Connections Webinar and Speaker Series

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Upcoming Programs

Recent Programs

• Coaching with Compassion in Times of Uncertainty

  
  

  May 20, 2020 at 11 a.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada)
  Ellen Van Oosten, PhD
  Melvin Smith, PhD
  Presented in collaboration with the Coaching Research Lab at Weatherhead

  In periods of great volatility and uncertainty, it's important to connect and engage with others in a way that leaves them feeling understood, cared for and appreciated. This 90 minute webinar will ground you in the principles of coaching with compassion and offer you a "coach approach" to leading, managing and motivating others.

  Co-author of Helping People Change with Richard Boyatzis, PhD and Melvin Smith, PhD, Ellen Van Oosten, PhD is an Associate Professor in Organizational Behavior at the Weatherhead School of Management, Faculty Director for Weatherhead Executive Education and the director of the Coaching Research Lab, a scholar-practitioner collaboration to advance coaching research she founded with colleagues Richard Boyatzis, PhD, and Melvin Smith, PhD in 2014.

  Melvin L. Smith, PhD, co-author of Helping People Change, is a Professor of Organizational Behavior and Faculty Director of Executive Education at Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management. He also serves as Vice President of the Graduate School Alliance for Education in Coaching (GSAEC).

  Registration is free. Can't attend live? Recording will be available.

  Recording of Coaching with Compassion in Times of Uncertainty

• Developing High Potential Leaders in a Disruptive Environment

  
  

  May 5, 2020 at 8 a.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada)
  Ellen Van Oosten, PhD, Moderator

  Ellen Van Oosten, PhD will lead a 60 minute panel discussion of organizational development experts to uncover the strategies of identifying and developing high potential leaders during a disruptive environment.

  Questions include:

  • How do you help leaders throughout your organization adapt to the current challenges brought about by Covid-19 crisis?
  • What acumen and skills do leaders and associates in your organization need to be successful?
  • When you look to the future, what steps are you taking to build organizational capacity and resources?

  Panel:

  • Nicole Crews – Sr. Manager of Organization & Talent Development, Great Lakes Cheese
  • Jeffrey Darnera – Senior Talent Management and HR Leader, Moen
  • Brent O'Bryan – SVP, Training & Organizational Effectiveness, Allied Universal
  • Ana G. Rodriguez – Corporate VP & Chief Human Resources Officer, Lubrizol

  
  

  Registration is free. Missed the live webinar presentation? Register to view the recording.

  Recording of Developing High Potential Leaders in a Disruptive Environment

   

• The Storm Makes You Stronger – Managing Your Mind in the Face of Crisis

  
  

  April 8, 2020 at 1 p.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada)
  Jeremy Hunter, PhD

  How do you face great challenges and come out better on the other side? The skills for managing great challenges are learnable. We will explore the fundamentals of these skills and practice them so you can help yourself, families and organizations.

  Weatherhead Executive Education is pleased to present this complimentary 75 minute online session with Dr. Jeremy Hunter. Jeremy will offer approaches and techniques including:

  • Acknowledge and accept what you are experiencing during this challenging time and explore ways to cope with fear, frustration and exhaustion.
  • Successfully play the Inner Game (forces within ourselves) and the Outer Game (forces outside ourselves).

  Jeremy Hunter is an affiliate faculty member for Weatherhead Executive Education. He serves as Associate Professor of Practice at the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management. He is lead faculty member for Weatherhead Executive Education's Mindfulness for Effective Leadership certificate program.

  Registration is free. Missed the live webinar presentation? Register to view the recording.

  Recording of The Storm Makes You Stronger – Managing Your Mind in the Face of Crisis

• Seeing Opportunities as We Emerge from "Distancing"

  
  

  June 10, 2020 at 1 p.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada)
  James Gilmore

  Professor James Gilmore, coauthor of The Experience Economy, shares his tool for improving one's observational skills, called Six Looking Glasses. Drawing from his most recent book, Look, Jim will describe six metaphorical lenses for more richly observing the world in which one is situated. Jim contends that all innovation begins with observation, noticing previously unimagined opportunities to be seen in any moment of here-and-now discontinuities and behavioral change.

  In this 75 minute session, each of the Six Looking Glasses will be described and practiced in a series of brief exercises. The aim is to equip participants with a practical guide for seeing the potential to create new forms of value for customers in this fluid time of changing attitudes, expectations, and emerging needs.

  Registration is free. Can't attend live? Recording will be available.

  Recording of Seeing Opportunities as We Emerge from "Distancing"

• Re-engaging as a High Performing Team: Thriving During and After an Unplanned, Disruptive Global Crisis

  
  

  June 26, 2020 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada)
  Ellen Burts-Cooper, PhD

  In order for teams to thrive upon returning to the workplace, it is essential for employers to be ready to address their team's concerns about a post-pandemic workplace to help employees adjust to a new/different workplace environment. As we move into the post quarantine adjustments, it is critical to establish team strategies for engaging and re-engaging. Given the rapid change in our work environments, it is even more critical that we set ourselves up to continue to be productive, cohesive and resilient.

  In this 60 minute session, Dr. Ellen Burts-Cooper will review nine steps you can take to help your team thrive during any crisis.

  Dr. Burts-Cooper is a Weatherhead Executive Education faculty member. She is also the author of the books "aMAZEing Organizational Teams: Navigating 7 Critical Attributes for Cohesion, Productivity and Resilience" and "Canine Instinct: A Guide to Survival and Advancement in Corporate America."

  Can't attend live? Recording is available.

  Recording of Re-engaging as a High Performing Team

• Introduction to Corporate Governance: The Basics of Reporting to and Serving on Corporate Boards

  
  

  Jul 8, 2020 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada)
  Tom King, DM

  Prior to becoming a Professor of Accountancy at Weatherhead, Tom King spent 30 years at Progressive Insurance working in positions that included product manager, general manager, corporate controller, and treasurer.

  Dr. King will share his corporate governance knowledge in this 60 minute webinar that is intended for anyone who wants to learn more about reporting to and serving on boards of directors, both in the for-profit and non-for-profit sectors.

  Topics include:

  • Problem of Agency – what goes wrong when employee and owner interests diverge
  • Voting Rights and Dividends – what it means to be a shareholder
  • Role of the Board – how does the board mediate the relationship between owners and investors
  • CEO Selection – what is involved in CEO selection
  • Governance Lifecycle – how do governance issues change over the life of a firm
  • Non-profit Governance – how course concepts apply to stewardship obligations to donors

  
  

  By the end of the hour, participants should be better able to discuss governance issues with senior executives, board members, and investors.

  Registration is free. Can't attend live? Recording will be available.

  Recording of Introduction to Corporate Governance: The Basics of Reporting to and Serving on Corporate Boards

• Intergenerational Leadership – Leveraging the Strengths of Five Generations in the Workplace

  Jul 14, 2020 11 a.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada)
  Jeremy Graves, PhD

  How do five generations work together in the workplace? How do you lead people when they view the world differently? In this 60 minute webinar, Dr. Jeremy Graves will reveal why tools for effectively leading the multi-generational team will be critical for success in the changing tapestry of our newly evolving borderless workplace.

  Jeremy is a generational strategist, professor, author, speaker, and leadership coach. He is also the author of "Empower, Promote, Launch, Repeat: Create a Culture of Generational Leadership Using Four CORE Strategies." Jeremy has spent the last 25 years in leadership positions both in the business and not-for-profit communities. His research and expertise around culture and generational synchronicity give him a unique perspective on leadership development.

  Jeremy is an affiliate faculty member at Weatherhead Executive Education where he will conduct the upcoming Servant Leadership through Empowerment and Influence program scheduled for August 4, 2020.

  Registration is free. Can't attend live? Recording will be available.

  Recording of Intergenerational Leadership – Leveraging the Strengths of Five Generations in the Workplace

• Leadership Deep Dive – Leading at 4 Levels

  
  

  Tuesday July 28, 2020 noon Eastern Time (US and Canada)
  Melvin Smith, PhD, Moderator

  For more than 10 years, across industries and throughout the world, hundreds of high-level executives have transformed their careers through the Leadership Deep Dive program at Case Western Reserve University. Leadership Deep Dive is built on Emotional Intelligence, Appreciative Inquiry and other principles of positive change for which Weatherhead is known throughout the world. This program not only changes organizations, it changes lives.

  Focused on advancing senior leadership skills and organizational behavior, Leadership Deep Dive addresses four essential levels of leadership.

  • SELF - Great leaders apply keen self-awareness to managing themselves and leading others.
  • TEAM - Our extensive research in organizational behavior has led to new methods of motivating people in teams that are more effective as a group than the sum of the individuals.
  • ORGANIZATION - By developing an expertise in Appreciative Inquiry (AI), participants learn a proven approach to accelerating organizational change.
  • SOCIETY - Explore the role that effective leaders play in the larger community and how businesses can become agents of world.

  Join Melvin Smith, PhD, faculty lead for the Leadership Deep Dive program as he leads a panel discussion of recent Leadership Deep Dive alumnus to share their experiences and impact the program has on their professional development.

  Panel:
  Ryan G. Nelson – Executive Vice President/Partner, Advanced Dealer Solutions
  Mary Kay O'Connor-Wente – President and Chief Operating Officer, TEK Brands

  Registration is free. Can't attend live? Recording will be available.

  Recording of Leadership Deep Dive – Leading at 4 Levels

• The Future of Healthcare

  
  

  August 11, 2020 at 1 p.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada)
  JB Silvers, PhD

  JB Silvers PhD, nationally recognized expert in healthcare, finance and public policy, will discuss the continually changing healthcare industry and provide his vision on where it's headed. He is well known for his insightful and understandable explanation of what's happening in the constantly changing landscape of the US healthcare system.

  J.B. is the John R. Mannix Medical Mutual of Ohio Professor of Health Care Finance and Professor of Banking and Finance at the Weatherhead School of Management with a joint appointment in the School of Medicine - all at Case Western Reserve University.

  Registration is free. Can't attend live? Recording will be available.

  Recording of The Future of Healthcare

• Leadership Institute for Women – Revolutionizing Business, Inspiring the World

  
  

  Friday August 14, 2020 1 p.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada)
  Diana Bilimoria PhD, Moderator
  Ellen Van Oosten PhD, Moderator

  The Leadership Institute for Women in STEM and Manufacturing at Weatherhead provides women with powerful tools to propel their careers forward and remain competitive in traditionally male-dominated industries. Through a mix of online and in-person sessions, participants learn from world-class professors and coaches, connect with other women in the field and develop leadership skills that create a lasting impact for themselves and their organization.

  Benefits to Attendees

  • Build critical leadership skills and benefit from tools linked to workplace success.
  • Gain insights via a deep understanding of Emotional Intelligence, which has been shown to enhance professional relationships, increase employee productivity and engagement, improve customer satisfaction, build leadership success and result in high performing teams.
  • Create and articulate a personal leadership vision, which research supports as a powerful way to increase career engagement and commitment.

  
  

  Benefits to Sponsoring Organizations

  • Invest in their women in STEM and manufacturing careers and leverage the benefits of inclusivity in the workplace.
  • Keep up-to-date on best practices for attracting, developing and retaining highly trained, diverse talent. Participants are prepared to return to their organizations with best practice ideas and the skills to positively influence the culture.
  • Identify strong candidates for advancement opportunities in the organization.

  Join Diana Bilimoria PhD and Ellen Van Oosten PhD, faculty leads for the Leadership Institute for Women program as they lead a panel discussion of recent Leadership Institute for Women alumnus to share their experiences and impact the program has on their professional development.

  Panel includes:

  • Allison Grealis – President, Women in Manufacturing Association
  • Bethann O'Malley – Sr. Manager, J.M. Smucker Company
  • Ashleigh Walters – President, Onex Inc.
  • Diana Popovic – President, Solon Manufacturing Company

  Registration is free. Can't attend live? Recording will be available.

  Recording of Leadership Institute for Women – Revolutionizing Business, Inspiring the World

• Transformational Team Coaching

  
  

  September 15, 2020 11 a.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada)
  Vanessa Druskat, PhD and Geetu Bharwaney, D.Sc.

  Now more than ever, organizations need high functioning, productive teams. Especially when working remotely, teams require a high level of trust and psychological safety to function at their best.

  Join our experts to learn how coaching teams to become more emotionally intelligent can transform the relationship of team members and drive performance, value and productivity.

  Vanessa Druskat is a Weatherhead Affiliate Instructor and an internationally recognized expert on work team effectiveness, team leadership, and emotional intelligence. When she isn't teaching, she spends her time researching and consulting on topics of work team effectiveness and team leadership in organizations that range from Fortune 100 Companies (e.g., Johnson & Johnson, Kodak, and Whirlpool), to nonprofit organizations such as the Houston Public School System and the Boston Aids Action Committee.

  As the founding director and CEO of Ei World, Dr Geetu Bharwaney has been successfully leading a team of executive coaches and organizational effectiveness consultants for over 27 years. Her specialty is the advanced application of emotional intelligence, which focuses on the awareness and development of emotional resilience and the associated essential micro-skills of understanding, managing and switching emotion. Geetu employs a holistic, tailored coaching approach, which incorporates thought-provoking assignments that challenge leaders to think and move on from their self-limitations, assumptions and thinking patterns.

  Registration is free. Can't attend live? Recording will be available.

  Recording of Transformational Team Coaching

   

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• Harness the Power of a New Change Equation to Change the World

  
  

  September 21, 2020 1 p.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada)
  David Cooperrider, PhD PhD

  Get the 10 Most Powerful Change Management Tools with David Cooperrider, PhD

  Join David Cooperrider as he previews how and why the strengths-inspired change management model in the New Change Equation, can help you harness the power of positive change to propel your team, your organization and your community to scale up to the next level of excellence.

  In this two-hour, live and interactive session, David will explore:

  • The power of positive thinking that brings out the best in human systems
  • The P.O.S.I.T.I.V.E change platform and a road map to excel
  • A step-by-step process to leading strengths-inspired change.

  What is your organization going through during this pandemic? How can you facilitate positive change in your organization and in your community during this turbulent time?

  Learn to cultivate the appreciative mindset and apply the ten most powerful change management tools ever documented across more than 3,000 interviews with industry leading stars from 57 different countries.

  Registration is free. Can't attend live? Recording will be available.

  Recording of Harness the Power of a New Change Equation to Change the World

   

  By registering for this webinar, you agree to share the information below with Weatherhead Executive Education for marketing purposes. View our privacy policy here - https://weatherhead.case.edu/about/privacy