Veterinary Leadership Academy^SM Being a Leader
(formerly Intrinsic Leadership)

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Being a Leader

Discover your "inner-leader" and define what role you personally and professionally have in directing the culture of your practice.

Eight Takeaways

• Understand the characteristics of successful leaders and how these traits contribute to their organization's financial success
• Learn how to incorporate these same leadership qualities
• Receive an objective analysis of your personal leadership and management strengths and weaknesses, as well as a fundamental understanding of how those characteristics impact your team
• Gain an independent personal planner to map out your organizational goals and vision and define core values using case studies of successful organizations as a guide
• Discover how creating a culture of “ultimate accountability” marks the first step to improving the functionality of your team, developing steps to create “ultimate accountability” for yourself first and then for the rest of your team
• Learn why daily performance coaching is critical to “living” the practice vision, mission and organizational goals
• Compile a model for structuring coaching conversations (Topic, Impact, Plan, Support & Sustain) to be more effective and efficient – AND role play practice (don’t panic!) with veterinary specific cases
• Get feedback from your colleagues on how to become even more effective in your coaching

Course Description, Learning Objectives and Faculty

Sunday and Monday
2Logical, Inc.

Description
Discover the exact process that the most effective leaders and managers follow, as well as the steps you can take to reach your full leadership and management potential

Learning Objectives
At the end of the course, you will have assembled a comprehensive management and leadership plan, including:

• A working understanding of the differences between leadership and management
• An objective analysis of your personal leadership and management strengths and weaknesses and a fundamental understanding of how those characteristics impact your team
• A personal individual development plan (IDP) to address your management and leadership weaknesses
• A defined vision and goal plan for your team
• An objective analysis of the team’s current performance gaps
• A fundamental understanding of how to properly coach and mentor employees
• A plan for conducting group meetings to overcome these performance gaps
• Comprehensive IDPs for each employee, which provide a dedicated means of holding both leaders and employees accountable for ongoing personal development
• Critical success factors, best practice and the highest payoff activities for your team
• Knowledge of whom to recruit, how to recruit, and how to properly establish job parameters and expectations from day one

Course Faculty

David Naylor
Executive Vice President — Learning & Development - 2Logical, Inc.
David Naylor has been internationally recognized as a leader in the field of personal development and corporate consulting for nearly two decades. In his role as Executive Vice President of Learning and Development for 2Logical, David has become a trusted advisor and strategic consultant to scores of CEOs and executive leaders in many of the largest and most successful corporations in the world. In addition, he also manages 2Logical’s development and consulting teams and oversees all client relationships within the firm’s Fortune 100 clients.

David graduated cum laude with bachelor’s degrees in marketing and finance and magna cum laude with an MBA in finance and economics from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Tuesday
Center for Management and Organization Effectiveness
Coaching TIPS Workshop

Description
In the Coaching TIPS Workshop, participants acquire the skills to interact with others in ways that motivate action, drive out fear, and create the partnerships required to accomplish team and organizational goals

Learning Objectives

This learning experience will help you:

• Look carefully at your own coaching style/approach and receive constructive feedback
• Learn about and assess the impact of your coaching skills
• Become familiar with, or advance your skills with, a practical coaching TIPS model that will help you influence, develop and enhance the effectiveness of others
• Practice applying the steps/guidelines in different types of situations and case studies
• Build on your own experience and sharpen your skills when influencing others
• Renew your interest and commitment to coaching

Course Faculty

Julie Ziadeh
Facilitator/Consultant
The Center for Management and Organization Effectiveness CMOE

Julie Ziadeh has 30 years of experience working for a Fortune 500 Organization. Her background and experience include operations, customer service, training, leadership development and executive coaching. Julie’s success in designing, facilitating and implementing award winning trainings has made her a sought after trainer.

For over 27 years, CMOE has partnered with all types of organizations around the world to provide leaders and team members with performance solutions, training programs, research and consulting services. CMOE’s mission is to help organizations achieve strategic success and build lasting partnerships in the workplace.

Please note: Faculty members are subject to change without notice; however, the course content and quality will remain consistent.

Transportation

We strongly encourage you to book your flight into the Colorado Springs, Colorado Airport. This airport is only 15-20 minutes from the Cheyenne Mountain Resort.

After your plane lands at the Colorado Springs Airport, simply go to the resort’s information desk located across from Baggage Claim #3. A shuttle will be ready to take you to the resort.

If you fly into Denver International Airport and rent a car, you can expect to be on the road for at least 1 to 1 ½ hours to Colorado Springs.

Due to our program start and stop times, please do not make return travel arrangements until at least 5 p.m. on Tuesday from the Colorado Springs airport or until at least 7 p.m. on Tuesday from the Denver International Airport.

Agenda

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