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Executive Leadership Institute

Director:
Douglas E Morgan

Contact Information:
503 725 8216
morgandf@pdx.edu

The Executive Leadership Institute serves elected officials and career administrators. The Institute's offerings fall into four service lines: professional development programs; a variety of short courses on management, organizational performance, and policy issues; leader coaching, and custom consulting engagements.

Since its creation more than 1,000 local administrators from nearly three dozen jurisdictions and 150 agencies have participated in ELI programs, typically at off-campus locations throughout the region.

In all its programs, ELI seeks to cultivate the following leadership qualities:

  • High commitment to public services as a sacred trust
  • Excellent strategic thinking and management capabilities
  • Capacity to reconcile competing democratic tensions
  • Ability to manage ambiguity, conflict, and uncertainty
  • Well-developed skills of reflective practice