Thursday
Breakfast Session
8:00 - 8:50
Power of Failure.
NASA’s famous lead flight director Gene Kranz said, “Failure is not an option.” And yet, the Apollo 13 flight was one failure after another. What learning comes from failure? How do we handle tactical failure in order to achieve a strategic victory? What failures do we observe and what are the key learning points?
Internal Marketing with Authenticity
9:00 - 11:30
Summary
We invited Chad Kerby, a member of the National Speakers Association, a motivational speaker and leader to help us understand how to position ourselves for success within the organization. In this workshop Chad will help each of us explore what motivates us personally and how to leverage that motivation for our greatest personal success.
About Chad Kerby: Chad has traveled all over the world helping businesses and entrepreneurs lay the foundation for success through sound business practices. Chad has successfully run several businesses and has consulted and worked with businesses across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. He has served in high levels of academic leadership and has led multiple successful sales teams. Chad is a former educator and holds a Master’s in Education and a Bachelors degree from Brigham Young University.
Background Reading
• Discovering Your Authentic Leadership (Bill George, Peter Sims, Andrew McLean, Diana Mayer – HBR Packet).
• Challenging the Barriers to Opportunity (Anne M. Morrison – Leader’s Companion Compilation).
Integrating Activity
Identify the roots to your own authenticity and construct methods for managing your career and promoting yourself in a way that achieves understanding of who you are and what you can provide.
Lunch
11:45 - 12:45
Lunch is provided courtesy of Captus5. You can use this time to catch up on email, phone calls, twitter, facebook, linkedin, or just enjoy the food and good company.
Fundamentals in HR
From Hiring to Firing
1:00 - 2:45
Summary
In this segment we address one of the most underserved areas of modern leadership and management – the elements of HR relative to your position of leadership. While some look at HR as an unnecessary drag on business, others implement HR in a heavy way that could impede business. We help attendees understand the most important role of HR for their situation. We explore three critical HR functions and how the leader can do these functions in a way that keeps them and their organization protected during hiring, firing, and coaching processes.
Background Reading
• Fat Chance - HBR Case Study (Bronwyn Fryer and Julia Kirby - Harvard Business Review Packet).
• The Hard Work of Being a Soft Manager (William Peace – Harvard Business Review Packet).
Course Materials
• Presentation – Students will have access to this presentation after the course for their personal library.
Integrating Activity
We will do live role-play and video these for the attendee’s personal study and reflection. We will role-play a firing exercise, a hiring interview, and a negative coaching experience.
Team Development Strategies and Activities
3:00 - 4:30
Summary
In this segment we explore how teams develop, why some fail to develop, and what happens when one or more people on a team free-ride (fail to do their part and nobody does anything about it). The techniques for building team unity and how leaders craft experiences that make the team greater than the sum of the parts is explored in detail.
Background Reading
• 8 Ways to Build Collaborative Teams (Lynda Gratton and Tamara Erickson - Harvard Business Review Packet)
Integrating Activity
This will be a team building experience. The activity depends on weather and location. This is designed to be an outdoor event. Prepare to have fun. The attendee will identify what activities might be useful for their organization's team development process.
Dinner and Special Event
5:30 - 9:00
Summary
We take advantage of the local sites and have a memorable dinner and a fun event. Events depend on location and the season.
