My entry for the Campus Connect weekly contest,Week 12: 24 hours as a Vice Chancellor of your university by @ kimora996
Many atimes 'people' tend to think that being a leader of an institution is a gatepass to being lousy,unaccountable and incredible.I used to be among the 'people' until I decided to change my mentality and reason outside the box.Being a Vice Chancellor of an institution comes with alot of challenges,offers,goals etc and targets that should be reached at allocated time.If I'm made the VC of an institution for a day,I'll mention afew things I'll do,viz;
Prayer
I am a christian,so I start and end everything with God.I'll take a few moments to thank and ask God for Wisdom,just like King Solomon in the bible did.I'll pray for Grace and the guidance and guardiance of the Holy Spirit.
Note Records
As I assume office,I'll look at the previous records of the school expecially,the financial aspect. This is to check for loopholes.I'll check for aspects that are lagging so as to know where to channel more energy to.
Meeting
I'll call for a brief meeting scheduled to last for about 2 hours.Here,I'll get representatives from each arm of the school like the Students' Representatives, lecturers' representatives, Non academic staff representatives, Religious groups' representatives and so on.
The reason for this is to ask,know and understand the problems with each arm/sector of the school,and to also seek advice from each arm on how to make the school better.
Implementation
I belive that after the above stated processes,I'll come to an agreed conclusion with each sector of the school.I'll still keep record of the outcomes,making sure to circulate it round the school for record purposes and for the next VC to continue from wherever I'll stop.