Improve your knowledge and skills and broaden your perspective in your role as a leader

August 2 – 6, 2009 | OSU-Stillwater Campus

The 4th Annual Governor’s Executive Development Program for State Officials

In cooperation with the State of Oklahoma Office of Personnel Management, Oklahoma State University, and the University of Oklahoma.

Application

Please complete the enclosed application form and return it to Oklahoma State University. There is an early bird discount for registrations received by June 8, 2009. All registrations must be received by June 29, 2009. Enrollment confirmations will be sent to participants the week of July 3, 2009.

Date and Fees

Date: August 2 – 6, 2009

Fee: Early Bird Registration received by June 8, 2009
$2,700 per person, which includes instruction, two working lunches, an opening night reception, and all program materials

Registrations received between June 9 and June 29, 2009
$2,950 per person, which includes instruction, two working lunches, an opening night reception, and all program materials

Cancellation policy

All cancellations must be received in writing. A full refund will be made for cancellations received by June 29, 2009.

Cancellations received after that date may be charged fees based on expenses already paid in the participant’s behalf.

Substitutions may be made until June 29, 2009.

Hotel Information

Program participants are encouraged to stay at The Atherton Hotel at OSU to take part in the evening assignments that will be required. A block of sleeping rooms has been reserved at The Atherton Hotel at OSU in Stillwater ($70 per night plus tax for single occupancy.) Contact The Atherton Hotel at (405) 744-6835 and mention the “Governor’s Executive Development Program for State Officials” for the discounted rate. Room reservations must be made by Monday, July 3, 2009. Parking is available in the Student Union parking garage at $10 per day. The registration fee does not include hotel rooms or parking.

Facilities

The ConocoPhillips Alumni Center is located on the south side of the Oklahoma State University campus and provides excellent classroom and meeting space for the program sessions. The beautiful Atherton Hotel at OSU offers high-speed Internet connections in each room, continental breakfast, and a fitness center. Walking trails, golf courses, and tennis courts are available in the area.

Faculty/Instructors

• Raja Basu, Vice President for Academic Affairs, OSU-Tulsa, and Associate Professor of Management, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University
• Robert Dooley, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Research and Stinchcomb Professor of Management, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University
• Ken Eastman, Associate Professor and Head of Management, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University
• Trent E. Gabert, Associate Dean, College of Liberal Studies, University of Oklahoma
• Richard Little, Associate Vice President, Director, Center for Business & Economic Development, University Outreach, University of Oklahoma
• L. Lee Manzer, Professor of Marketing, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University
• Michael H. Morris, Professor, Head and N. Malone Mitchell Chair in Entrepreneurship, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University
• Debra L. Nelson, Spears School Associates Professor of Management, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University
• Vincent F. Orza, Dean, Meinders School of Business, Oklahoma City University

For more information:

OSU Center for Executive and Professional Development
Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University
215 Business Building
Telephone: 405.744.5208
Toll free: 1.866.678.3933
cepd@okstate.edu

Selected sessions of the Governor’s Executive Development Program can be adapted to bring in-house to your organization.

This program is designed around the five Executive Leadership Competencies as identified by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management:

1. Business Acumen
2. Leading Change
3. Leading People
4. Results Driven
5. Building Coalitions/Communication

The Program’s Unique Aspects The 4th Annual Governor’s Executive Development Program is a customized executive education program developed especially for top-level state officials.

The government / academic partnership allows bridges to be built. The program is presented by outstanding faculty, all of whom are widely acknowledged experts in their respective fields. Senior faculty from Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma are involved in the program and accessible to the participants.

The Challenge
Leaders from all public agencies are under increased pressure to produce results. With limited
resources and flexibility, how can public executives achieve such improvements?

The Program
You are invited to attend The Governor’s Executive Development Program for State Officials, uniquely designed for top executives in Oklahoma State Government. The program is a collaboration of the State of Oklahoma Office of Personnel Management, Oklahoma State University, and the University of Oklahoma. This extensive four-and-a-half-day residence program is designed around the five Executive Leadership Competencies identified by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. These competencies are: Leading Change, Leading People, Results Driven, Business Acumen, and Building Coalitions / Communication.

The Benefits
The Executive Development Program offers the following benefits:

1. An educational experience designed to improve the way you think and make decisions.
2. An opportunity for you to exchange ideas and learn new skills in an interactive setting.
3. A pooling of resources from Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma to delivera top-quality program.

Who Should Attend?
The program is designed for cabinet secretaries, agency directors, and top-level senior executives within state government.

What you will learn
Within the five core competencies, participants will be able to develop and enhance the following:

1. Understand the scope of the executive.
2. Be able to develop and implement decisions and understand the potential impact of decisionmaking.
3. Understand organizational change and how it affects others.
4. Identify a sense of strengths and development areas in specific behaviors which can help you achieve goals.
5. Become aware of cultural and environmental changes that will affect the future of the agency.
6. Identify the key to relationships, communication and interpersonal team building, and inter-organizational cooperation to implement programs effectively.

“Being associated with these highly motivated and dedicated state leaders from across all branches of government has been a great experience. This program allows us to share and learn management and leadership strategies that when implemented will make state government an even better place to work.”

Lisa Knauf, District Services Director, Oklahoma Conservation Commission

“This program provides Oklahoma's executives a rich opportunity to develop personal and professional skills. The dynamic presentations were engaging and relevant to what I needed in my career development.”

Connie Schlitter, Chief Information Officer, Oklahoma Department of Human Services

“This is a great program - not only for current executives, but more importantly for future executives.”

Clay Chandler, Fleet Manager, Oklahoma Department of Central Services

“I was very pleased to learn just how beneficial this program was. I enjoyed the interaction with all the presenters and walked away with many useful tools that I can use in my career and personal life.”

James M. Revard, Executive Director, Marginal Well Commission

“The program provided a wealth of practical knowledge conveyed by inspirational and entertaining speakers.”

Steve Hagar, Deputy Director, Oklahoma Department of Central Services, Central Publishing

“This was an excellent program. All of the topics and presenters were excellent. The knowledge level of each presenter was without exception - top notch. The networking opportunities during the program were very valuable.”

Diane Haser-Bennett, Director of Human Resources Management Division
Oklahoma Department of Human Services

“The wide variety of speakers was thought-provoking and the program provided me with an opportunity for an honest evaluation of my leadership skills. The program was well worth my time!”

Wendy Caperton, Director of Policy and Planning, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality

“As a new executive level leader in the state, I am excited to use this knowledge to get me started off on the right foot.”

Amanda Stork, Director of Government Relations
Oklahoma Center for Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST)

"This is a wonderful program. It is a perfect blend of gaining insight into my own personal strengths and weaknesses as well as what I can do to improve these areas. The speakers' knowledge, experience and teaching ability are second to none."

Dewayne Moore, General Counsel
Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

 

Business Acumen

DECISION MAKING AND CRITICAL THINKING: KEY FACTORS

The job of a manager is to make decisions. In fact, the success of your organization and your career hinge on your decision-making ability. Unfortunately, our brains often get in the way of effective decision making by playing tricks on how we perceive and interpret information. You will learn to think more carefully about the decisions and judgments that you and other people make and increase your awareness of how the brain tricks us into thinking we are being rational about decisions.

Leading Change

DEVELOPING INFLUENCE AND MANAGING CHANGE IN PUBLIC-SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS

The process of bringing about incremental or radical change in public-sector organizations is very different from the process in the private-sector. Unlike the private-sector where executives can rely on tangible incentives, public-sector executives have to rely on intangible rewards, shared values, and personal influence tactics to bring about change. This session helps participants identify their sources of power, learn how to develop influence, and use that influence to help bring about change in governmental organizations.

AMERICAN DREAM COMING TO LIFE IN OKLAHOMA

New corporate giants and entrepreneurial leaders are changing the state's cultural landscape. They have created new employment opportunities, attracted "major league" sports and entertainment, invested in the quality of life as part of the employee benefit package they use to attract individuals from across the nation and around our state. Like much of the southwest, Oklahoma is also enjoying a vibrant, growing international population of Vietnamese and Mexicans as well as an increasing number of individuals from nations around the world. Collectively these businesses, people and activities have given Oklahoma a new sense of direction and higher expectations.

STORYTELLING TO ENHANCE ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE

There has never been a society that did not use the telling of stories to establish its culture. Within organizations, storytelling is also a valuable technique to create and maintain "culture" while motivating employees. Additionally, stories are used to resolve conflict and to generate customer "evangelists."

Leading People

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE: COMPETENCIES OF STAR PERFORMERS

Emotional Intelligence (EI) is the capacity for recognizing your own feelings and those of others, motivating yourself, and managing emotions effectively in others and yourself. You will be provided with precise feedback from the Emotional Competence Inventory assessment that can be used to design development plans for improving your own EI.

GOOD TO GREAT AND THE SOCIAL SECTORS: WHAT'S A LEADER TO DO

Leadership: The stuff of legends and a legion of popular books. With so much being written on the topic, it is hard for us to know what works and what doesn’t. One common complaint readers have of such literature is that these books always make leadership sound so easy and simple. Unfortunately, people interested in leading others find that the task is much more complex than it appears to be. We are partly to blame as we often go from book to book looking for the quick solution to our problems.

LEADERSHIP--AWARENESS, EFFECTIVENESS AND TRUST

You will develop an "awareness" of your effectiveness as you apply leadership strategies for your organization.

Results Driven

ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

This session challenges public sector managers to become agents of change. The module emphasizes an active approach to administrative responsibility which includes generating new sources of revenue, producing enhanced services through innovation, and helping to facilitate increased citizen engagement and involvement. Entrepreneurship is defined as a process which can be managed in organizations of all sizes and types. Further, it is an orientation which should be reflected in goal setting, program formulation, specification of mission and values, service delivery, and design of the human resource management system. It is both a way of thinking and acting built around the concepts of innovativeness, calculated risk-taking, and being proactive.

Building Coalitions/Communication

BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS: KEEPING THE COMPETITIVE EDGE

The intensity of competition is forcing organizations everywhere to search for a structure and a strategy to obtain a competitive edge in retaining customers. Building customer relationships with a long-term focus generates that competitive advantage. Building relationships internally and externally is critical to organizational success.

RESONANT LEADERSHIP

In this age of uncertainty, the challenges are different, significant, and require a new kind of leadership. Leadership always begins with people before it moves to social systems or the world at large. This session will explore how we build relationships and resonate with others through hope, mindfulness, and compassion. Resonant leadership is the process of moving one step beyond emotional intelligence and we will learn concepts, discuss situations, and develop skills for the challenges ahead.