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| CE_41P | Sat, 8/2/2014, 12:00 PM - 5:30 PM | CC-154 | |
| Preparing Statisticians for Leadership: How to See the Big Picture and Have More Influence (Part 1 of Two-Part Course) — Professional Development Personal Skills Development | |||
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| Leadership presentations: Robert Rodriguez (SAS Institute), Sally Morton (University of Pittsburgh), and Lisa LaVange (FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research) What is leadership? Much has been written and discussed within the statistics profession in the last few years on the topic and its importance in advancing our profession. This course will provide an understanding of leadership as well as how statisticians can improve and demonstrate leadership to impact their organizations. It will feature leaders from all sectors of statistics speaking on their personal journeys as well as providing guidance on personal leadership development with a focus on the larger organizational/business view and influence. You will work with your colleagues to discuss and resolve leadership situations that statisticians face. Finally, you will come away with a plan for developing your own leadership and connect with a network of other statisticians who can help you move forward on your leadership journey. What You Will Gain by Attending A better understanding of leadership, including: o How established leaders in our profession have developed their leadership skills; o Insights and perspectives on leadership from other professional statisticians gained through interactions, discussions and group work that will improve each attendees ability to lead o Inspiration to become a leader Improved Big Picture organizational/business view, including: o A better understanding of how organizations & businesses function, including how important decisions and plans are made o Ideas on how to acquire greater knowledge in organizational/business acumen o How you can leverage big picture understanding to impact key processes, metrics, decisions, and customers Improved influence, including: o A better understanding of how the use of relationship building together with organizational/business acumen can improve influence. O Ideas on how to acquire influence skills in your organization/business o Strategies on how to convincingly assert your ideas and effectively challenge the ideas of others. A path for your own leadership development, including: o A draft of your own leadership principles, identification of personal barriers that may be slowing the realization of your full leadership potential, and a plan for continuing your leadership journey; o Membership in a small peer leadership group that will continue to share learning, perspectives, experiences and ideas on leadership after completing the workshop; Who Should Attend This course is designed for: - Statisticians who have a desire to take a significant step in their leadership development - Statisticians with an open mind, an eagerness to learn & improve, and a willingness to share their thoughts, insights & experiences with others - Statisticians who have at least 5 years of work experience outside of their academic training Course Logistics - This course will be held on Saturday, August 2 (Noon-5:30 pm), and Sunday, August 3 (8:00 am - Noon). - Each attendee is expected to attend both sessions as this is a full day course. - The attendees will spend the last 90 minutes of the first day (4:00-5:30 pm) working in groups on a leadership case study. - The course will be facilitated by three experienced statisticians and will feature three leadership presentations by established leaders in our profession. - Reflection and class discussions will also be used to gain leadership insights from speakers, fellow attendees and facilitators - The class size will be limited to 30 attendees | |||
| Instructor(s): Gary Sullivan, Eli Lilly and Company, Marilyn M. Seastrom, NCES/U.S. Department of Education, Bonnie Lafleur, Ventana Medical Systems | |||
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