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The Berkeley Executive Leadership Program

Sample Course Outline

Topic Time
     

Facing the Facts about You and Your Organization

Measuring your personal style, and measuring the culture of your organization
Day 1 Breakfast 8:00am-8:30am
Welcome and Group Exercise: What Makes an Effective Leader 8:30am-10:00am
Break 10:00am-10:15am
Your Leadership Style: What you think it is, what others think, and what it all means (learn your survey results) 10:15am-12:00pm
Lunch: Meet your Peer Coaches 12:00pm-1:30pm
Your Organization's Culture: Where you are today, and where you want to be (learn your survey results) 1:30pm-3:15pm
Break 3:15pm-3:30pm
Peer Coaching: Identifying your organizational gaps and designing your goals for the week 3:30pm-5:30pm
Dinner at the Claremont 5:30pm-6:30pm

Creating an Innovation and Growth Engine in Your Company

Developing your organizational culture and structure to foster innovation and growth
Day 2 Breakfast 8:00am-8:30am
Organization Design for Innovation and Growth 8:30am-10:00am
Break 10:00am-10:15am
Organization Design for Innovation and Growth 10:15am-12:00pm
A Chat with Haas School Dean, Rich Lyons, Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm
Leadership Challenge Exercise 1:00pm-1:30pm
Collaboration: How Leaders Avoid the Traps, Create Unity, and Reap Big Results 1:30pm-3:15pm
Break 3:15pm-3:30pm
Collaboration: How Leaders Avoid the Traps, Create Unity, and Reap Big Results 3:30pm-5:30pm
Professional Coaching & Dinner 5:00pm-8:00pm

Motivating and Energizing your Organization

Sustaining energy, striving for excellence, and owning results at every level
Day 3 Breakfast 8:00am-8:30am
Developing a Performance Based Culture 8:30am-10:00am
Break 10:00am-10:15am
Developing a Performance Based Culture 10:15am-12:00pm
Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm
Leadership Challenge Exercise 1:00pm-1:30pm
Effective Influence and Persuasion (video session) 1:30pm-3:15pm
Break 3:15pm-3:30pm
Attract, Develop, Motivate, and Retain Talent 3:30pm-5:30pm
Free Evening

The Balancing Act: Your Current Business and Future Conquests

Case studies from the front lines of strategy, innovation, and leadership
Day 4 Breakfast 8:00am-8:30am
Capturing Today's Profit and Driving Tomorrow's Growth 8:30am-10:00am
Break 10:00am-10:15am
Capturing Today's Profit and Driving Tomorrow's Growth 10:15am-12:00pm
Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm
Leadership Challenge Exercise 1:00pm-1:30pm
Mindset: Creating a Creative, Confident, and Effective Organization 1:30pm-3:15pm
Break 3:15pm-3:30pm
Little Bets: Why Experimentation Works, and How to Use It to Drive Growth 3:30pm-5:30pm
Free Evening 5:30pm

Communication, Influence, and Persuasion

Employing best practices for working with people to get things done
Day 5 Breakfast 8:00am-8:30am
Leading through Rapport 8:30am-10:00am
Break 10:00am-10:15am
Leading through Rapport 10:15am-12:00pm
Lunch 12:00pm-1:30pm
Effective Influence and Persuasion (learn results of your video session) 1:30pm-3:15pm
Taking Action and Getting Traction 3:30pm-5:00pm
Certificate Dinner 5:30pm