iLead 2010 Series: Sept. 16

Day One of the iLead 2010 Series will focus on The Leader and The Team.

DAY ONE: September 16th

8:30a.m. Opening Session- Featuring Dr. Mark Mendenhall, Ph. D., J. Burton Frierson Chair of Excellence in Business Leadership

• Leadership in the 21st Century
  

9:15 a.m. The Leader: Jenny Whitener, Bridge Consulting International

• Pre-work: Kouzes and Posner self reflection assessment
• Overview of Kouzes and Posner’s Leadership Challenge and their findings on best performing leaders
• Escape from Management Land based on David Cottrell’s Monday Morning Mentoring
• Small Group Exercise: Leadership styles and impact on business performance scenarios
• An introduction to the Leadership Choice Reaction Model
• Out of the Vault Experience (OTV) providing personal introspection - Adera Causey, the Hunter
• Learning Journal Reflection & Action Planning

12:45 - Lunch

1:15pm - The Team - Jenny Whitener, Bridge Consulting International

• Pre-work: Communication Styles Assessment
• Communication Styles and the impact on teaming an collaboration
• Communication Styles exercise of planning and practicing a critical conversation
• Out of the Vault Experiential Teaming Activity - Adera Causey, the Hunter
• A Learn As Much As You Can Gallery exploring elements impacting team performance: employee engagement, collaboration, motivation, and high performance teaming
• Business Case Best Practices on high performance teaming
• Learning Journal Reflection & Action Planning

5:30pm - 7:30pm - Leadership Networking Reception: Featuring Guest Speaker - Dr. Beverly Brockman, UTC.

• Knowledge Use and Learning in New Product Development Teams

Lecture begins at 6 p.m. This evening lecture and reception is open to all in the local business community.