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» SAVE THE DATE - EDRT MEETING! |
The Fall 2013 EDRT Meeting will be on October 16-17 at Hotel Commonwealth in Boston, MA. EDRT is delighted and pleased to announce that world-class scholars, authors and consultants Kathy E. Kram, the Shipley Professor in Management at the Boston University School of Management, and Monica Higgins, Professor of Education at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, will be the meeting’s keynote speakers. Check out the Save the Date!
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» WELCOME |
Welcome to The Executive Development Roundtable!
Founded in 1988 as an institute at the School of Management at Boston University devoted to the study of issues in leadership and executive development, the Executive Development Roundtable (EDRT) continues to build a community of executive development professionals who are passionate about the field of leadership and developing world class leaders.
What makes a leader a leader? Can we help leaders improve their skills? Can we identify high potential leaders among our younger staff and help them grow? What traits, issues, worries, experiences and challenges do leaders share? What can a body of academic researchers and real-world practitioners from leading organizations do together to help executives and senior leaders maximize their own and their companies’ potential?
These are the driving questions of EDRT and they continue today.
EDRT operates at the unique intersection of academic research and contemporary real-world business applications. EDRT Members, who represent leading corporate, public and non-profit institutions, have the strategic advantage of learning from and contributing to the latest applied research on how successful executives drive their organizations and why executive development remains a key competitive advantage in business today.
EDRT provides members with a collegial and open environment where upper-level leadership and executive development professionals can discuss best practice solutions, obtain industry-specific benchmarking tools, and gain the overall professional development they need. EDRT meetings, facilitated by world-class speakers and thought leaders on executive development, include closed-door, roundtable discussions of leaders from a wide cross section of industries, where confidential ideas may be shared, where problem-solving is a group effort, and where the sharing of both familiar and unique organizational challenges help build a deeply rewarding network. EDRT faculty, whose work on leadership and executive development is well known and respected throughout academic and practitioner circles, provide corporate members with the tools of solid quantitative and qualitative research, readily applied. Here, long-term learning communities and rich friendships are built. Once a year, the Marion F. Gislason Award is given to a distinguished individual in the leadership development field for the excellence of his/her work in advancing the state of knowledge or act of practice.
We celebrated our 20th Anniversary, but the first 20 years are only the beginning. In addition, we are especially proud and excited to announce our alliance with the Center for Creative Leadership for our joint membership option with the Creative Leadership Council, as described in our Highlights. These are exciting times for EDRT! We look forward to working with you to develop the next generation of senior leaders. Thank you for your visit and interest.
To learn more about EDRT, check out this article on Fostering Leadership about us from the BU School of Management's Builders and Leaders magazine.
EDRT Informational Brochure
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» EDRT MEMBER NEWS |
Vistaprint Visits OB221
Another success story from OB221! Professor Jack McCarthy had taken the Dublin MBAs out to Vistaprint, an EDRT member company based in Lexington MA, last fall during their trip to Boston. The company has gone from zero to $1 Billion in the past 10 years and it's incredibly innovative with a strong values-based culture. Their head of Leadership Development, Kristina Brunelle, is a good friend of EDRT who has done a great job at building a very effective leadership development organization to help support and fuel Vistaprint's growth. Ms. Brunelle was invited to come and talk to the undergraduates students of OB221 about how all this "OB stuff" really matters. Professor McCarthy and Ms. Brunelle collaborated and wrote a mini case for the class that was sent out to students as a pre-read. Ms. Brunelle brought 3 members of her Leadership Development team to class, including the woman who heads up the leadership work at their huge call center and support operations in Montego Bay, Jamaica. It was incredible. Students loved it and the Vistaprint executives loved it.
To check out the Vistaprint Case click here!
Boston University's Conversations with Ken: John Ryan, CCL
Watch Ken Freeman, Allen Questrom Professor and Dean at Boston University School of Management, as he interviews and explores vital issues in leadership with John Ryan, President of the Center for Creative Leadership, former Chancellor of the State University of New York, former Superintendent (President) of the US Naval Academy, and US Navy Vice Admiral (retired). John Ryan was one of our speakers at the EDRT Fall 2010 Meeting, Collaborating in a Dynamic, Globally Connected World, and discussed the topic of Collaboration and Global Leadership: Developing Senior Leaders.
Check out video here!
Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute E-Newsletter
The Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute released their February 2013 Newsletter. The E-Newsletter includes updates, news and also profiles EDRT.
To check out the February 2013 E-Newsletter click here!
State Farm Ranked among "Best Companies for Workforce Development"
State Farm Insurance was chosen as a 2013 LearningElite Honoree by Chief Learning officer magazine. LearningElite awards are Chief Learning Officer magazine's annual recognition of excellence in the learning and development field. Developed under the guidance of a group of chief learning officers and senior L&D practitioners, the LearningElite is a peer-based benchmarking initiative that recognizes excellence using five key L&D performance indicators: learning strategy, learning execution, learning impact, business performance results and leadership commitment. Congratulations to State Farm Insurance!
To view article click here!
Mentoring, Coaching, and Developmental Networks: Creating and Sustaining High Quality Connections at Work Workshop
Kathy Kram, Shipley Professor in Management at Boston University School of Management, will be offering a 5 day workshop alongside colleague, Illene Wasserman. The workshop will take place July 22-26, 2013 in Cape Cod, MA. In this workshop participants will reflect on their own experiences while drawing on research and case studies to explore the challenges and opportunities of coaching, mentoring, and developmental networks. Participants will shape professional strategies and come away with action plans for their work with client systems and their own development.
Register before March 1st, 2013 to get discounted rate. For more information click here!
Henry V Play in OB221
Yvonne Tran, MBA student at Boston University School of Management, created a great recap video of the Organizational Behavior Departments experience with the School of Theatre play Henry V in OB221 last month. Yvonne does a wonderful job showing scenes from the public performances of the play at CFA along with clips from the OB221 event, plus excerpts and comments from the outstanding Talk-Back session that the actors and director did with our 400+ OB221 students, where so many great management and leadership lessons emerged.
Check out video here!
Boston Globe Top Places to Work 2012
EDRT would like to extend its warmest congratulations to Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Hill Holliday, Millennium, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, & Vistaprint for being recognized among The Boston Globe Top Places to Work for 2012. The Globes Top Places Survey honors employers who care for their most valuable resource: The people who work for them, states The Boston Globe. Each employer was measured according to six factors: Direction, Execution, Connection, My Managers, My Work and My Pay and Benefits. This is Cubist, Hill Holliday & Millennium fifth year on the renowned list.
To view full list click here!
MEDIA Magazine 2012 Agency of the Year
Congratulations to Hill Holliday for being among MEDIA Magazine 2012 Agency of the Year Honorees in the Full-Service Agency Media category. This award celebrates the agencies that rose above the rest, the shops that represented the best of class in the media industry.
Check out announcement!
Madigan Writing Award for 2012 Recipient
Congratulations to Retired Col. Charles D. Allen for being awarded the Madigan Writing Award for 2012.The Madigan Writing Award is given in honor of John J. Madigan III, who was the editor of Parameters(The US Army's Senior Professional Journal) from March 1993 to January 1999. The award is open to all military and civilian staff and faculty members of the US Army War College and other Carlisle Barracks organizations. All books and articles must deal with a subject taught in the War College curriculum. The Madigan Writing Award is presented for excellence in writing. Each award winner sent in a book, manuscript, or article. The award will be presented to Retired Col. Charles Allen in December 2012.
To view article by Retired Col. Chuck Allen click here!
William A. Bachman Scholarship Fund
The William A. Bachman Scholarship Fund was recently established in honor of Bill Bachman retirement from the position of Chief Operating Officer at Bingham McCutchen. The scholarship will benefit the U.S. Military Academy Fallen Graduates Memorial Scholarship Endowment. Through donations to this endowment, the U.S. Military Academy Association of Graduates will make funds available to applicants for support, and eligible children will be able to seek aid from the endowment during each year that they are receiving post-secondary education.
For more information on the scholarship, please contact Catherine Curtin, Bingham McCutchen LLP, Director of Community Affairs, at catherine.curtin@bingham.com.
Boeing Announces Grants to Support Veterans and Military Personnel
The Boeing Company affirmed its commitment to veterans and the military personnel in the Puget Sound region with five grants totaling $365,000.00, as announced on November 9, 2012. Boeing and its employees are deeply committed to supporting our nation military personnel, veterans and their families. We recognized that service in defense of a nation is an enduring mission, said Liz Warman, director of Boeing Global Corporate Citizenship for the Northwest Region.
Check out full press release!
Bingham McCutchen Appoint New COO
Bingham McCutchen LLP announced the appointment of L. Tracee Whitley as its new Chief Operating Officer, effective July 1, 2012. Whitley, most recently Deputy Chief Operating Officer, succeeds William A. Bachman, COO since 1989, now appointed as the firm Executive Director, Partner Leadership Development. Mr. Bachman will also serve as an Adjunct Faculty Member at Boston University School of Management.
To view full press release click here!
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» HIGHLIGHTS |
Thanks to our participants and the cooperation of The Hilton San Diego Resort & Spa the EDRT Spring 2013 Meeting on "Leadership for the Future: Thriving in a VUCA World" was a great success! Check out the Overview & Agenda here! Also check out all the meeting presentations and materials under Member Resources!
EDRT would like to extend its warmest congratulations to Marshall Goldsmith, keynote speaker for the EDRT Fall 2012 meeting, for being the recipient of the 2012 Marion F. Gislason Award. To view article published by Boston University School of Management regarding the award ceremony click here!
EDRT released the January 2013 edition of the EDRT Newsletter including member news, new research topics, meeting recap, among other interesting and valuable information. To check out the EDRT Newsletter- January 2013 click here!
Check out this interesting article on Lesson from WWII Leaders published in the Washington Post by one of our members- Col. Charles D. Allen!
EDRT has a powerful alliance with CCL that brings EDRT members significant value and benefits including: semi-annual meetins, access to EDRT engaged community and mentoring in professional leaderdship development, among other things. To view full list of membership specifics click here!
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