Weatherhead Executive Education

Program Dates	Continuing Education
February 3, 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Cleveland, OH Add to Cart Loren Dyck	This program provides continuing education credit for the following professions: PMI Project Managers 6 PDU SPHR Professionals 6 CEU PHR Professionals 6 CEU OHIO CPA 8 CPE

As managers advance in their careers, they must accelerate their own development as effective leaders.  This one-day program, adapted from Dr. Richard Boyatzis’s Intentional Change Theory developed at Case Weatherhead School of Management, provides an essential foundation to create an individualized leadership agenda.  Participants will engage in experiential exercises, personal assessments, and business cases to develop a personal vision supported by their values and strengths.  By the end of the session, participants will have acquired practical knowledge and skills to better handle the challenges of leadership by maximizing their positive impact on others.

Topics

• Manager vs. leader
  • What is the difference?
• Managing yourself

  • Setting a personal vision

    • What is your compelling inspiration?
  • Establishing your value framework
    • What do you value and do how do you determine what you value?
  • Examining ethical practices
  • What would you do in these situations?
  • Understanding and working with your distinctive strengths
    • How could you put your distinctive strengths to work for you?
  • Setting & communicating goals
    • What are your “SMART” goals?
• Managing others
  • Coaching
    • How can you help others in their intentional change process?
  • Facilitating
    • How does a facilitator make the human interaction process easier?
  • Positive reward & recognition
    • How do we authentically recognize others?
  • Building effective teams
    • How does a team develop?

Learning Outcomes
As a result of attending this progarm, participants will:

• Create a personal leadership agenda and identify a guiding philosophical orientation
• Examine cases of ethical decision making
• Identify and work with their distinctive strengths
• Acquire and practice a method for goal-setting
• Learn how to function as a coach and facilitator
• Become more skilled at building an effective team

Who Should Attend  
Managers with more than one year experience managing others who aspire toward a leadership role.

Level of Prior Knowledge in This Subject Area: None

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