Leadership Development Center
Our Mission and Goals
We must become the change we want to see.
Mahatma Gandhi
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.