Past Events and Speakers
- Military Series Part I: Lunch with the Generals , November 2005
General Charles Krulak, 31st Commandant of the Marine Corps and vice
chairman of MBNA America (ret), and Brigadier General Thomas Draude,
senior vice president USAA (ret) recounted leadership lessons from the
military that apply equally well in the corporate sector.
- Military Series Part II: Leadership Debrief Department of Defense,
February 2006
Brad Berkson, Director of Program Analysis & Evaluation for the
United States Department of Defense discussed how he transitioned his
experience as a business leader -- a former management consultant and
founder of IP-Mill -- into government service. He explored the leadership
roles important in each context.
- Leading Global Business Units: Nestle's Recipe for Success, February
2006
Ed Marra, Vice President, Global Strategic Business Units and Marketing
at Nestle shared his experience leading across cultural boundaries.
Nestle represents one the world's most globally distributed organizations.
- The Art of Business Narrative and Storytelling, November 2005
How do great leaders use stories to share vision, motivate teams and
inspire change? Storytelling expert and former Director of Knowledge
Management at the World Bank, Steve Denning, described the key elements
of powerful, compelling stories, and how leaders canleverage storytelling
to strengthen their communication.
- Leading Creative Work Series Part I: Uniting Creativity and Integrity
in Today's Business World, October 2005
Former
Chairman and CEO of Young & Rubicam, Peter Georgescu, discussed
the ideas presented in his new book, The Source of Success, and
explained why he thinks it is imperative for businesses to focus on
two important sources of value: the customer and the creative employee.
Leading Creative Work Series Part II: Leadership Lessons from the
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, November 2005
Ronnie Bauch, Managing Director of the Grammy© Award Winning Orpheus Orchestra,
explained how the orchestra's uncommon leadership practices, which include
rotating leadership roles, have propelled the orchestra to success.
- It's Woman's Work: Taking the Lead in Corporate America
"The
Case for Staying Home," "Mommy Madness," "The Opt Out Revolution,"
and many other articles are chronicling the "phenomenon" of women obtaining
the highest levels of education, entering the workforce in record numbers,
and then leaving. Is it that women don't want to lead, or that the structure
of private enterprise is pushing women out? A panel of distinguished
women speakers addressed the question: "Why does it matter that
women stay in positions of leadership, and what is the impact if they
don't?"
With Martha Burk, Chair of the National Coalition of Women's Organizations,
and author of "The Cult of Power: Sex Discrimination in Corporate America
and What Can be Done About It"; Patricia Gillette, partner at and co-chair
of the Labor and Employment Law group of Heller Ehrman; Deborah Rhode,
Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law and Director, Stanford Center on
Ethics.
Leadership as a Performance Art: Lessons from Shakespeare and Beyond,
April 2005
How do great leaders use language to enhance their leadership? This
workshop provided a unique and fun forum for students to improve their
leadership communication skills by expanding their ability to speak
with passion and power, communicate authentically, and persuade.
