Executive Education - Leadership Book Review

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1 Executive Education Power and Leadership: Getting Below the Surface Recognized by Financial Times as a Top Three in the world for Executive Education Open Programs.

2 Power and Leadership: Getting Below the Surface Motivate better team performance by improving your ability to influence and inspire your direct reports. Power and Leadership: Getting Below the Surface helps participants move beyond coercive, power-based leadership to a deeper, level-three model of true, enduring influence. Participants will reach new heights literally by applying the principles of teamwork and trust at a half-day ropes course. PROGRAM OVERVIEW Are you ready to stretch your leadership thinking and capabilities? Through Power and Leadership: Getting Below the Surface, you will explore a powerful leadership model that integrates personal characteristics, strategic thinking, ability to influence others, the creation of inspiring organizational designs and principles of leading change to provoke your thoughts about leadership. This course will help transform your view of leadership, enhance your influence capabilities and elevate your contribution in your current and future roles. WHO SHOULD ATTEND Leaders and managers who want to: Ramp up their leadership skills Build world-class teams Become change masters Learn how to increase buy-in Become extraordinary executives [This is a] fantastic program that really makes you think about your personal values, how they relate to your leadership and how you can make them work for you. Wade Schmidt IT Director/CIO Navy Region Northwest

3 The course uses Level Three Leadership: Getting Below the Surface, authored by the program s faculty leader, James G. Clawson. The book examines three levels of leadership, the highest of which is achieved when leaders do not merely influence employees behavior and thinking, but also their values, assumptions, beliefs and expectations. PROGRAM FEATURES The Falls River Experience: A half-day outdoor experiential learning opportunity that promotes team building and broadening personal boundaries. Put your case-study and other learning into action. Full-Day Team Simulation on Managing Change: A simulation that allows participants to put into practice lessons on leading organizational change. The activity integrates challenges of change management, team-based decision-making, customer focus and departmental silos. Personal Charter Model: Develop a personal charter model that applies to self, workgroups and your organization. KEY TAKEAWAYS Through this program, you will become a more influential, purposeful manager with a heightened ability to lead change. You will: Grow your capability to influence others (face-to-face and lasting influence). Master change-management skills. Gain renewed energy to lead. Develop a new/higher view of leadership. Obtain guidance for managing work/life balance. Learn to create world-class teams. Learn techniques for building trust and buy-in. Develop deep-seated self-awareness. Clarify personal and professional goals. TOPICS Why Managers Do What They Do Building Trust Balancing Your Life Building and Leading World-Class Teams Creating Your Personal Leadership Style Developing Personal and Organizational Charters for Action How Feelings Affect Performance Leading in Crisis Leading Strategic Change Building Executive Lifestyles Darden is the graduate business school of the University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence. The University is a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Heritage site and one of National Geographic s 2012 Top 10 Wonders of the World. Located on the North Grounds, Darden s fully integrated facilities provide top-rated dining and accommodations, classrooms, learning team rooms and fitness facilities all conveniently located in one elegant setting.

4 During the program, you will stay on Grounds at the Inn at Darden. Consistently ranked among the world s best for food and accommodations by Financial Times, Darden s facilities include individual accommodations, rooms for discussion groups, a fully equipped exercise room, a recreation area and a casual gathering spot for evening conversations. The 180 private rooms of the Inn at Darden are designed for executive comfort. THE FACULTY TEAM JAMES G. CLAWSON Johnson & Higgins Professor of Business Administration A teacher of leadership and organizational behavior for more than three decades, Clawson is frequently cited by former students for delivering some of the most influential courses of their Darden careers and one Darden alumnus named a classroom in his honor. Clawson formerly worked as a trainer for Mobil Oil Company in Japan and as an international banking officer for Wells Fargo Bank. He remains an active consultant for public and private organizations from a broad range of industries around the world. His numerous publications include the books Level Three Leadership: Getting Below the Surface, Balancing Your Life: Executive Lessons for Work, Family and Self and Powered by Feel: How Individuals, Teams and Companies Excel, co-authored with Doug Newburg. Clawson holds a DBA from Harvard Business School, an MBA from Brigham Young University, a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University and a second-degree black belt in taekwondo. KRISTIN J. BEHFAR Associate Professor of Business Administration An award-winning teacher of organizational behavior, Behfar s research includes the study of group processes and performance, conflict management, group decisionmaking, multicultural teams and crosscultural leadership, and she has consulted organizations on team and leadership effectiveness. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, and she is coeditor of the book Conflict in Teams: New Directions in Theory and Practice. Prior to coming to Darden, Behfar was a postdoctoral fellow at the Kellogg School of Management and then a faculty member at the University of California, Irvine. She holds a Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Cornell University s Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, as well as a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science from Boston University. Complete faculty information:

5 POWER AND LEADERSHIP: GETTING BELOW THE SURFACE Dates Fee $9,100 per person; includes materials, meals and accommodations at the Inn at Darden Registration Location Charlottesville, Virginia USA Additional Information Certificate Counts as one week toward a Certificate of Specialization CERTIFICATES OF SPECIALIZATION Darden Executive Education Certificate Programs present the option of multiple areas of study, covering the topics that are most critical to managers and emerging leaders. Executives are provided with the opportunity to fully explore key management, change and leadership issues by selecting significant courses with direct relevance. Certificate Programs include: Certificate in Management Certificate in Leadership Distinguished Certificate in General Management This program counts as one week toward a Certificate of Specialization. Certificates/ GENERAL INFORMATION Registration: Registration may be completed online or by phone. Confirmation of acceptance will be sent upon receipt of registration form. Accommodations: The Inn at Darden provides private, single-room lodging for program participants. Executives will take meals at the Abbott Center Dining Room. * Schedule: The program will begin on the first day with a reception, followed by dinner. Daily sessions will be held at the Darden School. Evenings will be devoted to group discussions and/or individual preparation. The final session will adjourn with lunch. Fee: $9,100 per person. The fee includes tuition, course materials, lodging, meals and certificate of participation. Darden Executive Education accepts payment by check, American Express, MasterCard and Visa. Payment is due upon receipt of invoice and/or acceptance into the program. *On rare occasions, it may be necessary to house participants offsite at partnering hotels. Darden_Exed@darden.virginia.edu U.S./Canada Worldwide Executive Education programs are offered by the University of Virginia Darden School Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted entirely to the welfare of the. The Darden School Foundation fully supports equal opportunity in employment and access to educational opportunities. Information is subject to change without prior notice.