Effective Organizations, Leadership & Personal Development for Key Technology Staff

Series History

I have led similar leadership development sessions where participants have ranged from first-time supervisors to CFOs & VPs. Participants have come from education, nonprofits, sales, finance, medical, manufacturing, & marketing. Creating a specific group for technology staff within education emerged through a variety of conversations with district leadership noting the important role our technology staff now play in the success of the overall district.

Series Design

This series was designed to:

1) Offer exceptional training to key technology staff

2) Offer training & development in smaller, on-going portions to reduce time away from the job & no time in on the road (one session per month; 8:00 to 9:30 AM)

3) Build a cohort of similar staff that can use each other as professional & personal resources

4) Offer district leaders the benefit of supporting their technology staff to be even more effective

2017-2018 Series ROI

The Professional Development Series will:

1) Allow participants to select a problem or issue inside their organization &  solve that problem.

2) Deliver specific instruction & guidance to participants re:

1. A) Better leadership, followership & management: Up & down the org chart.

2. B) Execution (the art of getting many things accomplished).

3. C) Influence (getting people to do what they are supposed to do, faster).

4. D) Manage & reduce conflict & work more effectively in difficult situations.

5. E) Improving personal presence, presentation & communication skills.

Series Details

1) Pre-session interview w/ each participant re: their needs.

2) Pre-session interview with each participant’s supervisor re: their perceptions of participant’s needs.

3) 6 monthly training sessions.

4) Each session will be held from @ 8:00 to 9:00 AM @ their computer via GoToMeeting.

5) Meetings for all #1s to review progress of #2s & ideas for even higher productivity.

6) Books, subscriptions, research summaries, etc. personalized to the needs of each participant. Possible coaching sessions where needed.

Series Dates

Sessions occur on Tuesdays from 8:00-9:00 AM  on Dec 14, Jan 18, Feb 15, Mar 15, Apr 12 and May 10

Please call Bruce @ 320-260-2612 or e-mail me: [email protected] with questions or to register.

Series Rationale:

The topic of leadership development has long fascinated me as it is essential for healthy & developing organizations. With the ever-growing importance of technology within school districts, development of key technology staff is more important than ever.  This development needs to go beyond the ‘techie’ stuff and support the overall personal and professional development of individuals that support your district’s vision and mission.

Over the past 34 years, I have had the privilege to assist educational organizations throughout the United States and Canada in the areas of better strategic planning (aka “Chainsaw Planning”©), leadership development, managing conflict & difficult employees, & followership training.

An Important Observation

At one point, I was thinking about my most effective clients and realized that a key differentiator for those organizations was the presence of a strong, effective inside leader in his or her support role. You trust and rely upon them to manage their part of the organization as if it were their own.  These are the people that can:

• Think like a leader or administrator

• Model effective, healthy followership

• Understand, promote & help deliver the organizational vision

• Manage outcomes identified as essential within the strategic plan

• Help employees to persist, succeed, & thrive

• Learn new skills

• Deal with role ambiguity