Bring the Department Chair Success Program to Your Institution

Department chairs play one of the most important roles in faculty success and departmental performance. Yet many step into the role with little formal leadership preparation.

The Department Chair Success Program (CSP) now offers a campus cohort option that allows institutions to enroll 4 to 6 chairs from their university in a dedicated cohort that moves through the program together.

How the Campus Cohort Works

Your chairs will:

• Participate in the 10 week Department Chair Success Program
• Move through the chair leadership curriculum together
• Meet weekly in a dedicated small cohort
• Work with an NCFDD leadership coach

This model allows institutions to develop chair leadership capacity while building stronger connections among chairs across departments.


Program Snapshot

Program length: 10 weeks
Weekly time commitment: 3 to 4 hours per week
Weekly session: 75 minute small group meeting with a leadership coach


Why Institutions Choose a Campus Cohort

  • Support new department chairs stepping into leadership
  • Strengthen chair leadership capacity across departments
  • Create a shared toolkit and leadership language
  • Provide structured leadership development without adding internal workload

Interested in Bringing CSP to Your Campus?

Tell us a little about your institution and how you hope to support your department chairs.

You will have the opportunity to share more about what you are looking for, the number of chairs you may want to include, and any goals for your campus so we can explore how a CSP cohort could be tailored to your institution.

Our team will review your request and follow up with next steps.