2013 Eagle Institute Schedule
Tuesday, July 16
Arrive at the Wyndham Hotel - 95 Presidential Circle,Gettysburg, PA,
by 4:30 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
Welcome
Reception and Dinner*
7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Leadership 101
CPEs: 1.0
Program Level: Basic
Field of Study: Personal Development
Program Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation: None
Jeff McCausland, Ph.D., Colonel, U.S.
Army (retired) and Founder/CEO of Diamond6 Leadership and
Strategy
This seminar will address critical
leadership questions and examine some of the “myths” that
have been created
around leadership and strategy. Participants
will learn strategies and tactics for confronting and overcoming
their
own leadership challenges while continuing to grow
themselves and others into great leaders.
Learning Objectives
1. Identify three or more myths that have
been perpetuated about the concepts of leadership and strategy.
2. Describe your own leadership challenges and how
they have affected your professional accomplishments.
3. Discuss strategies and tactics you can employ to
overcome your challenges and strengthen your leadership
skills.
Wednesday, July 17
Breakfast at the Hotel **
Voucher for the 1863 Restaurant at the Wyndham
Hotel
8:00 a.m.
The Battle of
Gettysburg – Wyndham Hotel
Jeff
McCausland; Tom Vossler, former Director of the Military History
Institute, and a Certified Gettysburg Park Guide
This lecture begins the overview of the
Battle of Gettysburg. Essential to understanding leadership
decisions is an
appreciation of the personalities involved and the
strategic setting. The presenters will place the events of July
1863 in a
strategic context in anticipation of participants
visiting the field and discussing leadership lessons that can be drawn
from
this event-- the largest battle ever fought on the
North American continent.
9:00 a.m.
Depart
for Visitor’s Center, Museum, and Battlefield
Step back in time and a learn more about the
consensus-building strategies used to create some of the most
formidable
documents in U.S. history.
9:30 a.m.
Museum and
Visitor Center at Gettysburg National Park
After a $135 million renovation, the Visitor Center reopened in 2008.
The center features the Gettysburg Museum of the
American Civil War, a film entitled A New Birth of
Freedom, and The Battle of Gettysburg Cyclorama - the enormous
circular oil painting, now on display after a $15
million conservation project.
12: 00 p.m.
Lunch at
the Visitor Center
1:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Gettysburg Battlefield Leadership
Seminar
CPEs: 3.0
Program Level: Basic
Field of Study: Personal Development
Program Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation: None
Jeff
McCausland and Tom Vossler
We will continue
our discussion of “crisis” leadership with a seminar on the
battlefield. The Battle of Gettysburg was the
largest battle ever fought on the North American
continent and the turning point in the American Civil War. It is
also the site
of the most remarkable speech in the English
language. We will examine the circumstances surrounding the battle and
the
leadership lessons we can gain.
Learning Objectives
1. Describe the circumstances leading up to and
influencing the course of the Battle of Gettysburg.
2. Discuss the impact of the Battle of Gettysburg on
the course of the Civil War and on the understanding of strategic
leadership.
3. Explain what makes the Gettysburg Address and its
author, President Abraham Lincoln, remarkable in terms of their
influence on the
trajectory of United States history.
5:00 p.m.
Arrive
at The Inn at Herr Ridge
Enjoy a relaxing
hour before dinner, cash bar. This Inn was actually a headquarters
for Confederate units during the battle.
7:00 p.m.
Thoughts
about Today’s Experience
Jeff
McCausland
Having completed our day on the
battlefield we will now reflect on what we have learned that can be
applied to our own
leadership efforts. Participants will be
asked to discuss the most significant leadership insight they gained
from
the day on the battlefield.
Thursday, July 18
Breakfast at the Hotel **
Voucher for the 1863 Restaurant at the Wyndham
Hotel
8:15 a.m.
Depart to
Gettysburg Hotel
8:30 a.m.- 10:00
a.m.
Lincoln as a Strategic Leader
CPEs: 1.5
Program Level: Basic
Field of Study: Personal Development
Program Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation: None
Edna Medford, Ph.D. Professor
and Chair Department of History, Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Explore how the extraordinary strategic
leadership of Abraham Lincoln was partly a by-product of his habit of
lifelong
learning. This seminar serves as a model of how
leaders must consider the issue of lifelong learning for themselves
and their organizations.
Learning Objectives
1. Describe the qualities that
made President Abraham Lincoln a strategic leader.
2. Discuss the leadership competencies that
define a strategic leader.
3. Analyze the strategic leadership lessons
presented by Lincoln's Gettysburg Address in terms of defining a
strategic vision.
10:30 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.
Strategic Leadership 101
CPEs: 1.5
Program Level: Basic
Field of Study: Personal Development
Program Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation: None
Gary Steele, Colonel, U.S. Army
(Retired), Senior Consultant, Learning Dynamics
Strategic leadership is the
process used by a leader to affect the achievement of a desirable and
clearly understood
vision by influencing the organizational
culture, allocating resources, directing through policy and directive,
and building
consensus within a volatile, uncertain, complex, and
ambiguous environment for his or her organization. Such an
environment is often marked by
opportunities and threats. This seminar will examine the essence
of strategic
leadership, how it differs from direct and
organizational leadership, and the various competencies that are
important
to strategic leaders.
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe how to incorporate strategic
leadership into your own leadership style.
2. Explain how to anticipate opportunities and
threats in an environment of strategic
leadership.
3. Discuss the differences between strategic,
organizational, and direct leadership.
12:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m.
Self-Guided
Tour of David Wills House
2:30 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
The Common Core and the Status of
Education
CPEs: 1.5
Program Level: Basic
Field of Study: Management Advisory Services
Program Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation: None
John Stoothoff, Ph.D. Assistant Professor,
Frostburg College, Frostburg, MD
Where are education and the field of school
business headed in the next few years? Examine and discuss major
changes
and developing issues, as well as what is needed to
move forward.
Learning Objectives
1. Discuss how the
Common Core State Standards (CCSS) program has become a
widely adopted
curriculum structure for the United States.
2. Compare and contrast the new structures for
evaluating instruction and evaluating
school principals
developed by Race to the Top (RTTT) states, with widely
accepted
pre-RTTT practices.
3. Describe "the line" or functional connection
between GASB-45-oriented evaluation
methods and the new
methods for evaluating program-side personnel under CCSS.
4. Explain why the
knowledge and experience gained from their GASB-45 experience
enables school business
officials to significantly contribute to their organizations’
compliance with CCSS
evaluation requirements.
4:00 p.m.
“So
What?”
Jeff McCausland
A brief wrap-up of what attendees have
learned over the course of the day.
4:30 p.m.
Participants
have the evening free to explore Gettysburg.
Friday, July 19
Breakfast at the Hotel **
Voucher for the 1863 Restaurant at the Wyndham
Hotel
8:00 a.m.- 9:30 a.m.
Strategy and Ethics
CPEs: 1.5
Program Level: Basic
Field of Study: Behavioral Ethics
Program Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation: None
George Lucas, Professor of Philosophy and
Associate Chair in the Department of Leadership, Ethics & Law at
the
U.S. Naval Academy
Some have argued that leadership is morally
neutral. Effective strategic leadership is a function of defining a
vision and
then convincing others to follow the direction you
have set. This seminar discusses the critical importance of ethics
and
character as fundamental aspects of the
“strategic leader of character.” Participants will have the
opportunity to review
basic ethical theory, engage in guided consideration
of the multiple ethical dimensions of leadership and explore specific
dilemmas experienced in today’s
schools.
Learning Objectives
1. Discuss the importance of leading and working
in an ethical environment.
2. Elaborate on the importance of modeling
ethical behavior in your organization.
3. Describe how to be a confident leader of
discussions about strategy and potential ethical dilemmas with all
constituents.
10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Leadership in a Profession
CPEs: 1.5
Program Level: Basic
Field of Study: Personal Development
Program Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation: None
Don Snider, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor, U.S.
Military Academy, West Point
This
seminar will address the question, “Are vocational professions to
be led at the strategic level in the same manner as
other producing organizations such as businesses and
bureaucracies?” The seminar will analyze three areas of
strategic
leadership: (1) What is common and what is
unique about the productive processes of the three different types of
producing
organizations: businesses, bureaucracies and
professions. (2) The strategic level of leadership in general with focus
on the
competencies needed by leaders in that type of
environment, irrespective of type of producing organization.
(3) The uniqueness of professions--their two internal
jurisdictions wherein the profession’s expert knowledge is created
and
where that abstract knowledge is developed into human
practitioners.
Learning Objectives
1. Define the characteristics of
professions and how they relate to your own organization.
2. Examine strategy competencies needed to implement
strategic leadership successfully.
3. Discuss the specific skills needed to be a
strategic leader in a profession.
11:30 a.m.
Wrap up
Jeff
McCausland
12: 00 p.m.
Conference
Conclusion and Lunch
Tentative schedule. Subject to change.
ASBO will be
issuing CPE credits for the Eagle Institute sessions. Visit
ASBO’s website for details:
www.asbointl.org/EagleInstitute.
*The welcome reception and dinner are the only events open to
participants’ guests. For guests, there is a fee for the
dinner.
**The Wyndham Hotel’s 1863 Restaurant, located off the
lobby, opens for breakfast at 6:30 a.m. Please allow sufficient time
to enjoy the breakfast buffet and be ready to begin
the morning activities.
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