First, a bit of catch up – with 5 or so presentations, we needed to figure out whether we would present the same material at each site. At this point we’re planning to develop 3 different content areas, each of which we’ll present at (approximately) 2 events. This gives us flexibility because we won’t be reliant on a single faculty. It also limits the resources required since we won’t have to develop entirely new materials for each site.
The goal with each of these content areas is to provide leadership skills that are timeless and valuable to the individual and their organization. We have heard widely about the desire to develop hard and soft skills, and have tried to include both here. The broad topics we’re considering include:
- Power and influence/ managing change
- Leading innovation processes/ group dynamics
- Finance/ financial management
- Network mapping – how to think strategically about how you build relationships
- Strategy formulation – external awareness
- Alignment – helping everything work together
- Thinking about customer/ psychology
- Negotiation
We’ll be narrowing this list down and fleshing some of these out based on faculty interest and their areas of expertise in addition to feedback from our partners and prospective participants. That said – what do you think? Any initial reactions?
I think those are great areas… Could it be collaborative? Could facilitators in different cities help conduct seminars led via skype or whatever by presenters who are in other cities at other seminars?
Patrick –
Thanks for the great idea! I don’t know if it would be possible logistically, but it’s certainly an idea worth exploring…