SCHEDULE

2012 Schedule of Events

This information reflects the 2012 Workshop, which has already taken place.
Please check back in the fall for updates about the 2013 event.

Friday, April 13, 2012

8:00 a.m. – Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – Opening Remarks by Kate Smith, Assistant Dean Admissions and Financial Aid
9:45 a.m. – Break
10:00 a.m. – "Negotiating For Yourself: The Need to Ask and Ask Effectively" Professor Victoria Medvec
11:30 a.m. – Break
11:45 a.m. – Values Exercise
12:45 p.m. – Break
1:00 p.m. – Lunch
2:00 p.m. – "Interviewing: When the Product that You Sell is You" Professor Julie Hennessy
3:30 p.m. – Break
3:45 p.m. – Day One Closing Remarks by Professor Michelle Buck
5:00 p.m. – Personal Time
7:00 p.m. – Dinner at Hilton Garden Inn in Evanston

Saturday April 14, 2012

8:30 a.m. – Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – Optional Admissions Information Session
9:45 a.m. – Break
10:00 a.m. – "Values Based Leadership and True Balance in Your Life" Professor Harry Kraemer
11:30 a.m. – Break
11:45 a.m. – Lunch
1:00 p.m. – Student Panel
2:30 p.m. – Closing Remarks by Key Note Speaker Sally Pofcher, CEO Paper Source
3:30 p.m. – Workshop Ends

Module #1: "Negotiating for Yourself: The Need to Ask and Ask Effectively"

Recent research suggests that women do not have the same propensity to negotiate for themselves as men do. This is not due to a lack of negotiating skills. Women often negotiate better deals for their companies than their male counterparts. The critical difference is that women do not negotiate for themselves; they tend not to ask for pay increases, promotions, resources, staffing, and opportunities.

The strategies presented in this seminar will help participants improve their effectiveness in all types of negotiations. This will be a highly interactive seminar where participants will have the opportunity to share their own negotiating challenges and create strategies for critical upcoming negotiations.

Module #2: “Interviewing: When the Product that you Sell is You”

This session is designed to teach individuals strong interviewing skills and to market themselves in the workplace. The module will discuss the in and outs of successful interviewing by using basic marketing concepts. The module will help individuals identify good career opportunities and help position them for success. Additionally, it will help participants identify characteristics that will help them differentiate themselves from the competition, as well as increase memorability from an employer’s standpoint. Participants in this session will leave with an invaluable skill set to market themselves more effectively in the workplace.

Module #3: "Values Based Leadership and True Balance in Your Life"

This session explores the essential qualities of leadership and the “foundation bricks” of values based leadership. Attendees will discover how they can truly become values based leaders, as well as more balanced leaders. Despite the worldwide quest for “work-life balance”, most individuals constantly feel torn between their many duties and obligations. This dynamic session aims to answer the tough questions about work-life balance. What is work-life balance and how is it achieved? How does life balance change over time, and what are ways to best manage personal work-life balancing decisions?

The Women's Leadership Workshop is presented by Women's Business Association and Kellogg Admissions.