Leadership Development Seminars and ecq-based Readings
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- Problem Solving Through Critical Thinking
- City University of Seattle
- Leading Strategic Growth and Change
- Creating and Executing Breakthrough Strategy
- Critical Thinking and Decision Making
- George Washington University
- Master’s in Public Leadership with a Specialization in Multi-Sector Management
Brookings InstitutionAccountability for Resultshttp://www.brookings.edu/about/execed/programs/accountabilityforresults/201206 Accountability is the essence of public service. Being accountable to Congress, stakeholders, and the public at large means being a steward of the common well-being and delivering high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results for the American people. Achieving these results requires a high level of organizational performance that is best derived through robust and meaningful measures. This course discusses fundamental challenges in measuring for the purpose of improving organizational performance and shows you how to overcome these challenges. It also discusses how to identify and manage risk so leaders can make well-informed, effective, and timely decisions to improve performance. This program will help you: Learn how to design appropriate measurement systems that can drive performance Discover when changing your measurement system is efficient Understand the relationship between measurement and performance improvement Develop strategies for ongoing review of performance and incorporate new approaches for results-oriented leadership Dates: June 11-13, 2013 Location: Brookings Institute (Washington DC) Cost: $2,695 For more information on this program or for additional dates please contact: (800) 925-5730 Table of Contents Problem Solving Through Critical Thinkinghttp://www.brookings.edu/execed/programs/catalog/criticalthinking Executives and managers frequently grapple with complex challenges that are not recognized as problems until they loom large. Creatively and effectively solving these problems often involves leading a diverse team, which presents its own challenges. Indeed, these teams can end up solving the wrong problem. This course introduces critical thinking and helps leaders proactively manage their organizations and agencies for long-term success. A central focus is the difference between formulating problems and solving them. You will learn the specific process for formulating complex, ill-structured problems. You also will learn basic facilitation skills for helping groups engage in problem formulation and problem-solving activities. This program will help you: Define critical thinking and how it applies to team activities in government agencies Understand the difference between problem formulation and problem solving, and develop the capacity to run processes for both Recognize, identify, and overcome common pitfalls in implementing problem formulation and problem solving activities Dates: April 24-25, 2013 Location: Brookings Institute (Washington DC) Cost: $1,895 For more information on this program or for additional dates please contact: (800) 925-5730 Table of Contents City University of SeattleProject Management (online)http://www.cityu.edu/programs/som/gc_project_management.aspx If you have an undergraduate or graduate degree and want to learn more about project management, this certificate program is a great fit. You'll be able to enhance existing skills and professional credentials that could lead to advancement opportunities. This certificate also can be a great stepping stone to a graduate program if you haven't yet earned a graduate degree. Our program is designed to give you the advanced knowledge you need to organize and lead projects in a variety of different settings and disciplines. Activities include a combination of individual and team experiences. You will participate on real and virtual teams throughout the program. You will be able to apply your newly learned skills immediately within your organizational environment. All of our courses are based on the PMI’s Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) and qualify for PMI’s Professional Development educational/training Units (PDU®), which are crucial to certification. Dates: Program starts every quarter and is 18 credits in length. We do not have an application deadline. Location: All classes are delivered online and can be accessed anytime, anywhere. Please contact the Office of Admissions at 1-888-42-CityU (1-888-422-4898) or info@cityu.edu Table of Contents Columbia UniversityLeading Strategic Growth and Changehttp://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/execed/program-pages/details/1/LSGC?sourceid=finder Overview: This program is a five-day program focused on growth initiatives within an organization; it utilizes the process of finding opportunities, launching new ventures, and leading necessary organizational changes to revitalize an organization. Participants learn how to thrive in rapidly changing and highly uncertain environments, gain insight into a current pressing change initiative within their own organization, and immediately begin to apply the learning to make rapid progress on the issue. Audience: Designed for upper- to senior-level executives who seek significant growth opportunities for their organizations. Benefits: Explore how to lead through change and uncertainty Learn to make use of an entrepreneurial mindset in an established corporation Understand the political and implementation challenges of growth Discover a proven framework for leading growth Gain insight into the cultural and leadership challenges of the information economy Program Dates: May 20-24, 2013; October 21-25, 2013 Application Deadline: Rolling Admission depending on space; pre-program assignments are due 2 weeks before the program start date Location: Columbia University, NY campus Cost: $8,450 (Spring 2013 – non-residential); $9,850.00 (Fall 2013 –non- residential) Contact Number: 212.854.0616 Table of Contents Creating and Executing Breakthrough Strategyhttp://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/execed/program-pages/details/34/CEBS?sourceid=finder Overview: This program helps you to gain a competitive edge by better understanding your customers, competitors, and industry trends. The program introduces you to the Strategic Learning process — a unique way of integrating strategic analysis, focus, alignment, and execution, and gives you practical guidelines for implementing new strategic directions. Audience: Designed for executives of all levels responsible for strategic planning, with primary responsibility for making the changes necessary to enable effective execution of strategy, or those with P&L responsibility who seek to become more strategic in their thinking. Benefits: Learn to conduct a Situation Analysis: a powerful method for creating insights into the external environment and your company's own realities Improve your ability to foresee change and its implications Identify deficiencies in the formulation of your organization's strategy and determine steps to address them Diagnose the current state of organizational alignment and create appropriate interventions Create a "Winning Proposition" that differentiates your organization and provides greater value to your customers and a political plan to facilitate the execution of your strategy Develop a concrete action plan for your specific implementation challenges Understand how to monitor the success of a strategic project Curriculum: Before the program begins, participants prepare by meeting with superiors and peers to discuss a strategic challenge and submitting a write-up. This pressing issue becomes the foundation for the participant's personal case, which is discussed and addressed throughout the program with other participants and with individual coaches. Dates: May 5-10, 2013; November 10-15, 2013 Application Deadline: Rolling Admission depending on space; pre-program assignments are due 2 weeks before the program start date Location: Dolce Norwalk Conference Center in Connecticut Cost: $9,250.00 (residential) Contact Number: 212.854.0616 Table of Contents Emory UniversityCritical Thinking and Decision Makinghttp://goizueta.emory.edu/executiveprograms/open_enrollment_programs/dates_fees.html Critical Thinking and Decision Making is a two-day course that exposes participants to applied decision making frameworks designed to enhance creative and strategic abilities. This course aims to improve decision making by applying techniques that minimize risk and maximize impact and influence. Learning Objectives: After completing Critical Thinking and Decision Making, you will have the ability to: Analyze situations requiring decisions and determine which decision making approaches are most effective Understand and identify strategies for overcoming decision making biases Recognize which decision making tools are useful in influencing a decision when you do not have official decision making authority Understand frameworks for making sound and informed decisions Build consensus and communicate effectively in group / team decision making situations Dates: July 22-23, 2013 Cost: $1,995 Phone: 404.727.2200 Website: www.EmoryExecEd.com Email: ExecutiveEducation@emory.edu Table of Contents George Washington UniversityLean Six Sigmahttp://cepl.cps.gwu.edu/lean-six-sigma-0 Make a measurable difference in your career by obtaining Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification In partnership with Oriel STAT A MATRIX, a global leader in Lean, Six Sigma, and Lean Six Sigma, CEPL is offering a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification program. Green Belt Certification teaches you the Lean Six Sigma skills you need to become a successful team member and problem-solver, who can regularly improve processes within your organization. Through a combination of classroom training, individual and team coaching, and team projects, course participants will learn to use Lean and the DMAIC (Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control) roadmap to collect and analyze performance data, identify inefficiencies and problems, pinpoint the root causes of those problems, and institute new protocols to greatly improve processes.
This program is designed for professionals with little or no prior experience with Lean Six Sigma methodologies, and will benefit anyone involved in team problem solving and or process improvement. Course Term Three 5-day sessions, held over a 4-month time frame Plus, 14 hours of individualized project coaching – provided between training weeks Spring 2013 Session 1: April 8-12, 2013 Session 2: May 13-17, 2013 Session 3: June 17-21, 2013 Location: George Washington University Alexandria Graduate Education Center Program Tuition: $10,995 (Price includes: classroom sessions, plus 14 hours of individualized project coaching with an Oriel STAT A MATRIX Master Black Belt - provided between training weeks.) Table of Contents Master’s in Public Leadership with a Specialization in Multi-Sector Managementhttp://cepl.cps.gwu.edu/masters-public-leadership Obtaining The GWU Master's of Professional Studies in Public Leadership with a Specialization in Multi-Sector Management, will advance your career and prepare you to step into a key public leadership position. There is a pressing need for leaders who are able to manage across sectors to achieve integrated performance among key service providers from government, private industry and the non-profit sectors. In today's complex governing environment there are no longer distinct separations between "public administration" and "business management." Effective public leaders must be well-versed in both. By exploring theories, skills, and practices from a variety of disciplines, you will be able to create effective solutions for today’s organizational challenges, and build a knowledge base for tomorrow's opportunities. Key program components include: Blended Learning for Increased Flexibility: The program combines traditional classroom sessions with distance learning and independent projects. The blended learning format enables you to complete significant sections of the curriculum in a way that is tailored to your schedule. Leadership Residency Intensives: Three leadership courses taught in five-day residential learning formats at our Alexandria, VA Graduate Education Center provide you with opportunities to expand your professional networks among fellow cohort members and government leaders. Six Sigma Certification: You will earn a Green Belt Certification in Lean Six Sigma Organizational Performance Improvement, with the option of earning Black Belt certification. This coveted certification is highly regarded and is a cornerstone of the President Obama's government performance improvement initiatives, as well as those in state and municipal governments and private industry. Scholar Practitioners: Our faculty provide a rich blend of academic rigor and scholarly interests with real-world leadership and management experience. They are gifted in crafting and providing executive education experiences which both expand student perspectives and enable effective application to leadership challenges. Courses: For course descriptions, click here Dates: Summer 2013 - Fall 2015 cohort begins May 20, 2013 Location: George Washington University Cost: $900 per credit Application Deadline: March 1, 2013 Table of Contents Directory: wiki -> uploads -> docs -> Wiki -> OPM -> training wiki -> Military callsign list as of dec 2010 wiki -> British Forces – Akrioti, Greece Griffin Fighter Squadron (84 Squadron raf) MoD announced possible Typhoon and Tornado arrivals to the base France wiki -> A unified Modeling Approach to Climate System Prediction James Hurrell* 1, Gerald A. Meehl 1, David Bader 2 training -> Leadership Development Programs and ecq-based Readings Download 5.67 Mb. Share with your friends:
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