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How to endear yourself to your boss.
Growing your leadership skills includes learning how to support the leaders you work with. Dr. Ellen-Earle Chaffee gave tips on serving your boss in the closing keynote at the ACE/OWHE Summit for Women Presidents in Milwaukee in June.
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She's just retired as president of Valley City State University in North Dakota, which she led from 1993 to the end of June 2008. For most of that time (1993-2002) she was president of Mayville State University ND as well. She spearheaded the technology drive to make them both laptop communities, giving all faculty and students notebook computers and Internet access since 1996.
"I'm pulling out of a passionate and deep love affair. My only role is to help the new president, however he wants me to," she said of her retirement. Giving back is a great way to pull out.
For women at earlier career stages who hope to rise in leadership, helping the president or other leaders is part of their job. It's also a way to win notice, mentoring, plum assignments and nominations to leadership development programs.
It will help you learn to deal with both/and, as top administrators must. You need both a long-term and an immediate horizon, with attention to global trends and what's happening close at hand. You have to communicate with impact to many different audiences. You need a broad span of interest and attention for both the abstract and the concrete.
Key leadership imperatives include:
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