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Position Yourself for Leadership Success

Fall is a great time of year to head back to school to brush up on your skills.   If you are gearing up for your next promotion, Strategic Leadership for Women or Leading High Performing Teams can help you position yourself for leadership success. 

Strategic Leadership for Women
September 22-26, 2008
Faculty Lead: Cynthia Ingols 

Gain the knowledge and skills you need to increase your influence in your organization.  Our innovative combination of case study analysis, personal coaching, and senior-level networking helps you learn to lead strategically while ensuring that your contributions are visible and valued.

As a participant, you will:

• Use 360 degree feedback to gain perspective on your leadership style and identify ways to improve
• Learn to lead strategically to improve your team’s performance and your organization’s profitability
• Receive personal coaching on your specific leadership issues, challenges and career aspirations
• Develop career strategies, including an action plan for success
• Share best practices for integrating work and personal life

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Leading High Performing Teams
October 20-22, 2008
Faculty Lead: Mary Shapiro  

Whether you work in an organization of 20 people or 20,000, the ability to lead high performing teams is crucial to your success and the success of your organization.  Learn how to improve team output by developing actionable strategies for establishing credibility, pre-empting conflict and enhancing communication and collaboration. 

As a participant you will:

• Identify strategies for building goals, roles, and norms that allow for diverse members to contribute to the success of the team
• Determine how to create alliances with other teams and build constituencies that can enhance your team’s performance
• Analyze case studies that highlight women protagonists and determine how gender expectations impact your role as a team leader
• Network and share best practices with women team leaders from other organizations
• Develop a plan to increase your team’s effectiveness

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