LeaderShape IU 2006

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LeaderShape IU 2006

• Information Meeting
• 12/2/2005

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Agenda

• Learning Agreements
• Overview of the weeks activities
• Accommodations
• Transportation
• Packing List
• Other information

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Learning Agreements

• LeaderShapes Commitment
• Increase your commitment to act consistently with
  core ethical values, personal values, and
  convictions
  
• Enhance your capability to develop and enrich
  relationships and strengthen your commitment to
  respect the dignity and contributions of all
  people
• Embrace the belief in a healthy disregard for
  the impossible
  
• Develop the capability to produce extraordinary
  results

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Learning Agreements

• Participants Commitments
• Attend each session and PARTICIPATE
• Refrain from using alcohol and other drugs and
  confront others
  
• Take responsibility for your learning. Ask
  questions, participate in familiar activities,
  and step out of your comfort zone
  
• Respect individual differences and the dignity of
  all people. Keep an open mind and strive to
  learn a new perspective
  
• Agree not to leave the conference property
  without permission. Respect the property and
  treat it like your home.
  
• Sign, date, and return to Sondra

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ScheduleJanuary 3 8Waycross Camp Conference
Center

• Tuesday
• Arrive by 3 pm
• Wed - Sat
• 745 830 Breakfast
• 10 a.m. Break
• Noon 1 Lunch
• 3 p.m. Break
• 6 p.m. Dinner
• Sunday
• Depart at 11 am

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Day 1 Building Community

• - Explore what leadership means
• Meet other participants of the Learning
  Community
  
• Join 10 other students in your Family Cluster

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Day 2 The Value of One, The Power of All

• Outdoor Team Experience
• Behavior Style Inventory
• Set personal goals for the week and share with
  Family Cluster
  
• Reinforce the concept of inclusive leadership and
  creating communities of mattering

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Day 3 Challenging What Is, Looking To What Could
Be

• Define and refine your Breakthrough Blueprint a
  powerful vision
  
• Interact in settings dealing with chaos and
  change
  
• Guest Leader Panel
• and Reception

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Day 4 Bringing Vision to Reality

• Discuss Relationships
• Define SMART Goals and Stretch Goals
• List action steps to move your vision forward
• Explore the issue of power

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Day 5 Living and Leading With Integrity

• Explore concept of integrity
• Afternoon of relaxation and reflection
• LeaderShape
• Revue

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Day 6 Staying in Action

• You are now a part of a nationwide LeaderShape
  community
  
• Commencement Ceremony

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Accommodations

• Waycross Camp and Conference Center
• Morgantown, IN

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Accommodations

• Two to four people to a room
• Private bathroom in each room
• Single or full sized bed
• Fresh linens every day
• HOT showers
• Its like a hotel, so please disregard any horror
  stories from last year!

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Food

• Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner will be provided each
  full day
  
• Snacks will also be provided throughout the
  institute
  
• We promise, you wont go hungry!
• Please inform us of any food allergies not
  mentioned in your application after the meeting

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Possible Breakfast Items

• Eggs Benedict
• Coffee Cake
• Cream of Wheat
• Fresh Fruit
• Bacon
• Hashbrown Casserole
• Biscuits and Gravy

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Possible Lunch Items

• Salad Bar (typically offered every day)
• Beef Stew
• Brats
• Philly Steak Sandwiches
• Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole
• Potato Wedges
• Cookies

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Possible Dinner Items

• Salad Bar (typically offered every evening)
• Pork Chops
• Fried Chicken
• Cod Fillet
• Swiss Steak
• Mashed Potatoes
• Green Beans
• Asparagus
• Cobbler

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Transportation

• We have a bus!
• Sign-up after the meeting if you want a ride.
• Be at DeVault Alumni Center by 1pm.
• As long as you find a way to get on campus, well
  get you there
  
• Park at the DeVault Alumni Center, unload, and
  well direct you to the E lot
  
• If you prefer to drive directly, instructions
  will be provided upon request. Keys will be
  collected at the Institute.

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Storage For Bus Riders

• Please try to store any valuables in a secure
  location prior to arriving at the DeVault Alumni
  Center
  
• You may store any luggage you have at your own
  risk in the SAA office
  
• Traffic in and out is limited
• I have faith in the regulars

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Packing List

• NECESSARY
• 7 comfortable, casual outfits(pants, jeans and
  t-shirts, short sleeve shirts, polo shirts,
  winter jackets, sweatshirts, etc.)
  
• 7 pairs of socks
• 1 pair of shoes
• 1 pair of sneakers
• 1 pair of snowboots
• 1 casual belt
• 1 extra set of casual (grungy) clothes and
  shoes/sneakers you dont mind getting dirty (for
  low ropes/challenge course on Day Two)
  
• 1 business casual outfit men dress slacks and
  shirt or sweater women slacks or skirt and
  blouse or sweater
  
• 1 pair of pajamas
• 1 light jacket / winter jacket
• 1 poncho and/or umbrella
• 1 flashlight and batteries
• 1 pair of sunglasses

• NECESSARY
• 1 week of prescription medication (if
  required/needed)(headache, cold, allergy)
  
• 1 set of personal toilet articles toothbrush and
  paste, soap, shampoo, hair dryer, comb and brush
  and any other personal needs.
  
• There is not a laundry facility available for
  your use
  
• during The LeaderShape Institute. Please plan
• accordingly.
• OPTIONAL
• bathrobe and slippers
• camera and film
• compact discs (CDs)
• snacks (some snacks provided)
• nominal spare cash (for personal needs)
• personal journal
• alarm clock???
• PLEASE DO NOT BRING
• personal computer

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Emergency Information

• Prior to leaving LeaderShape
• Sondras office number is 812-855-4670 and cell
  phone is 812-322-2076 or email at
  seinman_at_indiana.edu
  
• While At LeaderShape
• The Waycross Camp Conference Centers direct
  line is 812-597-4241. 
  
• After hours, the same phone number will ring at
  the home of the executive director who lives on
  site or he can be reached at 812-597-5232 (his
  personal phone line). 

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Commitment to Participate

• By attending this information session and signing
  and returning the LeaderShape Learning Agreement
  you are making a commitment to participate.
  
• IU Bloomington students must sign a statement
  agreeing to a 50 fine assessed by the Bursar for
  failing to show at LeaderShape. Non-IUB students
  understand that if they fail to show, they will
  be invoiced for the 50 fine.
• If an emergency arises, contact Sondra ASAP to
  determine if you may be excused from the
  Institute.

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Anything Else?

• Please let us know of any special accommodations
  you may require
  
• Lets make this AWESOME!