Sponsorship – Developing Future Women Leaders in The UT System
Day 1 - Wednesday, January 21, 2015
11:00am – 12:00pm
Registration
12:00pm – 1:00pm - (Commons Atrium)
Networking Lunch
1:00pm – 1:15pm - (Li'l Tex Auditorium)
Opening Remarks
Patricia Hurn, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, The University of Texas System
1:15pm – 2:15pm - (Li'l Tex Auditorium)
Keynote Address: Sponsorship: A Talent Management Imperative
Elizabeth Travis, Ph.D., FASTRO, Associate Vice President, Women Faculty Programs, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2:15pm – 3:15pm - (Li'l Tex Auditorium)
Getting to Know Yourself: To Become a More Impactful Leader (Part 1)
Suzanne Farmer, Ph.D., Assistant Vice President, Organizational Development & Training, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Review, assess and debrief DISC Profile
- Learn to improve communication with others
3:15pm – 4:15pm - (Li'l Tex Auditorium)
Executing with Results: Building and Leading Teams, Managing Resources
Raymond Greenberg, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, The University of Texas System
4:15pm – 4:30pm
Break
4:30pm – 7:30pm - (Li'l Tex Auditorium)
Networking & Relationship Management
Diane Darling, DianeDarling.com
- 4:30pm – 6:00pm - Theory
- 6:00pm – 7:00pm - Real Time Experience: Working the Room During Social Hour With Lite Bites (Commons Atrium)
- 7:00pm – 7:30pm - Debriefing (Commons Atrium)
7:30pm – 8:30pm - (Commons Atrium)
Informal Socializing
Evening
Dinner on Your Own
Day 2 - Thursday, January 22, 2015
7:30am – 8:00am - (Commons Atrium)
Continental Breakfast
8:00am – 10:00am - (Commons Atrium)
Parallel Sessions – One for Sponsors; One for Protégées
Parallel Session 1 of 2 - (Breakout Room 1.140)
Sponsors: How to be a Successful Sponsor
Elizabeth Travis, Ph.D. FASTRO, Associate Vice President, Women Faculty Programs, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Roundtable discussion: Identify strategies for rolling out and implementing sponsorship approach at home component
Parallel Session 2 of 2 - (Breakout Room 1.138)
Protégées: Targeted Skills Needed to Engage a Sponsor
Susan Miller, Ph.D., Voicetrainer.com
- Being seen as a leader: Self-promotion, gaining visibility & executive presence
10:00am – 10:15am
Break
10:15am - 12:30pm - (Li'l Tex Auditorium)
Negotiation
Rachel Croson, Ph.D., Dean, College of Business, The University of Texas at Arlington
- Theory
- Group Discussions: Share negotiation challenges and offer peer-to-peer advice (Breakout Rooms 1.138 & 1.140)
12:30pm – 2:00pm - (Commons Atrium)
Progressive Lunch: Table Topics Around Personal Leadership
Protégées self-select a discussion table and progress to another discussion table after 30 min. Designated discussion leader at each table labelled with a topic:
- Networking & Social Capital
- Saying "Yes" and Saying "No"
- Creating Agreement & Managing Conflict
- Self-Promotion & Increasing Confidence
- Managing Up and Down
- Resilience
- Communication Practice
2:00pm – 2:15pm
Break
2:15pm – 3:00pm - (Li'l Tex Auditorium)
Getting to Know Yourself: To Become a More Impactful Leader (Part 2)
Suzanne Farmer, Ph.D., Assistant Vice President, Organizational Development & Training, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Learn to improve communication with others
- Breakout: Small group work (Breakout Rooms 1.138 & 1.140)
3:00pm – 3:45pm - (Li'l Tex Auditorium)
The Sponsor - Protégée Relationship: Expectations and Responsibilities
Elizabeth Travis, Ph.D. FASTRO, Associate Vice President, Women Faculty Programs, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
3:45pm – 4:00pm
Break
4:00pm – 5:15pm - (Li'l Tex Auditorium)
Panel of Invited Sponsors
Thomas Burke, M.D., Executive Vice President, MD Anderson Cancer Network
Kathleen Gibson, President and CEO, Southwestern Medical Foundation
Havidán Rodríguez, Ph.D., President, Ad Interim, The University of Texas-Pan American, and Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Evening
Dinner on Your Own
Day 3 - Friday, January 23, 2015
7:30am – 8:00am - (Commons Atrium)
Breakfast Buffet
8:00am – 9:00am - (Commons Atrium)
Working Breakfast
Taking Sponsorship Home – Sponsors & Protégées Dyads/Triads discuss plans
9:00am – 10:00am - (Li’l Tex Auditorium)
Understanding the Context & Environment for Leadership Success in the UT System
Patricia Hurn, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, The University of Texas System
Stephanie Huie, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for the Office of Strategic Initiative, The University of Texas System
- Explore the unit, component, system admin, regents and legislature
- Overview finances and budgeting in the UT System
- Discuss program development in the UT System (e.g. Coordination Board)
- Review Texas State higher education and health care delivery demographics
10:00am – 12:00pm - (Li’l Tex Auditorium)
Closing Address
Margaret L. Kripke, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)
Wrap-Up
Elizabeth Travis, Ph.D. FASTRO, Associate Vice President, Women Faculty Programs, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
