Create A Leadership Team Culture That Can Withstand Conflict

Date: May 14
Time: 10 a.m. - noon (Central time)

As predicted by the great social psychologist Douglas McGregor, “…an organization’s full human potential...stand[s] or fall[s] on people’s ability to work in groups.” Developing a team with the ability to work together requires a variety of skills and understandings that lead to specific behaviors, which in turn, create the Leadership Team Culture. This session will focus on how leadership culture sets the stage for the rest of the organizations' behavior, the basic building blocks of effective and efficient leadership teams, i.e., relationship levels, what is organizational culture and how does it impact the entire company, how can leaders help change culture, and how leaders can help make sure others feel safe during a change in culture.

CPE Level: 2
CPEU: 2.0 (pending)

Performance Indicators:

• 2.4.3 Models behaviors that maximize group participation by consulting, listening and communicating clearly.
• 2.4.4 Promotes a friendly, cooperative environment that is conducive to others’ sense of belonging.
• 2.4.5 Facilitates an understanding and appreciation of differences among team members and how each contributes to the team.
• 3.1.2 Fosters a culture in which diversity and cross-team collaboration is valued.
• 3.1.3 Takes initiative to facilitate change.
• 14.4.8 Demonstrates an understanding of how individuals and groups interact within organizations.
• 14.4.9 Takes into consideration individual and organizational culture and behaviors when planning and managing.

Learning Objectives

• Describe how leadership culture sets the stage for the rest of the organizations' behavior
• List the basic building blocks of effective and efficient leadership teams
• Define organizational culture and how it impacts the entire company
• Teach others how leaders can help change culture
• Apply how leaders can help make sure others feel safe during a change in culture

Speaker

Jennifer Seyler, MBA, MS, RDN

Jennifer Seyler is the founder of Business Strategy and Operation Consulting, LLC., an agency that works with organizations in overall management, operation efficiencies and effectiveness, strategic planning, culture, leadership cultivation and more. Alongside her business, Seyler is an adjunct professor teaching undergraduates (consumer behavior and nutrition for sports) and graduates (marketing management and marketing research) at Elmhurst University. Prior to starting her own company, Seyler spent 15+ years’ working in public relations and marketing helping many food and nutrition clients achieve their goals.

Seyler is currently studying to receive her PhD in Organization Development, and she previously earned her Master of Business Administration in Market Research from Elmhurst University, Strategic Marketing Certificate from Northwestern University, her Master of Science in Nutrition and Registered Dietitian credentials from the University of Illinois, and her Bachelor of Arts in biology from Augustana College.