Academic Leadership
Supporting inspiring & well-balanced leaders in Academia
Next level leadership in higher education
Our Academic Leadership Programmes are designed to support this and next generations of academic leaders. We provide these programs for all staffmembers with a leading role in Academia based on our vision that leadership can be demonstrated at any level.
Successful leaders know who they are and are effective in what they do. So all of our programs offer a combination of knowledge development, self-awareness and practical, reflective exercises.
Because of the different groups of people we cater, our Leadership Programmes are never a standard formula. We strive to align our programmes to the specific challenges and needs of the university/faculty and every group of participants, in order to support them optimally in fulfilling their potential and becoming an inspiring and well-balanced leader in Academia.
In any case joining an AcademicVison leadership programme is a journey through the areas of personal leadership, professional leadership and the academic context.
Academic Leadership
Academic Leadership is a programme developed to offer this and next generation leaders in Academia inspiration and support. It is built on a strong combination of knowledge development, self-awareness and practical applicability. We create an open and safe environment for the leaders to discover about their personal leadership styles, values and non-effective habits, to develop effective interpersonal leadership skills and to share experiences or challenges that they face in the academic context and cascade their new knowledge and expertise within their own institutions gaining wider impact from their participation.
"As times are changing, these leadership programs contribute incrementally to what I consider a crucial cultural shift in leadership, where connection plays a central role."
The programme
The ‘Academic Leadership’ programme is designed with input of academic leaders, has a dynamic set-up and several opportunities for sharing, practicing and feedback.
The programme consists of inspiring and effective sessions, starting with a kick-off session, followed by different plenary sessions, intervision meetings and individual leadership coaching.
The plenary sessions cover different themes, related to the roles and context of academic leaders, as shown on the left. It’s possible for the university/faculty to choose a selection of themes for the plenary sessions. Based on this selection guest speakers can be invited to share their knowledge and experience.
By following this programme the participants will gain:
Coordinating Team
of our Academic Leadership Programs
Alies Zijlstra
Founder, leadership coach and mediator
Jan Reinder Rosing
Partner, facilitator and leadership coach
Vivianne Tolen
Partner, leadership coach and proces leader
Frank Buskermolen
Consultant and leadership coach
Evaluation
All our support programmes and coaching sessions are evaluated by both the participants and the clients. What they appreciate in particular is: "The expertise and personal involvement of the coaches", "the open and inspring atmosphere" and "the attention for both professional ánd personal development".