Facilitator: Dr. Angela D. Davis
Overview: This workshop series is not a conflict-avoidance experience, but a leadership capacity–building initiative designed to strengthen how community college leaders navigate tension, complexity, and change. Grounded in mission-driven decision-making, shared governance realities, and an understanding of power, positional authority, and lived experiences, the series equips leaders to engage difficult conversations with clarity and purpose. Participants will examine how organizational history, lived experiences, and authority shape conflict, and how leadership responses can either escalate or repair trust. The experience emphasizes accountability, repair, and coherence as essential leadership behaviors that support institutional resilience and student success.
Note this is a 3-part series; each session is 1.5 hrs. When you accept, you are committing to the three sessions on the following dates. You have a choice of attending in the morning or afternoon for each session. Participants will receive a badge for attending all three sessions.
- Wednesday, February 25, 2025, at 10.00 am -11:30 am or 1.00 pm -2:30 pm
- Wednesday, March 4, 2025, at 10.00 am -11:30 am or 1.00 pm -2:30 pm
- Thursday, March 19, 2025, at 10.00 am -11:30 am or 1.00 pm -2:30 pm
Learning outcomes:
- Discuss what shapes conflict in a community college setting.
- Use mission‑focused and shared‑governance approaches in tough conversations.
- Practice leadership behaviors that build trust and support success.
- Discuss choices that escalate or reduce tension.
Required by supervisors. A supervisor is someone who has at least one direct report.
Location: Phillips Building, Center for Learning Excellence, Room 3-125
Registration closes on February 17th, 2026.