The 2010 FEIAA Federal Executive Forum: Achieving Your Personal Best as a Leader Friday, May 7, 2010 7:45am - 5:00pm Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor, Marvin Center, George Washington University, 800 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052
Friday, May 7, 2010
7:45am	Registration Begins
8:00am	Continental Breakfast
8:30am	Welcome John Russo, FEIAA President
8:45am	Executive Readiness Gail Funke, PhD, Dean of Program and Faculty Development, Federal Executive Institute In this session on "Executive Readiness," forum participants will learn how to achieve their personal best as a leader. Dr. Funke will highlight what to watch for when responding to pressures to cut agency budgets or to "straight-line" spending. This session on executive readiness will show you how to gain the knowledge you need to guide and direct your staff through tough economic times.
10:00am	Networking Break
10:30am	Challenges in Leading the Federal Workforce: Role of the Federal Executive Institute - Now and into FY 2011 Joseph S. Kraemer, PhD, Acting Director, Federal Executive Institute Dr. Kraemer will talk about the challenges of leading the Federal workforce and how we can take steps toward achieving our personal best as a leader. Also, Dr. Kraemer will bring us up to date on FEI, their latest program offerings, and other news from the Office of Personnel Management.
11:00am	Leading Diversity John M. Robinson, Director of Civil Rights and Diversity, U.S. Department of State John M. Robinson will talk about five key attributes for expressing executive commitment to diversity: visibility, specificity, personal expression, persistence and intentionality. Robinson believes the best diversity leaders are clear, outspoken and personal in their approach; only then are they convincing. He is an alumnus of the Federal Executive Institute having been chosen as his class speaker for P-307. He serves as the primary advisor to the Secretary of State and her senior leadership on EEO, diversity, affirmative employment and related issues.
11:45am	Lunch and Networking Break
1:00pm	Hot Decisionmaking Nils Olsen, PhD, Interim Program Director and Assistant Professor, Organizational Sciences, George Washington University Have you considered just how much your decisions can be influenced by stress, time constraints, and complexity (e.g., emergency rooms, stock market trading, marketing firms, the entertainment industry)? Nils Olsen will discuss the impact that biases, emotions, fairness, investment and negotiation strategies, intuition (the "blink" idea), motivation, and other factors may have on our daily decisions -- and particularly how "hot" emotional states can affect our decision making.
2:00pm	Leveraging Social Media Tools as a Leader John M. Kamensky, Senior Fellow, IBM Center for The Business of Government Today’s workplace is a blend of four different generations, each with different working styles and expectations. The increased use of technology is a driver in changing the workplace, and how work gets done. This session will focus on understanding these trends and offer ways for how senior executives can manage, create collaborative teams, and engage the work force around your agency’s mission.
2:45pm	Networking Break
3:00pm	Likeability and Storytelling: Power Tools for Leadership Communications William Graham, Graham Corporate Communications If you are likable, they will listen to you. If you tell stories, they will remember you. If they like you and remember you, then they will hire you, promote you . . . they will support you, and work harder for you. This session will hone your likeability and storytelling tools. These tools will help you inspire and motivate your team, while improving and advancing your career.
4:30pm	Reception Network with Forum participants. Soft drinks and appetizers will be served. Cash bar.
5:00pm	FEIAA Annual Meeting The FEIAA Annual Meeting will be held immediately following the Reception. All graduates of FEI residential programs are invited to participate.