Leadership

Enhancing the Leader in You is designed to highlight the natural leadership characteristics many employees may already possess. The workshop will focus on what those characteristics look like and how to lead from where you are. It will also emphasize ways leaders by title can support employees in honing their leadership skills in their current roles. Read More

Building your coaching skills can enhance your communication, performance and success—and that of your team members. The best way to develop your coaching skills isn’t just to read about coaching, but to actually practice it in a low-stakes environment, where you receive feedback and have opportunities to observe coaching and offer feedback as well. The HR ELE's Coaching Lab was designed to offer you just that—you’ll gain foundational knowledge about what coaching is, explore a coaching framework and build your coaching skills through observation, practice and feedback. Read More

Nurses from underrepresented groups who are interested in leadership are invited to apply for a new aspiring leaders academy to be held at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing July 17-19. Spots are limited, so applicants are encouraged to apply by May 31. Read More

Join HR Employee Learning and Engagement for our next Conversation Circle, a series for managers and leaders, on May 9 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. The May discussion is specifically for those who are newer to managerial/leadership roles, as well as for established leaders who would like to share their experiences.   Read More

Donald Brady, executive vice dean for academic affairs, has announced a number of leadership promotions within Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. These promotions recognize the outstanding contributions of VUSM leaders to the mission of the School of Medicine and provide an opportunity for the Office of Health Sciences Education to grow more efficient as Vanderbilt remains a national and international leader in health sciences education. Read More

Human Resources Employee Learning and Engagement will present “CliftonStrengths for Leaders” on Tuesday, March 7, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. This session will provide insights and actions for you to build a strengths-based approach to leadership and employee engagement. Read More

Join HR Employee Learning and Engagement on March 2nd from 3:00-4:30 p.m. for: Say “Yes” to Leadership! This session will help explore ways that supervisors and managers can build an environment that encourages leadership.  Read More

The Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth’s annual KIDS COUNT State of the Child report features information from the 2022 Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap created by the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development. The State of the Child report… Read More

Carolyn Heinrich was recently elected as a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance. The academy works to increase public knowledge about the contributions of social insurance programs to economic security, including programs such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Workers’ Compensation, and Unemployment Insurance, as well as… Read More

HR Employee Learning and Engagement invites employees to participate in Leading at VU: Compliance and Supervisory Fundamentals, a new self-paced series on important policies at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Students are most likely to benefit from online credit recovery when it blends online instruction with face-to-face time, rather than being conducted fully online, according to research published by Vanderbilt professor Carolyn J. Heinrich. Read More

Three new residential faculty have been appointed as leaders in shaping student learning experiences beyond the classroom. Ravindra Duddu will be the inaugural faculty head of Rothschild College, scheduled to begin housing students in fall 2022. In addition, Sutherland House and Murray House will welcome two new faculty heads of house: Chezare Warren and Renã A.S. Robinson. Read More

Nationally renowned early childhood education researcher Cynthia Osborne will join Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College, bringing with her a $10.5 million research center geared at human development in the first three years of life.   Read More

Vanderbilt University research from Professor of Political Science Elizabeth Zechmeister shows that gendered beliefs about leadership mean that women heads of state are less likely than men to receive a bump in support after an international terrorist incident. Read More

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO and 2016 GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina talks about her career, new foundation and what may be next for her on the latest episode of "The Zeppos Report" podcast. Read More

New research suggests that holding high-ranking positions may blind people to the unethical practices they are responsible for stopping. Read More

If you want to be perceived as a leader, new research from Vanderbilt University suggests investing in the latest technological gadgets is the way to go. Read More

Diane Neighbors (photo by Ed Rode) Diane Neighbors, director of the Vanderbilt Child and Family Center at Vanderbilt, was honored at the 17th Annual Human Rights Campaign Equality Dinner last month. The event was held at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza. Neighbors received the Community… Read More

Being a Girl Scout has a long-term positive impact on girls' leadership skills and development, a new Peabody College study finds. Read More

A $28 million, five-year grant from the Institute for Education Sciences will fund Peabody research on education policies in the Appalachian region. Read More