The Leadership Development Initiative catalyzes change to create an inclusive university environment where all faculty and staff can succeed. These Higher Education Administrators engage LMU faculty and staff in university-wide dialogue that promotes the visible action and institutional collaboration necessary for transforming LMU's academic culture. The Initiative focuses on:
- Identifying and developing effective leadership practices
- Understanding people and communicating effectively
- Leading, managing institutional budgets, and understanding legal issues that impact colleges and universities.
The Lynne Scarboro Cabinet Associates Program develops and sustains a high leadership quality central to Loyola Marymount University's mission and goals. The program is a competitive appointment to participate in a program that has three goals: (1) to provide advanced development opportunities for faculty and staff members who have already demonstrated their leadership skills in executive-level higher education administration, (2) to help Associates' integrate their own work and leadership style with the university mission, its commitment to anti-racism, and values of inclusive excellence, and (3) to promote diversity in the leadership pipeline for higher education. This program combines mentoring and learning in a formal curriculum with a year-long placement with a member of the President's Cabinet in one of the following areas/divisions:
- Academic Affairs
- Administration
- Athletics
- Business and Finance
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Marketing, Communications, and External Relations
- Mission and Ministry
- Student Affairs
- University Advancement
Associates work on special projects and activities identified by senior leadership mentors, attend meetings and events, and participate in leadership development workshops and activities. Their Dean or Division Head must nominate applicants who are interested in applying.
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Academic year placement with a member of the President’s Cabinet.
- Participation in management meetings, events, projects, and initiatives to gain perspective on cabinet-level-university leadership.
- Completion of a specific project under the guidance of a Cabinet mentor.
Monthly meetings with other Cabinet Associates, including readings and group discussions on theory and research in the field of higher education.
- Self-evaluation and feedback are provided during a simulated interview to receive authentic professional development feedback.
- Interaction with guest speakers selected to enhance professional development and to provide networking opportunities across LMU.
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- Effective Academic Leadership
- Trends and Issues in American Higher Education
- Issues in Catholic, Jesuit Higher Education, and the University Mission
- Making Diversity Work on Campus
- Crisis Management
- Leading and Managing Institutional Change
- Mock Interviews
- Project Presentations
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The LMU Lynne Scarboro Cabinet Associates Program provides opportunities to:
- Broaden and deepen an understanding of LMU’s Catholic and Jesuit Mission.
- Understand LMU’s governance and organizational structures.
- Prepare individuals aspiring to high-level administration leadership positions to gain perspective on university leadership and operations.
- Develop leadership skills through the mentor/mentee relationship and opportunities for feedback and self-reflection.
- Acquire cutting-edge knowledge about higher education trends and issues.
- Understand the role of equity, diversity, and inclusion in higher education.
- Create a stimulating, supportive intellectual community with peers through monthly dialogues, reflections, and readings related to leadership in higher education.
- Build networks across the University.
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Faculty and staff from any area of the University who are recognized for their outstanding leadership potential are invited to participate in the program. Participants must be full-time faculty who hold the rank of Associate or Full Professor or Mid- to High-level Administrators with a minimum of five years of leadership experience at LMU or the equivalent.
There is no stipend offered or expectation of an administrative position at the conclusion of the program. Faculty receive release from service obligations, and staff receive appropriate release time from administrative duties during the program.
About Lynne Scarboro
The Lynne Scarboro Cabinet Associates Program honors the rich leadership legacy of Lynne B. Scarboro, executive vice president, and chief administrative officer, who served and led the university from 2002-2023. Upon her retirement, the university named the program to recognize Lynne's enduring impact as an executive leader, mentor, team builder, and collaborator. Lynne's fellows are a testament to the program's vision, demonstrating that the time, efforts, and care invested result in successful outcomes characterized by better-positioned leaders for decades ahead.
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For more information about the program, please contact Emelyn dela Pena at emelyn.delapena@lmu.edu.