Devon Jensen Email & Phone Number

Experienced leader! For the past 22 years, I have concentrated my professional efforts on leadership and learning as a professor of governance, leadership, and adult learning theory. I have studied, wrote, taught, and experienced this work reality. Through these years, I have developed a deep understanding of how to lead and guide people to see themselves as learners in the workplace. This instills in the team a sense of creativity that drives innovation. I am aware that leadership is not a one size fits all approach but must be adaptable and transactional to the context. I then use this awareness to navigate complex professional environments. I also recognize that most organizations operate as a system with each smaller unit serving as an interdependent system that has constituent elements that are impacted by and influence the whole. The essential concept is that the system elements are not hierarchical in nature but each are integral components that function in unison to allow the overall system to function effectively and to utilize creative endeavors to help the system progress, be flexible, and innovative. This professional understanding has allowed me to work with diverse populations and constituents leading to success. I know how to lead people in achieving the goals of the organization. For the past 8 years, I have served in a university leadership role as an Associate Dean, College of Graduate Studies. This is an institutional and collaborative role in that I serve the needs of all graduate students, graduate Faculty, graduate staff, and graduate administrators in all programs in all the different Colleges. This involves a community of over 15,000 individuals. Working in large organizations, I have developed a multitude of skills, knowledges, and dispositions that are transferable to a wide range of professional contexts.Key Skills and Dispositions:E-LearningOrganizational DevelopmentLeadership DevelopmentLearner MindsetData-driven Decision MakingLearning Management SystemsTeam Leadership and Community BuildingInnovation and Change ManagementStrategic Planning and ForesightCommunicationAdult Learning Theory and TechnologiesInstructional DesignResearchCurriculum Design/ManagementCurriculum Development

Listed skills include Student Affairs, Statistics, Teaching, Community Outreach, and 8 others.