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Schedule

2008 Schedule

January 2008

  • WLA Opening Address
  • Goals and Objectives of WLA
  • Personal Leadership Experiences
  • Woodruff Moment and 1-Minute Session (The 1 Leadership Skill)
  • History of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center
  • Building the Ideal Leader: Profile and Qualities
  • Overview of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center – Size, Scope, and Stats
  • Introduction to WHSC Finance
  • Strategic Thinking Lecture and Discussion
  • Strategic Thinking Case Study 
  • Building Personal Awareness (Birkman)
  • Emory University Financial Overview
  • Leadership in Action – The Woodruff Foundation
  • Facilities and Administrative Cost Recovery
  • Building Personal Awareness (Birkman continued)
  • Leadership and Team Formation and Action Learning (ACID RIVER)
  • The Leadership Mind
  • 2008 Team Projects Selection
  • Birkman and Team Formation

February 2008

  • Leadership Best Practices
  • President’s Address
  • Leadership in Action
  • Leadership Best Practices (continued)
  • Leadership in Action
  • Leadership Best Practices (continued)
  • Managing/Negotiating Work Group Conflicts
  • Experiential Exercise
  • Managing Polarities
  • Introduction to Quality

March 2008

  • Woodruff Moment and 1-Minute Session
  • Human Resources Strategies
  • Managing Diversity-Legal and Leadership Issues
  • Men and Women: Differences in Leadership Opportunities & Style
  • Leadership in Action
  • Teaming Skills Building
  • Leadership in Action
  • Building Collaboration and Influence Skills
  • Discussion on Group Projects

April 2008

  • Woodruff Moment and 1-Minute Session
  • Leadership in Action
  • Marketing
  • Leadership and Global Health
  • University Communications
  • Leadership in Crisis
  • Current Issues in Community Affairs with Questions and Answers
  • Current Issues in State Government Relations with Questions and Answers
  • Leadership in National Organization
  • Development and the Capital Campaign
  • Information Technology

June 2008

  • Welcome and Opening Remarks
  • Leadership Experiences
  • 2008 Project Presentations
  • Reflections on the WLA Experience
  • 2008 Project Presentations
  • Awards Dinner