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ACEC/KS Emerging Leaders Program is for
individuals committed to developing their leadership abilities. This
program imparts specific skills and competencies identified by top ACEC/KS
principals as critical for leadership success. These highly interactive
sessions are taught by experts in the field of business administration and
people management in professional services firms. Session meeting locations
and times are listed with the session. Featured session topics include:
Thursday and Friday, September 18-19, 2008
Location: Ramada Hotel, Topeka, Kansas
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Orientation - Barbara Carswell
11am – 2:00 pm
Do you think 20 engineers will be too shy to get
to know each other in a short time? Think again!
Barb Carswell is First Vice President at Capitol
Federal Savings, and has been facilitating
leadership groups for years. Barb’s high energy
presentation and interactive sessions will have
class members working, and laughing, together in
no time at all. This critical session sets the
stage for class members to work together for the
next six weeks.
Leadership – Bruce Wilkinson, Haley &
Aldrich, Inc. 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Leadership is the process of influencing people
by inspiring them to achieve, by communicating in a manner that they best
understand and by building trust such that they will embrace risk. However,
the power of leadership tends to distort a leader’s perception. A good
leader commits to a continual, brutal self-examination to minimize this
distortion and to maintain a realistic pursuit of the organization’s vision.
Human Resources/Managing People – Richard
Cybulski, HNTB 4:00 – 6:00 pm
Human resource philosophy and functions are
often the basis for company planning and meeting client needs. We’ll
examine systems for performance management and employee relations
strategies. The strongest asset for any organization is its people.
Maximizing that asset is essential to strong leadership.
Reception at ACEC Office 6:30 – 7:30 pm
This will include presentations from leaders of
the national ACEC organization, the Kansas Society of Professional
Engineers, and other ACEC Kansas leaders.
Dinner as a group TBA 8:00 pm
Friday, September 19, 2008
Ethics – Dr. Tom Mulinazzi, University of
Kansas School of Engineering 8:30 am – 10:30 am
Being ethical is defined as “Being in accordance
with the accepted principles of right and wrong that govern the conduct of a
profession.” The core of ethics in the engineering profession include:
public interest, truth, honesty, fairness and professionalism. Strong
ethics are essential to leadership. Without the trust that ethical behavior
promotes, an individual’s firm is destined to mediocrity.
Governmental Affairs – Senate Majority
Leader Derek Schmidt 10:30 am - Noon
The government’s leadership influences the
overall business climate and an individual firm’s success. Business leaders
need to know how to participate effectively in the public arena and build
consensus. They also need to understand how government affairs activities
can help their business succeed and how to encourage active participation at
the grassroots level in the firm.
Thursday and Friday, October 9-10, 2008
Location: Marriott Courtyard at Oldtown,
Wichita, Kansas
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Contract Language/Risk - Wyatt Hoch,
Foulston Siefkin LLP 2:00 – 6:00 pm
Carefully wording contract provisions minimizes
risk to design professionals. We’ll discuss how contract provisions
allocate risks between parties and the legal effect of specific contract
provisions. Getting contracts right the first time can be the difference
between a profitable project and incurring more liability than your firm can
afford.
Dinner as a group TBA 7:00 pm
Friday, October 10, 2008
Strategic Planning – Dr. Gerald Graham,
Wichita State University 8:00 – 10:00 am
Strategic planning is an essential process for
assessing and evaluating a business and creating a viable, flexible guide
for future success. The critical components of a successful planning effort
include preparation, establishing a plan baseline and creating the plan.
We’ll examine the major elements of a strategic plan, including
organizational vision, schedule, responsibilities, accountabilities and
metrics.
Business Development – Mike Lally, Olsson
Associates 10:00 am - Noon
Instilling and encouraging a strong business
development culture in your firm makes great business sense. It can prove
to be an important differentiator and can positively influence the firm’s
project delivery, hiring and recruiting, and career development processes.
Developing a business development culture requires understanding the
distinction between marketing and business development, exposing false
common business development myths, recognizing the many ways in which
technical staff can contribute to the business development process, and
investing in strategies that yield the highest return-on-investment.
Thursday and Friday, November 6-7, 2008
Location: Doubletree Hotel, Overland Park,
Kansas
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Economics of Private Practice – Lee James,
Lee James & Associates 2:00 – 6:00 pm
Understanding the role and importance of
financial project management is a critical attribute of emerging leaders.
It is equally important that they understand fundamental metrics of
successful firms, which financial indicators are important and what they
mean for future growth. In this session, we will discuss these important
financial management issues.
Dinner as a group TBA 7:00 pm
Friday, November 7, 2008
Senior Leaders Roundtable -- Dale Maltbie
(PEC PA), Joe Marsh (Terracon) Rick Worrel (Affinis Corp.) and Leonard Rodman (Black & Veatch)
8:00 – 11:00 am
From Management to Leadership – Secrets of
Success
Take the opportunity to network with a diverse
panel of leading industry professionals. This session will culminate the
Emerging Leaders Program experience. The facilitated session gives
participants a chance to ask industry leaders questions concerning industry,
practices, and management.
Conclusion
Graduation Celebration and lunch 11:00
am - Noon
Registration Deadline: June 20, 2008
Participation is limited to 20. You may only
register one member from your firm. Registration priority is given to
firms that have not participated, length of time since firm last
participated and then first-come first-served. A waiting list will be
maintained.
Cost: $1100 per person for attendees.
Tuition includes all meeting materials, PDHs, welcome reception, breakfasts,
dinners and lunches. Tuition does not include lodging or travel expenses.
Payments/Cancellations/Refunds: Full
payment must be received by July 15, 2008 or registration will be
cancelled. Cancellations received from July 15 to August 15, 2008 will
receive a 50% refund unless another registrant can be confirmed. Slot may
be transferred to another member of the same firm. No refunds after
August 15, 2008.
For Check payments: Please make checks
payable to ACEC/KS and mail it with registration form to ACEC Kansas, 825 S
Kansas Avenue, Suite 500, Topeka, 66612.
If you have questions or would like to add a
second individual from your firm to the program waiting list, call Dale
Walden at 785-357-1824.
Attendees must be present at all sessions. If
more than half of one session is missed, that session must be attended the
following year to graduate. Only the attendee registered may attend the
sessions. Substitute attendees will not be accepted. This program is
designed and will be most beneficial to those participants with
approximately 8-15 years of industry experience. There will be PDH forms
available at the end of the program.
Register Now!
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