Session Type: Workshop Accepted by MIG(s): Development Time Allotted: 75 Description: In this workshop we will explore ways to develop our own leadership to engender creativity, productivity and quality within your organization’s workforce. It will explore how to find value in struggle and encourage failure as part of development. The presenters will work from a broad perspective, pulling from experiences within many cultures and types of organizations. This is a hands-on (heart and mind) workshop, exploring “failure” as a necessary and valuable tool. Abstract: In this workshop we will explore ways to develop our own leadership to engender creativity, productivity and quality within your organization’s workforce. It will explore how to find value in struggle and encourage failure as part of development. The presenters will work from a broad perspective, pulling from experiences within many cultures and types of organizations. This is a hands-on (heart and mind) workshop, exploring “failure” as a necessary and valuable tool.
Today’s employees and followers are eager, ambitious, and well educated. How do we as leaders hold the environment for the goals, and ethics of the organization, and at the same time foster growth, productivity, and quality? It is a distinct culture that allows everyone in the organization to understand what the critical point (intention) is in every moment! There is a clarity of vision that is not often found. With this clarity we can encourage and urge each person to be creative and develop the organization – even to the point where they risk major failures!
We will explore these issues through a combination of reflective and group process. Through an interactive discussion we will work toward:
- letting go of our outdated ideas of our role as a leader
-the possibility of developing a stronger creative potential within our employees
- the wisdom and ability to have the correct level confidence in our employees.
-the possibility of developing a stronger creative potential within our employees
- the wisdom and ability to have the correct level confidence in our employees.
Birgitta Frejhagen, Nosdias AB
Bio: Birgitta has a B.A. in economics from the University of Stockholm and a
M.A. in leadership from the University of Södertörn, both located in
Sweden, plus an advanced degree in leadership from the University of Bodö in Norway. Birgitta started her
professional career in IBM and Philips. After that she has been a CEO
or president for smaller and larger Swedish and multinational companies
in the IT-sector and the financial sector. She has also been a
consultant and project leader in organizational and leadership areas.
Fithteen years ago she started her own company as president and
entrepreneur. This company offers services within education and
consulting. She has developed this company into 12 colleges and a
consulting business. During ten years she chaired the IT and Integrity
Board of the Swedish Labor Association. Today she is among other
things, a board member of a private foundation that distributes money
to the Swedish universities. She has worked in public and privately
held companies as well as non-profits, NGOs and government
organizations.
Janet Byars, Innovative Leadership Solutions
Bio: Jan has a Ph.D. in Leadership and Organizational Changes from Antioch University. She is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, and a trained mediator. She has presented at the 2006, 2008 and 2009 annual conferences. She is the Chair for the Leadership Development Member Interest Group. Jan is currently president of her own organization, offering leaders and organizations a practical approach for wholeness. Her vision is to transform leadership through intention and integrity, generating positive ways of doing business and creating truly sustainable leadership. She works across industries, focusing on the development of leaders and orgainzation. She has had the opportunity to work in public and privately held companies as well as non-profits, NGOs and government organizations.
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