Sessions will be the first Wednesday of the month, beginning October 2022 and ending April 2023. There will be one cohort group that meets at a separate time to accommodate different time zones.

Wednesday sessions takes place 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM ET (US & Canada) as follows:

Asynchronous Materials:



Plenary presentation

Pre-work activity

11:30 – 12:00 PM  

Live Q&A with plenary presenter

12:00 – 12:30 PM 

Activity-based Breakout Discussions 

12:30 – 1:00 PM 

Break

1:00 – 2:00 PM 

Cohort Discussion*

*Individuals in Australia, Thailand, or on Pacific Time in the United States will have their cohort meeting the Monday/Tuesday following the Wednesday sessions. Times and dates for those are:

• Australian Western Time & National Standard Time: 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM AWST on October 11, November 8, December 13, January 10, February 7, March 7, and April 11. 
• Pacific Standard Time (U.S): 5:00 PM to 6:00 pm PST on October 10, November 7, December 12, January 9, February 6, March 6, and April 10 in your time zone.

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• Month 1
  
  Welcome and Orientation
• Month 2
  
  Emotional Intelligence—the environment for education, current and emerging issues, emotional intelligence
  
    
  
  Emotional Intelligence: Why It Is Key to Your Leadership Journey
  
  What does Emotional Intelligence mean, and how do we apply it in our advancement careers? This session will provide an overview of Emotional Intelligence, looking at its roots in brain and behavioral research. We will hear how the concepts have manifested in practice across advancement disciplines and played a role in the leadership experiences of Academy faculty. Finally, you will have an opportunity to flex your emotional intelligence muscles in small work groups, with the understanding that these aren’t necessarily capacities that you are born with – but skills you can learn and hone.
  
  
  
  Led by: Sue Cunningham, President and CEO, CASE and Rachel Ciporen, coach and educator, Teachers College Columbia University
• Month 3
  
  Strategic Thinking—change management, critical thinking, innovative problem solving
  
    
  
  Strategic Thinking: Central to Every Aspect of Your Growth and Success 
  
  Mastering this competency is not easy. It requires thinking and making decisions with more context and nuance. Looking at and analyzing information and data with a wider, longer, and deeper lens. Mastering or burnishing this skill will result in greater alignment, fewer silos, more innovations and creativity, less conflict, and more collaboration.
  
  
  
  Did I mention more enjoyment and less stress!
  
  
  
  Join us for an information packed, experiential, day on a topic that can fuel your career.
  
  
  
  Led by: Gord Arbeau, Associate Vice-President Advancement and External Relations, Brock University and Karen Osborne, Senior Strategist, The Osborne Group
• Month 4
  
  Leadership—entrepreneurism, innovation, talent management, executive presence, continuous learning; and
  
  Integrity and Professionalism—ethical conduct, building and maintaining trust, personal accountability, effective communicator
  
    
  
  Leading with Integrity and Professionalism
  
  The intention for this session is to reflect on a 60-minute moderated conversation on two of the CASE Competencies: 1) leadership, 2) professionalism and integrity. Led by CASE Academy faculty Sue Cunningham and Lee Fertig, this warm and informal conversation draws on their significant public and private sector leadership experiences.
  
  
  
  The conversation brought out their reflections, philosophy, values, evolution of thinking on leadership, and how their insights are relevant and meaningful to our Academy participants.

  
  
  Led by: Nathalie Fontana, Director of Development and Alumni Relations, ESMT Berlin and Lee Fertig, Head of School, Nueva School

• Month 5
  
  Business and Financial Acumen—data-based decision making, financial fluency, data interpretation and presentation; and
  
  Industry/Sector Expertise—knowledge and skills requisite to specific domains of advancement
  
    
  
  The Business of Advancement: Financial and Industry Acumen
  
  We’ll seek to introduce a ‘knowledge curriculum’ for emerging advancement leaders.  What are the facts, figures and narratives relating to the past, present and futures of our institutions, and their finances, that we need to be able to summarise with authenticity to build trust across campus and beyond in ourselves as leaders and, through us, our advancement teams?  How do we communicate our understanding of the relationship between philanthropy and wider financial dynamics at work within our institutions in an emotionally intelligent way with campus colleagues and donors? More broadly, what knowledge do we need about the local and global higher education sector within which we work, alongside the financial and wider sectors that are so central to many of the key external supporters and stakeholders we work with?  And how the heck do we keep up to date on all this, and filter through to what is really important?
  
  
  
  Led by: Chris Cox, Vice-Principal Philanthropy and Advancement, The University of Edinburgh
• Month 6
  
  Global and Cultural Competence—listening and learning, cultural intelligence, understanding bias
  
  Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging—creating cultures of belonging with access and inclusion for all
  
    
  
  Cultural Intelligence: How to Sophisticate Your Leadership in Culturally Diverse Situations – Agile, Effective, and Intelligently
  
  Cultural Intelligence is the capability to cross boundaries and prosper in multiple cultures. It goes beyond existing knowledge of cultural sensitivity and awareness by highlighting certain skillsets and capabilities needed to successfully realizing objectives in culturally diverse situations. An individual possessing cultural intelligence is not just aware of different cultures – they are able to culturally adapt and effectively work and relate with people across a variety of cultural contexts. These skills are hugely important for advancement leaders. The session will guide you through the opportunities and challenges and support you in improving your skills to becoming a culturally responsive leader that creates cultures of belonging with access and inclusion for all.
  
  
  
  Led by: Barbara Miles, Vice President of Advancement, The Australian University and Jessica Elmore, Senior Director of DEIB, CASE
• Month 7
  
  Relationship Building—consensus building, collaboration, and teamwork, effectively engaging volunteers and stakeholders, stewardship
  
  Leadership beyond Advancement—exploration of capabilities, experiences, and qualities that distinguish leaders, making the transition from industry/sector expert to leadership
  
    
  
  Building Strategic Relationships:  Sustaining Your Leadership Journey
  
  John Donne famously wrote, “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.” This is never more true than for the Advancement professional where collaboration, teamwork, and building a thriving peer network are hallmarks of a successful leader. You’ve spent the last seven months exploring leadership in all its complexity. You’ve delved into essential competencies and hopefully, developed professional contacts that will support you throughout your Advancement career.  In this final session, we’ll explore how leaders proactively develop and sustain strategic partnerships and leverage those relationships to achieve results. We’ll finish with a roadmap for your own leadership journey, reflecting on the competencies you have developed and how you can sustain the Academy learning throughout your career.
  
  
  
  Led by: Amy Bronson, Associate Vice President of Advancement Resources and Strategic Talent Management, Boston University and Marc Barnes, Senior Vice President and Principal Gifts Officer, UNCF
  
   

Additional Resources

In addition to participating in the seven-month online experience, each attendee will take the Strengths Finder Assessment and receive a 1-hour of coaching from a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach.