Leadership Resources
Are you thinking of starting your own program? Whether you are engaged in the AERE Scholars Program or exploring the idea of starting a similar program, the resources and tools on these pages can help you develop and implement a quality-based mentoring program.
Leadership Workshop Sample Agenda/Materials
Day 1
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60 minutes
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Welcome and Introductions
- Objectives
- Get to know one another.
- Communicate that we’re here to learn as well.
- Materials
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75 minutes
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Session #1: Values
- Objectives:
- Identify and discuss the values that are most important for economics associations to promote and encourage. Identify which values are not yet reflective of the academic culture in economics.
- Understand the four-player model that serves as a leadership mindset and framework for healthy and dynamic structural balance in teams.
- Materials
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15 minutes
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Break
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75 minutes
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Session #2: Communication
- Objectives:
- Identify and discuss the positive communication patterns: what makes a successful mentorship relationship.
- Understand how to use questioning as part of a leadership strategy.
- Materials
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15 minutes
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Break
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90 minutes
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Session #3: Organizational Structure
- Objectives:
- Identify and discuss the layers of connection needed for a mentoring organization to thrive.
- Understand the challenges to a successful mentoring program.
- Materials
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30 minutes
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Closing Activity: Good and Bad Headlines
- Objective:
- Think about how you might apply what you have learned today in your own programs and associations.
- Materials
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Day 2
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15 minutes
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Welcome/Opening
- Objectives:
- Outline skills for mentoring and relationship building learned Day 1
- Identify what will be covered in Day 2
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80 minutes
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Session #4: Reflective Listening
- Objectives:
- Work on voicing, listening, respecting, and suspending judgment.
- Materials
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15 minutes
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Break
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25 minutes
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Session #5: Balancing Advocacy and Inquiry
- Objectives:
- Learn about and practice the ladder of inference.
- Materials
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45 minutes
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Session #6: Reciprocity Ring
- Objectives:
- Build connections.
- Learn how to ask for and get help.
- Materials
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30 minutes
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Closing
- Objectives:
- Outline how we might continue to support one another
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Full Packet of Workshop Materials
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