LEAD Awards 2018: Interview with Selina G. Vik, Rollins College, Crummer Graduate School of Business
Developing Future Leaders
Posted on 04-03-2018, Read Time: Min
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Category: Master's Program with Emphasis on Leadership and Organizational Development
LEAD AWARD RANK: 1
Organization: Rollins College, Crummer Graduate School of Business
Program: Rollins College Crummer Graduate School of Business Center for Leadership Development
Program Director: Selina G. Vik
Email: svik@rollins.edu
Visit: www.rollins.edu/business
Developing Future Leaders
Our editorial team interviewed Selina G. Vik from Rollins College, Crummer Graduate School of Business at the LEAD2018 Awards this past February. Here are some excerpts from the exclusive interview.
What is the overall objective of your program?
The Center primarily serves the full-time Early Advantage (EA) MBA students with relatively short work experience. Programs are open access, students participate in an array of offerings, and enroll in an elective leadership class. Program offerings are:
- Leadership Essentials: Interactive workshop focuses on developing leadership skills through enhanced self-awareness and creating a leadership development plan.
- Leadership Coaching: Students elect to meet, several times over the two year program, one-on-one with an experienced professional leadership coach.
- Certification in Leadership: This competitive program focuses on two-year Certification program that is a value-added experiential project for an organization.
- MBA Nonprofit Board Program: This two year program provides students with the opportunity to serve as a full voting member of a vetted nonprofit, to learn about and participate in organizational governance and operations alongside business executives.
- Leadership in Action: Programs in this series include simulations and interactive experiential opportunities to attend on-site visits to hear senior executives discuss their organization’s best practices.
- Sun Trust Distinguished Leader of Merit Competition: Second year Early Advantage students who complete the Leadership Roadmap may compete in this semester-long developmental reflection opportunity.
- Student Advisory Board: Students serving on this board are ambassadors for the Center, and provide feedback.
- Leadership Ropes Challenge: Part of our Leadership in Action Series, students are challenged to used their 7-Crummer Leadership Skills to navigate a ropes course and other activities focused on applied leadership development.
Who do you impact with your program?
The Early Advantage MBA (EAMBA) students and the Professional MBA (PMBA) students who are enrolled in the Leadership with an Entrepreneurial Mindset course. EAMBA’s are typically full-time students with little or no work experience. We serve about 200 per year. PMBA’s are working professionals with 3 to 5 years of experience. We serve about 40 per year.
What are the lessons you’ve learned this year from facilitating your program?
There are several key lessons serving the EAMBA and PMBA students:
1) Students prefer experiential leadership opportunities; 2) Students ask many questions and expect immediate and materially based answers; and 3) The Center must be open to listen to the students’ feedback and be ready to make enhancements to program offerings.
How do you measure the return on investment and success of the program?
Every program is measured at its conclusion for what went well, and what could be better. Also, the Center has a Student Advisory Board which meets (4) four times per year to solicit feedback and ideas for new program offerings.
Also, the Center does a pre (at the start of the Student’s program) and post (2 years later) survey on the Seven Skills of Leadership. Since 2012, all 7 Crummer Leadership skills have significantly increased in a Pre/Post Leadership Assessment Survey.
What lies ahead for the program and how will it continue to succeed?
The Center would like to continue the most relevant and impactful programs (i.e., experiential and immersed), integrate advanced technology into the classroom and integrate core leadership competencies into the curriculum of all program offerings.
The Early Advantage MBA (EAMBA) students and the Professional MBA (PMBA) students who are enrolled in the Leadership with an Entrepreneurial Mindset course. EAMBA’s are typically full-time students with little or no work experience. We serve about 200 per year. PMBA’s are working professionals with 3 to 5 years of experience. We serve about 40 per year.
What are the lessons you’ve learned this year from facilitating your program?
There are several key lessons serving the EAMBA and PMBA students:
1) Students prefer experiential leadership opportunities; 2) Students ask many questions and expect immediate and materially based answers; and 3) The Center must be open to listen to the students’ feedback and be ready to make enhancements to program offerings.
How do you measure the return on investment and success of the program?
Every program is measured at its conclusion for what went well, and what could be better. Also, the Center has a Student Advisory Board which meets (4) four times per year to solicit feedback and ideas for new program offerings.
Also, the Center does a pre (at the start of the Student’s program) and post (2 years later) survey on the Seven Skills of Leadership. Since 2012, all 7 Crummer Leadership skills have significantly increased in a Pre/Post Leadership Assessment Survey.
What lies ahead for the program and how will it continue to succeed?
The Center would like to continue the most relevant and impactful programs (i.e., experiential and immersed), integrate advanced technology into the classroom and integrate core leadership competencies into the curriculum of all program offerings.
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