How can I improve the effectiveness of my organization? Build stronger teams? Communicate in ways that motivate? Become a better leader?
Strong leaders are masters of communication and negotiation. This course will strengthen your skills in both areas.
DATES:
September 29-30, 2008
COST:
$1,800
Includes tuition, textbook, instructional materials, continental breakfast, and lunch.
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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN: - Proven strategies for improving organizational performance
- General frameworks for cross-functional and cross-organizational relationships
- Key communication, negotiation and team-building skills
- How to manage the transition to a leadership role
- Tools for assessing your leadership style and effectiveness
FORMAT:
Two-day program
Classes run from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Owen School, unless otherwise noted.
INSTRUCTORS:
Fred E. Talbott
Clinical Professor of Management
Professor Talbott - a noted corporate trainer and convention speaker, and dedicated educator honored with numerous teaching awards - joined the Owen faculty in 1993. His consulting specialties and areas of expertise include: leadership and leadership communication; team communication; news media relations and crisis communications; problem solving and team improvement; mediation and conflict resolution in leadership; and time management. In 1998-99 he successfully helped the banking industry develop best customer, employee, and public communications practices to address potential Y2K challenges. Professor Talbott's consulting clients have included, among others, IBM, Bell Atlantic, Ingersoll-Rand Company, Tenet HealthSystems, United States Army, United States Navy, Bank Administration Institute, State Government Affairs Council and Clayton Homes. He is also a former White House speechwriting coach, Saturday Night Live comedy writer and author of Shakespeare on Leadership and Churchill on Courage.
Ray Friedman, PhD
Brownlee O. Currey Professor of Management (Organization Studies)
An expert in human organizational behavior, Professor Friedman is focused on understanding how cultural differences and backgrounds influence both negotiation and conflict resolution. Since joining the Owen faculty in 1994, he has taught courses in the MBA and Executive MBA programs, and was the recipient of the Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence in 2001. Prior to joining Owen, Professor Friedman taught at Harvard Business School and was a faculty member of Harvard's Program on Negotiation. He served as chair of the Conflict Management division of the Academy of Management and as President of the International Association for Conflict Management. Professor Friedman's research on the effects of personality on negotiations has been covered by The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek and Fortune.
