2013 Eagle Institute Schedule
Tuesday, July 16
Arrive at the Wyndham Hotel - 95 Presidential Circle,Gettysburg, PA,
by 4:30 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
Welcome
Reception and Dinner*
7:00 p.m.
Leadership
101
Dr. Jeff McCausland, Colonel,
U.S. Army (retired) and Founder/CEO of Diamond6 Leadership
and Strategy
This seminar will address
critical leadership questions and examine some of the
“myths” that have been created
around leadership and strategy. Participants
will learn strategies and tactics for confronting and overcoming
their
own leadership challenges while continuing to grow
themselves and others into great leaders.
Wednesday, July 17
Breakfast at the Hotel **
Voucher for the 1863 Restaurant at the Wyndham
Hotel
8:00 a.m.
The Battle of
Gettysburg – Wyndham Hotel
Dr. Jeff
McCausland; Tom Vossler, former Director of the Military History
Institute, and a Certified Gettysburg Park Guide
This seminar begins the overview of the Battle
of Gettysburg. Essential to understanding leadership decisions is
an
appreciation of the personalities involved and the
strategic setting. The presenters will place the events of July
1863 in a
strategic context in anticipation of participants
visiting the field and discussing leadership lessons that can be drawn
from
this event - the largest battle ever fought on the
North American continent.
9:00 a.m.
Depart
for Visitor’s Center, Museum, and Battlefield
Step back in time and a learn more about the
consensus-building strategies used to create some of the most
formidable
documents in U.S. history.
9:30 a.m.
Museum and
Visitor Center at Gettysburg National Park
After a $135 million renovation, the Visitor Center reopened in 2008.
The center features the Gettysburg Museum of the
American Civil War, a film entitled A New Birth of
Freedom, and The Battle of Gettysburg Cyclorama - the enormous
circular oil painting, now on display after a $15
million conservation project.
11: 30 a.m.
Lunch at
the Visitor Center
12:30 p.m.
Gettysburg
Battlefield Leadership Seminar
Dr. Jeff
McCausland and Tom Vossler
We will continue
our discussion of “crisis” leadership with a seminar on the
battlefield. The Battle of Gettysburg was the
largest battle ever fought on the North American
continent and the turning point in the American Civil War. It is
also the site
of the most remarkable speech in the English
language. We will examine the circumstances surrounding the battle and
the
leadership lessons we can gain.
5:00 p.m.
Arrive
at The Inn at Herr Ridge
Enjoy a relaxing
hour before dinner, cash bar. This Inn was actually a headquarters
for Confederate units during the battle.
7:00 p.m.
Thoughts
about Today’s Experience
Dr. Jeff
McCausland
After completing our day on the
battlefield we will reflect on what we have learned that can be applied
to our own
leadership efforts. Participants will be
asked to discuss the most significant leadership insight they gained
from
the day on the battlefield.
Thursday, July 18
Breakfast at the Hotel **
Voucher for the 1863 Restaurant at the Wyndham
Hotel
8:15 a.m.
Depart to
Gettysburg Hotel
8:30 a.m.
Lincoln as a Strategic Leader
Edna Medford, Ph.D., Professor of History,
Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Explore
how the extraordinary strategic leadership of Abraham Lincoln was partly
a by-product of his habit of lifelong
learning. This seminar serves a model of how leaders
must consider the issue of lifelong learning for themselves
and their organizations.
10:30 a.m.
Strategy
Leadership
Dr. Jeff McCausland
Strategic leadership is the process a leader
uses to achieve a desirable and clearly understood vision by influencing
the
organizational culture, allocating resources,
directing through policy and directive, and building consensus within a
volatile,
uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment
for his or her organization. Such an environment is often marked
by
opportunities and threats. This seminar will
examine the essence of strategic leadership, how it differs from direct
and
organizational leadership, and the various
competencies that are important to strategic leaders.
Learning Objectives:
1. Explain how to incorporate strategic leadership
into your own leadership style.
2. Discuss how to anticipate opportunities and
threats in an environment of strategic
leadership.
3. Explain the difference between strategic,
organizational, and direct leadership.
12:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m.
Self-Guided
Tour of David Wills House
2:30 p.m.
The
Status of Education
John Stoothoff,
Assistant Professor, Frostburg College, Frostburg,
MD
Where are education
and the field of school business headed in the next few years? Examine
and discuss major changes
and developing issues, as well as what is needed to
move forward.
Learning Objectives
1. Identify five main structures or tasks
associated with the evaluation of instruction which Race to the Top
states have
developed in response to
demands for more teacher and principal accountability.
2. Identify similarities and differences between
the new formats for the evaluation of instructional personnel and the
highly
standards-based evaluation
environment of the Joint Committee Program Evaluation Standards
and Governmental
Auditing Standards.
3. Identify the areas of concern as new
practices and procedures for instructional and administrative evaluation
become
implemented locally.
4:00 p.m.
“So
What?”
Dr. Jeff McCausland
This will include a brief wrap-up of what
attendees have learned over the course of the day.
4:30 p.m.
Participants
have the evening free to explore Gettysburg.
Friday, July 19
Breakfast at the Hotel **
Voucher for the 1863 Restaurant at the Wyndham
Hotel
8:30 a.m.
Strategy and
Ethics
Art Athens, Director at the
Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership, U.S. Naval Academy
10:30 a.m.
Leadership
in a Profession
Don Snider, Ph.D.,
Emeritus Professor, U.S. Military Academy, West Point
Participants will explore the three areas of
strategic leadership and how they relate to your own organization.
Competencies
and specific skills needed to be a strategic leader
in various professions will also be discussed.
12:00 p.m.
Wrap up
Dr. Jeff
McCausland
12: 30 p.m.
Conference
Conclusion and Lunch
Tentative schedule. Subject to change.
ASBO will be
issuing CPE credits for the Eagle Institute sessions. Visit
ASBO’s website for details:
www.asbointl.org/EagleInstitute.
*The welcome reception and dinner are the only events open to
participants’ guests. For guests, there is a fee for the
dinner.
**The Wyndham Hotel’s 1863 Restaurant, located off the
lobby, opens for breakfast at 6:30 a.m. Please allow sufficient time
to enjoy the breakfast buffet and be ready to begin
the morning activities.
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