WISE Executive Leadership Institute at Tuck: Team Building Exercise
A variety of teaching and learning methods will be used in these sessions, including presentation of frameworks, concepts and best practices; facilitated large group discussions; experiential learning; small group application exercises and individual self-assessment instruments. The faculty-led sessions will be complemented by guest speakers and panelists on selected topics as well as opportunities for reflection, networking and physical exercise.
Strategic Leadership: Key Capabilities of Strategic Leaders Sydney Finkelstein
- Explore what it takes to create a strategic mindset and the essentials of successful strategies
- Identify the major challenges your organization faces now and over the next three years
- Reflect on what you are doing to meet these challenges
- Understand how to make knowledgeable strategic choices so action can be taken
Leadership, Change, and Influence Pino Audia
- Understand how effective leaders influence others and implement change in organizations
- Explore a wide range of influence tactics and their effectiveness
- Gain insight into your own influence profile
- Identify steps to take to improve your ability to influence others
Sharpening Your Negotiating Skills Judith White
- Explore the strategy and psychology of effective negotiations
- Examine the components of an effective negotiation and analyze your own and others' behavior in simulations and role plays
- Learn what to ask for, how to ask, and how to avoid backlash in your negotiations
Leader in Action: Getting Results with Others Action Learning Associates
- Develop a visceral, behavioral understanding to complement intellectual understanding of leadership and teamwork
- Practice getting results working in teams though a series of performance challenges
- Explore results from an assessment tool (such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality inventory) and compare with team behaviors
Managing Your Visibility Stacy Blake-Beard
- Reflect on your own social identities and how the resulting group memberships inform your behavior, feelings and attitudes generally and in specific settings
- Learn about implicit assumptions you may be making about people — and people may be making about you
- Discuss the challenges and opportunities offered by mentoring relationships
Creating the Need for Change Paul Argenti
- Engage in case discussion of common challenges related to change
- Reflect on what you are doing to meet these challenges in your organization
- Learn approaches to strategy and how to manage change
Connecting Strategic Vision to Implementation Paul Argenti
- Learn how to create a connection between strategy development and execution using strategic communication
- Learn how to use strategic communication to create integration
- Understand how to create communication strategies for personal leadership
The First Tenet of Leadership Ella Bell Smith
- Understanding the source of your true leadership muscle
- Enhancing your leadership narrative
- Creating stronger followership
- Understanding your approach to leadership from multiple angles
Information Value of Primary Financial Statements Phillip Stocken
- Develop skills to interpret and confidently use financial statement information for business decision-making
- Discuss the purpose of the balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows
- Examine and understand the accounting concepts for revenue and expense recognition
Financial Analysis for Strategy Implementation Phillip Stocken
- Learn to analyze and interpret metrics
- Understand how to align business decisions with strategy using key performance indicators
- Create a framework for identifying opportunities for performance improvement
Integrating Your Life Ella Bell Smith
- Explore what work-life integration means for you
- Look at the many facets of your life
- Examine the role you play in each area, the changes you would like to make, and the actions steps you need to take to make it happen
*Subject to change. Session content will be refined based on identified participant needs and experience.