ACL Webinar: Leading From The Middle

Consortium leaders, staff members, and member institution representatives often find themselves in-between and in the middle - of multiple and varied plans, priorities, collaboratives, disagreements, and even stakeholders. We have organized our next Association for Collaborative Leadership webinar to focus on how individuals can effectively manage individual and consortial change and influence while serving both as a leader and follower. We hope you will join us for our January webinar titled "Leading From The Middle" on Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 12 Noon Eastern.

Panelists Allen Linton II, Director of Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives, Associated Colleges of the Midwest, Deborah Obalil, President & Executive Director, the Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design, and Dorothy Meaney, Director of Tisch Library, Tufts University, will share their insights and recommendations. The panel discussion will be moderated by James Yankech, Ph.D., faculty member of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business and ACL Member.

Objectives of the webinar include:

• Identifying interpersonal and organizational dynamics and challenges associated with leading consortia from the middle

• Discussing the qualities an individual needs to effectively lead from the middle

• Listing strategies to enhance success of leading from the middle

• Leading through/up/across/down
• Business intelligence
• The role of a boundary spanner
• Leading by example 
• Followership