Walton College Announces Executive Education Fall Course Calendar
The Sam M. Walton College of Business Executive Education's upcoming Fall 2019 programs are specifically designed to accelerate leadership objectives and hone business skills. Led by Walton faculty and industry experts, the programs empower participants with skills and experiences to advance their career and enable them to make valuable contributions within the organization. Courses will take place in Little Rock at Walton College at 2nd & Main.
Innovative Supplier Relationship Management Practices
August 21, 2019
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
$750
Supplier relationship management (SRM) and supplier enabled innovation (SEI) can enable your organization to maximize the value of its interaction with its key suppliers. SRM is a procurement approach that challenges you to manage your key suppliers to unlock value and stay competitive. Based on our research and experience, we have developed a roadmap and a toolkit for moving to best in class. This course unpacks the toolkit and supports participants in the development of a roadmap towards the frontier of best practices.
The Power of Leadership
October 3, 2019
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
$325
Leaders are expected to be both leaders and managers, which means they need to understand the difference between management authority and leadership influence. Based on the West Point model of leader development, we've seen how great leaders develop influence based on their character, their competence, and their behavior as a leader. These inputs create organizational outcomes such as trust, positive emotional energy, and extraordinary performance - all of which are hallmarks of a great organization.
Leading with Emotional Intelligence
October 10, 2019
3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
$225
Emotional Intelligence (EI) and a strong commitment to personal values are integral to effective leadership. Leaders with these skills are keenly aware of their emotions and the emotions of others, and they use those insights to lead, engage, and empower those around them. This course will aid in developing EI skills to make a more significant impact on the participant's organization and create a stronger leader.
Introduction to Continuous Improvement
October 17, 2019
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
$325
This course will introduce you to continuous improvement practices and teach you how to manage the process using the following tools: strategy development and deployment, loss identification, value stream mapping, process improvement, problem solving, action planning, score carding, and monthly results reviews.
The Power of Effective Storytelling
October 30, 2019
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
$325
Whether you're trying to communicate a vision, sell an idea, or inspire commitment, storytelling is a powerful business tool that can mean the difference between lackluster enthusiasm and a rallying cry. This course will teach participants the art and science of utilizing compelling storytelling as a strategic benefit for the organization and a leadership technique in business and personal conversations and presentations.
Creating Value-Based Healthcare in a Patient-Centered World
November 6, 2019
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
$75
The healthcare delivery system is a large, complex, and sophisticated value creation chain. Successfully changing this highly interconnected system is difficult and time-consuming because the underlying problems are challenging to comprehend, the root causes are many, the solution is unclear, and the relationships among issues, objectives, and resolution are multifaceted. The terms patient-centered and value-based have become buzz words for payment and delivery reform in health care. The process of healthcare measures and patient safety indicators can be challenging, given the unique nuances of the healthcare delivery system. This course will examine the underlying healthcare problems using information, data, and logic. Participants will become aware of critical challenges in streamlining healthcare and will be provided with tools to improve outcomes in business performance for their healthcare organizations.
Captivating Audiences
November 14, 2019
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
$325
Your professional reputation is reflected in your communications. This course will improve your interpersonal communications, business writing, and public speaking skills and is designed for managers, directors, and rising leaders who want to polish communication abilities to showcase leadership skills.
Ethical Leadership
December 5, 2019
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
$325
We expect leaders to do things right, but we also expect them to do the right thing. This is an expectation held by employees as well as customers and other stakeholders. Instructor Michael Hennelly uses his West Point ethical leadership teaching experience, detailing leaders who show ethical awareness, understand ethical reasoning, and display ethical courage, are stronger, more effective leaders. The course concludes with examples of real-world ethical challenges that attendees are invited to discuss, debate, and resolve.
Strategic Leadership
January 30, 2020
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
$325
Strategic leadership is a unique model of leadership. Leaders of organizations have different jobs than leaders in organizations. We expect team leaders to win the day-to-day battles, but we hope strategic leaders will win the long-term war. Strategic leaders need to understand leadership, but they also need to understand strategy. The strategic leadership course uses examples from the world of military and corporate strategy to identify the essential tasks of strategic leaders. We have seen how great leaders develop influence based on their character, their competence, and their behavior. These inputs, in turn, generate organizational outcomes such as trust, positive emotional energy, and extraordinary performance, all of which are hallmarks of great organizations.
About the Sam M. Walton College of Business: The Sam M. Walton College of Business is a nationally and internationally recognized leader in business education and research. Since its founding at the University of Arkansas in 1926, the Walton College has grown to become the state's premier college of business – as well as a nationally competitive business school. The Walton College has been ranked as a top 30 public business college by U.S. News & World Report for more than a dozen years in a row.
Contacts
Debbie Davis, associate director of executive education
WCOB
501-352-1062,
ddavis@walton.uark.edu
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