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Welcome To The NCDA Leadership Academy Community (NCDA/LA)

Thank you for visiting this Leadership Academy Community. This website is an opportunity to have a dialogue with participants who share an interest in the NCDA/LA. This includes members of the 2006-2007 Leadership Academy class and other persons interacting with class members throughout the various activities the Academy will sponsor.

It is also an opportunity to remain in touch with colleagues and mentors to provide feedback regarding your own experiences. And, you will learn more about the NCDA/LA progress, specific trainings, materials, and other relevant topics that will be of interest to you.

READ ON to learn more about the NCDA/LA. When you ARE ready to join this Community after you have read what follows, please click the "LWPS Help" tab in the very top upper right-hand corner and follow the easy instructions to instantly join so you can then have an on-going dialogue with colleagues and mentors.

LEADING THE NCDA/LA

Darrell Luzzo, Ph.D., is the NCDA President Elect 2006-2007, and is chairing the NCDA Leadership Academy. Luzzo is currently the Senior Vice President of Education for JA (Junior Achievement) Worldwide. Leadership Academy coordination assistance is provided by Bobbi Carter NCDA Headquarters Marketing and Education Director.

THE ESSENCE OF LEADERSHIP & LEADERSHIP STYLES

The essence of leadership is the ability to lead; it is the condition of being a leader. To lead means to show the way by going along with or in front of; to guide.

There are a variety of leadership styles including the commanding, visionary, affiliative, democratic, pacesetting, and coaching styles, and there are gender differences in leadership styles (D. O'Neil & M. Hopkins; NCDA Global Conference, 2006).

** It would be ideal if more individuals were attracted to join NCDA with the intention of moving into leadership positions at the local CDA and national level.

** It would be ideal if more NCDA members could learn specifically what their special talents were and how to apply these talents to inspire, guide, and lead NCDA and local CDA's in ways that promote excellent career development and successfully accomplish the association's goals and objectives.

The NCDA/LA was established to do all this and more.

NCDA/LA-The Overview

The NCDA Leadership Academy is a hands-on, highly experiential leadership development opportunity designed specifically for promising national and state career development association leaders. The ultimate goal of the program is to identify and nurture future generations of NCDA Leaders. Decisions regarding acceptance into the NCDA Leadership Academy were made by the NCDA Board of Directors.

Under the direction of the NCDA Board of Directors, the NCDA Leadership Academy Class of 2006-2007 convened on Thursday, July 6, 2006, just prior to the official opening of the NCDA Global Conference in Chicago. The entire day was devoted to discussing such topics as "Why is it important tp promote career development?", "What are the qualities of successful leaders?", and "What specific areas do you intend to focus on during your NCDA/LA experience to become an effecrtive leader?".

The Inagural NCDA/LA Class of 2006-2007

Selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants, this year’s participants in the NCDA/LA represent a variety of professional backgrounds and different geographic regions of the country. The 17 participants completed an application last fall, which included such questions as “What background, experiences, and/or characteristics do you possess that demonstrate your promise as a future NCDA leader?” “If you were a member of the NCDA Board of Directors, for what issues and/or initiatives would you be most likely to advocate?”

The NCDA Leadership Academy Class of 2006-2007:

Janis Ashkin
Ashkin Counseling & Training
Alpharetta, GA

Diana Bailey
Maryland State Dept of Education
Baltimore, MD

Pamelia Brott
Virginia Tech - Northern Virginia Center
Manassas, VA

Rodney Bullock
Joliet Junior College
Dolton, IL

Angela Byars-Winston
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

Ronald Cathey
Louisiana Tech University
Simsboro, LA

Michael Frank
George Washington University
Arlington, VA

Sally Gelardin
The Job Juggler
Greenbrae, CA

Kevin Glavin
Kent State University
Kent, OH

Marjorie Hendrickson
Dutchess Works
Rhinebeck, NY

Jeanette James
Sachem Central Schools
Lake Ronkonkoma, NY

Lynda Kemp
Colorado State University
Denver, CO

Sarah Lopienski
Kent State University
Cuyahoga Falls, OH

Julia Panke Makela
University of IL at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

Sarah Moore Brookshire
Pfeiffer University
Misenheimer, NC

Thomas Phillips
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR

Rebecca Ross
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ

Lisa Severy
University of Colorado - Boulder
Boulder, CO 80309

Participants in this year’s NCDA Leadership Academy each received a $500 travel stipend and complimentary conference registration to support their attendance at both this and next year’s NCDA Global Conference. Leadership Academy participants took part in a series of workshops and training sessions during the Global Conference in Chicago as they learned more about NCDA’s history, governance process, and strategic initiatives; met with current and past NCDA leaders; and learned more about leadership opportunities within NCDA, including leadership positions associated with NCDA committees, special interest groups, and task forces.

The highlight of participation in the Leadership Academy is the identification and implementation of a year long Leadership Action Learning Project that each Leadership Academy participant will be carrying out with the support of the NCDA Board of Directors.

Lisa Severy, member of this year’s Leadership Academy, states, “I am very excited about the Leadership Academy as it has a wonderfully diverse mix of experienced and brand new professionals with a great deal of enthusiasm about our field and NCDA. It was an honor to be selected for the inaugural group and I can tell from the conference calls we’ve had so far that this group is going to work well together.”

Fellow classmate Kevin Glavin believes this academy experience will further enhance what he has already experienced as an NCDA member. “Over the last several years I have been fortunate enough to have developed relationships with a number of NCDA members and leaders. I have been impressed with their commitment to NCDA as well as the field of career guidance. I am looking forward to further developing and enhancing those relationships. In addition, I am excited to get the opportunity to learn from the current leadership so that I can better serve the organization and our members.”

LEADERSHIP LITERATURE

Further information on leadership, leadership styles, and implications for career advancement and leadership development, is available in the following:

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Future issues of Career Convergence and Career Developments will offer a summary of the various Leadership Action Learning Projects that the NCDA Leadership Academy participants will be engaging in over the course of the next year.

FUTURE NCDA/LA CLASSES

Applications for the 2007-2008 NCDA Leadership Academy Class will be available in the fall. We encourage you to apply for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

For more information about the NCDA/LA:
E-mail Darrell Luzzo dluzzo@ja.org or Bobbi Carter bcarter@ncda.org.

Thank you for visiting this NCDA Leadership Academy Community. We hope it provides a source of open dialogue and networking for those NCDA members who share an interest in leadership development and a desire to with NCDA colleagues and other persons outside NCDA to promote excellent career development through effective leadership.