Leadership in Innovative Team Science (LITeS) is a year-long program designed for senior and mid-career faculty and academic administrators who aspire to improve their management and leadership skills. Sponsored by the Education, Training and Career Development (ETCD) Core of the CCTSI, this program provides professional and executive training tailored to the needs of academics in the biomedical, clinical, and health sciences. An important goal of the program is to create and sustain at Anschutz and UCD a strong network of colleagues who, in addition to their own work, will train the next generation of clinical and translational scientists
Meetings take place quarterly from 8AM-4PM on the following dates: September 26 & 27, 2013: December 5 & 6, 2013; February 13 & 14, 2014; April 17 & 18, 2014. LITeS participants must plan to attend all sessions barring unforeseen and unchangeable commitments elsewhere. Among this year’s planned seminar topics are: leadership and management styles, building effective teams, conflict management and dealing with difficult people, mentoring, coaching and thriving in our multi-generational workplace. The workshops are highly interactive, and small group projects will be a cornerstone. Executive coaching will be available on a limited basis to address your individual leadership challenges.
2012-2013 LITeS Team Science White Paper
You may have been aware that the 2012-13 LITeS cohort participated in a revamped program that differed from previous years in one important way. All participants worked throughout the year with an interdisciplinary team of 6 or 7 other LITeS participants; together they completed a project related to a question focused on Team Science. The projects addressed four issues related to enhancing Team Science at our University.
The final day of our program involved presentations of the cohort’s work to University leadership and other senior faculty and administrative staff who had served as resources to the group. President Bruce Benson attended the session along with Anschutz Vice President and Executive Vice Chancellor Lilly Marks, Chancellor Don Elliman, Vice Chancellor Dick Traystman, Deans Altiere, Kassebaum, and Thompson, as well as a number of others. We continue to receive accolades for the work carried out by the 2012-13 cohort.
Topics covered during the 2012-2013 LITeS program:
- October 4-5, 2012: Leadership & Teamwork
- November 29-30, 2012: Conflict & Negotiation/Diversity in the Workplace
- Feb 7-8, 2013: Time Management & Delegation/Team Decision Making
- April 4-5, 2013: Emotional Intelligence & Stress Management
Topics covered during the 2011-2012 LITeS refresher program:
- November 11, 2011: Change Management
- April 27, 2012: Decision Making Styles
Topics covered during the 2010-2011 LITeS program:
- September 23-24, 2010: Exemplary Leadership Practices & Myers-Briggs personality Type Indicator
- December 16-17, 2010: Meeting Management & Teamwork; Dealing with Stress
- March 3-4, 2011: Multigenerational workplace training; Giving and receiving feedback; Developing others
- May 5-6, 2011: Change management and difficult conversations; Respectful workplace
Topics covered during the 2009-2010 LITeS program:
- September 3-4, 2009: Better understanding of leadership and management styles
- December 3-4, 2009: Building effective teams in training programs
- February 25-26, 2010: Conflict management and dealing with difficult people (both trainers and trainees!)
- May 6-7, 2010: Mentoring, coaching and thriving in our multi-generational training programs
Topics covered during the 2008-2009 LITeS program:
- Sept 29-30, 2008: Exploring Leadership Concepts, 5 Practices of Exemplary Leaders, Conceptual Framework for Persistence in Academic Research Careers, Emotional Intelligence, Applications of the EI Model
- December 19, 2008: Coaching/Mentoring Seminar, Appreciative Inquiry
- March 6, 2009: Interpersonal and Group Dynamics, Characteristics of High Performing Teams, Leadership in High Performing Teams: Finding Joint Solutions
- May 7-8, 2009: Dealing with Difficult People, Multi-generational Workplace, Respectful Workplace