Event Overview

Featured Event

May 12, 2009
Leadership in Business and Community

This event will be held in a round-robin format, providing you the opportunity to dialog on a number of leadership topics with several experts in the field and with your HREF colleagues. Please note that we are starting the networking and programming time one half hour earlier to accommodate the format change as well as the very popular networking session! Networking will begin at 3:00 PM and the round-robin program will begin at 4:00 PM.

When you sign in and pick up your nametag, you will be asked to select the three sessions you wish to join.

The speakers and their topics are:

• Advice from Great Women Leaders – "Having it All"
  Susan Davis-Ali, Ph.D. will examine what "having it all" means to today's professional women, and proposes innovative solutions for attracting, training, and retaining top women leaders in your organization during tough economic times.
  
  
• Authentic Leadership
  Marcia Hyatt and Ginny Belden-Charles will address what is means to be an authentic leader, the impact of authentic leadership on others and on results, and how to develop authentic leadership in your organization.
  
  
• The Compelling Business Case for Diversity
  Bill Wells will present compelling information and context regarding the importance and value of advancing diversity and inclusion in an organization.
  
  
• Creative Leadership
  Jacqueline Byrd, Ph.D. will talk about what leaders need to do to be Creative Leaders: Possess intentionality in their daily lives to utilize and increase their own creative capacity and that of others, always with an eye to the endgame, change and innovation! Innovation = Creativity * Risk Taking.
  
  
• Growing Global: Time to Ramp Up Your Global Leadership Skills!
  Peter Bailey will focus on how the exponential rise of global business has challenged managers to make business and hiring decisions without the benefit of global strategies, global structures or globally-effective people. He will talk about key cross-cultural tools, principles and practices necessary to plan and execute global business objectives.
  
  
• Leadership in Tough Times Larry Wilson will talk about great leaders who, in tough times as well as not-so-tough times, are adept at tapping into their potential as well as enabling others to realize their potential. Learn how to embrace and get the most out of the formula, Performance is Potential minus Interference.
  
  
• Micro-Messaging: “Leadership Beyond the Words”
  George Robinson focuses on one of the most hidden barriers to success: the subtle, usually subconscious messages we all send that devalue, discourage and ultimately impair performance in the workplace at all levels in an organization.
  
  
• Women and Corporate Leadership in Minnesota
  Rebecca Hawthorne, Ph.D. presents the findings of the first-ever census of Minnesota women directors and executive officers, and research on corporate governance suggesting that good governance occurs when a variety of backgrounds, talents and perspectives are brought to the table. She will talk about how to enhance leadership diversity in the boardroom and in the executive suite, moving from research to action.

LOCATION
Golden Valley Country Club
7001 Golden Valley Rd.
Golden Valley, MN?

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