Mission-driven, goal-oriented.
Rooted in NIU's mission and supported by university goals, our training equips leaders, and future leaders, with the values, characteristics and competencies they need to move NIU forward as a student-centered institution that impacts social mobility for its entire community.
These newly-developed training modules will become available in Blackboard throughout fall 2025.
| Core Value of Effective and Ethical Leaders |
Characteristics |
Competencies |
| Mission Focused Approach to Work |
- Mission focused
- Empathy
- Growth Mindset
- Team Culture
- Values diversity
- Student-centered approach to work
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- Creating a sense of succeeding together.
- Understands student-centered approaches within context of their own role and role of their team.
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| Humility and Respect |
- Humility
- Respect for others
- Kindness
- Trust
- Balance
- Approachability
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- Honors people's work.
- Elevates others.
- Inclusive decision-making.
- Team-focused.
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| Integrity and Reliability |
- Accountability
- Authenticity
- Follow-through
- Respectful
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- Demonstrates trustworthiness.
- Builds relationships within interpersonal needs of team.
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| Emotional Intelligence |
- Self-knowledge
- Self-discipline
- Active listening
- Empathy
- Mindful
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- Recognizes talents in others.
- Places needs of team ahead of personal.
- Demonstrates strong skills on providing feedback and coaching to their team.
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| Decision-Making |
- Proactive
- Creative
- Consistency
- Clear communications
- Collaborator
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- Actively develops leadership skills.
- Actively encourages diverse perspectives.
- Demonstrates effective understanding in meeting team needs.
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| Adaptability |
- Flexibility
- Open to change
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- Understanding of work dynamics and interpersonal skills of team.
- Develops self and others.
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