Nineteen faculty complete inaugural leadership training program at college

Faculty who completed college first leadership training program.

Pictured are several faculty members who completed the college’s inaugural leadership training program in June. From left to right are Dr. Carl Southern, Dr. Banikalyan Swain, Dr. Sai Lata De, Dr. Amy Stone, Dr. Chiara De Genarro, Dr. Cleverson De Souza, Dr. Anje Bauck, and Dr. Jennifer Repac. (Not pictured: Dr. Adam Biedrzycki, Dr. John Bowden, Dr. Michael Dark, Dr. Autumn Harris, Dr. Jorge Hernandez, and Dr. Marta Romano.)

The UF College of Veterinary Medicine recently held its inaugural leadership development program, an opportunity for emerging leaders at the college to develop their strengths.

“The University of Florida has developed a bespoke leadership training curriculum that is based on the qualities and skills that have characterized the most effective leaders in our academic institution,” said Dr. Chris Adin, the college’s executive associate dean, who organized the program.

“Current programs at UF utilize a small-group format and are limited to faculty and staff that have already obtained a leadership position,” he said. “However, we have recognized a strong demand for leadership training at the UFCVM, particularly in emerging leaders.”

The new internal program will focus on providing in-house training to supplement programs available outside the college, growing our future leaders from within, Adin added. It consists of 10 monthly in-person training sessions, extending from September to June each year.

A variety of topics, including integrity, humility, emotional intelligence, leading through conflict, problem solving, strategic thinking, managing up, execution, accountability, coaching, meetings, and team communication were covered in the modules. Materials used in the training include content curated from the UF Leadership Development Toolkit.

Eligible to participate are faculty who self-identify as interested in obtaining leadership training, prioritizing those that have been unable to obtain training outside the college. The program may expand to staff in the future, and each annual cohort will be limited to 15 participants.

The nineteen faculty who completed the program this year included Dr. Anje Bauck, Dr. Adam Biedrzycki, Dr. John Bowden, Dr. Michael Dark, Dr. Chiara De Gennaro, Dr. Cleverson De Souza, Dr. Sai Lata De, Dr. Lawrence Fatica, Dr. Klibs Galvao, Dr. Simone Guerios, Dr. Autumn Harris, Dr. Jorge Hernandez, Dr. Jennifer Repac, Dr. Marta Romano, Dr. Carl Southern, Dr. Banikalyan Swain and Dr. Amy Stone.