Executive Leadership and Development

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Executive Leadership and Development

• Purpose and Available Programs
• An Illustration
• By
• Charles W. Washington, Ph.D.

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Why Executive Leadership Management Development
Programs?

• Purpose
• Develop career leaders for local, state, or
  Federal governance.
• Enhance leadership and management skills of
  senior-level executives.
• Develop the values and competencies that are the
  foundation of public service, transcending
  individual professions and missions

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Types of Leadership and Management Development
Programs

• Executive Leadership only
• Executive Development and Leadership
• Executive Development and Management
• Training and Development Institutes

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Reputable U.S. Executive Leadership Programs

• Federal Executive Institute
• (Charlotte, VA)
• Eastern Management Development Center
• (Shepardstown, WV)
• Western Management Development Center
• (Denver, CO)

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Reputable U.S. Executive Leadership Programs
Continued

• Graduate School, U. S. Department of Agriculture
• http//grad.usda.gov/cgi-bin/sb/page.cgi/aip1de1
  80w3M6Z,00Vmi49PRnZrcQ-tzKyJdx8m.?page100870
• Harvard Business School
• Executive Development Program
• http//www.hbs.edu/executive/index.html

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Executive Leadership Institutes in Cooperation
with Universities

• Executive Leadership Institute, Tempe, Arizona
• (Community College Presidents) University of
  Texas at Austin
• http//www.league.org/league/conferences/eli/eli
• main.htm
• Executive Leadership
• (For LibrariansUrban Libraries Council)

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Executive Leadership Institutes in Cooperation
with Universities

• Chief Executive Leadership Institute (Yale
  University)
• http//celi.som.yale.edu/
• Executive Leadership Institute (Portland State
  University) http//www.eli.pdx.edu/

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Executive Leadership Council and Foundation

• An independent, non-partisan, non-profit 501 ( c
  ) 6 corporation, founded in 1986 by 19
  African-American corporate executives to fulfill
  a bold mission Change the face of corporate
  America
• A support network and public leadership forum
  that prepares the next generation of
  African-American corporate executives, honors
  business achievements by African Americans
  encourages excellence in business and influences
  public policy on behalf of African Americans.
• http//www.elcinfo.com/

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Executive Leadership Council and Foundation
Purpose

• Provide African-American executives in Fortune
  500 companies with a professional network and
  forum that offers perspective and direction to
  issues affecting excellence in business, economic
  and public policies in African-American
  communities, corporate America, and the community
  at large.
• Increase the visibility, recognition, and
  advancement of African-American business
  executives at all levels.
• Create and develop new economic opportunities for
  minority enterprise.
• Insure that corporate philanthropic programs are
  inclusive of and responsive to African-American
  communities.

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National Leadership Institute

• Center for Creative Leadership _at_ University of
  Maryland, College Park
• http//www.umuc.edu/prog/nli/nli.html

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Ohio Executive Leadership Institute

• PROVIDES INTENSIVE SHORT PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS
  FOR PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT SECTOR EXECUTIVES
• http//oueli.voinovichcenter.ohio.edu/

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Institute for Leadership Advancement

• Stresses the importance of principled leadership
  based on core values and emphasize leadership as
  a collaborative process, not a position.
• http//www.terry.uga.edu/leadership/programs/exec
  utive/enrollment.html
• (University of Georgia)

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SAMPLE OF STATES WITH EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT
LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS

• Mississippi
• Massachusetts
• South Carolina
• Virginia
• California
• Vermont
• Maine
• Tennessee

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ELECTED OFFICIALS LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS

• National League of Cities Leadership Training
  Institute
• http//www.nlc.org/Resources_for_Cities/Leadershi
  p_Training_Programs/
• Snelling Center for Government --Vermont
  Leadership Institute
• http//www.snellingcenter.org/lead.html
• GovLeaders.com
• http//www.govleaders.org/training4.htm (List of
  state and local government leadership programs)

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TYPICAL TOPICS IN EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT COURSES

• Redefining Leadership
• Strategic Thinking Decision Making
• Organizational Communication
• Power Influence Strategies
• Creativity Innovation
• The Leader's Role in Budget Finance
• Leadership Ethics

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TYPICAL TOPICS CONTINUED

• Dispute Resolution Skills
• Budget Performance
• Collaboration Across Boundaries
• Creative Leadership
• Effective Communications
• Sensitivity in Managing People
• Motivation for results

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TYPICAL TOPICS CONTINUED

• Understanding Governmental Structure Functions
• Planning and Organization Strategies
• Values and Ethics in Leadership and Management
• Accountability and Performance

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STRUCTURE OF INSTITUTES

• BOARD OF DIRECTORS
• FRIENDS OF THE INSTITUTE
• SPONSORS OF THE INSTITUTE
• ASSOCIATES OF THE INSTITUTE
• FOUNDERS OF THE INSTITUTE

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FUNDING

• Government funding via agency budget allocations.
• Individual agencies pay participants cost.
• Individuals pay participation cost
• Institute underwritten by private or corporate
  contributions

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STAFFING

• Faculty drawn from seasoned executives
• Faculty drawn from corporate executives.
• Faculty drawn from University researchers and
  faculty members
• Faculty drawn from think tanks and research
  organizations

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MODE OF DELIVERY

• During regular work week.
• Three-day weekend session.
• One or more sessions every nth week for y number
  of weeks.
• Off-site week-long session.
• Off-site weekend sessions (F-S-S) for x weekends.

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EVALUATION

• All substantive sessions should be evaluated.
• All presenters should be evaluated.
• Location, facilities, food, free-time,
  interaction time, and other related factors
  should be evaluated.
• Overall experience should be evaluated.

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PAUSE Q A, DISCUSSION

• Time to be devoted for questions and answers and
  general discussion before moving on if this is
  desired.

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STRATEGIC PLANNING AND ITSRELATIONSHIP TO THE
FSGDS

• Purpose
• To discuss extent to which principles of
  Strategic Planning are evident in the FSGDS and
  the relevance of other aspects of Strategic
  Planning to Effective Implementation

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BASIC ELEMENTS OF STRATEGIC PLANNNG

• Environmental Scan
• Understanding the organizational context
• Understanding the purpose for which it exist
• Understand the business it is in
• Understanding it clientele
• Understanding its guiding philosophy

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BASIC ELEMENTS OF STRATEGIC PLANNNG

• Engage in Visioning Exercise
• Conduct SWOT Analysis
• Assess Strengths
• Assess Weaknesses
• Determine existing and future opportunities
• Identify existing threats

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BASIC ELEMENTS OF STRATEGIC PLANNNG

• Arrive at an acceptable Vision Statement
• Generate a Mission Statement
• Develop in consultation with stakeholders a set
  of core values
• Generate Specific Goals consonant with Mission

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BASIC ELEMENTS OF STRATEGIC PLANNNG

• Generate specific, measurable, time bound,
  resource-associated, strategic objectives for
  each specific goal
• Generate multiple measurable objectives per goal
• Develop a set of criteria for evaluating
  objectives

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BASIC ELEMENTS OF STRATEGIC PLANNNG

• In consultation with stakeholders, determine the
  strategic priorities from among goals and
  objectives.
• Develop performance indicators for measuring
  success in achieving objectives.

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BASIC ELEMENTS OF STRATEGIC PLANNNG

• Assign budget and personnel consistent with
  strategic priorities.
• Engage in continuous assessment and evaluation to
  achieve continuous improvement
• Realign Goals in light of changing realities.

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ASSESSMENT OF FSGDS ALIGNMENT WITH GOOD
STRATEGIC PLANNING

• Are all concerned stakeholders adequately
  involved in process?
• Are strategic priorities identified?
• Is there agreement on core values? What are
  they?
• Are resources---money, time, people allocated to
  strategic priorities.

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DISCUSSION SESSION

• Q AND A AND GENERAL DISCUSSION ABOUT FREE
  STATES GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND ITS
  RELATIONSHIP TO THE THEORETICAL DIMENSION OF
  STRATEGIC PLANNING.

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END OF SESSION