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Leadership Foundations Program

The Law School's Corporate Institute offers the Leadership Foundations Program each January. This program recognizes the role that lawyers provide as leaders, both in business and throughout the fabric of modern society. The program, which takes place between the fall and spring semesters, gives students insight into fundamental leadership concepts and skills.

The Corporate Institute offers the Leadership Foundations Program to all current students at no cost.


January 16-18, 2013
Lockhart Hall (Room 25)

 

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

8:00 Registration/Continental Breakfast outside Lockhart Hall (Room 25)
8:45 Welcome/Introduction
David Fisher, Corporate Institute Executive Director
Professor John Matheson
Dean David Wippman
9:00 Authentic Leadership
Bill George, Harvard Business School Professor, Former Medtronic CEO
10:00 Leadership and the Art of Struggle
Steven Snyder, Snyder Leadership Group, Former Microsoft GM, Former Net Perceptions CEO
11:15 Secrets to Success
Al Coleman (’04), Attorney at Gray Plant Mooty
12:15 Lunch
1:00 Communication Exercise
2:30 Emotional Intelligence
Barbara Krantz Taylor, The Bailey Group
4:30 Wrap Up, Day 1

 

Thursday, January 17, 2013

8:00 Continental Breakfast
8:30 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
11:30 Lunch
12:30 Creating Your Own Personal Brand
Ashley Bowes Johnson and Michelle Wieser, Graduate Business Career Center at the Carlson School of Management
2:45 The Asking Formula
John Baker, President of Sales and Leadership Effectiveness at READY Thinking, LLC
4:00 Wrap Up, Day 2

 

Friday, January 18, 2013

8:00 Continental Breakfast
8:30 Negotiating in (Your) Style – A Leadership Skill
Mary Alton, Corporate Institute Program Director
10:30 Think on the Spot
Toni Halleen (’88), Fun with Law President, Attorney at The General Counsel, Ltd.
12:00 How You Lead Matters
Marilyn Carlson Nelson, Chairman, Carlson Companies
1:00 Closing

 

For more information, contact David Fisher at dffisher@umn.edu or Brett Arenz at lawci@umn.edu.