Symposium Review: 2008
A Day Dedicated to Leadership
Thursday April 24, 2008
Columbus Convention Center
Ballrooms 1 & 2
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
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Our 5th Annual Leadership Symposium, featuring bestselling author, management consultant, and respected psychologist Judith Bardwick, was a huge success. Over 400 indivduals from over 100 companies joined us as we focused on the widespread employee crisis that Bardwick calls "a psychological recession," and learned how to address this serious threat to our nation's economic health and vitality.
The day started off with Dr. David Decker, President of Franklin University, presenting Judith Bardwick with an Honorary Doctorate. She then enthralled her peers with her astounding personality and energized delivery of her expertise. She was followed shortly thereafter with a wonderful panel discussion on great leaders of the past.
The panel included representatives of Robert Crane, Charles Lazarus, Melvin Schottenstein, and Dave Thomas. Each of these idealized leaders were proudly represented by their daughters, Tanny Crane, Peggy Lazarus, Holly (Schottenstein) Kastan, and Pam (Thomas) Farber. Moderated by Angela Pace, this panel proved to be a highlight of the day. Of course emotions ran strong but these strong women represented their fathers with the utmost love.
After the first break out sessions, Phil Sorentino of Humor Consultants Inc., inspired the audience with his interactive and entertaining production. There was not a moment of silence until the conclusion where Phil instructed the audience not to applaud him, but to focus on themselves, contemplate "What are you going to be? What are you going to do? What will you have? What can you give?" As he stepped down from the stage, the room was serene and calm.
At the conclusion of our luncheon presentation the audience was free to participate in the afternoon break out sessions. Many of our attendees raved about our speakers and now you can enjoy them too. Below are links for each presentation including the general sessions and panel discussion. Each audio file is approximately one hour in length (please be patient as they load).
Agenda: View or download a PDF.
Our speakers for the day included (listen to sessions below):
John Baker – Leadership Development & Executive Coach Practice Leader, Sequent Inc.
Judith Bardwick, Ph.D. – Best-Selling Author
Bill Cooper – Chairman and Majority Owner, Cooper State Bank & Chairman, TCF
Greg Jones – Senior Vice President, State Farm Insurance Companies
Greg Lashutka - Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Franklin University
Cindy Lazarus – President and CEO, YWCA Columbus
Marsha Ryan – Administrator, Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation
Phil Sorentino – Growth, Profit, & Enjoyment Advisor, Humor Consultants Inc.
Reverend Leon Troy - Chairman, House of Troy Foundation
Bob Weiler - Chairman, The Robert Weiler Company
Panel on Great Leaders of the Past
Moderated by:
Angela Pace – Director of Community Affairs, WBNS – 10TV
Tanny Crane – President and CEO, Crane Group (Daughter of Robert Crane)
Pam Farber - Member, Thomas 5 Limited (Daughter of Dave Thomas)
Holly Kastan - (Daughter of Melvin Schottenstein)
Peggy Lazarus - (Daughter of Charles Lazarus)
Listen to the audio files from our general sessions below: (Each file is approximately one hour in length, please be patient as they load)
Judith Bardwick - One Foot Out the Door
Moderated by Angela Pace - Leaders of the Past Panel Discussion
Phil Sorentino - Humor: Your Key to Enjoying Work, Your Family, and Yourself
Use the links below to hear audio files of the break out presentations: (Each file is approximately one hour in length, please be patient as they load)
John Baker -The Higher Levels of Leadership Indicator: In this session, John Baker shared personal HLLI scores and interpreted their meaning. The Higher Levels of Leadership Indicator (HLLI) is a new instrument designed, by the Leadership Center and Sequent, Inc., to measure your approach to leadership. Participants completed the HLLI prior to attending this session. If you and your company are interested in taking the HLLI please contact the Leadership Center at leader@franklin.edu or 614.947.6888.
Judith Bardwick - One Foot Out the Door Discussion Session: This session was an in-depth discussion with Judith Bardwick discussing her thoughts and perspective of Leadership in an ever changing society. Participants were encouraged to read her new book, One foot Out the Door prior to the session in order to fully participate in the discussion. The book can now be purchased through the Leadership Center via leader@franklin.edu.
Bill Cooper - Leading With the Customer Out Front: Bill spoke about his approach to leadership and how he applied it, taking TCF to the top of the banking lists for return on equity. In addition, he discussed how to apply the same concepts in other settings.
Greg Jones - 24 Hour Leadership
Greg Lashutka - Government, Business, Education, Not-For-Profit: The Need for Leadership
Cindy Lazarus - 10,000 Frenchmen Can Be Wrong: Recognizing Your North Star: Defining your goal, your strategy and your measure of success.
Marsha Ryan - Toward Operational Excellence: Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation: Workers' Compensation in Ohio - the road to regaining public confidence and trust.
Phil Sorentino - Coming to Work, Ready to Play: Creating Results Through Enjoyable Solutions: Phil Sorentino, assisted every attendee in deciding what results they desired and helped them put together a plan to produce their results. Everyone was introduced to his formula of R for reflect and resolve, E for energize, S for strategies, U for unite, L for love, T for track, and S for start again.
Reverend Leon Troy - Leadership in the Public Eye: Reverend Troy discussed how word choices, experiences, context, and the influence of others impact leadership. He was joined in a dialogue about what we say, how we speak, and the perceptions of others impact our leadership.
Bob Weiler - Building Your Leadership Out of Boards: In this session, Bob Weiler discussed how his service over the years on the Board of Relators, Columbus School Board, I Know I Can Board, and several business boards helped to build his leadership that he applied to successfully build the Robert Weiler Company.
Plan now for next year, this full-day experience is designed to inspire and motivate the current and future leaders of our community.
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Fees for 2008:
Individual: $275 each
Franklin Students: $200 each (call or email to register)
Team (4+ from the same organization): $250 each
We offer other rates for large groups and not-for-profit organizations.
For more information e-mail leader@franklin.edu or call 614.947.6888.
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