For Leaders Only: In Pursuit of Excellence Session
Connecting Great Leaders and Great Ideas
As a leader in your organization, your world is fast-paced, demanding and complex. Join our For Leaders Only: In Pursuit of Excellence Session on Tuesday November 4th, 2008 to sharpen your edge and bring new ideas to your organization. The For Leaders Only Session is just that, for leaders only. If you are in a senior leadership position for your organization, you are invited to attend this half day session to meet with other leaders and discuss issues that are truly exclusive to you.
Overview:
"Leadership is a journey, not a destination.
It is a marathon, not a sprint.
It is a process, not an outcome."
John Donahoe, CEO eBay
Leadership is the real competitive advantage.
You know the value of strategic thinking to lead your organization - being able to create sustainable competitive advantage for your business by staying on the cutting edge of leadership concepts and connecting with great minds.
In our session, you connect with experienced leaders in an informal, interactive and enjoyable atmosphere to hear what you need to hear to keep you and your organization growing and successful.
We work with leaders and their teams who want to find the tipping points to winning and achieving their best results.
In Pursuit of Excellence facilitates new ideas and concepts in a peer-to-peer forum to create a challenging, rewarding and fun learning experience.
Outcomes:
- Innovative ideas from the best leadership minds – concepts from world class authors and journalists that make a difference
- New perspectives to capture opportunities, resolve challenges and build capabilities from great leaders
- Immediate impact for your leadership and work through bottom-line tools to apply what you take-away
- Renewed energy – you will have what you need to think and grow by getting away from distractions and opening up
You bring back great ideas that work for you and your organization.
Is it worth your time and investment?
Agenda:
Part One: New Perspectives
Leading Effective Change: Developing a Change-Friendly Culture and Selling Your Ideas to Your Organization
Why do organizations resist change? Charisma is not enough. In today's faster, more complex and competitive work environment, change is a constant. The core of leader success is the ability to be an effective catalyst of change. Yet, recent studies show that organizations rank effectiveness at leading change as one of the lowest of the 21 leadership competencies.
Our session explores the framework for leader styles and the impact on leading change – and whether it work for Millennial employees. We will look at an innovative approach to understanding natural organizational resistance and developing a culture supportive to change. We will also focus on the importance of relationships and information in selling ideas to initiate change.
A Leader Forum of respected leaders provides a platform for sharing proven ideas for successful change and seeing what works for other leaders.
Part Two: Innovative Ideas
Leading Successful Succession – A Strategic Process for Identifying and Developing The Right Manager
Nothing else so profoundly affects an organization's future success than succession. Organizations should be prepared and proactive with a healthy leader pipeline. But they're not! The talent war is on – at all levels – yet in a recent survey only 20% of respondents were satisfied with their leader succession planning process.
You will work through a template that guides you to identifying the right candidates and the right competencies to develop for your organization – invaluable.
You will also work together through the Leadership Gap Case Study to see why succession hits the bottom line – for mergers, acquisitions, and growth.
Part Three: Renewed Energy
The Leadership Motivation – Assessing Your Leadership Purpose and Impact
Leadership is a journey not a destination. We are always learning about our approach and understanding how we impact others. Our session provides an innovative self-assessment that reveals your leadership motivational style and translation to your organization.
Leadership is a choice driven by passion and purpose – clarifying the motivations for your leadership provides incredible confidence and clarity.
Part Four: Immediate Impact
Innovating Change Through Creative Destruction
The session will provide an opportunity to work on your leadership, learn new concepts and share ideas with other leaders. You will walk away with energy and action.