Friday, November 2, 2007
12:00 p.m.- 1:15 p.m.
Birkland Alumni Lounge,
Concordia College
Cost: $10.00
Presenter:
Lowell Hellervik
Description:
Lowell Hellervik is CEO and Chairman of
the Board for Personnel Decisions International (PDI). He will
discuss leadership development as it relates to evaluating manager's for
future leadership positions. He was the co-author of the books
Successful Manager's Handbook and The What and Why of Assessments. Hellervik is a professional industrial/organizational psychologist.
He devotes his energy to succession consulting, leadership development,
and organizational effectiveness consulting. His work involves
helping executives clarify objectives for organizational change, then
designing and executing a process to achieve their objectives.
Hellervik has a doctorate from the University of Minnesota. Under
his direction, PDI has grown from a small, local consulting firm to a
premier, international consulting firm with 27 operating offices around
the world.
Friday, December 7, 2007
12:00 p.m.- 1:15 p.m.
Birkland Alumni Lounge,
Concordia College
Cost: $10.00
Presenter:
Mary Jo Lewis, M.D.
Description:
Servant leadership has long been associated with values and ethical
leadership. Mary Jo Lewis, asks the question, how does one live in the
tension of being both servant and leader? Can Ibe an effective leader if
Idon’t first consider myself a servant? Living in the tension of this
paradox is not intuitive and is certainly not easy, but Robert Greenleaf
and others would say it was necessary. In order to foster and preserve
our own integrity … our personal ethical stance, we need to consider
what is truly means to exercise leadership in our world at home, at
work, and in the community.
Mary Jo Lewis, has an undergraduate and medical degree from the University of North Dakota, completed her Internal Residency at Fargo, and has an M.A. in Christian Spirituality from Creighton University in Omaha. She also teaches in the University of St. Thomas Physician Leadership College in the field of adaptive leadership.
February 8, 2008 (Download 02/08/08 brochure)
Friday, February 8, 2008
12:00 p.m.- 1:15 p.m.
Courtyard by Marriott, Moorhead, MN
Cost: $10.00
Presenter:
Vern Dosch
Description:
Vern Dosch is
President and CEO of National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC)
and recent recipient of the North Dakota Chamber Community Leadership
Award. NISC is a Mandan-based information technology company that
serves over 500 electric cooperatives and employs over 650 people
nationwide. Computerworld Magazine selected NISC as one of the nation’s
top places to work in the IT industry. Vern will discuss how
shared values provide the ethical backbone at NISC. As a member
owned technology cooperative, this Midwest company provides a business
model that works well by keeping ethical conduct a primary component of
business life for over 40 years.
March 14, 2008 (Download 03/14/08 brochure)
Friday, March 14, 2008
12:00 p.m.- 1:15 p.m.
Courtyard by Marriott, Moorhead, MN
Cost: $10.00
Presenter:
Steve Scheel
Description:
Steve Scheel has
led his company to exceptional growth, innovative stores, employee
ownership, and outstanding customer focus. In this presentation, Steve
will share his perspective and practices concerning values, leadership,
and developing an ethical culture in their organization. Steve believes,
"ethics is not about the things we are not supposed to do, it is about
the things we do as leaders. It is about things we teach as leaders,
about the examples we set as leaders, and the culture we are continually
trying to build and improve upon." Scheel’s has 4,000 employees and 25
retail locations with the headquarters in Fargo, N.D. The company is
owned by store managers, employees, and the Scheel family.
