Leadership Journey: Organization to Communication

Abstract

Leadership development has been a high priority for the Information Technology Services (ITS) unit at Winona State University. Each year the Chief Information Officer (CIO) works with the leadership team collaboratively on yearly themes in which the members of the ITS leadership team conducted a deep dive into an issue and work to enhance the employees' impact on the University. Over the years the following themes have been selected: 2008 -- 2009 Organization of ITS - Educational Lean 2009 -- 2010 Project Management - Long Range Planning 2010 -- 2011 Building a Culture of Assessment 2011 -- 2012 Professional Development Planning and Core Competencies 2012 -- 2013 Connecting the Strategic with the Tactical 2013 -- 2014 Workplace Civility (Code of Conduct) 2014 -- 2015 Communications (Internal and External) This paper highlights lessons learned on the leadership journey. Some themes have had more impact than others over the years but in many ways the ITS leadership team is continuing to build on a solid foundation. Each theme builds on work of a prior theme.