Concurrent Session 1

11:15 am – 12:30 pm

Thinking Strategically: What's Ahead for Stanford and Higher Education?

Hilary Beech, Sr. Associate Dean for Administration, School of Engineering
Marcia Cohen, Sr. Associate Dean for Finance and Administration, School of Medicine
Frank Topper, Internal Audit and Institutional Compliance, Business Affairs
This highly interactive workshop involves you in considering the strategic factors affecting Stanford and their implications for administration. Learn and practice strategic thinking skills and explore ways to incorporate this thinking into your work.

Work Anywhere @ Stanford: Tools, Techniques, Tips and Tricks

Chris Lundin, Director, Help Desk Services , Technology Services
Noel Hirst, Director of Business Affairs Budget and Facilities, Business Affairs
Join with Chris and Noel as they review the components of the “Work Anywhere” toolkit, and learn strategies already in use by faculty and staff that support working in multiple locations. The session addresses issues that commonly arise in distributed work environments and suggests ways to ensure success. You'll come away from this session with a better understanding of the options available to the campus community for working in an increasingly mobile manner.

Your Team, My Team: Coming Together - A Simulation

Carol Sisk, Director of Learning and Performance, Office of Development
Nancy Baumann, Manager, Technology Training, IT Services
Participate in a fun simulation and gain insights into the huge benefits realized when trust, common vision and communication are the basis for working together effectively. Experience the challenges of interdependent teams collaborating to achieve common goal!

Stanford’s Leadership Attributes: Developing the Next Generation

Randy Livingston, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for Business Affairs
Kathy Geller, Director of Organization Effectiveness Human Resources

Allison Hecimovich, Leadership Development Consultant, Learning &Development
In 2007, President Hennessy appointed an advisory board (Demarest, Ford, Jones, Joss, Katz, Livingston, Peck, Stipek, Wachtel, Wolf and Zumwalt) to determine how Stanford might best ensure the development of our next generation of leadership talent. The Board defined a set of fifteen attributes (competencies) establishing a shared understanding of what it takes to be a leader at Stanford.

We will introduce the 15 leadership attributes allowing participants to consider their own strengths and needs in these areas; and dialogue on opportunities to apply specific behaviors on the job.

Presenting Financial Information: Speaking to your Audience

James V. Henry, Dean’s Office – Finance, School of Humanities and Science
Do you need to present financial data to key constituents? Build your effectiveness in preparing valuable presentation materials -- financial statements, charts, handouts, and PowerPoint; discover how, by using audience analysis techniques, you become better able to determine the type of presentation and materials to develop; and gain tips on how to successfully present financial data.