Understandsand communicates, honestly, consistently, and effectively, concerning attitudes, beliefs, perspectives,values, interests, strengths, and feelings, all within a context of appropriatework behavior and performance, including periods of stress and adversity. Recognizespersonal and professional strengths and limitations, areas for growth, and resources for improvement

Sets vision, defines strategic directions, and constructs a long-term plan to move an organization into the future.

Initiates andmanages the change process, including ongoing intervention to remove barriers and accelerate pace.Supports others on effective change, seeks opportunities for innovative approaches to addressing problems and opportunities, and facilitates changemanagementwithina unit or entire organization.

Asserts own ideas and persuades othersin order to gainsupport and commitment from others. Mobilizes people to take action, using creative approaches to helpothers meet University goals. Earns others' support for ideas, proposals, projects, and solutions.

Positions the organization for success by establishing challengingandachievable performance goals, aligning systems and processes to deliver on goals, and implementing efficient workpractices.Manages and allocates financial and human resources to execute operational and business plans and meetrevenue targets.

Seeks opportunities to learn anddevelop themselves and others.Applies new skills and knowledge to add value to the organization.Sets developmental goals for self and others.Gives and seeks performance feedback.Rewards, recognizes, and motivates others, formally and informally. Sets high-performancegoals, objectives, and expectations. Holds self and others accountablefor achieving results. Acquires resources, training andtoolsto support staff needs.

Promotes and generates cooperation among leadershippeersto achieve a collective outcome. Fosters the development of a common vision and participates in creating a unified leadership team that getsresults.Develops and maintains relationships with others inside andoutside of the organization who can provide information, assistance, and support.

Builds cohesive work teams using best practices and relevant communications skills sets. Facilitates team functioning and completion of team goals.

Appreciates and incorporates the capabilities, perspectives, and contributions of all individuals. Works effectively with individuals of diverse style, ability, and motivation.

Understands and maintains customer/client needs and relationships, internal and external, as the primary driver of work goals and activities. Values and earns customer trust and respectthrough meeting and exceeding customer expectations.

Understandsthe structure, operations, culture, and contextof the organization, including relevant political, social, and economic forces.

Identifies,evaluates, and challengesassumptions that frame thinking and behavior.Examines ideas—individual, organizational, social—from manyperspectives. Analyzes issues and solves problems with accuracy, clarity, depth, breadth, logic, open-mindedness, and fairness. Takes informed action

Looks at situations from multiple perspectives. Creates solutions to problems using novel methods and processes. Generatesinnovative solutions in work situations. Experiments and takes risks with different and novel approaches toaddresswork problems and opportunities, or to create something new

Demonstrates commitmentto professional development; attends professional conferences, focuses on best practices, values cutting-edge practices and approaches. Identifies new areas for learning, and takes advantage of avariety of learning activities and opportunities. Introduces newknowledge and skills on the job.

Develops and uses collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals. Identifies opportunities and takesaction to build strategic relationships between one’s area and other areas, teams, departments, units, or organizations to help achieve business goals.

Clearly conveys information and ideas through a variety of media—written, verbal, and digital—toindividuals andgroups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.Demonstrates high level of professionalism

Adapts well to changes in work assignments and priorities. Adapts behavior or work methods in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles. Approaches change positively and adjusts behaviors accordingly.