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Traits of a Trusted Leader in Changing Times
Friday, May 8, 2009  view invitation
7:45am - 5:00pm
Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor, Marvin Center, George Washington University, 800 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052  map it
The Executive Forum is open to anyone interested in leadership training. Membership in FEIAA or status as a graduate of FEI is NOT required.
FEIAA and the Federal Executive Institute are partnering to provide a 2009 Executive Forum to meet the challenging needs of today's public service executives and managers. With the theme "Traits of a Trusted Leader in Changing Times," the Forum will take place on Friday, May 8, at the Grand Ballroom of the Marvin Center on the campus of The George Washington University, 800 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC. The Foggy Bottom Metro stop on the Blue/Orange Line is just a few blocks away.
We have an exciting blend of topics with a blockbuster lineup of speakers. Read on for program details. |
Friday, May 8, 2009 |
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7:45am |
Registration Begins |
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8:00am |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:30am |
 Welcome
Charlotte Rodriguez, FEIAA President
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8:45am |
 Public Service Leadership in a Rapidly Changing Landscape
Kathryn Newcomer, PhD, Professor and Associate Director, Trachtenburg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, The George Washington University
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Although we cannot know with great precision what the future holds, leaders can nevertheless prepare for the “certainty of uncertainty.” In Public Service this means that leaders and their organizations must be flexible and nimble, yet lead with fundamental values such a sympathy, equity, fairness and accountability. Leading people in an increasingly uncertain and diverse world requires new and different skills—now variously labeled “emotional intelligence” or “social intelligence”— as well as good skills in identifying and addressing risks of all sorts in order to steward people and resources with vision and integrity.
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9:30am |
Networking Break |
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9:45am |
 Changing Times for Federal Workers
Jonathan Breul, PhD, IBM Center for The Business of Government
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Robert Tobias, Distinguished Adjunct Professor, American University
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Tina Sung, Vice President, Partnership for Public Service
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This expert panel represents key organizations that are advising the White House and Government leaders about changes in the Federal workplace and the characteristics that Federal executives will need to lead in today’s changing environment. |
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11:15am |
 The Federal Executive Institute -- Now and Future
Kevin Marshall, Director, Federal Executive Institute
TBA |
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11:30am |
Lunch and Networking Break |
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1:00pm |
Executive Agility
Kevin Marshall, Director, Federal Executive Institute
Drawing on his experience as Chief of Staff of the Coast Guard's Eighth District in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, Captain Kevin Marshall, USCG (Ret.) discusses the criticality of executive agility to simultaneously realize both stability and flexibility in leading through disaster. Captain Marshall lead recovery efforts in the midst of voluminous amounts of data but not much information, breaking down barriers to sharing key data across and between Federal, local and state agencies, and improving the integration and sharing of critical information between agencies, operations and technical systems. Through his experience, Captain Marshall offers federal leaders insights into building executive agility and its importance to successful leadership. |
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1:30pm |
 Leading Change in Northern Ireland's Government
Mick Cory, Director, Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, Northern Ireland Government, and FEIAA Alumnus
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Northern Ireland is going through a period of significant political, economic, and social change. A major program of reform is now underway across all departments in the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS). By improving its processes and infrastructure and developing its skills and people, NICS intends to improve capacity and capability so that its public servants can better service the public, while meeting the challenges of the new local democratic accountability. The Civil Service Reform Program includes everything from making significant savings in procurement, which can be released to front line services, to improving a range of corporate services like records management, accounts, human resources and accommodation. The Department has a target to deliver cash releasing efficiencies across a number of areas. A reduction in administration costs is expected to provide further efficiencies. This requires a radical look at structures and processes. Mick Cory is the Director within Northern Ireland’s Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure responsible for leading a challenging reform program encompassing civil service wide reform and organizational and cultural change within his department. He will outline the context of reform, the changes being made, and the challenges to be faced for the future.
Mick attended the “Leadership for a Democratic Society” program at FEI in April 2003. He is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, on a Fulbright Fellowship, where he is conducting research into the challenges faced by organizations with public sector ethos and culture (government or not-for-profit trust status), where some form of commercial operations have been introduced.
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2:00pm |
 Covering the Federal Workforce
Joe Davidson, The Federal Diary Columnist, The Washington Post
The Federal Diary is a must read for every Federal employee. The popular columnist will describe his approach to writing the Federal Diary and the kinds of stories that interest him. Some of his columns are examples of accountability journalism, such as those about Blue Cross Blue Shield that led to a congressional hearing and an extension of Open Season. Other columns — those that focus on programs of importance to Federal employees and those who might want to join the government or who formerly worked for it — are examples of service journalism. |
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2:30pm |
Networking Break |
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2:45pm |
 Moral Courage and the Trusted Leader
Terry Newell, EdD, former Dean of Faculty, FEI
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Leaders who want to build trust must be known for doing the right thing when faced with a difficult ethical challenge. Doing the right thing often takes moral courage, however, because ethical behavior is not always welcome. We’ve all heard horror stories about what can happen to people who stand up for what they believe.
This session will focus on four key questions: (1) what is moral courage?; (2) how can you display moral courage and live to tell the tale?; (3) what does it mean to “speak truth to power”?; and (3) what can leaders do to foster an ethical culture which supports their own employees in doing the right thing?
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4:15pm |
Reception
Network with Forum participants. Soft drinks and appetizers will be served. Cash bar. |
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4:45pm |
FEIAA Annual Meeting
The FEIAA Annual Meeting will be held immediately following the Reception. All graduates of FEI residential programs are invited to participate. |
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