September 17, 2024 | 1-4:30pm
VIRTUAL SESSION via Zoom
Instructor: Dr. Kevin Sansberry II, DBA, Founder of Kevra: The Culture Company

This engaging session is crafted to empower leaders with the tools and frameworks necessary for navigating the complex challenges of today’s dynamic business environment. Through a blend of theoretical exploration and practical application, participants will learn how to foster adaptability, resilience, and innovative thinking within their teams and organizations. The workshop emphasizes the importance of understanding and mobilizing people to tackle tough challenges, thrive in changing contexts, and realize lasting change.

The Adaptive Leadership Workshop will encompass the following key elements:

• Insight: Gain a deep understanding of the adaptive leadership framework and how it applies to real-world organizational challenges.
• Practice: Engage in hands-on exercises that simulate adaptive challenges, allowing leaders to apply concepts and strategies in a supportive setting.
• Reflection: Participants will reflect on their leadership experiences and behaviors, receiving and offering feedback to enhance learning and personal growth.

What You Will Learn

• Identify and Tackle Adaptive Challenges: Learn to distinguish between technical problems and adaptive challenges, applying appropriate strategies for each.
• Lead with Emotional Intelligence: Enhance your ability to understand and manage your emotions and those of others to foster a productive and positive organizational culture.
• Engage Stakeholders: Develop strategies for engaging and mobilizing various stakeholders, including those with differing views and resistance to change.
• Foster an Adaptive Culture: Learn how to create an environment that encourages experimentation, learning from failures, and continuous adaptation.
• Navigate through Uncertainty: Equip yourself with the skills to lead confidently through uncertainty and complexity.

About the Instructor

Dr. Kevin Sansberry II, DBA
Founder of Kevra: The Culture Company
Dr. Kevin Sansberry Il is a behavioral scientist and executive coach whose inspiring work is driven by the need for evidence-based, inclusive, and equitable approaches to urgently and proactively transform and coach leaders, eradicating toxic behaviors that threaten profitability, innovation, and the overall well-being. He is also the creator and host of the Toxic Leadership Podcast which reached as high as the number four nonprofit podcast in the United States in 2021.

October 10, 2024 | 8:30am – 3:30pm
IN-PERSON SESSION – UMKC Bloch Executive Hall, 5108 Cherry Street, Kansas City, Missouri
Instructor: Mike Allison, Adjunct Professor for the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at UMKC

Noted researcher, author, and “culture guru” Edgar Schein famously stated that the only thing of importance leaders do is create and manage culture. Leaders who create fulfilling work environments foster positive mindsets, actions, and real results. They know that if they do not develop culture, it will develop itself. Culture does not happen by accident. In this interactive and multimedia-driven session, leaders will begin by discussing culture in their current organizations. They will explore why vision, strategy, and values by themselves are not enough to propel business and a workforce forward.

What You Will Learn
Ultimately, participants will understand how to create and sustain a desirable culture. Specific topics include:

• A look at the definition of culture along with an exploration of what fuels passion and meaning
• How leaders must exercise “cultural intelligence” in understanding current organizational culture and subcultures
• Utilizing a “Culture IQ” assessment to determine existing culture characteristics
• A deep dive into how great leaders create passionate and meaningful cultures (building trust, leading with WHY, delivering inspired and authentic communication, living values, remaining grounded, etc.)

About the Instructor
Mike Allison is a professor and Bloch Executive Education instructor within the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at UMKC. In that capacity, he teaches EMBA courses on international business, influence and persuasion, and advanced presentation skills. He also instructs business leaders on diverse topics such as change management, emotional intelligence, holding difficult conversations, presentation techniques, building trust, and executive presence. Prior to his current academic focus, Mike accrued nearly 20 years of healthcare IT leadership experience working at Cerner Corporation. While at Cerner, he held executive responsibilities within both the client and associate learning organizations. His award-winning learning teams, many of which were internationally based, provided practical and effective end-to-end learning solutions to Cerner clients and associates around the world. Mike also spent a year as the Vice President of Learning & Development at AMC Theatres. There, he led a team of learning professionals who focused on building, supporting, and retaining talent across multiple guest-facing brands. Mike is a graduate of Brigham Young University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in International Relations and a master’s degree in Public Administration.

Date: November 6, 2024 | 1-4:30pm
IN-PERSON SESSION – UMKC Bloch Executive Hall, 5108 Cherry Street, Kansas City, Missouri
Instructor: Wai (“Y”) Lee, Vice President, Garmin Labs.

This half-day workshop is designed for professionals and business owners eager to maintain a competitive edge by leveraging AI as a catalyst for driving organizational growth. Participants will be equipped with practical skills to innovate and harness the transformative potential of artificial intelligence.

What you will learn:

• Strategic Innovation Framework
• Practical AI tools and applications
• How to innovate with AI
• How to pitch your ideas with AI

Special Session Note
Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptop computers so they can fully engage in the seminar activities.

About the Instructor
Wai (“Y”) Lee is Vice President, Garmin Labs. Wai is an innovation expert. Having championed Garmin’s entrance into the wellness and smart wearable market, he has led the incubation, design, and development of flagship products in marine, outdoor, automotive, and fitness. Wai is a keynote speaker and thought leader in corporate innovation and is named on over 20 issued patents.

January 15, 2024 | 8:30am – 3:30pm
IN-PERSON SESSION – UMKC Bloch Executive Hall, 5108 Cherry Street, Kansas City, Missouri Room 414

The Performance Leadership workshop provides you with the knowledge and skills to intentionally influence the personal growth of others.

What You Will Learn

• Discover the joy in helping people learn.
• Learn the four Growth Phases people go through to acquire new knowledge and skills.
• See and acknowledge the different Emotional States a person goes through during the learning process.
• Understand how to break down tasks into core components to provide focused development.
• Learn and practice the seven core Leadership Engagement skills to support someone’s learning.
• Discover how to accelerate the learning process to increase performance.

About the Instructor
Todd Long, President and Owner, Leadership Innovations, …

• Is passionate about helping people lead with confidence.
• Loves dynamic facilitated interaction.
• Believes in the power of collaboration.
• Holds tightly to his faith and values.
• Inspires with steady confidence.

He has served tens of thousands of people around the world over the past 25 years, building confident leaders and healthy teams. He has worked in a variety of industries that include: technology, healthcare, manufacturing, distribution, transportation, banking, education, and not-for-profit. Todd believes in experiential interactive learning that challenges people to think deeper and discover ways to apply the learning.

Professionally – Todd is a leadership adviser, facilitator, speaker, author (Performance Leadership – Inspiring Growth in Others), and leadership coach.

Personally – Todd is a husband, father of six, grandfather, piano player, ukulele enthusiast, song writer, motorcyclist, exerciser, and faith builder.

Ann Hackett will work with you on creating an action plan based on your career assessment and goals.

Ann M. Hackett, Ph.D. is Chief Learning & Engagement Officer at the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Ann has more than 20 years of corporate leadership in organizational development and talent management, including work with Accenture, H&R Block, DineEquity, the Kauffman Foundation. She founded HumanRoot to provide people strategy solutions to drive organizational success. Ann provides executive coaching to over 35 clients annually and serves as the Head of Central Exchange.