Symposium Review: 2007
Over 400 Gather for Leadership Symposium
It was a day overflowing with personal insights, thoughtful discussion, and stimulating speakers as more than 400 central Ohio leaders gathered to share, learn, and reflect on the role of leadership in business – and in life.
The Franklin University Leadership Center held its Fourth Annual Raymond E. Mason, Jr. Leadership Symposium, on Thursday, April 26, 2007 at the Columbus Convention Center. This year's focus was on Leadership and Coaching.
The day of leadership began with keynote addresses from Bill Hosket, Executive Director of the OHSAA Foundation and Big Ten Analyst for ESPN; and Dianne Stober, Faculty at Fielding Graduate University and Professional Coach and Speaker. In addition, Franklin President Paul Otte conducted a question-and-answer luncheon session with Columbus Blue Jackets Head Coach Ken Hitchcock.
Reinforcing the Leadership Center's mission, the audience was composed of leaders from business, government, non-profits and educational sectors of our community. Also participating in the Symposium were a number of Franklin University Leadership Scholars, who were selected from among Franklin's undergraduate and graduate students holding the highest cumulative grade point average (GPA).
We are grateful for the support of the Raymond Mason Foundation, Nationwide, Battelle, and Huntington. Because of their generous contributions, many leaders from the government, education, and non-profit sectors were able to attend the Symposium through sponsorship.
Franklin University's commitment to leadership does not begin and end with our annual Symposium. For many, it is just one important part of an ongoing effort to strengthen leadership in their organizations. We invite your organization to contact the Leadership Center for additional ways we can support your organization's leadership development goals.
Coaching and Leadership From Our Speakers
The Raymond E. Mason, Jr. Leadership Symposium continues to receive high evaluations for the variety and expertise of our speakers. Our speakers include the following (click on their names for a biography).
- Mike Curtin: Vice Chairman & Associate Publisher, The Columbus Dispatch
- Eddie Harrell Jr.: President & CEO, Columbus Urban League
- Ken Hitchcock: Head Coach, Columbus Blue Jackets
- Bill Hosket: Executive Director, OHSSA Foundation & Big Ten Analyst, ESPN
- Paula Inniss: President, Ohio Full Court Press
- Chester Jourdan Jr.: Executive Director, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC)
- Phil Sorentino: Growth, Profit, & Enjoyment Advisor, Humor Consultants Inc.
- Dianne Stober: Principle, Stober and Associates
- Tom Suddes: Founder of the Suddes Group and For IMPACT
General Session (click on the links below to hear these presentations):
- Bill Hosket – Values that Lead to Success Listen to the presentation
- Dianne Stober – Finding the Sweet Spot: Coaching is Effective Leadership
- Ken Hitchcock – Live Question & Answer Session
Agenda: View the 2007 Agenda
Breakout Sessions (click on the links below to hear these presentations):
Throughout the event, leaders also shared their views and experiences on leadership in small-group breakout sessions.
- Mike Curtin
The Six Basic Leadership Principles that Apply Across all Sectors - Eddie Harrell, Jr.
Listen Twice as Much as You Talk - Bill Hosket
Leadership in Sports and Business - Paula Inniss
Leading Creative People: Leading in the 21st Century Listen to the presentation - Chester Jourdan, Jr.
Expanding the Box: Moving from What Is to What you Want It to Be - Phil Sorentino
Work Smart, Have Fun, and Make Money - Dianne Stober
The Leader as Coach: Looking for Coachable Moments - Tom Suddes
For Impact Leadership: How to Make An IMPACT in Any Organization (With a Focus on COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP)
Additional Sessions:
While our general sessions and breakout sessions were the cornerstone of the Symposium, participants also attended other valuable sessions:
- Leadership Development Program (LDP1): Details highlighted below
- Closing Strategy Session: This was an interactive workshop that gave participants an opportunity to develop individual plans for taking leadership to the next level in their lives and organizations.
Join us for the 2008 Leadership Symposium
April 24, 2008 ~ Columbus Convention Center
More Details on the LDP Afternoon Session
Leadership Development Program – LDP1
People are our most important assets... Should your most important assets be entrusted to someone who lacks a commitment to leadership?
Why Leadership Development?
Think about individuals who are responsible for people – police, fire, military, school bus drivers, pilots – they are required to participate in ongoing development. Now think about our leaders – shouldn't the same be true for leadership?
A promotion gives someone the opportunity to be a leader, but it doesn't create leadership. Effective leadership is much more than a title or a position – it's an ongoing process that requires leadership development. And, failure to develop leaders and aspiring leaders could result in a tremendous waste of resources.
Effective leadership at all levels is valuable because it maximizes the potential of every person in the organization. Just like financial analysts make great efforts to increase the return on monetary assets, effective leaders work diligently to leverage the full potential of their organizations' most important assets – their people.
What is LDP?
The Franklin University Leadership Center has created a
Leadership Development Program
Why is LDP valuable to you?
Because leadership development can produce a measurable ROI – for the individual and the organization – when there's a shift in focus from merely attending leadership events to committing to a more complete leadership development program.
This means changing the emphasis from only receiving information toward applying the information more directly into your leadership sphere of influence. If an individual attends leadership events without a commitment to apply what they learn, the return on their time invested can be minimal.
Events offer great opportunities for gathering knowledge, networking, and becoming more inspired, but the key is to put a program in place that will yield the maximum results for the long term.
A Leadership Development Program brings events together, as part of an overall program with a goal of applying what you learn in your work environment with your improved leadership as the end result.
To plan for next year's symposium on April 24, 2008, you may reach us at:
614.947.6888 · leader@franklin.edu · 201 South Grant Ave. Columbus, OH 43215
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