The Emerson Leadership Institute at Chaifetz School of Business launched the Dignity-Based Leadership Development Series for the 2024-2025 academic year in the Fall of 2024. This year-long leadership program consists of a series of in-person retreats featuring leadership speakers, symposiums, panels, and interactive workshops carefully designed to allow participants to discover their leadership potential, cultivate their leadership skills, build a cohesive, high-performing team, and create a culture of dignity and belonging.
The Dignity-Based Leadership Development Series for the 2024-2025 academic year continues with a professional development workshop on Leading Change from the Middle – A Dignity-Based Approach to be held Friday, February 14, in L30.
Overview:
Fear. Frustration. Anger. These and other emotions often are engendered whenever organizational leaders announce the newest change initiative and ask for buy-in. The emotions flow from being excluded from the discussion and decision. Leading Change from the Middle offers a dignity-based methodology that delivers results and builds a positive and collaborative organizational culture. In this session participants will learn about three elements that comprise this methodology:
(1) focusing on discovering all relevant stakeholders;
(2) Communications, Strategies, Tactics, and the Sequencing (CoSTS) designed to gain agreement and commitment of those directly involved in the change initiative; and
(3) specific ways to build and maintain relationships and avoid triggering negative emotions.
Mastery of Leading at the Crossroads of Change can help every leader transform their chances of passing the test of leadership.
Date & Time:
9:00 am – 1:30 pm February 14, 2025
Program:
9:00 – 12:30 Workshop
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch & Social
Venue:
L30, Chaifetz School of Business lower level, 3674 Lindell Blvd
Presenter:
Dr. Jackson Nickerson, Edward Jones Dean of the Chaifetz School of Business, is a distinguished and internationally renowned scholar, professor, and consulting strategist. Prior to joining SLU’s Chaifetz School of Business, Dr. Nickerson was the Frahm Family Professor of Organization and Strategy (Emeritus) in Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis. He also was the Associate Dean and Director of Brookings Executive Education from 2009-2017, was a non-resident Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution from 2010-2020, and is a Fellow of the Strategic Management Society.
2/14/2025: Leading Change from the Middle (9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.)
2/28/2025: Recognition for Dignity (11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.)
3/24/2025 – 3/28/2025: Leading for Dignity Leadership Week
03/24/2025: Professional Development Workshop -- The Power of Negotiations (8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)
03/28/2025: Be Heard — Women in Leadership Conference (8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.)
For questions about this Leadership Development Series, please contact the Director of the Emerson Leadership Institute, Dr. Jintong Tang, atjintong.tang@slu.edu.
Emerson Leadership Institute | 3674 Lindell Blvd Cook Hall, Suite 334 | St. Louis, MO 63108 US
