Building Leadership in Education

How can we explore new models of mentoring and coaching to better support today’s leaders in education? How can universities support the new generation administration professionals engaging them with leadership models so they can thrive even in uncertain times? And, how can leadership models and coaching support graduate students to build sustainable strategies in the continued development of their careers, contributing to the field, the mission of the university and the needs of the profession?

About Les Joynes, PhD

Educated in the US, UK, Japan and Belgium, Dr. Joynes researches the futures of leadership in education.

Dr. Joynes is a Leadership Coach to MBAs and EMBAs at Columbia Business School Leadership Lab and coaches MFAs at the Columbia School of the Arts, and initiated Doctoral Coaching to PhDs at the University of Melbourne, Australia. In 2019, he initiated Museum Leadership Coaching at Yale University and recently joined University of London as a GoldAward Mentor.

He is recipient of the Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Award and is a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in New Delhi where he is examining cross cultural collaboration in performance and is Visiting Professor at Visva Bharati University in Santiniketan in West Bengal and the Royal University of Bhutan. In China he is Professor of Record from Modern and Contemporary Art History and Experimental Practices at Renmin University in Beijing and recipient of the RUC Merit Award for Teaching. He was awarded a US Department of State/ American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS) grant to lead the first research on post-secondary art education in Mongolia.

In Europe and Asia, he has served multinational clients including Du Pont, 3M, General Electric, General Motors, Bayer, Dow Chemical and BASF advising on strategy. In 2017 he completed his Post-Doctorate from the School of Art and Communications at University of São Paulo, Brazil. He is also trained at New York University in professional coaching and is exploring new models for coaching leaders in education. At Teachers College he researched advanced curriculum design with Dr. Richard Jochum.

With combined training in arts and administration, Les completed his BA cum laude in History at Boston University, BA (Hons) Fine Art at Central Saint Martins College of Art, London, M.Sc from Boston University and the Vrije Universiteit Brussels Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, MBA from California State University, MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, Masters in Fine Art at Musashino Art University in Tokyo and PhD from the Faculty of Art, Environment and Technology, Leeds Beckett University, UK and Post-Doctorate at University of Sao Paolo in Brazil.

He has lectured at University of Cambridge, Teachers College, Peking University Institute of Cultural Industries, University of California Santa Barbara, University of the Arts London (UAL), University of Coventry, and the Bard-Smolny Program in St Petersburg. He is visiting faculty at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Arts at Visva Bharati University in West Bengal and the Royal University of Bhutan. Les is a member of the ICF and IOC Affiliate of Harvard Medical School, the American Alliance of Art Museums, and member of the Museum Committee at College Arts Association. With combined training in arts, administration and leadership, Les completed his BA cum laude in History at Boston University, MA Fine Art from Goldsmiths, London, Masters in Fine Art from Musashino Art University, Japan, PhD from the Faculty of Art, Environment and Technology, Leeds Beckett University, UK, Post-Doctorate at University of Sao Paolo in Brazil, MBA from California State University, and M.Sc from Boston University and the Vrije Universiteit Brussels Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences.