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Myrna L. Bair, PhD - Bio

Policy Advisor and Assistant Professor, Public Management Faculty
(Director, Women’s Leadership Development Program)

mbair@udel.edu e-mail
302-831-3323 phone/voice-mail
302-831-3488 fax

177B Graham Hall | University of Delaware | Newark, Delaware 19716-7380

Education | Research and Professional Interests | Experience | Professional Memberships | Recent Courses Taught | Seminars | Training Programs Developed | Publications

go to top of pageEducation

PhD, University of Wisconsin 1968, Inorganic Chemistry

BS, University of Cincinnati 1962, Chemistry (Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude)

go to top of pageResearch and Professional Interests

leadership in the 21st century; leadership for women; leadership and public policy; Myers-Briggs; strength-deployment inventory; change; ethics; and social capital for individuals, organizations, and the community

go to top of pageExperience

2007-present
Policy Advisor and Assistant Professor, Public Management Faculty, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware

1987-2006
Policy Advisor, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware

1980-2000
Senator, 5th District, Delaware (for 16 of those years served in a legislative leadership position)

1979-1980
Assistant Director for Public Information, Delaware Energy Office

1974-1980
Instructor, University of Delaware, Chemistry & Energy Education

1966-1970
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Beaver College (Glenside, Pa.)

go to top of pageProfessional Memberships

founder and President of the Women’s Leadership Center

founder and past President of the Delaware Chapter of the International Women’s Forum

past service as Leadership Chair of the Women’s Section (SWPA) of the American Association for Public Administration

past service as Chair of the Public Service Global Learning Community of the International Leadership Association

go to top of pageHonors and Awards

Inducted into Delaware Women’s Hall of Fame, 2001

“Women Who Make a Difference” Award, International Women’s Forum, 2000

“Order of the First State” Award, from Governor Thomas R. Carper, 2000

go to top of pageRecent Courses Taught

“Introduction to Myers-Briggs,” 2002–present

“Leadership Tools for Public and Nonprofit Managers,” with Steve Eidelman and Ed Freel, 2007

“Collaborative Leadership,” with Kathy Wian, 2005-06

“Myers-Briggs in Organizations,” 2005

go to top of pageSeminars

“Leadership, Myers-Briggs and Ethics,” for the Municipal Clerks Certificate Program

“Legislative Analysis and Ethics,” for the Legislative Fellows Program

“Myers-Briggs for State and Local Government Agencies and Nonprofits”

go to top of pageTraining Programs Developed

Leadership for the 21st Century:

  • New Definition of Leadership
  • Transformational Leadership
  • Leadership in Organizations based upon “The Deep Blue Sea”
  • Men and Women as Leaders
  • Characteristics of Effective Leaders

Social Capital (for organizations, the community, and individuals)

New View of the Universe (based upon Margaret Wheatly’s “Leadership & The New Science”)

Myers-Briggs, including basic program in understanding the MBTI, Type Dynamics (new section on the Inferior Function), Leadership, Type and Communication, Type and Change, Type and Conflict Resolution

The Development of Leaders

Paradigms

Thinking Outside the Box

Change

Strength-Deployment Inventory – Advanced Version

FIRO – Element B

Russian Programs:

  • New View of the Universe
  • The New Leaders
  • Social Capital
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Change
  • Type and Change
  • Myers-Briggs
  • Strength-Deployment Inventory
  • Visioning

go to top of pagePublications

“Leadership is a Journey. Take it in progressive phases over a lifetime.” Leadership Excellence, February 2009, p. 16.
 

serving the public good,
shaping tomorrow’s leaders