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November 8, 2006
Overview
Most executives are under pressure to reduce staff and other costs, while retaining productive employees, increasing innovation and customer loyalty, to achieve a competitive advantage.
In order to gain a clearer perspective on how these challenges unfold in different organizations, as well as how they are being addressed, Lee Hecht Harrison interviewed 100 senior-level leaders at multi-national Fortune 500 companies, as well as universities and professional service organizations. They asked each executive to describe his or her personal perspective on leadership and heard several consistent messages. The underlying theme was that today’s challenges call for a new leadership framework.
Participants said the leadership challenges they’re facing now are so complex that solely getting “back to the basics” is not a viable solution. They indicated the traditional management competencies of authority, decision-making, and planning are not adequate in today’s complex organizations. Knowing how to create a strategy, communicate it, and drive it to action is also important, but not enough. More capacity is needed. The new leadership framework addresses the many competing demands that leaders face today.
Agility is the goal; leaders are needed who can both utilize traditional management methods while adapting to change and to enhance their effectiveness. Expanding leaders' capacity to span a wide range of responsibilities, from control functions to creative change management and risk-taking is the challenge for today’s organizations.
Nancy Edwards and Daryl Dixon from Lee Hecht Harrison in Portland will present the LHH study and findings. They will also be leading a group break-out session and discussion on how you can apply these findings to your organization.
You will learn:
1. The LHH study results
2. The new leadership framework: “core” and “edge”
3. The three fundamental paradoxes that leaders continue to struggle with
4. The behaviors connected to the new leadership framework
5. How to apply these principles and promote these behaviors in leaders within
your own organization.
Please join us for this inquiry and discussion of what new leadership behaviors are needed in the new paradigm organization.
Speaker
Nancy Edwards, Vice President, Leadership Consulting, Lee Hecht Harrison
Daryl Dixon, Vice President, Business Development, Lee Hecht Harrison, Portland,
Oregon
Details
The Fairfield Inn & Suites
6100 SW Meadows Rd
Lake Oswego, OR 97035
Pre-meeting Session: Peer Coaching
You are part of a small peer coaching group of approximately six participants. You may participate in a group or if you choose, observe the activity. The Process: one person is searching for insight regarding a goal or challenge they are experiencing. The others in the group ask powerful questions to help that person gain new perspectives on their goal/challenge.
Pre-meeting Session 5:30-6:15 pm
Peer Coaching Document
Networking 6:00 – 6:45 (or 6:15 – 6:45 for Peer Coaching participants)
Program is from 6:45 - 8:30 pm.
No need to be hungry during the ODN meeting! Bring your dinner to the Peer Coaching or to the meeting. Great take out dinner restaurants just 2 minutes from the Fairfield Inn. Both places are on Bangy Rd just around the corner to the west of the Fairfield Inn. They are Best Teriyaki (next to Deseret Books, near Washington Federal Savings, 503-598-9555) and Mac's Markets and Deli (oup, sandwiches and salads at www.lakeoswegomacsdelis.com).
Networking is encouraged so come early (around 6 PM) for some delightful conversation with colleagues! The Peer Coaching meeting will be occurring in another part of the room but there will be an area for networking in the meeting room and the lobby adjacent to the meeting room is also an option.
NOTE: For November, there is no prior social get together at Stanford's.