The schedule is subject to change.
Delivery method: Group Live
Prerequisites: None
Advanced Preparations: None unless listed below.
Knowledge Level: Basic
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Tuesday, July 26
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Welcome to Alexandria Reception and Dinner
Hopkins Boardroom, Westin Alexandria
Wednesday, July 27
8:00 am – 8:45 am
Breakfast at Hotel
Foyer D, Westin Alexandria
9:00 am – 9:15 am
Welcome and Introduction to the George Washington Leadership Institute
Edison D, Westin Alexandria
9:15 am – 10:15 am
Washington’s Enduring Relevance: The Integration of Strategy, Leadership, and Management
Speaker: Peter Cressy, EdD, RADM USN (Ret.) Director, Executive Leadership Programs, George Washington Leadership Institute
Citing specific examples of George Washington’s military and political careers, this session will explore the ongoing dynamics of strategic development and highlight the importance of Washington integrating leadership, management, and strategy.
Learning Objectives:
Objective 1: Discuss the importance of integrating leadership and management principles into an organization’s larger strategic plan.
Objective 2: Examine the successes and failures of Washington’s historic career to understand effective and ineffective approaches to leadership.
Objective 3: Identify the importance of strategic principles: vision, planning, execution, patience, agility, and resource allocation.
FIELD OF STUDY: Personal Development
CPE CREDITS: 1.0
SFO DOMAIN: External Domain
SFO CREDITS: 1.0
CAE DOMAIN: Executive Leadership
CAE CREDITS: 1.0
10:15 am – 10:30 am
Break
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Panel Discussion: Maintaining Vision and Strategy
Speakers: Peter Cressy, EdD, RADM USN (Ret.), Director, Executive Leadership Programs, George Washington Leadership Institute; and Heather Soubra, ACC, Leadership Coach, Wiser Way Coaching
Putting principles into practice, this session reflects on how individual leaders can maintain their organization’s vision and strategy in carrying out day-to-day operations, managing teams, and navigating through times of change.
Learning Objectives:
Objective 1: Identify challenges you face within your own organization and leadership.
Objective 2: Relate strategic principles to your individual leadership and organization.
Objective 3: Examine ways to address challenges through strategic thinking and vision.
FIELD OF STUDY: Personal Development
CPE CREDITS: 1.0
SFO DOMAIN: External Domain
SFO CREDITS: 1.0
CAE DOMAIN: Executive Leadership
CAE CREDITS: 1.0
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Lunch
Edison D, Westin Alexandria
12:45 pm
Depart for Mt. Vernon
Load buses at lobby entrance of Westin Alexandria
1:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Arrival and Welcome
Smith Auditorium, Mount Vernon Estate
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm
Leading in Times of Crisis
Smith Auditorium
Speaker: Peter Cressy, EdD, RADM USN (Ret.), Director, Executive Leadership Programs, George Washington Leadership Institute
This session explores Washington’s approach to leadership during times of significant crisis, both in leading the American Revolution and forming the presidency, and compares his approach to other international leaders who faced difficult crises during their terms of leadership.
Learning Objectives:
Objective 1: Recognize the tactics and adjustments leaders make to their approach to individual and organizational leadership during times of crisis and change.
Objective 2: Recognize the tactics and adjustments leaders make to their approach to individual and organizational leadership during times of crisis and change.
Objective 3: Examine the various ways Washington led during times of crisis and identify how those strategies can be applied to the modern workplace.
FIELD OF STUDY: Personal Development
CPE CREDITS: 1.0
SFO DOMAIN: External Domain
SFO CREDITS: 1.0
CAE DOMAIN: Executive Leadership
CAE CREDITS: 1.0
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Group A: Tour of George Washington's Home
Mount Vernon Estate
Learn from Washington’s best autobiography: his home. Not only is the mansion one of the finest examples of American colonial architecture, it also was a reflection of Washington’s character and personality as well as his vision for our new nation.
Learning Objectives:
Objective 1: Examine Washington’s legacy of leadership and the importance of integrating leadership and management with vision.
Objective 2: Compare the challenges of history with the challenges of today and discuss how a historic example of leadership can be applied to the modern workplace.
Objective 3: Analyze your own style of leadership and identify adjustments that can be made toward more effective communication, collaboration, and organizational unity.
FIELD OF STUDY: Personal Development
CPE CREDITS: 1.0
SFO DOMAIN: External Domain
SFO CREDITS: 1.0
CAE DOMAIN: Executive Leadership
CAE CREDITS: 1.0
Group B: Be Washington
Museum and Education Center, Mount Vernon Estate
Speaker: Joseph Stoltz, PhD, Director, George Washington Leadership Institute
Participants step into the leadership role of George Washington in Mount Vernon’s newest digital interactive experience. They will face two scenarios that Washington faced as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and as the first President of the United States. Provided with the same information and choices Washington had, participants will use their own judgment to decide what to do in each situation.
Learning Objectives:
Objective 1: Using interactive simulations, role-play the act of making leadership decisions during a crisis.
Objective 2: Simulate making important leadership decisions with limited information and time.
Objective 3: Identify and examine your own biases during the decision-making process.
FIELD OF STUDY: Personal Development
CPE CREDITS: 1.0
SFO DOMAIN: External Domain
SFO CREDITS: 1.0
CAE DOMAIN: Executive Leadership
CAE CREDITS: 1.0
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Group A: Be Washington
Museum and Education Center, Mount Vernon Estate
Speaker: Joseph Stoltz, PhD, Director, George Washington Leadership Institute
Group B: Tour of George Washington's Home
Mount Vernon Estate
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Tour the Museum or Giftshop on Your Own
Mount Vernon Estate
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Reception and Dinner at Mount Vernon Inn Restaurant
Mount Vernon Estate
Thursday, July 28
8:00 am – 8:45 am
Breakfast at Hotel
Foyer D, Westin Alexandria
9:00 am – 9:50 am
Strategies for a Successful Foundation
Edison D, Westin Alexandria
Speakers: Allen Brooks, Chief Creative Officer, Building Momentum; Cheyanne Dwyer, Chief Strategy Officer, Building Momentum; and Michelle Kolacz, Senior Associate of Experiences, Building Momentum
Before proceeding on a bold new path, you and your team must know where you currently stand. However, if communication is lacking on an integral level, you may miss an element that could be crucial to your team’s maneuvers and overall success.
Focusing on skills and activities to decrease barriers and promote trust in various nuanced ways, participants will become more aware of how to better encourage and interact with their team. Participants will leave with the tools to share current insights, leverage divergent thinking, and verbalize/visualize their ability to bring change into reality.
Learning Objectives:
Objective 1: Discuss the operational foundation of facilitation and how to cultivate environments that are conducive to optimal engagement and results.
Objective 2: Practice leadership in action through the nuance of language, self-awareness, and empathy.
Objective 3: Apply new knowledge and skills while learning a method that helps share insight into the current state and create new direction.
FIELD OF STUDY: Personal Development
CPE CREDITS: 1.0
SFO DOMAIN: External Domain
SFO CREDITS: 1.0
CAE DOMAIN: Executive Leadership
CAE CREDITS: 1.0
9:50 am – 10:50 am
Crafting Commitment for Action: Methods for Moving Forward Together
Edison D, Westin Alexandria
Speakers: Allen Brooks, Chief Creative Officer, Building Momentum; Cheyanne Dwyer, Chief Strategy Officer, Building Momentum; and Michelle Kolacz, Senior Associate of Experiences, Building Momentum
As a leader, you need to make sure your team keeps moving forward, even if you don’t always have consensus. Find out how to effectively craft commitment in a way that compels your team in a clear and impactful manner.
The Building Momentum team will introduce and take you through several building blocks that you can integrate into and adapt to any planning session, discussion, or meeting to help guide communication, goal creation, and generation of actionable plans.
Learning Objectives:
Objective 1: Practice methods to promote buy in, commitment, and shared vision of impact to lead your team forward for success.
Objective 2: Formulate clear organized statements to direct energy and impact in any setting.
Objective 3: Prepare a plan with shared ownership that empowers your team.
FIELD OF STUDY: Personal Development
CPE CREDITS: 1.0
SFO DOMAIN: External Domain
SFO CREDITS: 1.0
CAE DOMAIN: Executive Leadership
CAE CREDITS: 1.0
10:50 am – 11:05 am
Break
11:05 am – 11:30 am
Debrief
Edison D, Westin Alexandria
Speakers: Allen Brooks, Chief Creative Officer, Building Momentum; Cheyanne Dwyer, Chief Strategy Officer, Building Momentum; and Michelle Kolacz, Senior Associate of Experiences, Building Momentum
11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Lunch
Edison D, Westin Alexandria
1:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Innovation Elevated: George Washington’s Crossing of the Delaware – REIMAGINED!
*(Interactive activity for practicing your leadership skills)
Speakers: James Bellucci, Associate Trainer and Training Logistician, Building Momentum; Allen Brooks, Chief Creative Officer, Building Momentum; Cheyanne Dwyer, Chief Strategy Officer, Building Momentum; Michelle Kolacz, Senior Associate of Experiences, Building Momentum; Preston Mosley, Training Associate, Building Momentum; and Moises Pena Jr., Training Associate, Building Momentum
In 1776, George Washington crossed the Delaware River in a strategic military ploy to attack a garrison located in Trenton, New Jersey. He saw beyond the challenges to the value he could create outside the attack itself. The purpose: bolster morale and inspire more men to join the Continentals.
Inspired by the crossing of the Delaware and the leadership George Washington exhibited, join Building Momentum as they take you through a collaborative and interactive activity. Build motorized boats to race and complete various tasks while you learn how to use new tools and encounter challenges along the way.
Much like in the Delaware crossing, this activity goes beyond the assigned tasks and presents an opportunity outside of everyone’s normal day-to-day confines where they can actively practice leadership, apply new knowledge, and hone their skills in a safe environment with outside input.
This activity will help you chart a course to the new and exciting possibilities of your future and the future of our schools.
Learning Objectives:
Objective 1: Collaborate with your team in a hands-on interactive experience to enhance strategic problem solving.
Objective 2: Identify new ways to actively practice leadership and integrate knowledge.
Objective 3: Analyze and discuss interpersonal conflicts and team dynamics in a way that encourages open communication and processing in future settings.
FIELD OF STUDY: Personal Development
CPE CREDITS: 2.4
SFO DOMAIN: External Domain
SFO CREDITS: 2.0
CAE DOMAIN: Executive Leadership
CAE CREDITS: 2.25
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
A Leader’s Journey to Significance: Failure’s Connection to Success
Edison D, Westin Alexandria
Speakers: Jacquelyn Wieland, Chief Leadership Strategist & Founder, Solutions Provided, LLC
Many of us are afraid to fail, but sometimes the best success comes from failure. During this insightful session, examine the connection between failure and success by exploring challenges and setbacks that have led to innovation, opportunity, and successful outcomes. Comparing current challenges with those of historical leaders, you will learn how to capitalize on lessons learned to find success.
Learning Objectives:
Objective 1: Identify how failure can open a pathway to success.
Objective 2: Identify how failures and setbacks lead to innovation and success.
Objective 3: Perform and apply future-focused, reflective thinking.
FIELD OF STUDY: Personal Development
CPE CREDITS: 1.0
SFO DOMAIN: External Domain
SFO CREDITS: 1.0
CAE DOMAIN: Executive Leadership
CAE CREDITS: 1.0
4:30 pm – 5:15 pm
Pre-Dinner Mixer
Evening
Explore Alexandria on Your Own
Friday, July 2
8:00 am – 8:45 am
Breakfast at Hotel
Foyer D, Westin Alexandria
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
A Leader’s Journey to Significance: The Art of Leadership
Edison D, Westin Alexandria
Speakers: Jacquelyn Wieland, Chief Leadership Strategist & Founder, Solutions Provided, LLC
The Leader's Journey to Significance challenges you to contrast success vs. significance in reference to your personal leadership legacy. Explore the importance of big-picture thinking, strategy, and the discipline, awareness, and values that influence culture by considering the impact of our work as leaders focused on the future. Also delve into how attitude and mindset, intention, and behavior impact culture, and in turn, your team and those around you.
Learning Objectives:
Objective 1: Describe the importance of big-picture thinking as it relates to strategy and transformational change.
Objective 2: Articulate the challenge of staying present and future-focused while identifying strategies to stay disciplined in the moment.
Objective 3: Reframe intention to action and elevate awareness to better engage as a leader.
FIELD OF STUDY: Personal Development
CPE CREDITS: 3.2
SFO DOMAIN: External Domain
SFO CREDITS: 3.0
CAE DOMAIN: Executive Leadership
CAE CREDITS: 3.0
The conference concludes at noon on Friday, July 29.