Attend 39^th Annual  Conference on Management, Executive and Professional Development Programs

Conflict Dynamics Profile (CDP) Certification

The CDP focuses specifically on workplace conflict and addresses constructive and destructive behaviors that help resolve or escalate conflict. There are two versions of the CDP: the CDP-360 and the CDP-I. The CDP-360 provides feedback from an individual and his or her bosses, peers and direct reports. The CDP-I provides a self-report version of the instrument. Both versions of the CDP are accompanied by development guides that provide users with advice to strengthen their responses to conflict. Following this workshop and upon completing pre-work in advance of the workshop, attendees will be fully certified to use the CDP.

As a result of the session you will:

• Gain a comprehensive understanding of the history, research and key principles of the CDP
• Learn to interpret assessment feedback reports
• Receive password-protected access to the Assessment Practitioner Websites, from which they can purchase, administer and manage CDP administrations in their own programs
• Receive comprehensive Facilitator Guides which include information about the development, psychometrics, and application of the CDP with various populations
• Discover how to leverage both assessment tools in the creation and enhancement of revenue-generating programs

Transportation will be provided to Eckerd College, a short drive from the hotel.

Workshop facilitator:

Craig Runde is Director of the Center for Conflict Dynamics at Eckerd College. He oversees product development and training programs, and alliances. Craig is the coauthor of Building Conflict Competent Teams (Jossey-Bass, 2008), Developing Your Conflict Competence (Jossey-Bass, 2010), and Becoming a Conflict Competent Leader - Second Edition (Jossey-Bass,2012). He is a frequent speaker and commentator on workplace conflict issues and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Conflict Management. Before joining Eckerd College, he was the director of the International Center for Computer Enhanced Learning at Wake Forest University. Craig received his B.A. from Harvard University, M.L.L. from the University of Denver, and J.D. from Duke University. He has practiced law in Colorado and has taught at the University of Minnesota Law School and Wake Forest University.

Entrepreneurial Mindset Profile™ (EMP) Certification

The EMP is a cutting-edge assessment tool based on extensive research into the traits, motivations and skills of entrepreneurs. Available in individual and group formats, the EMP can help leaders, individual contributors and intact teams assess the degree to which they are utilizing an "entrepreneurial mindset." Following this workshop and one follow-up phone call, attendees will be fully certified to use the EMP.

Transportation will be provided to Eckerd College, a short drive from the hotel.

Workshop facilitator:

Jennifer Hall, Ph.D. is an Executive Coach, Senior Faculty and Entrepreneurial Mindset Author at the Eckerd College Leadership Development Institute. A licensed clinical psychologist, Jennifer came to Eckerd in 1994 and served for five years as a professor of psychology before discovering a passion for leadership development. Since then, she has been working with individual leaders and leadership teams across a wide variety of industries, helping them to leverage their strengths, enhance their working relationships, and realize their potential. Recently, Jennifer has developed an interest in researching and assessing entrepreneurial mindset, with the ultimate goal of helping individuals and teams recognize the ways in which they can activate their latent capacity for entrepreneurial thinking and action in order to drive business growth and innovation. Jennifer received her B.S. from Trinity College and her Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut.

David Lawrence and Daniel Rundhaug will continue where they left off in July at the University of Notre Dame. As a second-stage installment to the two-day workshop that was held on July 12 and 13, 2016, this pre-conference session will create in-depth learning for center directors to discuss what is/is not working and discover additional best practices to enhance the value your center brings to the University. This three hour extension will focus on the projects that were assigned in July and the successes that have been generated during that time. For non-attendees of the July event you will gain a summary of the workshop along with examples of implementation at different centers.

After attending this session you will:

• Grow confidence on how to lead centers with a focus on custom programming as a complementary solution to open enrollment.
• Receive feedback from pre-conference leaders, as well as peers, related to strategy implementation and empowering ideas to meet opportunities.
• Understand a broader go-to-market strategy that positions your center for increased success financially and through expanded branding.
• Learn from other centers’ successes and challenges and identify transferable principles as takeaways for your implementation.

Workshop facilitators:

David Lawrence is Vice President of the Institute for Professional Excellence (IPEx) at Davenport University. IPEx specializes in individual and corporate training, development, and certification programs. He brings over 21 years of experience in assisting businesses to improve their organizational learning efforts to increase profitability. IPEx works with organizations in the areas of business, technology, and healthcare to understand their needs and provide solutions designed to facilitate organizational growth. His areas of expertise include: training and developing leaders, improving sales and profitability, and developing and implementing strategic plans. David served as director of sales with a leading high-tech company in the Mid-West. He successfully facilitated sales process improvements in collaboration with companies such as Microsoft, IBM and Hewlett-Packard.

Dan Rundhaug Ph.D. is recognized as an exceptional leader in the areas of organizational leadership and development. He possesses skills in communication, research, analysis, strategic planning processes and development. Daniel excels in both leadership and management skillsets, being able to create and communicate visionary direction as well as implementing the necessary strategies to see the vision become a reality. Daniel’s quality work will be detail-oriented and people-centered. Daniel has had a wide breadth of experience in providing value to clients through content creation, facilitation and consultative services.

Discuss successful practices in lead generation, nurturing, and conversion for Open Enrollment programs. The session will cover different scenarios and system configurations. It will focus on strategies and tactics of online marketing and database analysis to increase message relevance and maximize lead conversion rate.

This workshop will be very interactive with several case studies discussed. It will give participants a comprehensive view of important steps in client acquisition. Facilitators will share their real-life experiences in different settings as well as encourage contributions among participants. They will draw from comprehensive analysis of industry practices, content creation and strategies for its distribution. Participants will walk away with actionable ideas to implement in their own marketing activities.

Workshop facilitators:

Deb Merry, Director of Executive Education, Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University. Deb is responsible for the leadership, design, and implementation of an Executive Education strategy that is intended to position Dalhousie University as the preferred strategic partner for organizations in the development of their high potential executive teams. Before joining Dalhousie University Deb co-founded GreenGym and launched it like a true startup out of the basement in 2007. It grew to a 30 employee company, operating in a 12,000 sq.ft. facility over a period of five years. Deb held the role of General Manager of the business which included the oversight of production, administration, accounting, finance and the direct management of the marketing and sales team.  

Arne Johnson, Marketing Manager at the College of Continuing Education, University of Minnesota. Arne has 10 years' experience in agency account management in a variety of industries and roles, and over 10 years' experience managing marketing in professional education. He develops and implements integrated marketing plans that promote the growth of U of M College of Continuing Education programs including professional education open enrollment short courses and certificates, contract training, professional conferences, personal enrichment programs and the Continuing Education and Conference Center.

Mykola Sarazhynskyy, Vice-President, Marketing Solutions, ProEd. Prior to his current role Mykola served 6.5 years as a Marketing Director at the University of St. Thomas. He lead a team of marketing and customer service professionals delivering brand-consistent online and in-person pre- and post-program experience. Regarded for an ability to implement complex changes that have a transformative impact on marketing effectiveness and are critical to bottom-line growth, Mykola oversees integrated campaign management including email and direct marketing, paid search marketing, search engine optimization and web analytics, lead generation and nurturing. He has teaching and speaking experience in graduate and non-degree programs on various topics of Internet Marketing and Online Lead Generation.

During this interactive session we will explore how to build and manage your budget as well as how to build more accurate forecasting models to better analyze financial data, predict revenues, and predict costs. You will learn to calculate your income by using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). We will also review how your product and pricing model can increase your revenue and profits. Finally, we focus on how to manage up to your boss and the politics of your financial numbers and determine what you want your boss to do as a result, such as add additional resources to your unit.

During this session you will:

• Review product mix and pricing
• Develop your own Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Explore the connection of how financial data relates to your business goals
• Learn to develop and manage your budget
• The value of how to explain your business beyond the numbers and sell up to your boss
• How to manage up and the politics of the numbers
• Determine what you want your boss to do as a result
• Develop basic financial numbers to support your story

Mark Gould is Associate Vice President, Graduate and Professional Education, & Chief of Staff, Office of the Provost at Merrimack College. He serves as a key member of the enrollment leadership team and provides intellectual leadership to the senior level executive team in the delivery and operational support of the graduate and professional development programs at the College. Mark also serves as Chief of Staff for the Provost. In this role as Chief of Staff, Mark provides administrative support to Provost and assists in coordinating a variety of matters within the Office of the Provost, between the Provost’s Office and other units on campus, and with the Office of the President.

Collaboration is an essential phenomenon in organizational life yet many organizations struggle to make collaboration work. Team collaboration often requires explicit structure and management. Projects at IBM, Boeing, BP, and ING Group show that productivity improvements of over 50% can be achieved by applying carefully designed collaboration processes. This is made possible through a collection of facilitation best practices that can be clicked together like Collaboration Lego. Moreover, experiences from many domains (financial, logistics, government, military etc.) show that these collaboration techniques can be easily transferred to organizational practitioners.

This workshop will follow an interactive format where attendees will learn about fundamental principles of productive collaboration and then get a hands-on exposure to a set of powerful collaboration techniques. Experiences with teaching these techniques to organizations like Union Pacific, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, ING Group and others will be shared. The format of the workshop will serve as an example of how practical collaboration techniques can be taught to executive audiences in a short amount of time.

During this workshop you will gain:

• Understanding of fundamental principles of collaboration
• Insight into how facilitation best practices can be executed and transferred to executives for various team processes such as brainstorming, convergence, organizing, evaluation, and building consensus.

Workshop facilitator:

Gert-Jan de Vreede Ph.D.  GJ de Vreede is a professor in the Information Systems Decision Sciences Department at the University of South Florida. He also is a university lecturer in management, communication & IT at the Management Center Innsbruck, Austria. He has taught undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and executive courses in areas such as agile software development, systems analysis & design, teamwork/facilitation, and research methods. His research focuses on crowdsourcing, collaborative risk & security management, Collaboration Engineering, and the facilitation of teamwork.

This is an opportunity for Executive Education and Continuing Education Directors, Managers and Coordinators to receive self feedback on their emotional intelligence and their leadership, and make plans for strengthening their personal and organizational leadership. We will use the EQi online self assessment tool, which will be completed in advance of the session. Each participant will receive his or her confidential EQi Leadership Report at the pre-conference session. 

During the workshop you will:

• Learn what it takes to become an emotionally intelligent leader
• Identify your emotional intelligence strengths and areas for development
• Develop a plan and specific next steps to improve your effectiveness as leaders.
• Gain first-­‐hand experience with the administration, resources and debrief of an excellent tool for developing Leaders.

Participants must register at least 3 weeks prior to the Conference, so that the EQi link can be sent ahead of time and this prework can be completed. This workshop is limited to the first 6 participants and requires registration by October 29th, 2016 to allow time for completing the online EQi Self Assessment. (Note: cost for the instrument, printing of report and a learner manual is included in the Precon registration fee)

Workshop facilitator Lillas Hatala brings over 30 years of experience designing, developing, and facilitating leadership development programs in the corporate, government, post secondary, and not for profit sectors in North America, South Africa, Australia and Qatar. Lillas has a Masters Degree in Continuing Education from the University of Saskatchewan, as well as numerous assessment and coaching certifications.  Her commitment to strengthening her own leadership capacity and that of others has been demonstrated through roles such as Faculty Director (and founder) of Business and Leadership Programs at the University of Saskatchewan. She is a former CMED Board member. She was a founding member of Leadership Saskatoon and the recipient of the YWCA Woman of Distinction Award for Leadership and Lifelong Learning. She is the coauthor of Integrative Leadership (2005), The Integrative Leadership Study Guide (2008), The Business Case for Leadership Development (2008), and numerous published articles.  Lillas is the co-creator of the Women in Leadership for Life (WILL) initiative.

Through her own organization, Integrative Leadership International Ltd, Lillas is committed to helping leaders flourish, and she challenges leaders to expand their awareness and bring greater levels of consciousness and significant for their lives, their teams and their organizations.

Conflict Dynamics Profile (CDP) Certification

The CDP focuses specifically on workplace conflict and addresses constructive and destructive behaviors that help resolve or escalate conflict. There are two versions of the CDP: the CDP-360 and the CDP-I. The CDP-360 provides feedback from an individual and his or her bosses, peers and direct reports. The CDP-I provides a self-report version of the instrument. Both versions of the CDP are accompanied by development guides that provide users with advice to strengthen their responses to conflict. Following this workshop and upon completing pre-work in advance of the workshop, attendees will be fully certified to use the CDP.

As a result of the session you will:

• Gain a comprehensive understanding of the history, research and key principles of the CDP
• Learn to interpret assessment feedback reports
• Receive password-protected access to the Assessment Practitioner Websites, from which they can purchase, administer and manage CDP administrations in their own programs
• Receive comprehensive Facilitator Guides which include information about the development, psychometrics, and application of the CDP with various populations
• Discover how to leverage both assessment tools in the creation and enhancement of revenue-generating programs

Transportation will be provided to Eckerd College, a short drive from the hotel.

Workshop facilitator:

Craig Runde is Director of the Center for Conflict Dynamics at Eckerd College. He oversees product development and training programs, and alliances. Craig is the coauthor of Building Conflict Competent Teams (Jossey-Bass, 2008), Developing Your Conflict Competence (Jossey-Bass, 2010), and Becoming a Conflict Competent Leader - Second Edition (Jossey-Bass,2012). He is a frequent speaker and commentator on workplace conflict issues and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Conflict Management. Before joining Eckerd College, he was the director of the International Center for Computer Enhanced Learning at Wake Forest University. Craig received his B.A. from Harvard University, M.L.L. from the University of Denver, and J.D. from Duke University. He has practiced law in Colorado and has taught at the University of Minnesota Law School and Wake Forest University.

Entrepreneurial Mindset Profile™ (EMP) Certification

The EMP is a cutting-edge assessment tool based on extensive research into the traits, motivations and skills of entrepreneurs. Available in individual and group formats, the EMP can help leaders, individual contributors and intact teams assess the degree to which they are utilizing an "entrepreneurial mindset." Following this workshop and one follow-up phone call, attendees will be fully certified to use the EMP.

Transportation will be provided to Eckerd College, a short drive from the hotel.

Workshop facilitator:

Jennifer Hall, Ph.D. is an Executive Coach, Senior Faculty and Entrepreneurial Mindset Author at the Eckerd College Leadership Development Institute. A licensed clinical psychologist, Jennifer came to Eckerd in 1994 and served for five years as a professor of psychology before discovering a passion for leadership development. Since then, she has been working with individual leaders and leadership teams across a wide variety of industries, helping them to leverage their strengths, enhance their working relationships, and realize their potential. Recently, Jennifer has developed an interest in researching and assessing entrepreneurial mindset, with the ultimate goal of helping individuals and teams recognize the ways in which they can activate their latent capacity for entrepreneurial thinking and action in order to drive business growth and innovation. Jennifer received her B.S. from Trinity College and her Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut.