Strategic Leadership Development Program 

 

Date: Fridays, Jan 10, 17, 31 and Feb 7, 2014

Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Location: Califonria Capital WBC (See address on the left)

Cost: $120 for 4 classes (2 hour classes), please bring a check made out to Califonria Capital FDC to the first class

Parking: Lot on 20th Street between O Street and P Street

 

Whether you’re an entrepreneur or small business owner, you’re likely to have identified some of the keys to strategic growth including access to capital, customers, and opportunities to increase market share, etc. However, there is a less tangible but essential element to the survival and success of your business: leadership. This strategic leadership development program is aiming at empowering entrepreneurs and small business owners with strategic influence to promote a sustainable and thriving organization.

We will examine the key challenges and imperatives that entrepreneurs and small business owners face such as developing an organization’s key competencies and capabilities, developing and communicating an organizational vision, infusing strategically congruent values into the organization’s culture, and using social network to promote and expand the business. We will also strive to use this knowledge to reflect upon and assess your personal leadership philosophy and values. 

The program will focus on the following areas:

• Identify various approaches, challenges, and imperatives associated with leading organizations.
• Distinguish between organizational vision, values, purpose, and goals, and discuss the role of leadership in establishing and managing each of these.
• Articulate the role of leaders in creating, managing, and changing organizational culture.
• Understand various networking strategies and how to use social network to promote business.

 

Presented by:

Ping Shao is an Assistant Professor of Management with the College of Business Administration at California State University, Sacramento. She was awarded her PhD in Management from the LeBow College of Business, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA. She got her MBA degree from Sheffield University, Sheffield, England, and her undergraduate degree at East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.

Dr. Shao’s research focuses on leadership processes in organizations. Her work appears in renowned academic journals such as Human Relations, Journal of Vocational Behavior, and the Leadership Quarterly as well as in the Academy of Management Conference Best Paper Proceedings.

Dr. Shao has taught various organizational behavior, leadership, and human resource management courses at both undergraduate and graduate level. She’s particularly interested in applying the knowledge and findings from her extensive leadership research to educating leadership and leadership development.

Dr. Shao has also provided consulting services to international organizations, such as the Liverpool Football Club (England), Marché International des Programmes de Télévision (France), and China ClubFootball (China).

 

Program Readings and Format

To ensure that we cover the most relevant material based on current and well-established concepts and practices, the course readings will consist of articles from publications such as the Academy of Management Perspectives/Executive, California Management Review, and Harvard Business Review. This program will also utilize several case studies as well.

Each seminar will include a brief lecture, discussions, case analyses, and group activities. 

 

This classs will be limited to 20 participants.  If registration is full please call Stephanie Cardenas at 916.442.1729 to be placed on our waiting list

 ** Please ensure that when you register your email address is correct.  When you register, you will be sent the readings to be completed before the first class from Stephanie Cardenas.  There will be reading and case studies for each class.  

**Please commit to attending all 4 classes, the fee is nonrefundable after attending the first class 

Register Now!