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Tuesday, March 25, 2014 - Roundtable/Concurrent Sessions

THE TRICK TO BEING A CHAIR OR ORGANIZATIONAL LEADER

Location: Alpine 1

Presented by Bill Lamb, Kirkwood Community College

This comprehensive workshop will present a variety of strategies for new front line administrators, including chairs,
directors, deans, and other organizational leaders. Activities throughout the day will help participants to defne their
role as leaders and to develop cohesive teams.
The Chair Academy’s 23rd Annual International Leadership Conference
Topics will include:
• Understanding leadership versus management in organizations
• Understanding yourself and how you work with others
• Building teams and working with diverse work styles
• Time management and work best practices
• Dealing with confict
• Adapting to and guiding organizational change

The activities will be directed to small group interaction with time for sharing strategies as well as applying new
methods to real world examples. The afternoon session will encourage the sharing of “best practices” learned from
the group. Participants will receive a variety of written materials to use as guides and references, and additional op-
portunities to learn more about the Academy for Leadership and Development.

A LEADER’S GUIDE TO BALANCE AND WELLBEING

Location: Bern

Presented by Margo Keys, Chippewa Valley Technical College and Jean Svacina,Howard Community College

For leaders the ability to create and sustain a balanced, harmonious life is key to their success and well being. An
unbalanced life can lead to career and personal life burnout. Preventing burnout requires an investment in a healthy
lifestyle, followed by deliberate practice. Leaders who have perfected the formula enjoy numerous benefts and
serve as an inspiration to others. Attend this preconference session to learn more on preventing burn out and
sustaining balance and harmony in your life. The session includes recent research on this important topic, remedy
and practice, including natural stress remedies, case scenario practice, beginners’ chair yoga, and an extended
meditation exercise. Tap into ancient practices to maximize your ability to balance the priorities of a leader. Invest
time now to sustain, and improve your performance in the long run.

Attendees will develop a wellness plan integrating their personal strengths into the plan (Please bring your signature
theme list to this session).

Attendees will beneft by:
• Increasing awareness of the research and long term benefts of healthy living.
• Increasing awareness on preventing burn out.
• Learning about and practicing natural stress remedies including ways of decreasing infammation through
simple ways of eating.
• Building skill through practice of beginners’ chair yoga and meditation exercises .
• Developing an Individualized Practical Wellness Plan (IPWP).
• Integrating their personal strengths into the wellness plan.
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