Leadership Team

The leadership team is the senior decision making body for Lakeland College. It includes the :

Purpose

The Leadership Team is the senior decision making body for Lakeland College. The leadership committee is:

responsible for advancing the Comprehensive Institutional Plan (CIP) to support achieving Lakeland College’s vision and strategic goals.
responsible for setting and approving operational policy.
ensures effective communication within all levels of the college and across divisional areas through the effective exchange of information.
performs the role of annual college budget committee.

Leadership Team Mandate

Planning

Prepare the annual Lakeland College Comprehensive Institutional Plan (CIP) for approval by the Board of Governors.
Monitor fulfillment of CIP outcomes.

Strategic Initiatives

Provide champions for all major institutional initiatives.
Develop, recommend and execute all major institutional strategic initiatives and planning documents including the CIP, strategic plan, operating and capital budgets, collective agreements and major academic research or administrative initiatives.
Respond to any matters as delegated by the president and CEO of Lakeland College.
Monitor outcomes.

Budgets

Meet annually to review all Corporate Initiatives (CI) , providing input to the Senior Leadership Team for decision making on CI requests.
Provide input to the annual budget process prior to the annual budget being submitted to the Board of Governors. Ensure annual budget allocations align with CIP priorities.

Policy/Procedure

Serve as the institutional policy/procedure development/renewal committee.
Review and recommend new or renewed institutional policies/procedures through institutional stakeholder consultation.

Communication

Ensure effective cross-departmental communication.
Facilitate communication of policy initiatives throughout the broader institutional community.
Communicate departmental issues/impacts to the leadership team.

Delegation of Tasks

Space Management & Utilization

Coordinate the allocation of all College space (internal and external) to ensure institutional priorities are met.
As required, the leadership team is to do due-diligence and communicate the impacts of the space change prior to submission.

Team Composition

The leadership team consists of the following members:

Other resource personnel will be invited to attend the meeting as required. Member substitution requires consent of the president.

Committee Meetings

The Leadership Team meets monthly on a Thursday from 9:30 to 11:30 am or at the call of the president.
The president or the president’s designate shall chair the meetings.
Quorum shall be set as nine or more committee members.
A majority vote shall be two thirds majority, unless the President overrules.
Committee members shall bring a department perspective but make decisions for Lakeland College as a whole.
Committee members shall debate topics inside the room; support the decision outside the room; present a unified front.
Conflict is expected and beneficial but committee members shall respect other opinions and be considerate in your comments.
Confidentiality is essential. The timing and method of communication shall be determined at the table. All discussion is confidential. Decisions will be made public.
Committee members shall suggest a solution for any problem brought forward.
Any conflict of interest shall be declared to the chair making the committee member ineligible to vote on the subject.

Meeting Agendas

Agendas shall be managed by the president’s executive assistant or designate; normally materials shall be circulated in advance to all members.
Agenda items must be submitted to the president’s executive assistant no later than noon Monday or by noon Friday before a long weekend.
The president may determine additions to the agenda for urgent and important items that have not been placed in advance on the agenda.

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