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Leading Companies and Communities (PANEL)

Leadership knows no boundaries. Hear from successful business leaders who have leveraged their leadership skills and social network for greater social change. We will explore key success factors when transferring leadership in your career to your community. Specifically, we will focus on what business leaders can learn from nonprofit leaders and what nonprofit leaders can learn from business leaders? How can you get the best from both worlds?

Business executives and nonprofit community leaders will discuss how they integrate social responsibility into their personal and professional lives.

Leadership & Turnarounds (PANEL)

Leadership is often tested and solidified in times of crisis. We will discuss the role of leadership in managing turnarounds: How do you pinpoint the degree of change required? How do you keep your team energized and committed? How do you balance short vs. long-term objectives in pursuing turnaround options?

Leading Diversity (PANEL)

Diversity is often discussed as a HR issue rather than a strategic leadership decision. However, leading organizations are transforming the concept of "diversity" of teams from a buzz word to a strategic asset. How do successful leaders build diverse teams to wield greater creativity and synergy?

The Innovative Leader (PANEL)

Some companies are coined as established. bureaucratic. hostile towards change. And others continually reinvent their products, services, and organization. In this panel, we will look at the pivotal role of leadership as change agents. How does leadership affect innovation? And how should leaders manage innovation and sustain a culture of innovation?

Seasons of Leadership: Resilience, Transformation, and Insight (WORKSHOP)

In our careers and personal lives, we all face times of incredible uncertainty, even significant crises of confidence. Navigating these uncomfortable periods can seem like merely surviving, and the instinct to attempt to regain control and restore order can be overwhelming. However, a hallmark of successful leaders is the ability to move beyond survival and exploit these chaotic periods to inspire dramatic innovation and creativity. Professor Michelle Buck leads an interactive workshop designed to teach techniques that will bring out the best from the toughest seasons of leadership

Time 12:00 to 1:00 PM
Speaker: Michelle Buck, Kellogg School of Management

Effective Management of Cross-Functional Teams (WORKSHOP)

Whether we are entering a career in banking, consulting, marketing, general management, etcetera, we all must work in cross-functional teams. And especially in the first 5 years of our career post-Kellogg, we will manage projects that rely heavily on business partners that don’t necessarily report to us. So the question is: How do you influence people who don’t work for you? And how do you do this for the most effective results?

Time 12:00 to 1:00 PM
Speaker 1: Dave Gent, Kellogg School of Management
Speaker2: Rebecca Dalton, Director, DaVita Strategic Growth, Lifeline

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