Leadership Development Program
The Leadership Development Program (LDP) provides an opportunity for Berkeley to develop highly skilled and motivated leaders prepared to meet the challenges of the campus' changing environment. LDP strengthens leadership competencies and practices. Participants gain the practical insight, knowledge, skills, and confidence needed for leadership effectiveness, through classroom and individual sessions, assessment of leadership competencies, and participation in analytical projects that address major campus issues.
LDP Target Audience
The target audience for this program is high-potential, high-performing analysts, supervisors, or managers (those who manage people or major projects). In the new job standards, this would include those in Professional, Supervisor, or Manager categories. LDP strives to be representative of campus diversity in all its forms.
Program highlights
- A 13-month program for 25 participants
- Multi-source assessment of leadership competencies
- Individual sessions with a professional development coach/career counselor
- Conversations with senior campus leaders
- Classes and skill-building opportunities on various topics
- Analytical project work done in a team
- Individual sessions with a campus mentor
Want to know more?
Project reports from previous LDP sessions
- 2007: Teaching and Learning in a Great Place: Managing the Classroom Resource
- 2007:Preparing Faculty for Academic Management: Needs Assessment & Benchmarking
- 2007: Information Technology at UC Berkeley: The Student Experience
- 2005: Improving the Process of Course Evaluation: The Online Alternative for Berkeley (Word)
- 2005: Campus Events Policy: Managing Events for Success (PDF)
- 2005: New Employee Start-Up Package (PDF)
- 2004: Policy Access: Campus Needs and Best Practices Project
- 2004: Student ePortfolios
- 2004: Successful Student Unions: Essential Qualities and Best Management Practices
Contact LDP: Inette Dishler, LDP Manager, idishler@berkeley.edu