LBNL Director's Stewardship Summit

About the Director's Stewardship Summit

Berkeley Lab's diverse community of researchers and operations professionals serve the mission of advancing human knowledge and developing science solutions to some of the greatest problems facing humankind.

To achieve these ambitious goals, all Berkeley Lab employees, and especially supervisors and managers with direct reports, need to go beyond mastering the technical domains of their professional fields; they must deepen their capacities as leaders and stewards of research, people, resources, and institutional culture.

There have been limited synchronous development opportunities and communities of practice available for managers at Berkeley Lab over the past several years, and particularly in light of changes precipitated by the Covid pandemic. The Director's Stewardship Summit aims to redress this by offering a transformative leadership experience for an annual cohort of managers and expanding development pathways for the Lab's next generation of leaders.

NOTE: We will select up to 20% of managers/supervisors in each division across the Lab. We are committed to equitable representation across divisions and experience levels.

In this highly experiential program, which includes a 2.5-day kick-off workshop/sprint, at least 5 sessions of follow-up practice and peer coaching, and a graduation, you will learn how to maximize impact as a manager, so that your direct reports and teams come to work feeling motivated, inspired, and deeply integrated into the broader Lab community. The Director's Stewardship Summit will offer space for self-reflection, individual and team exercises, invaluable peer support & feedback, mentor coaching, curated readings, and opportunities to apply insights through a workshopped personal management challenge and Lab-specific case studies.

Our Learning Model

Management & Behavioral Science

Drawing on ground-breaking and validated insights from behavioral and management science, this program is designed to be highly intensive and applicable to the day-to-day.

Coaching & Peer Mentorship

With one mentor for every 8 Summit participants, we will be able to pay attention to all participants and the challenges and insights they bring with them.

Experiential & Action Learning

Ideation and practice are key cornerstones of your experience at the Director's Stewardship Summit, through workshops and peer and individual work on key leadership challenges.

What's Included

2 hour LIVE interactive Connection Call to orient yourself to the Director's Stewardship Summit experience and connect cohort members (recorded)
2.5 days of LIVE training (20 hours) during Core Summit Days, including interactive exercises, peer coaching, brainstorming and feedback sessions, workshops, and Q+A sessions with Summit facilitators (not recorded)

10 hours of Management Practicums over 6 month period to provide space for practice and application of core management frameworks & tools

Half-day reunion & graduation (4.5 hours) to meet Lab leadership and reconnect and support cohort members, mentors, and alumni
1 Fireside Leadership Chat with Lab leaders
Several social & networking events throughout the program

15 core LBNL management frameworks & tools to leverage throughout your management development journey
1 personal management project/deliverable
1 personal development plan
Pre-Summit survey to convey the key challenges you are facing as a manager to tailor Summit case studies and workshops
Personal attention from Summit Home Group Mentors
Slide Deck PDFs as reference for all major concepts
Connections with 200+ managers (current cohort & alumni) from divisions across the Lab
Participant Profiles to get to know and stay connected with your cohort

Graduation Certificate to include in your performance management review
Access to alumni resources

Who This Is For

The Stewardship Summit is for supervisors and managers at all levels, from beginners to seasoned - if you manage people and want to enhance and deepen your skills as a leader and culture-builder at Berkeley Lab, the Stewardship Summit is for you.

THIS EXPERIENCE IS DESIGNED FOR...

New Managers (less than 1 year of managerial experience)
Early Career Managers (1-4 years of managerial experience)
Experienced Managers (4+ years of managerial experience)
Senior Leaders (10+ years of managerial experience)
Aspiring Managers (no managerial experience but 6-8 years professional experience)