Leadership Foundations ProgramRecognizing the role that lawyers provide as leaders, both in business and throughout the fabric of modern society, the Law School inaugurates a J.D. Leadership Foundations Program in January 2012 that is open to all current students. The program, which takes place between the fall and spring semesters, offers intensive exposure to fundamental leadership skills and concepts. The Leadership Foundations Program is offered to all current J.D. students at no cost. Students will gain significant insight into leadership issues as well as their own aptitudes and strengths. In addition, they will receive a Certificate of Completion following the program. First Annual Leadership Foundations Program
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| 7:30 | Registration/Continental Breakfast outside Lockhart Hall (Room 25) |
| 8:30 | Welcome/Introduction Professor John Matheson Dean David Wippman |
| 8:40 |
Emotional Intelligence and How It Can Enhance Your Leadership
Skills Kathleen Marron (’82), President of The Marron Alliance |
| 11:00 |
Effective Leadership Through Strategic Communications Amy Rotenberg (’92), President of Rotenberg Associates |
| 12:00 | Lunch Presentation: Leadership Skills Learned in the Trenches Lee Mitau (’72), Executive Vice President and General Counsel of U.S. Bancorp |
| 1:30 | Practices of Integrative Leadership Barbara Crosby, Associate Professor at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs |
| 3:15 | Leadership and Negotiation Mary Alton, Corporate Institute Program Director |
Thursday, January 12, 2012
| 8:00 | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Leadership Strengths Quest: Challenging Leaders to Help Them Go from "Good to Great" Tom Matson, Senior Director of Leadership Development and Programming for the Gallup Education Practice |
| 12:00 | Lunch Presentation: Communicate That!™ Roshini Rajkumar (’97), President of Roshini Performance Group |
| 1:30 | Leading by Effective Management Phil Miller, Professional Director of the Carlson Consulting Enterprise at the Carlson School of Management |
| 3:45 | FrameBreaking Leadership Development: A Practical Approach to Developing Yourself on the Job Mark Kizilos, Assistant Dean of Executive Education at the Carlson School of Management |
Friday, January 13, 2012
| 8:00 | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Preparing for Act II: Becoming an Ethical Lawyer James Hale (’65), Chairman of the Governance Committee at Tennant Company and former Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Target Corporation |
| 10:00 | Law Firm Leadership and Consolidation in a Changing Environment Phil Garon (’72), former Chairman of the Management Committee of Faegre & Benson |
| 11:10 | The Business of Law Tom Bradley, Chief Financial Officer of Dorsey & Whitney Bryn Vaaler (’79), Professional Services Partner at Dorsey & Whitney |
| 12:30 | Closing |
For more information, contact John Matheson at mathe001@umn.edu or Alison Bure at bure0018@umn.edu.
