The “uGrow @ UWindsor” employee leadership awareness campaign encourages University employees who self-identify as members of designated groups to enhance their skills and aspirations to pursue and assume leadership positions.
It’s important to note that Leadership positions may come in many different forms at the University. Here are some examples of what leadership positions may look like at the University:
- Team Leads (for example, CUPE 1393)
- Supervisory Roles
- Managerial Roles
- Administrative Leadership Roles
- Chair, Co-Chair or Vice-Chair various on-campus University committees/subcommittees
This webpage provides the following:
- Resources, information, and storytelling
- Highlighting benefits of enhancing skills and aspiring to leadership positions
- Training, professional development, tools, and funding opportunities
- Tips on succession planning and finding a mentor
Relevant Links to resources, information, articles, tools, training, funding, succession planning, mentorship:
Resources, Information, Articles
- 4 Ways to Improve Your Leadership Skills
- 7 Ways to Build Stronger Leadership Skills
- 9 Ways to Develop Your Leadership Skills
- Before You Move Into Senior Administration
- How to Develop Leadership Skills and Become a Great Manager
- How to Develop Leadership Skills in the Workplace
- The Future of Leadership Development
- University of Windsor Leadership Insights
Enhance Interviewee and Interviewer Skills
- How to be a Good Interviewer
- Interview Tips for the Interviewer
- Interviewer vs. Interviewee: Difference, Tips, and Guide
- University of Calgary – Interviews Resources
- University of Toronto – Tips for Effective Interviews
Best Practices/Helpful Tools
- 7 Tools to Plan Your Career the Right Way
- Government of Ontario: Skills for Success – Assessment and training tools
- Harvard University - Best Practices for Search Committees
- Leadership Development Tools and Training Materials
- LifeWorks Coach Centre – Career Development
- NCFDD – Empowering Faculty for Lasting Success with Programs, Coaching, and On-Demand Support
- Skills Assessment Tests: What you Need to Know
- University of Windsor Supervisor’s Toolkit
- Your Leadership Toolbox: How to Develop Great Leaders
Training (Internal/External)
- Becoming a Successful Leader (Inclusive Leadership Training)
- Career Development Programme for Women
- Leadership Skills - LINKEDIN
- Leadership Skills – Ontario Training Network
- Professional Development for Women
- University of Windsor Centre for Teaching and Learning – Events and Courses
- University of Windsor Professional Development Calendar
- Women’s Leadership Program (online program)
Funding Opportunities
- University of Windsor Leadership Development Fund for Marginalized and Historically Underrepresented Groups
- University of Windsor CUPE 1393 Collective Agreement: Appendix B – Professional Development Fund Application Form
- University of Windsor OHREA Funding
- University of Windsor – The University Diversity, Indigeneity, and Anti-Racism Professional Development Fund
Succession Planning
- Engaging in Succession Planning
- Plan Your Succession
- The holy grail of effective leadership succession planning
- University of Windsor Success Planning Operational Framework and University of Windsor Core Leadership Competencies
- What Every Manager Needs to Know About Succession Planning
- What is Succession Planning? 7 Steps to Success
Mentorship
- Brock University – University Mentorship (UM) Program
- University of Alberta – Career Mentoring Program
- University of Toronto – Mentoring Program – Learning and Leadership Centre
- University of Victoria – Mentorship Program
UWindsor Employment Opportunities
- Executive Searches
- Current Employment Opportunities - Human Resources
- Current Faculty Positions
- Search and Review Committees
- Sessional Job Postings
Additional Information
Please see the following links to view the University’s internal Employment Equity Data Profiles to see past and current representation, underrepresentation, and significant underrepresentation of the federally designated groups. This data includes Employment Equity Occupational Groups (EEOGs) of Senior Managers, Middle and Other Managers and Supervisors groups. It also includes Academic Units and Staff Groups.
- University of Windsor Employment Equity Annual Reports
- University of Windsor – Report of the Review Committee on Employment Equity (RCEE)
The employee leadership awareness campaign uses the “STEP” process, where STEP is an acronym for Search, Training, Empower and Progress. Click on the following documents to learn more about the “STEP” process to help you navigate “uGrow @ UWindsor”.
Flyer 3 - STEP Leadership Wheel
Video 1 (coming soon)
Note that this webpage is not endorsing any particular resource or information, but to share what may be of interest to you.
This webpage will be updated regularly and evolve as information may change.
Suggestions/Comments
Suggestions and recommendations to add any resources, information, articles, tools, training, etc. related to this employee leadership awareness campaign are welcomed.
Please submit any suggestions, recommendations, or comments to employmentequity@uwindsor.ca