About MOR
Since their inception in 1983, MOR has supported, advised, coached, and, inspired leaders as they develop strategies designed to enhance their individual and organization’s success. In addition to customized leadership development programs, MOR offers strategic consulting, executive coaching, and survey services, working in partnership with clients to bring about sustainable improvements.
MLP Objectives
- Enhance the professional and personal development of senior staff who will play increasingly important management and leadership roles.
- Explore opportunities for each individual to make sustainable improvements in their effectiveness.
- Gain a heightened perspective on strategic issues facing organizations and how to
- approach them.
- Evolve each individual’s capabilities to build an effective workforce and create an engaging
- work environment.
- Strengthen relationships and foster collaboration within and across the participating organizations.
Nomination Criteria
When we consider nominations for the MOR Leaders Program, we are looking for members of the campus One IT community who would benefit most from participation in the program. We look for the technology leaders we need today and for the future to create the vision and motivate people to move UC Berkeley to the next level. The successful candidate should:
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Demonstrate significant leadership potential and a desire to grow their skills;
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Currently serve in a supervisor/manager role, preferably with several years of managerial experience;
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Be a mid-career professional on the leadership path;
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Have 3+ years of service at UC Berkeley;
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Expect to stay at Berkeley for at least 3+ years.
Program Design
The program provides a variety of learning opportunities encompassed in four tracks: an individual development track, an applied learning track, a leadership community track and a workshop track. This engagement will start with the individual track and span over ten months. Some workshops will meet in-person at host universities and others will be virtual.
The Individual Development Track
Each participant will create and pursue an individual development plan. The process includes 360° feedback, a self-assessment, and the establishment of personal goals. Individuals will work with a MOR coach and receive five one-to-one coaching sessions. This component supports participants in doing the individual “work on self” that is a critical dimension of the program.
The Workshop Track
Intensive workshop sessions are focused on providing conceptual frameworks, building selected competencies, and introducing tools needed to fulfill the leadership and management roles particular to participating organizations. The workshops are spaced across ten months, each
with application assignments to be completed between the sessions. Leaders from sponsoring
organizations will be presenting to the cohort as well.
The Applied Learning Track
This engagement is spaced over ten months and integrates real-life challenges, client cases, and
application assignments. Participants have the opportunity to immediately put into practice what they learn and the opportunity to expand on their learning when they convene in learning teams, accountability groups, and cross-organization functional groups.
The Leadership Community Track
The program puts considerable emphasis on building a leadership community. To support this, workshops are interactive, learning teams are charged with work between sessions, and participants are assigned accountability groups to support peer coaching. Cross-organization functional groups enhance the experience. Alumni and special guests visit the program, and efforts are made to join cohorts to offer networking opportunities. The bonds formed during the program become currency for getting things done across the organization. Participants learn from each other, rely on each other, and sustain their relationships well beyond the program.
Program Themes & Sample Topics
The Evolving Leader
- Distinguishing Between Leading, Managing and Doing
- No Amount of Tactics Will Make Up for What You Lack in Strategy
- Strategic Thinking in Rapidly Evolving Environments
- Balancing the Important with the Immediate
Leading Change
- The Leader’s Role in Bringing About the Needed Evolution
- What Neuroscience Can Teach Us About Making Sustainable Changes
Leadership Involves Exercising Influence
- What Influence Styles Do You Leverage?
- Developing Your Influence Strategies Repertoire
Focusing on Your Interpersonal Skills
- Enhancing Your Emotional Intelligence
- Building Relationships
- The Leader As Communicator
The Leader’s Role in Fostering an Environment of Belonging
- Understanding How Mental Models Influence What We See
- Group Process and Dynamics; Facilitating Engagement and Collaboration
Leaders Deliver Results
- Delivering Results You Can Measure
- Coaching for Results
Leadership & Ethics
- Why Do Good Leaders Make Unethical Decisions?
Talent Development is a Force Multiplier
- Outlining Your Talent Strategy
- How to Have Difficult Conversations
- Continuing Your Leadership Journey
