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The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already. John Buchan |
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Mission: The University of Virginia’s Leadership Development Center serves as a partner in creating productive workplaces for UVa’s staff and faculty by:
- Developing and supporting you through a variety of leadership programs that serve as a catalyst for enhanced personal and professional development;
- Facilitating the human side of organizational change for you and your staff;
- Offering unique, customized interventions that engage you in dialogue of the issues facing your organization and how best to overcome them;
- Fostering meaningful relationships and collaborative efforts for you in the service of others and the University;
- Opening the pathway for enhanced communication and open dialogue of leadership challenges faced by you in your decision making roles.
Goals: Our leadership development initiatives share five goals:
- To provide opportunities to develop best practices associated with leadership roles and responsibilities;
- To improve the outcomes associated with the investment in professional development;
- To enable leaders to manage organizational change and improvement efforts and to better evaluate the results of those undertakings;
- To build relationships and interdependencies across the grounds of the University and to foster a greater sense of community;
- To develop Leadership Networks as strategic resources for the University, capable of contributing to the accomplishment of organizational goals and objectives.
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