Expanding Leadership Program - Sanford Burnham Prebys

Expanding Leadership

Applying What You Know to Achieve Your Leadership Goals

March – June 2024

This leadership program is open to alumni of Foundations of Leadership. In this program participants will expand their understanding of the concepts introduced in Foundations of Leadership through self-analysis, peer-feedback, and case studies. In addition, participants will analyze their current leadership behaviors against three key aspects of the leadership process, and how they lead teams. Throughout the program participants will continually add to their own draft of leadership standards towards developing a clear vision of the leadership climate they want to create for their current and/or future teams.

Program Overview

What Makes the Program Unique?

  1. Aligned with the “Foundations of Leadership” program, the cornerstone of “Expanding Leadership” continues with the theme that there is no single right way to lead, and that daily choices and behaviors are what ultimately establishes your reputation as a leader. 
  2. While we expose you to new theories and frameworks through which you can evaluate your leadership development, rather than provide you with a prescriptive checklist of items against which you will continue to measure yourself as a leader, YOU will create your own roadmap of leadership competencies and aligned behaviors; this will allow you to assess how well your behaviors and choices align with YOUR goals. 
  3. “Expanding Leadership” continues with the cohort model to support your continued professional development in a committed and like-minded group of peers while also growing your professional network. You will have an opportunity to connect with alumni from your “Foundations in Leadership” cohort as well as individuals from other cohorts in the last five years.

Program Outline

Commitment to Leadership: Self
  • Module 1: Taking the Leap! Your Commitment to Leadership
  • Module 2: The leadership Process
Commitment to Leadership: Team
  • Module 3: Creating a Climate of Achievement
  • Module 4: Leading a Team to Success
Achieving Leadership Goals
  • Module 5: Program Finale

Format

The 2024 program cohort will include 12-15 alumni from Foundations of Leadership cohorts. Participants will virtually attend classroom-style modules the fourth Thursday of each month* (3 hours each via Zoom, starting at 9:00 am PT/12:00pm ET), and engage in discussions and assigned projects in between modules. Participants will work in groups to develop a program project for presentation at the finale. See Program Timeline for more information. *The first module will be held on a Friday.

Program Timeline

Module 1: Taking the Leap! Your Commitment to Leadership

Friday, March 1, 2024

More Info In Module 1 program participants will review some of the basic concepts they learned in the Foundations program, examining how they have implemented the material and how their self-awareness and behaviors have shifted. Additionally, participants will be introduced to three basic stages of the leadership process. The module will conclude with participants identifying their level of commitment to choosing behaviors that are aligned with their intentions.

Module 2: The Leadership Process

Thursday, March 28, 2024

More Info In Module 2 participants will explore the leadership process in depth including the drivers of each stage of the process and the behavioral continua along which one’s leadership style can be measured. Through self-reflection and reference to the results of an assessment taken prior to this module, participants will gain insight into how their inherent priorities manifest in their leadership style. The knowledge and insight gained from this module will help participants as they transition their thinking from their individual interactions with others to how their daily behaviors and ways of working impact their current or will impact their future teams. Finally, participants will start to consider the type of environment they want to create for their teams and the standards to which they will ask their teams to adhere.

Module 3: Creating a Climate of Achievement

Thursday, April 25, 2024

More Info In Module 3 participants will shift their focus from themselves to their teams, while still considering their role as a leader in shaping the environment their teams experience. Participants will learn about Climate and use a self-assessment of the Climate created by their own leader to understand the impact of behaviors on team members’ experiences. This module will provide participants with an opportunity to self-examine the type of Climate they may be creating for their own current or future teams, and how their current behavioral tendencies are/will impact their team’s experience and their likelihood of achieving the results they desire as a leader.

Module 4: Leading a Team to Success

Thursday, May 23, 2024

More Info In Module 4 participants will analyze case studies in leadership. Through readings and videos participants will have an opportunity to observe the leadership of others and discuss the choices the leaders of interest made, the impact they had on others/their teams, and what they might have done differently depending on their desired impact. Further, participants will continue their work with and understanding of the Leadership Process towards planning and implementing their personal leadership goals. By the end of this module participants will have a head start in creating a plan for themselves towards developing and refining their leadership behaviors to be in alignment with their goals.

Module 5: Program Finale

Thursday, June 27, 2024

More Info In Module 5 participants will work with an assigned program group to develop a leadership case study and analysis that they will present to and facilitate discussion among the rest of the cohort. The program will wrap up with a cohort activity designed to underscore some of the concepts discussed throughout the program.

Who We Are

Program Faculty

Program Director

Dr. Diane Klotz is Chief Learning Officer, and Associate Dean of Administration and Professional Development in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in La Jolla, CA. In this position Diane oversees a team responsible for creating and delivering innovative programs to support the professional growth and complement the scientific education and training of Sanford Burnham Prebys graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. She also participates in institute-wide efforts in strategic planning with respect to education and training initiatives, and serves as an advisor to faculty on education and training best practices and to executive leadership on education and training policy. Most recently, Diane was selected to lead a new Sanford Burnham Prebys initiative to develop a leadership competencies model and new leadership development program for all employees. 

Diane received her PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Tulane University, and pursued her postdoctoral research training at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS, NIH). Diane’s research focused on cross-talk between steroid hormone receptor and growth factor signaling pathways in the female reproductive tract. Outside the lab, Diane served as a member and chair of the NIEHS postdoctoral association and was a member and chair of the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) Board of Directors, where she remains active as chair of the NPA Advisory Council. Diane has served on the NIH study sections for the NIH Broadening Experience in Scientific Training (BEST) Award program and served as a member of the NIH BEST External Scientific Panel of advisors. 

Diane’s career path has been shaped by her observations of and experiences with how scientific organizations function and how scientific leaders strive to effect change and make progress. Her focus in the education and training of scientists at all levels and in all career paths is on helping scientists find their voices as high impact leaders who are able to guide their teams with compassion, clarity, vision, and intent. Toward this end, Diane worked with academic labs, professional associations, and biotech companies towards developing high-performing teams and cultures that support them. Diane is a certified DiSC® facilitator, Influence Style Indicator™ facilitator, Leadership Process: Motivating Achievement facilitator, and MBTI® practitioner, and has achieved comprehensive certification in Conflict Management and Change Management from Kilmann Diagnostics, along with a certificate for Negotiation and Leadership from the Harvard Program on Negotiation.

Contact us at sbpleaders@sbpdiscovery.org

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To Apply

Eligibility

You MUST have completed the Foundations of Leadership Program.

The program’s cohort of peer emerging leaders will be committed to fully engage in all program activities and support their fellow participants.

Application Process

To be accepted into the program, complete the application form in full. The parts of the application include:

  • General Demographic & Contact Information
  • Copy of CV (as a PDF file)
  • Statement (as a PDF file) that includes answers to:
    1. Since completing the program, how has Foundations in Leadership impacted you as a leader/colleague/team member?
    2. How do you expect your participation in the Expanding Leadership Program will further your leadership vision and goals?
  • Acknowledgement that you will participate in the program fully (attendance will be required for every module and completion of all assignments and projects)
  • Program cost ($180) covers assessments and all program materials (to be paid in full only if you are accepted into program). The actual value of this program is $1,120 per person.

Deadlines & Important Dates:

  • Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 11:59 pm PT:Deadline to Apply
  • Thursday, January 18, 2024: Letters of acceptance into program sent
  • Thursday, January 25, 2024: Deadline for participants to pay program fee
  • Friday, March 1, 2024: Expanding Leadership program begins

The application period for the 2024 program has closed. If you are interested in learning more about the program for the 2026 application cycle, contact us at sbpleaders@sbpdiscovery.org.