Executive Program
The 2010 Program
The 2010 UC Davis Executive Program will meet Thursdays, March 11-May 13, 2010, from 1:30-8:30 p.m. Tuition includes dinner, parking and course materials.
Each week a different executive leadership topic is explored in depth.
The following represents the curriculum for the 2010 Executive Program.
Carolyn Penny, J.D., Director,
UC Davis Executive Program
| Topic | Date |
|---|---|
| Mental Models | March 11 |
| Leadership Communication | March 18 |
| Facilitative Leadership | March 25 |
| Leadership Through Innovation | April 1 |
| Leadership Styles and Efficacy | April 8 |
| Cultivating Leadership | April 15 |
| Leading Change | April 22 |
| Leadership Case Study | April 29 |
| The Science of Desire | May 6 |
| Ethical Leadership | May 13 |
Mental Models
All leaders have "mental models" that shape their thinking about the organizations they lead and those their competitors lead. These mental models also structure how we work with people, both the people inside the organization and the customers/clients outside the company, agency, firm or business. One of the most important (and least understood) mental models is that of cooperation and competition. Examine the models that lead us to cooperate and compete, and how these invisible shapers of thought create assumptions about independence and interdependence.
Carolyn Penny, J.D.
Carolyn Penny is director of Business & Management at UC Davis Extension, building leadership and productive workplaces in partnership with the Sacramento region. She brings to her role more than 20 years of experience in facilitation of multi-stakeholder problem-solving and conflict resolution.
Leadership Communication
Examine the three most important aspects of leadership communication, and discuss ways in which you can acquire and practice good communication skills. Communication is one of the foundational skills of leadership. Most of the myriad of competencies required of effective leaders are rendered moot if you cannot communicate well. "Rehearse” effective communication skills and styles, and experience various roles through interactive exercises.
Jay Davison, M.Arch., AIA
Jay Davison has more than 30 years of experience in the design and construction industry, holding positions with a variety of contracting and architectural firms. In 1999, he co-founded Capital Program Management, which provides program management and capital outlay budgeting and accounting services to a dozen school districts throughout California. Davison's expertise includes strategic planning, management and organization of complex capital outlay programs, and development of program and project budget control and reporting systems.
Facilitative Leadership
Today's climate of diversity, complexity and change, requires leaders who are capable of engaging staff in joint decision-making. Knowledge of facilitative leadership makes for more effective and longer lasting solutions, and top leadership coaches across the country are becoming its most vocal advocates. Examine the techniques associated with facilitative leadership, including productive negotiations, consensus building, effective management and collaborative process design. Learn to do more than just dictate solutions—create an atmosphere in which your staff contributes to the end result.
Susan Carpenter, Ph.D.
Susan Carpenter is a mediator, trainer and writer. She has 30 years of experience developing and managing programs that help groups reach consensus and resolve controversies at the local, state and national levels. Carpenter was the founding director of the Program for Community Problem Solving in Washington, D.C., and currently works with organizations and groups to build capacity for collaborative leadership and conflict resolution.
Leadership Through Innovation
Everyone talks about leading change. But it isn't leading change that catapults organizations forward, it's the ability to innovate. Gain hands-on experience in the cutting-edge discipline of leadership innovation. Begin by analyzing different tools that generate innovation, then investigate methods for building collaborative teams to solve problems and produce valuable results. Discuss who you need on your support team, and explore pragmatic applications, including case studies illustrating effective leadership execution and accountability.
Robert Smith, Ph.D.
Robert Smith, a recognized specialist in organizational and community leadership, is the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. For more than 25 years, he has provided communication and management consultation, including strategic planning and executive leadership development to organizations throughout the U.S., helping them drive performance higher. Smith has received two national awards for teaching excellence and was named the Outstanding College Communication Teacher in Kansas. He has been inducted into six national academic honoraries and is currently listed in Who's Who in American Education, Who's Who in Business and Finance and Who's Who in the World.
Leadership Styles and Efficacy
Explore a specific conceptual model of organizational culture, often referred to as organizational climate. Build your leadership style by exploring insights gained from research done on organizational climate by David McClelland while he was at Harvard. Examine how the six leadership styles he identified, which link organizational climate with leadership style, can be used to drive performance, reach new levels of teamwork, and achieve sustained excellence in the workplace.
Vijay Khatri, M.B., Ch.B.
Vijay Khatri is a professor of surgery at the University of California, Davis. His 10 years of experience as an academic cancer surgeon have underscored for him the importance of leadership proficiency, particularly in the areas of effective interpersonal and communication skills. His expertise is in leading multidisciplinary teams.
Gene Crumley, M.Div.
Gene Crumley was the director for the UC Davis Executive Program for 10 years, from 1998-2008. Currently, he is chair of UC Davis Extension's Business & Leadership department. Prior to coming to UC Davis, Crumley spent 13 years with Habitat for Humanity International. He is a graduate of both UC Davis and San Francisco Theological Seminary (Presbyterian).
Cultivating Leadership
Most organizations develop a corporate philosophy expressing principles by which they intend to function. However, there is often little correlation between these published policies and the actual behavior of organizational leaders. Every company wants to be recognized as an organization of integrity, one that treats its people fairly, provides excellent customer service, and can supply its shareholders with profitable returns. Examine five leadership principles that significantly contribute to the development of leaders of character and that create an environment of integrity, empowering staff and making them partners in the achievement of organizational goals and objectives.
Paul Monroe
Paul Monroe is a retired major general who served more than 46 years in the United States Army and the California Army National Guard. He has performed in a variety of high-level command and staff positions, culminating in his assignment as commander of the 22,000 soldiers and airmen of the California National Guard. He has extensive experience in the areas of leadership development and currently heads Monroe Executive Associates, a small consulting team, which advises developing organizations on leadership and diversity.
Leading Change
Each year many books are written about leading organizational change, no two of which are alike. The advice is bewildering, because it is often written in language that is confusing, if not contradictory. Gain insight into how to lead organizational change by examining the process with an executive leader who led major organizational change within his organization. His case study provides the backdrop for this session, which includes candid comments on what worked and what didn't.
Michael J. Thomas
Michael Thomas is the Deputy Executive Officer of the California Central Coast Water Board, which regulates a wide range of activities, including ecological restoration projects, agricultural and urban land use, wastewater treatment plants, landfills and major pollution cleanup. Thomas oversees the organization's engineers, geologists and environmental scientists, and leads efforts to create a more performance-based organization. Through the UC Davis Executive Program, Thomas has learned that the greatest challenges are internal, and that true leadership is largely a personal journey.
Leadership Case Study
In fewer than 10 years, Waste Connections, Inc., went from its initial public offering (IPO) to becoming the largest publicly-traded company based in the greater Sacramento region. Valued at more $1 billion, Waste Connections has outdistanced other well known Sacramento-based companies. So, how did they do it? Join Darrell Chambliss, the organization's Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, as he explores the strategies and disciplines Waste Connections employed that have resulted in their extraordinary success. Learn to incorporate Chambliss' successful techniques into your own leadership methods and style.
Darrell Chambliss
Darrell Chambliss is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Waste Connections, Inc. His experience in a variety of executive positions has spanned nearly two decades, including division manager of U.S.A. Waste Services, Inc., where he was responsible for the operations of 19 companies as well as supervision and integrating acquisitions. He also held various management positions with BFI.
The Science of Desire
Successfully launching meaningful products and services and obtaining the "desires" we want is not easy. Problems range from articulating the idea to validating the technology, and developing marketing and business models. And then, there is the problem of executing the plan that often has "miracle occurs here" buried somewhere in it. In this session, Wil Agatstein, a leader in product development and services around the world, shares successful approaches for launching your ideas, whether at your organization or beyond. Through discussion and group projects, experience how to apply "science" to your "desire" for positive results.
Wilton Agatstein
Wil Agatstein is visiting assistant professor at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management, where he leads the International Study Program and teaches corporate social responsibility. He is also executive director of the UC Davis Center for Entrepreneurship, where he helps scientists and engineers take their science out of the lab and into the world. Prior to joining UC Davis, he led Intel's innovation, specifically in and for the developing world. He is the father of the Intel Powered ClassMate PC—the $100 $200 Laptop.
Ethical Leadership
The research is clear: those who manage ethically also manage best. The 2009 Executive Program ends with this critically important seminar. Learn how sound personal ethics create an environment of trust and commitment, and how trust and commitment form the foundation upon which organizations succeed. Explore how individuals' personal ethics affect their professional behavior, and how as a senior manager that behavior shapes the ethical environment in an organization or business. Examine how the ethical environment affects the bottom line—whether the measurement is profitability or productivity.
Miles O'Brien Riley, Ph.D.
Miles Riley has spent his entire professional life in communications and ethics. He served for a number of years as the director of communications for the Archdiocese of San Francisco and has had the longest running radio program in San Francisco Bay Area history, on KSFO.
