and leaders by providing feedback on key components of personality as measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and offers a review of how participants can use the cues which they see in the behavior of others to provide insights into what their Myers-Briggs personality type might be, thus providing opportunities to flex their own behavior to more effectively work with others and to influence their decision making and behavior by understanding their preferences for the type of data they normally value most, and the ways in which they most often use it to make choices.
Psychological Assessment: Participants are offered the opportunity to complete the MBTI Step II in advance. Small group activities will be structured around MBTI preferences, and in order to participate fully in the sessions, we do ask that you be willing to share your four-letter MBTI code (although personal scores do not need to be shared). If you do not wish to complete the assessment in advance, or to have your Myers-Briggs type known to the group, please let the course coordinator know in advance. In this case, you're welcome to attend as an observer, but may not receive the most advantage from your participation since you won't have your personal data to consider during discussion.

Writing Effective Emails:Strategies and Tips for Productive Email Correspondence

Talent Management and Organization Development, Mark Hankerson, Instructor
10.20.11, 9:00- 4:00, Eastern Campus, Room B102
To register, fill out the trainingjhuform and fax it to (443) 997-6867
Over fifty billion emails are sent each day, which makes it easy to undervalue the significance of electronic correspondence in the modern workplace. However, the popularity, ease, and speed of email often make employees overlook the rules of effective business writing and communication. Writing Effective Emails addresses ways to write more productive emails, including responding to messages in a timely manner, applying proven stylistic techniques to enhance understanding, and eliminating grammatical and mechanical errors that hinder clarity. This workshop will also examine the rise of “texting” as a preferred method of communication and how to avoid crucial mistakes when using this form of electronic correspondence

Resources

Vision 2020 Panel

Ed Miller, Dean and CEO, and Janice Clements, Ph.D., Vice Dean for Faculty, Sponsors
A great deal of thought has gone into the Vision 2020 Report from the Provost's Committee on the Status of Women.The recommendations include committing resources to increasing the representation of senior scholarly women and for developing new hiring practices.The university has committed to the goal that by 2020 there would be 50 percent�representation of women in senior faculty and leadership positions. These goals will be implemented through the Commission on Civility, Equity and Respect for All.

The panel discussion was led by Mike Weisfeldt, Director of Medicine and Charlene Hayes, Vice President for Human Resources JHU who are serving as co-chairs of the Commission; Linda Fried the chair of the Vision 2020 Committee, Cynthia Wolberger, Co-Chair of the SOM Committee on Faculty Development and Gender, Lisa Cooper, Chair of the Department of Medicine Diversity Council, Henry Brem, Director of Neurosurgery, and Adrian Dobs, Professor of Medicine, who served as moderator. The goal of the panel was to provide information as well as to receive feedback from the faculty on how to proceed with these initiatives.

View the Faculty Development and Gender Report.

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