Meeting monthly to develop change leadership competency

Breakout #1: Avoiding (or overcoming) Change Fatigue   

The global business environment puts enormous pressure on organizations to adapt in order to remain viable and competitive.  However, top management either frequently fails to implement effective change initiatives or launches too many change endeavors resulting in significant organizational instability.  This sets the stage for passive-aggressive behavior toward change and/or burnout by followers from daily disruptions of unsettled change.  The challenge is to sequence change initiatives leaving periods of stability for “resting” plus, individual and organizational growth between cycles.  This session will be facilitated by Dr. Tim Reymann. 

Breakout #2: Alternate Leadership Models 

The traditional Leader-Follower-Goal model of leadership fails to adequately explain group processes when leadership is shared or otherwise built into the self-managed governance structure.  This breakout session will be facilitated by Dr. Ross Wirth and covers collective leadership, the Direction-Alignment-Commitment model of leadership, and the leadership role played by internal networkers in organizational change.

To register: RSVP to Dr. Ross Wirth at wirthr@franklin.edu or 614-947-6128.

Registration fee payable at the door: $15 includes light dinner and symposium supplies.

• Checks preferred – payable to “Franklin University”
• Cash – be sure to get a receipt
• Credit Card

Planned schedule

5:30 – doors open and dinner is available

6:00 – opening activity starts followed by two concurrent breakout sessions

8:00 – closing activity concludes (this ends the planned agenda)

        – networking discussions continue at your convenience

        – ad hoc problem-solving groups form for informal brainstorming

9:00 – networking and ad hoc brainstorming wraps-up

The symposium is open to anyone who is actively involved in leading change in their organization or community and wishes to discuss leading edge topics.  The gathering will be structured as a symposium for dialogue and will not have a formal, prepared presentation.  Instead symposium attendees will be provided short summary papers to establish a baseline for dialogue that will be facilitated by the Franklin University faculty. 

Meeting location - Ross Auditorium, Alumni Hall, Franklin University - Columbus, OH downtown

Map & directions - Parking lots A or C - Building 4 (Alumni Hall)

Symposium attendee profiles are shared at LinkedIn.

Mission of the Change Leadership Symposium

• Push for deeper levels of learning where behaviors are changed with new relationships and knowledge.

• Diffuse knowledge about change leadership across domains - sharing experiences, knowledge, and best practices.

• Create a sharing environment where change leaders can encourage each other as we all work to make this world a better place.

• Connect theory with practice networking academics with practitioners.

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Last modified: February 13, 2010