Stepping into leadership - Taking Charge February 10, 2008

TOPIC STEPPING INTO LEADERSHIP - TAKING CHARGE
DATE FEBRUARY 11-13, 2008 (THREE DAYS)
LOCATION COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION – SHUWAIKH CAMPUS
TIME 8:45 A.M. – 5:30 P.M.
FEES KD 1,300
SPONSOR THE GLOBAL CENTER
PROGRAM OUTLINES:
Introduction
Effective Leadership is crucial to the success of business and government organizations and to the success of the
managers in them. People who step into leadership by being promoted into management must learn to behave
very differently than they did in their previous roles as individual contributors. They must develop an
administrative point of view and a managerial perspective. Managers get things done through other people, so
they must learn how to motivate, direct and lead others. They must take charge quickly and effectively. They
must learn when to delegate and how to generate real cooperation. They also need to communicate persuasively,
lead teams with complex and conflicting agendas and adapt to professional and personal change.
Stepping into Leadership -- Taking Charge is specially designed to help new managers succeed in their new
roles. This program is especially suitable for new managers in the financial services and manufacturing/industrial
sectors. The best way to learn how to take charge quickly and effectively is by studying how others have done it.
This program will show participants how to move their careers and organizations forward.
Type of Attendees
• Recently appointed managers.
• Junior managers.
• Senior staff with managerial and/or functional responsibilities.
• Professionals in charge of business line/team.
• Young professions prepared for managerial positions.
Benefits for Participants
The Participants will gain the following knowledge and skills from this Program:
• How to step into leadership
• How to take charge quickly and effectively in a new assignment,
• How to create a positive impact in the organization
• How to grow beyond previous functional areas and develop into high performance leaders
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• How to manage and lead teams with complex and conflicting agendas
• How to manage bosses, peers and subordinates
• How to understand the hurdles and politics of leadership
• How leaders earn real cooperation from formal and informal reports
• How to avoid common errors when leading
Mode of Learning
This program is designed to take participants away from their daily business activities and place them in a
stimulating learning environment led by a world-renowned educator from the Harvard Business School. The core
learning process is based on the case study method supplemented by lectures. The case study approach provides
participants the opportunity to explore a wide variety of real-life business situations.
Peer-group interaction is a key element in the learning process. The program is structured to promote dynamic
exchange among a diverse group of corporate directors and business leaders. The process produces a rich pool of
knowledge and allows participants to share their professional experience, challenge and motivate one another, and
provoke new ways of thinking. The ultimate goal is that participants will be able to directly apply their new found
knowledge, skills, and strategies in their own work environment.
To maximize benefits from the program, it is important that participants read the cases, think about the discussion
questions and participate in class.
Program Director
PROFESSOR D. QUINN MILLS is Alfred J. Weatherhead Jr. Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at
the Harvard Business School. He consults with major corporations and teaches leadership, strategy and financial
investments at the Harvard Business School. Professor Mills arrived at the Harvard Business School in 1976. He
taught at MIT’s Sloan School of Management between 1968 and 1975. He earned his PhD. from Harvard and
spent several years in Washington DC helping to control inflation during the Vietnam War. He has done
consulting with various government agencies. He is a member of the Panel of Thought Leaders of the Peter
Drucker Foundation.
Throughout his career, Professor Mills has been a prolific author. He has written on corporate governance,
addressing in particular top executive compensation and the composition of boards. Among others, he is author of
“Wheel, Deal, and Steal: Deceptive Accounting, Deceitful CEOs and Ineffective Reforms” and “Buy, Lie, and
Sell High: How Investors Lost Out on Enron and the Internet Bubble”. Two recent books were “Leadership: How
To Lead How To Live” and “Principles of Management”. Professor Mills’ latest book is “Human Resource
Management”, which was published in 2007. He is widely and often quoted as well as seen in the media. He is a
Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources. Professor Quinn Mills has conducted many executive
educational seminars in Asia and Middle East, including Kuwait covering such topics as Mergers and
Acquisitions – Creating Value; and Corporate Strategic Leadership, and University Management Program.
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SCHEDULE SUMMARY
SESSION Starting
Time
DAY 1 – FEBRUARY 11, 2008
REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS 08:45
1. SESSION 1 - STEPPING INTO LEADERSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME 09:00
BREAK 10:30
2. SESSION 2 - LEADING CHANGE 10:45
LUNCH 12:15
3. SESSION 3 - LEADING AND MANAGING TEAMS 13:15
COFFEE BREAK 14:45
4. SESSION 4 - LEADING EFFECTIVELY 15:00
DAY 2 – FEBRUARY 12, 2008
5. SESSION 5 - COMMUNICATING WITH PRESENCE 09:00
BREAK 10:30
6. SESSION 6 - MANAGING PERFORMANCE 10:45
LUNCH 12:15
7. SESSION 7 - CREATING AN IMPACT 13:15
COFFEE BREAK 14:45
8. SESSION 8 - BUILDING OUR CAREERS 15:00
DAY 3 – FEBRUARY 13, 2008
9. SESSION 9 - COACHING YOUR TEAM 09:00
BREAK 10:30
10. SESSION 10 - TAKING CHARGE IN A CRISIS 10:45
LUNCH 12:15
11. SESSION 11 - WORKING WITH PEERS 13:15
COFFEE BREAK 14:45
12. SESSION 12 - HOW TO STEP INTO LEADERSHIP SUCCESSFULLY LECTURE 15:00
13. EVALUATION AND CERTIFICATE AWARD 16:30
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DETAILED PROGRAM
DAY 1
Session 1: Topic: Stepping into Leadership for the first time
Case Discussion: East-West Telecommunications, USA
Session 2: Topic: Leading Change
Case Discussion: Taking Charge at Dogus Holdings (A) (402009), Turkey
Sesssion 3: Topic: Leading And Managing Teams
Case Discussion: Spectrum, Inc., USA
Session 4: Topic: Leading Effectively
Lecture
DAY 2
Session 5: Topic: Communicating With Presence
Case Discussion: Compass Consulting, USA
Session 6: Topic: Managing Performance
Case Discussion: Charoen Pokphrand Group, Thailand
Session 7: Topic: Creating an Impact
Case Discussion: Oakwood Hospital, USA
Session 8: Topic: Building our Careers
Lecture
DAY 3
Session 9: Topic: Coaching your team
Case Discussion: The Army Crew Team 403131, USA
Session 10: Topic: Taking charge in a crisis
Case Discussion: Queen Mary Hospital: Fighting the SARS Crisis, HKU 402, Hong Kong
Session 11: Topic: Working with peers
Case Discussion: Karen Leary (A), (B), (C), (D), USA
Session 12: Topic: How to Step into Leadership Successfully
Lecture
If you are interested, please contact at:
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Email: ESU@cba.edu.kw

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