Executive Education True Leadership: Leading With Meaning The University of Virginia Darden School of Business Recognized by Financial Times as Top 3 in the World for Executive Education Open Programs
True Leadership: Leading With Meaning Develop a leadership style personalized to your strengths. True Leadership: Leading With Meaning helps participants articulate who they are as leaders, what they want to achieve and how to achieve it. PROGRAM OVERVIEW True Leadership: Leading With Meaning helps participants reignite their sense of purpose as leaders. Through a theater exercise, participants learn to inspire confidence and commitment to a shared vision. The program helps leaders explore in-depth how to create a positive environment, lead by example and actively engage direct reports. Learn to: Transcend daily urgencies to clarify your long-term vision. Better motivate others through influence and inspiration. Create a personal leadership-development plan based on the Tilt 360 Leadership Predictor assessment. WHO SHOULD ATTEND This program is designed for leaders who want to move from controlling daily activities to creating new opportunities, especially encouraging independence and creativity within their organizations. Participants should be responsible for managing a team of direct reports or cross-functional teams. High-potential individual contributors preparing for a promotion into management would also benefit. TOPICS Authority and Innovation Helping People Do the Right Thing Identifying Personal and Organizational Opportunities; Integrating Personal and Organizational Visions Strategy and Leadership: What Are They and Where Do They Come From? Theories Around Emergent Strategy and Leadership Aspirations and Opportunities The Importance of Purpose and Values Ways Leaders Lead Leaders The program was inspirational. It was the opportunity to learn tried and true principles that inspire great leadership. And now, learning from them, you can take those principles right back to work, with confidence, and know that you can be a great leader to others. Eric Reed Vice President of Market Issues & Policy Verizon Communications
PROGRAM FEATURES Tilt 360 Leadership Predictor This assessment gives participants a clear view of their own leadership models and personal principles. This strengths-based character assessment in a 360-degree feedback format measures core character strengths. It helps leaders recognize their influence on the team climate and can predict whether they are creating the conditions necessary for collaboration, values-alignment, innovation and sustainability. One-on-One Executive Coaching Participants receive personalized coaching from experienced executive coaches based on the results of their assessments. Focusing on what they can implement immediately upon returning to work, participants will formulate a plan of action, identify potential challenges and create strategies to overcome them. Theater-Based Experiential Learning Through a live theater exercise, participants practice authentic leadership, putting ideas and principles into action. Participants will have the opportunity to develop creative and collaborative skills necessary for true leadership. Personal Plan for Leadership Advancement Individual plans will incorporate leadership principles developed over the course of the program and apply them to participants actions as leaders. Case Studies and Research Participants will engage with faculty in guided discussions about real-life leadership challenges. Using current research, participants will propose solutions, make decisions and understand the effects of different choices, within the context of actual organizational case studies. KEY TAKEAWAYS Participants will learn to: Create a positive environment and tone. Motivate and inspire people. Encourage responsibility, creativity and collaboration. Balance authority with empowerment. Provide inspiring direction. Craft a shared vision that motivates all your stakeholders. Integrate that vision with new opportunities and innovation. Explore and apply emergent leadership strategies. Set an example through actions. Draft (and adhere to) a personal leadership advancement plan. Understand and cultivate your personal principles. Lead other leaders effectively. Take yourself and your organization to higher levels of performance through Darden Executive Education at the University of Virginia. Thanks to its founder, Thomas Jefferson, U.Va. is the cradle of independent and innovative thinking in America. We believe great leaders never stop learning and that great organizations never wait to move forward. Through our custom and open-enrollment programs in Charlottesville, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and around the globe, we equip you and your team for the higher-level strategic thinking and decision-making necessary to imagine tomorrow and take the bold actions required to create what s next.
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 R. EDWARD FREEMAN Faculty Leader University Professor; Elis and Signe Olsson Professor of Business Administration; Academic Director, Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics; Academic Director, Institute for Business in Society Since he began teaching more than three decades ago, Freeman has received numerous recognitions from institutions all over the world. An expert in stakeholder management, leadership, business ethics, business strategy and corporate responsibility, he has written extensively on these subjects. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Washington University and also teaches religious studies at U.Va. His courses include the popular Leadership and Theater class, which he teaches each spring at Darden. He has presented at dozens of conferences around the globe and currently serves on the board of directors for the nonprofit Conscious Capitalism Inc. DAVID L. NEWKIRK Strategy and Leadership Adviser; Former CEO, Darden Executive Education With 30 years of business experience spanning several continents, Newkirk currently consults full time for global corporations on issues of strategy and leadership. Before heading Darden s top-ranked Executive Education program for more than six years (until 2012), he led award-winning teams as a senior partner in the London office of Booz & Company, where his roles included director of European operations, Asia chair and head of the firm s worldwide strategy practice. He has also held a series of senior management positions at American Express. He earned degrees in mathematics and philosophy from Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar, and Carleton College. BIDHAN L. PARMAR Assistant Professor of Business Administration Assistant Professor Bidhan Bobby Parmar teaches First Year Ethics and a Second Year elective on collaboration at the Darden School of Business. Parmar s research interests focus on how managers make decisions and collaborate in uncertain and changing environments to create value for stakeholders. His work helps executives better handle ambiguity in their decision-making. His recent research examines the impact of authority on moral decision making in organizations. Parmar s work has been published in Organization Science and the Journal of Business Ethics. He was recently named one of The World s 40 Best B-School Profs Under the Age of 40 by Poets and Quants. Parmar is a fellow at the Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics and the Olsson Center for Applied Ethics. Prior to teaching at Darden, Parmar taught at the U.Va. McIntire School of Commerce.
TRUE LEADERSHIP: LEADING WITH MEANING Dates Fee $7,750 per person; includes materials, meals and accommodations at the Inn at Darden Registration www.darden.virginia.edu/executive-education Location Darden School of Business Charlottesville, Virginia USA Additional Information +1-434-924-3000 Certificate Counts as one week toward a Certificate of Specialization DARDEN EXECUTIVE EDUCATION CERTIFICATE OF SPECIALIZATION Build Your Professional Credentials in a Timely and Cost-Effective Way. Darden s certification program provides you with the opportunity to become credentialed in leadership and management specialties, with a curriculum tailored to your career. You can earn a certificate by attending four open-enrollment programs that are most relevant to you this program counts as one week toward a Certificate of Specialization. For more information, please visit: www.darden.virginia.edu/executive-education/ 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 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: $7,750 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. Special offers may be available for organizations sending multiple participants; please call or write for details on how Darden can collaborate with your institution. *On rare occasions, it may be necessary to house participants offsite at partnering hotels. www.darden.virginia.edu/executive-education Darden_Exed@darden.virginia.edu +1-877-833-3974 U.S./Canada +1-434-924-3000 Worldwide Executive Education programs are offered by the University of Virginia Darden School Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted entirely to the welfare of the Darden School of Business. The Darden School Foundation fully supports equal opportunity in employment and access to educational opportunities. Information is subject to change without prior notice.