Coming to you at Southern California Edison, Rosemead, in April 2014

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1 Coming to you at Southern California Edison, Rosemead, in April 2014 THE STRATEGIC LEADER University of California Leadership Certificate *Eligible through Tuition Assistance & Deferment at most BOOST performance through strategic thinking MAKE decision-making more strategic and effective GAIN practical tools to augment team collaboration DECIPHER organizational politics and forge stronger relationships with easy-to-use frameworks Leaders in often discuss the needs for their teams to develop strategic-thinking skills this runs true for both individual contributors and managers. Similarly, team members often express challenges in fully learning the seemingly invisible and intangible organizational culture, office dynamics and politics necessary to advance and prove effective. This short-course certificate program helps you integrate both strategic thinking and organizational savvy through interactive and practical learning. Each Condensed, Power-Packed, Homework-Free Short Course is Only 1.5 Days in Rosemead! Engage Distinguished Executive Guest Speakers We are currently in the process of confirming esteemed speakers for 2014! Please see course topics and details on subsequent pages. COURSE 1 COURSE 2 COURSE 3 COURSE 4 The Strategic View: Thrive: Navigate: The Strategy Capstone The Science & Methods of Strategic Thinking for Individuals Effective Decision-Making Strategies for the Information-Inundated Professional Understand Organizational Dynamics, Build Leverage & Exercise Ethics April 25 from 5pm-8:30pm April 26 from 9am-4pm COURSE#: LEAD403 (0.9 CEUs) May 2 from 5pm-8:30pm May 3 from 9am-4pm COURSE#: LEAD405 (0.9 CEUs) May 16 from 5pm-8:30pm May 17 from 9am-4pm COURSE#: LEAD404 (0.9 CEUs) May 30 from 5pm-8:30pm May 31 from 9am-4pm COURSE#: LEAD408 (0.9 CEUs)

2 WHAT MAKES OUR COURSES UNIQUE? Executive-Level Guest Speakers Engage executive guest speakers in an intimate setting and directly apply classroom learnings to their experiences. Visual Jolts The Strategic Leader incorporates visually striking process diagrams and learning models to make learning accessible and memorable. Research-Based Curriculum Practical research and input from executives drive the credibility and effectiveness of our curricula. Interactive & Team-Based Learning The Strategic Leader features curriculum that appeals to multiple senses and dynamically engages participants. Follow-on Alumni Refresh & Reinforce Learning These virtual sessions are for alumni to reinforce key takeaways and keep learners engaged, even after scheduled classes are over. LEARN & EARN A UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CERTIFICATE: Earn a university-based certificate from the University of California, San Diego Rady School of Management. ELIGIBLE THROUGH TUITION ASSISTANCE This program is eligible for tuition assistance, so check with your organization, as they may likely cover the program tuition. Contact them for additional information regarding approval. AUDIENCE: Professionals looking for a condensed, homework-free, high-return opportunity for professional development. These typically range from starting individual contributors to second-line managers. The Strategic Leader Certificate consists of: Certificate Requirements: 4 Short Courses, 1.5 days per course (1 evening and 1 day) Units & Tuition: Each course offers 0.9 CEUs, for a total of 3.6 CEUs. Tuition is $1,200 for each course. Registration remains open through each course start date. Eligible for Tuition Assistance & Deferment. Early Bird: Enroll by March 28 th and your registration will include a seat at the Elevate Forum on June 20, 2014 in San Diego. The Elevate Forum allows you to engage over 50 Executives from major Fortune 500-level companies. Additional info to follow. Early Bird is $1,200 before March 28 and includes a seat at the Elevate Forum. After March 28, regular registration is still open. Location: Southern California Edison,

3 ELEVATE Your Career in Under 12 Hours! The Strategic View course elevates your ability to think and act strategically this type of thinking will guide you to define an ideal future state and adapt in virtually any context. This course emphasizes how to develop a more strategic mind through key frameworks and step-by-step methods. The Strategic View focuses on crafting novel, visionary approaches to seize opportunities, manage risks simultaneously, align with the organization s goals and challenge rigid mind blocks. Course topics include: Strategic Thinking Illuminated: Key Components The Strategic Cornucopia: Multiple Strategy Models Position Your Own Meta-Strategic Framework Apply & Test Strategic Scenarios Systems & Process Mapping to Solve Challenges I thought the majority of the material was eye-opening. I will benefit professionally and personally by being more self-aware and more cognizant and open-minded of others. -Karen Mann, Financial Analyst, Raytheon The Strategic View: The Science & Methods of Strategic Thinking for Individuals April 25, 2014 from 5:00 PM-8:30 PM April 26, 2014 from 9:00 AM-4:00 PM COURSE NUMBER: LEAD403 INSTRUCTORS: Christine Itano-Cosner The Thrive course elevates your ability to grow while multiplying your strategic toolkit. As a complementary follow-on to The Strategic View course, this course teaches participants multiple decision-making strategic models that prove simple, yet effective. Think. Plan. Act. These three core steps of strategic thinking culminate in Thrive. These models follow a quadrant-based system of strategic decision-making, equipping professionals with the necessary tools that will systematize, clarify and simplify how we make decisions. Course topics include: Self-Awareness: The Flow, The Johari Window & The Making-Of Self-Development: The Project Portfolio, The Eisenhower & The Rubber Band Understand Others: Double Loop Learning & The Black Swan Develop Others: Situational Leadership & The 6 Hats Thrive: Effective Decision-Making Strategies for the Information-Inundated Professional May 2, 2014 from 5:00 PM-8:30 PM May 3, 2014 from 9:00 AM-4:00 PM COURSE NUMBER: LEAD405 INSTRUCTORS: Vu H. Pham, Ph.D.

4 ELEVATE Your Career in Under 12 Hours! The Navigate course elevates your ability to master organizational dynamics and create a desirable workplace. This course teaches the invisible and intangible world of workplace politics and how to build leverage and allies. Participants will learn how to identify key political rules and tools for building social capital within an organization, while avoiding the pitfalls of dirty politics. In fact, it encourages ethical behavior that can create beneficial outcomes for everyone. Course topics include: Build Your Political IQ, Balance Professional Ethics Politics & Leverage:The Tactical & Practical Craft Your Political Strategy This was an ideal class for...professionals to learn about the aspects of the business environment that you cannot find in an HR manual. -Kiki Lorenz, College Relations Manager, Toyota Motor Sales Navigate: Understand Organizational Dynamics, Build Leverage & Exercise Ethics May 16, 2014 from 5:00 PM-8:30 PM May 17, 2014 from 9:00 AM-4:00 PM COURSE NUMBER: LEAD404 INSTRUCTORS: Vu H. Pham, Ph.D. The Strategy Capstone In this capstone course, the rubber meets the road where you will apply what you have learned to craft an effective strategic plan. As a practicum, you will deploy models from The Strategic View and Thrive toward an actual project that you are involved in for your company. This leads to direct impact, as you will take your project to the next level with a long-term vision. You will build a structured, yet flexible, strategy that incorporates previously learned tools to achieve results-based success. The course includes key elements of an effective strategic plan such as how to: Plan the Process Assess Resources & Individuals: Values, Expectations, Commonalities & Diversity Analyze Contexts & Environments Formulate Group Priorities Craft your Project's Mission & Vision May 30, 2014 from 5:00 PM-8:30 PM May 31, 2014 from 9:00 AM-4:00 PM COURSE NUMBER: LEAD408 INSTRUCTOR: Vu H. Pham, Ph.D.

5 Our signature leadership event is co-hosted by University of California San Diego, California State University Fullerton, University of California Riverside and Spectrum Knowledge. The Elevate Forum course showcases two-dozen senior executives from major Fortune 500-level companies as our thought leaders and advisors in an interactive, multimedia venue. 1 Envision twodozen senior executive speakers spotlighted to share their single best practice on a selected leadership theme. 2 Feature them before a live audience of over 150 of their peers and passionate leaders thirsty for this talent development showcase. 3 Picture engaging these executives in an intimate group facilitation with the audience. 4 Share these insights and leadership personal brands through our multimedia delivery to over 100,000 professionals. This is the Elevate Forum. Marla Black Senior Vice President & Regional Manager, Union Bank Shawn Burklin Regional Vice President, San Diego, GEICO Mark Czaja Group Vice President, Technology & Innovation, Parker Aerospace Sven Gerjets SVP Information Technology, DIRECTV, Inc. Larry Harrington Vice President, Internal Audit, Raytheon Leonard L. Kaigler Vice President Agency, State Farm Insurance Harry Q.H. Lee, II Vice President, Corporate Contracts, Pricing & Supply Chain, Northrop Grumman Patrick Lee Senior Vice President, Customer Service, Innovation & Business Strategy and Chief Environmental Compliance Officer, Southern California Gas Company Barb Arneklev-Krol Vice President, Human Resources, Tilly s Emanuel Brady Vice President, IT & CIO, Space & Airborne Systems, Raytheon Cary Burch CIO, Thomson Reuters Joan M. Clark Area Vice President, Human Resources, Parker Hannifin Christopher Cool Sector Vice President, Affordability, Aerospace Systems, Northrop Grumman Michelle DiTondo Senior Vice President, Human Resources, MGM Resorts International Khoa D. Do Partner, Jones Day Donna Farrugia CEO, Nelson Frank Flores Vice President, Engineering, Unmanned Systems, Aerospace System, Northrop Grumman Genevieve Haldeman Vice President of Global Communications, Plantronics Gilbert Ivey Chief Administrative Officer, The Metropolitan CURRENT EXECUTIVE SPEAKERS PAST EXECUTIVE SPEAKERS For more information, contact: Roxanne Johnson, (562) or rjohnson@spectrumknowledge.com Kevin L. Mitchell Vice President, Manufacturing & El Segundo Site Manager, Aerospace Systems, Northrop Grumman Catherine Rice Vice President of Contracts, Pricing and Program Business Operations, Northrop Grumman, Aerospace Systems Sector MaryAnn Sena-Edelen Director of Regional Sales- Diversity, MGM Resorts International Scott Shane Senior Vice President Talent Acquisition and Diversity & Inclusion, Union Bank Veronica Villalobos Director, Office of Diversity & Inclusion, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Gillian Wright Director of Customer Programs and Assistance, Southern California Gas Company We are currently in the process of confirming additional esteemed speakers for 2014! Water District of Southern California Bert Lacher Managing Partner & Sr. Director, Strategy & Enterprise Development, Verizon Business Solutions Jamie Latiano Vice President of Human Resources, In-Flight Entertainment & Connectivity, Thales Avionics Harry Q.H. Lee, II Vice President, Corporate Contracts, Pricing & Supply Chain, Northrop Grumman Sean Mehranbod Regional Vice President, Southwest General Manager, Sam s Club Peggy Nelson Vice President, Engineering & Global Product Development, Northrop Grumman Jim Phillips CFO, Mobility Surveillance & Engagement at Defense, Space & Security, Boeing Jonathan Reichental, Ph.D. Chief Information Officer, City of Palo Alto Ken Shaw Vice President, Supply Chain Management, Boeing Jimmy Thai Vice President for Technology, SAIC