The Kardia Group

Junior faculty face the daily irony of pushing the edge of the academic endeavor while facing the necessity of learning the rules, skills, behaviors, and assumptions that ensure success in this environment. As such, the life of junior faculty is a complex balance between a tightly prescribed path aimed at achieving tenure and the imperative to define and create a uniquely individual contribution to the field. Setting priorities, developing new skills, fostering independence, and assessing where and when to risk are all moving targets that become crucial components of this balance.

Coaching for junior faculty can serve a variety of goals:

• Strategies for establishing a successful academic career
• Strategies on how to work effectively within the norms and expectations of academia
• Personal goal setting (leadership role choices, research/teaching/service balance, career advancement)
• Assessment and development of leadership skills and style

Coaching contracts are available for individuals (who may pay out-of-pocket, or through designated university funding) or for departments, schools, colleges, or universities who wish to provide this as faculty development resource. With either approach, all coaching is conducted as a confidential relationship between the coach and the individual being coached.