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Workshop Description
Tuesday May 12
A1. Career Changing Strategy – Doris Brown, Avue Technologies [Go To Top]
Are you ready for a career change? What to Do When the Glory and Glamour Have Gone? In this time of economic uncertainty and major transformation, individuals who are proactive in assessing their competencies and talents, and who are informed about where and how their strengths can be best utilized in this changing economy, will be poised to react and take advantage of career opportunities as they evolve in these times of change. This is an interactive course designed to assist potential career changers to craft their strategy to succeed.
A2. Executive Leadership in a Changing Environment - Lawrence Self, NIH [Go To Top]
Leading change takes experience, courage—and a great deal of energy and imagination. In this workshop you will learn to work with stimulating thinkers and strategic development experts to build on your tried-and-true leadership qualities, and push yourself to develop fresh insights and approaches; and learn to relish the challenges that come with your high-level responsibilities and find time to reflect on what it takes to make a difference at the top of public service organizations.
A3. Profiting from Uncertainty: Using Scenario Planning – Dr. John Austin, Decision Strategies Int’l [Go To Top]
Participants are introduced to scenario planning as a tool for succeeding in increasingly uncertain futures. Grounded in techniques aimed at countering common thinking traps and biases, the scenario planning methodology explicitly addresses environmental complexity and uncertainty and helps identify the organizational capabilities required to deal with them. This is an interactive session in which participants engage with the scenario planning process.
A4. A Leader’s Greatest Gift – TLCs: Inspiring Trust, Laughter and Creative Collaboration – Mark Gorkin [Go To Top]
In our uncertain and “do more with less” climate, a leader must genuinely connect and inspire. With his dynamic presentation and FUN-filled interactive exercises, popular FAPAC speaker and acclaimed “Motivational Humorist,” the Stress Doc ™, will provide tools and techniques for delivering “TLCs” and “Motivational CPR” – being “Creative, Passionate and Risk-Taking.” Energize your troops and achieve high performance while generating team camaraderie and emotional support.
B1. How to Effectively Address Executive Core Qualifications for Senior Executive Positions – John Kusano USDA [Go To Top]
1.Understand the history, background, and purpose of the Executive Core Qualification (ECQ’s) as developed by the Office of Personnel Management.
2.Develop a working understanding of a model for effectively addressing the ECQ’s when applying for Senior Executive positions
3.Reference sources of information and assistance that participants can utilize to improve their competitiveness in competing for selection into the Senior Executive Service
B2. Critical Thinking and Decision Making - John Robinson, State Dept. [Go To Top]
This workshop will target executives, directors, managers, team leaders, other business and technical professionals who are required to apply critical thinking to handling both daily and “big picture” issues, challenges, especially as they result is effective decision making. It will show the need of applying critical thinking in the 21st Century Workplace. This workshop will teach you how to build, expand, and sharpen your critical thinking skills; how you can develop and apply excellent critical thinking skills to a team setting, in a leadership group and when you have to act as an individual.
B3. UNRAVELing the 3 Cs – Dr. Julia So, So Garcia Assoc. [Go To Top]
A one-and-a-half hour presentation on promoting a culture of inclusiveness with respect to UNRAVELing the three Cs--cultural communication codes--in a diverse world. It describes the five general responses to diversity--ignoring, rejecting, tolerating, accepting, and embracing diversity--and five steps to accomplish inclusion--UNderstanding, Respecting, Appreciating, and Valuing each other, so to ELicit one's potential.
B4. Leadership 2.0 : Meeting the Challenges of a Flat World - Grace Rodriguez, AYN Brand & Marc Nathan, Houston Technology Center [Go To Top]
Thomas Friedman's book “The World is Flat” codified a new paradigm: globalization -via the Internet- has leveled the competitive playing field between industrialized and emerging countries. We will address the perceptual shift required for countries, organizations, and individuals to remain competitive in this global and virtual market; and how leadership must evolve and adapt in order to be most effective in a Flat World.
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