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<p class="MsoNormal">Dean Hall sent the following for all Chairs to begin a planning process for a Chair Retreat in less than two weeks. In order to best represent you, I would like to get your feedback on the following. Please be brutally honest with the responses
so I make sure that your voice is fully heard. I will consolidate and anonymize responses.
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<p class="MsoNormal">From Dean Hall:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In order to prepare for our leadership planning retreat, I would like you to complete the
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Paterson Center’s</a> “Four Helpful List.” <span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>In this tool, we ask four simple questions: What is right? What is wrong? What is confused? and, What is missing? These questions serve as a “GPS” and help identify
the<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><i>current location of Howard College of Arts and Sciences. <span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">What’s Right?<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">What can you celebrate?<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">What’s Wrong?</span></b><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">These
are the things that need to change. <span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">What’s Confused?</span></b><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">What
is a bit “foggy” or unclear?<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">What’s Missing?<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">What do you need to add? <span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Try to give 3-5 bullet points for each of these questions and email me your responses no later than
<b>Tuesday, September 14th.</b> <span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>We will use this list as a reference to begin our conversation on September 16-17th. <span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you could get me your responses by the preceding Friday (10<sup>th</sup>), it would make life easier. Thanks so much for the help in serving
you and the department. You can email them to me directly, or even print them out and slide them under my door if you want.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In Christ,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Rob</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="295" height="56" style="width:3.0694in;height:.5833in" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.png@01D7A097.092F0020" alt="ford Howard College of Arts and Sciences Logo"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Robert J.F. Elsner, Ph.D., D.Min.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Professor and Chair of Psychology</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:relsner@samford.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">relsner@samford.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">205.726.4905 (Office)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">201 Ingalls Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Samford University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=800+Lakeshore+Drive,+Birmingham,+AL+35229,+US" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954F72">800 Lakeshore Drive<br>
Birmingham, AL 35229</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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