Johnny-On-The-Spot - Collaborative Leadership

Johnny-on-the-spot as a noun means "an unusually alert fellow who is capable of decisive action, and seizing an opportunity!"

Collaboraive Leadership: Promotes and generates cooperation among one's peers in leadership to achieve a collective outcome; fosters the development of a common vision and fully participates in creating a unified leadership team that get results.

Behavioral Indicators

-Takes into account the organization as a whole when making decisions. Separates one's own interests from organizational interests in order to make the best possible judgments for the university.

-Supports and acts in accordance with final leadership team decisions even when such decisions may not entirely reflect one's own position.

-Solicits the input of peers across the university even when those peers may only be tangentially affected or involved.

-Finds areas of agreement when working with conflicting viewpoints and opinions.

-Identifies and pushes for solutions in which all parts of the university can benefit.

-Builds consensus among one's peers in leadership.

-Communicates key university priorities and how one's division or department contributes to achieving those priorities.

-Shares annual goals with peers in the university to increase alignment, cooperation and opportunities to collaborate.

-Builds buy-in for strategic goals across the university.

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