Simulations: The Secret Sauce of Leadership Development

HRCI: 3.5 Strategic Credits

By:  Martin Lanik, PhD – Business Psychologist & Management Consultant

Date: 19-January-2012

Agenda

8:00 AM Check in & Registration

8:30 AM Presentation Starts

Simulation & Presentation Included

Q&A at the end

 Attendance is limited to 30 people

About The Program:

Typically, the three most common approaches to leadership development are personality tests, classroom courses, and 360 degree feedback. A more recent innovation in leadership development, simulations, can often supplement or even replace more traditional methods. With the dawn of state-of-the-art technology, we can now create scalable simulations that are 80 to 90 percent cheaper than most multi-day training programs.  Many Fortune 500 organizations already utilize simulations as part of their leadership development strategy. Simulations provide a safe environment for aspiring leaders to develop and practice their leadership skills.  In addition to having opportunities to practice, simulation participants also receive feedback on their strengths and developmental needs.   Recent results from a pilot study revealed that, when compared to a well-known personality test, participants rated the simulation more favorably in helping them understand their leadership strengths and development needs, providing a challenge, and outlining the specific behaviors they need to demonstrate to be successful. Although simulations may have been the best hidden secret, with state-of-the-art technology, organizations of any size can now garnish their leadership development program with “the secret sauce”
Source:  Simulations: The Secret Sauce of Cutting-Edge Leadership Development Program – Martin Lanik

What you will Learn:

• Participants will understand the hidden assumptions behind commonly used leadership development tools.
• Participants will gain first-hand experience of cutting-edge tools for leadership development, virtual simulations.
• Participants will learn how virtual simulations can be implemented in organizations to support programmatic leadership development efforts Interaction will be required/ hands on application included

About The Speaker:  Dr. Martin Lanik is a business psychologist specializing in leadership and executive assessment and development, and organizational change. He has worked in a management consulting and organizational research capacity across Asia, Europe and North America. Dr. Lanik consulted for organizations in multiple industries, including healthcare, interpreting, mining, financial services, food services, transportation, education, information technology, and government. Prior to founding Global Assessor Pool, he consulted for Development Dimensions International. Dr. Lanik is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology at Metropolitan State College of Denver. Recipient of the Industrial/Organizational Psychology Fellowship and past co-chair of Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior (IOOB) conference, Dr. Lanik is a frequent speaker at international conferences, such as the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, International Congress on Assessment Center Methods, and European Congress of Psychology, with over 20 peer-reviewed talks and papers. Most recently, Dr. Lanik has been invited as the keynote speaker at The Assessment Center Study Group of South Africa.

Location:  6312 S. Fiddlers’ Green Circle, Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Address: DeVry University / Tuscany Plaza

Room: 117   

Directions  I-25 to Arapahoe, Exit Arapahoe, Go west on Arapahoe,  Right on Greenwood Plaza Blvd, Right on E. Caley/Fiddlers Green Circle, go through the stop light heading east (do NOT take a left into the Tuscany Plaza drive way at the light). After the stoplight about 100 yards, take a left U-turn at the first median and then turn right immediately into the parking garage driveway east of the structure.

Parking is on the top level of the parking garage next to the building. Please do NOT park in the ground floor area marked Visitors Parking—this has a two hour limit. Instead, go to the EAST side of the garage (closest to I-25), enter the code 1111# to open the gate.   Please park on the top level.

Parking to Conference Room Take the elevator to the bottom of parking structure, Exit the parking structure and walk across to the building.  When you walk up the steps, go in the left door/ East Side.  Stay on first floor and go down hallway to room.

Building Picture - DeVry University