Presidents and Provost’s Leadership Institute
A Leadership Development Program for Ohio State Faculty
The President and Provost's Leadership Institute (PPLI) focuses on long-term faculty leadership development. The primary goals of the institute are to create a pool of potential leaders from groups that traditionally have been underrepresented in key leadership roles and to develop leaders who can create a culture that is supportive of all faculty members.
Successful academic leaders create a productive place for everyone to work. They must be able to motivate people to work well together; academic leaders rarely exercise their full authority, relying instead on the leadership skills of persuasion, coaching, and achieiving consensus. The institute focuses on the nature of effective leadership rather than on the tasks for which academic leaders are responsible. There are two versions, the PPLI-Intensive (four months) and the PPLI (18 months). See the Request for Nominations document below for additional details on the two programs. The leadership institute utilizes a variety of learning experiences, including:
- A series of experiential workshops
- A project developed and completed by each participant (PPLI only)
- A mentoring relationship with an experienced academic leader (PPLI only)
- Small and informal interactive lunches with university leaders
- Lunch presentations by university leaders
- Career mapping (PPLI-Intensive; optional for PPLI)
For further information, visit The Women's Place web site or contact Hazel Morrow-Jones (The Women’s Place, 292-3960) or Eunice Hornsby (Human Resources, 688-8643).
