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A winner of the United States’\u00a0highest civilian honor and widely known management expert will be the keynote speaker at the 2010 Women\u2019s Leadership Symposium May 1 at UCCS.<\/p>\nA winner of the United States’\u00a0highest civilian honor and widely known management expert will be the keynote speaker at the 2010 Women\u2019s Leadership Symposium May 1 at UCCS.<\/p>\n
Frances Hesselbein, president and CEO, Leader to Leader Institute, will conclude a morning of workshops and discussions about fighting poverty, creating self-sufficiency, philanthropy, political action, communication and leadership.<\/p>\n
Hesselbein earned the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1998 which recognized her as \u201ca pioneer for women, diversity and inclusion.\u201d She was hailed by management expert Peter Drucker as \u201cthe United State\u2019s best leader\u201d for her work in transforming Girl Scouts of the United States. Hesselbein led Girl Scouts from 1976 to 1990 and is credited with reforms to make the organization more inclusive, increasing its overall membership to record levels and tripling minority membership.<\/p>\n
At the same time, she flattened the organization\u2019s management structure moving from a traditional \u201ctop down\u201d organization to a structure where the CEO stands in the middle of the organization and encourages employee ownership and listening.<\/p>\n
Hesselbein\u2019s speech, titled \u201cBuilding Leadership to Build Healthy Communities\u201d is expected to highlight her management philosophies based on careful study of known experts such as Drucker in combination with her own management and life experiences.<\/p>\n
\u201cLook after the community; you can\u2019t be responsible for only your company,\u201d Hesselbein told a reporter from The Economic Times<\/em>. \u201cYou must ask your people: what is our vision for a healthy community that we are going to help build? Look out of the window and identify the trends that are coming and perhaps cannot be seen. You must always prepare the response; you don\u2019t want to wait for the tsunami to hit.\u201d<\/p>\n For more about Hesselbein, visit http:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/17167\/Hesselbein_Frances_detail.htm<\/a><\/p>\n Hesselbein\u2019s comments will begin at 1:45 p.m. in the UCCS University Center Ballroom. Beginning at 10 a.m., there will be a panel discussion about increasing the impact of women in leadership and challenges facing women leaders. The discussion will feature Pam Laird, professor of history, University of Colorado Denver; Andrea Herrera, professor, Women\u2019s and Ethnic Studies, UCCS; Jan Martin, Colorado Springs City Council member; Cathy Robbins, vice president, El Pomar Foundation; and Margaret Sabin, CEO, Penrose-St. Francis Health System.<\/p>\n Three workshops are also planned. They are:<\/p>\n \u201cWhitehouse Project Benchmarking Report\u201d will be lead by Donna Shavlik, former director of the Office of Women in Higher Education for the American Council on Education, and Darlyne Bailey, dean, Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, Bryn Mawr College.<\/p>\n \u201cFighting Poverty and Creating Economic Self Sufficiency: Philanthropy and Political Action\u201d will be led by Tracey Steward of the Colorado Center on Law and Policy.<\/p>\n \u201cStrategic Communication and Leadership\u201d will be led by Pam Shockley-Zalabak, chancellor, UCCS,\u00a0 and Jody Alyn, Jody Alyn Consulting. Participating in a panel discussion will be Donna Williams, chair, Rising Professionals and vice chair of the Urban League;\u00a0 Maria Arias, vice president for operations management, Comcast; and Marilyn Newell, realtor and former investment banker.<\/p>\n Lunch and workshops are planned prior the Hesselbein\u2019s address.<\/p>\n For more information, or to register ($30 includes lunch), please visit www.uccs.edu\/wls<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sponsors of this year\u2019s event include El Pomar Foundation, the Gay and Lesbian Fund of Colorado, TIAA-CREF, Girl Scouts, and UCCS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"