Strategy, Values & Leadership

Strategy, Values & Leadership
Talented people create more work than they can do.  Said another way, we "value" too many things. 
Similarly, our firms often generate more strategic initiatives than can be resourced, implemented and sustained.  This often culminates in extraordinary expectations on information technology leadership and their teams.
Strategic focus begins with an ability to bring sophistication and precision to the strategic "values" that compete for our team's priorities. 
How can IT leaders shape these for their teams while also influencing the strategy of the organization? 
Our discussion will include consideration of these challenges and practical strategies that seek to answer this question.
 Topics to be covered include:

• Portray the integrated role of values, leadership, and strategy
  
• Identify your organization's real (or aspirational) strategic values noting differentiation among them
  
• Apply these considerations to a strategic value mapping exercise to assist you in leading in prioritization of initiatives

Agenda

8:00 - 8:30 | Registration & Networking

8:30 - 8:45 | Welcome & Introductions

8:45 - 9:35 | Strategy, Values & Leadership
Stacy L. Jackson, Ph.D., Kenneth J Weller Professor of Management Chair, Department of Economics and Business, Hope College
       
9:35 - 9:45 | Break

9:45 - 10:15 | A strategic value mapping table exercise - Creating your compass for focusing your organization on strategic value
    
10:15 - 10:30 | Initial thoughts from strategic value mapping exercise

10:30 - 10:45 | Break

10:45 - 11:30 | Strategy, Values and Leadership in Action at Spectrum Health
Randy Tharp‎, Enterprise Portfolio Manager, Spectrum Health
    
11:30 - 12:00 | Discussion & Lunch 

Map & Parking
Please note the special parking instructions. Parking is free, but you must print a copy of the Special Parking Pass and place in your windshield.

Map to Davenport's Sneden Center