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Leadership
Graduate Students Who Excel in Leadership Apply Character to:
Act with Integrity & Accountability
You navigate complex situations based on ethical principles being mindful of the impact of your decisions. You are accountable for your actions and decisions.
Drive Innovation & Creativity
You take meaningful risks, seek out new challenges, and shake up the dynamics of your field.
Strive for Sustainable Excellence
You recognize the character dimensions that underlie your leadership potential and commit to becoming an authentic and effective leader.
Manage Complex Projects
You propose and deliver viable complex projects while applying project management skills and communicating effectively with diverse stakeholders.
Exercise Temperance
You handle high-pressure or challenging situations with composure and good judgement.
Apply EDIDA Practices
You continually examine how your positionality influences your perspectives while deepening your sociocultural understanding to advance principles of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Decolonization, and Accessibility in the workplace and community.
Leader Character for Professional Development: Collaboration and Humanity
March 19, 2026, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
Ivey's Leader Character Framework, originally developed by Ivey faculty Mary Crossan, Gerard Seijts, and Jeffrey Gandz, serves as an exploration and activation of 11 character dimensions that work together to promote strong judgment and flourishing. This session is part of a workshop series exploring the connections between leader character and professional development. This session focuses specifically on the character dimensions of collaboration and humanity.
Following this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Describe the character dimensions of collaboration and humanity while reflecting on how these are activated in personal and professional contexts
- Reflect on connections between collaboration, humanity, professional development, and transferable skills
- Utilize tools and resources for strengthening the character dimensions of collaboration and humanity
Leader Character for Professional Development: Humility and Integrity
April 28, 2026, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
Ivey's Leader Character Framework, originally developed by Ivey faculty Mary Crossan, Gerard Seijts, and Jeffrey Gandz, serves as an exploration and activation of 11 character dimensions that work together to promote strong judgment and flourishing. This session is part of a workshop series exploring the connections between leader character and professional development. This session focuses specifically on the character dimensions of humility and integrity.
Following this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Describe the character dimensions of humility and integrity while reflecting on how these are activated in personal and professional contexts
- Reflect on connections between humility, integrity, professional development, and transferable skills
- Utilize tools and resources for strengthening the character dimensions of humility and integrity
Leader Character for Professional Development: Temperance and Justice
May 13, 2026, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET
Ivey's Leader Character Framework, originally developed by Ivey faculty Mary Crossan, Gerard Seijts, and Jeffrey Gandz, serves as an exploration and activation of 11 character dimensions that work together to promote strong judgment and flourishing. This session is part of a workshop series exploring the connections between leader character and professional development. This session focuses specifically on the character dimensions of temperance and justice.
Following this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Describe the character dimensions of temperance and justice while reflecting on how these are activated in personal and professional contexts
- Reflect on connections between temperance, justice, professional development, and transferable skills
- Utilize tools and resources for strengthening the character dimensions of temperance and justice
