Career Management Webinar Series, Spring 2012
Our webinar series utilizes WebEx technology. To check that your computer meets the system requirements, visit Webex.Great Leaders Are Made, Not Born—How Executive Coaching Can Help
Guest Presenter, Jennifer Guckel Porter, Managing Partner of The Boda Group
Thursday, January 19, 2012 12:00 - 1:00PM, EST
While some leaders are successful, admired, inspiring, and deeply satisfied with their job and their life, most leaders are still a work-in-progress. With crazy schedules and increasing demands, many leaders find that there is little time to work on their leadership style, capabilities and effectiveness—never mind their personal satisfaction and happiness. This webinar will include:
- Who should consider coaching and for what reasons
- What coaching is—and isn't
- How coaching works and the positive impact it can have
- How to select and work with a coach
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Getting More Out of LinkedIn - AT CAPACITY
Guest Presenter, Jason Alba, CEO JibberJobber and author of I'm on LinkedIn—Now What???
Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 12:00 - 1:30PM, EST
Thank you for your interest in Getting More out of LinkedIn. Due to overwhelming demand, this presentation is now at capacity. Please vist our Video Library in the next 2-3 business days to watch the playback of this webinar. We will also be offering this topic in the near future.
Building Your Resume Through Social Media - POSTPONED
How to Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies
Guest Presenter, David Teten, HBS MBA 1998, Partner, ff Venture Capital; Founder and Chairman of Harvard Business School Angels New York
Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 12:00 - 1:00PM, EST
David Teten has experience on all sides of the table, as an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, advisor to leading private equity funds, and investment banker. He will give you a thorough overview of how you can work with institutional private equity and venture capital investors. Key takeaways include how to:
- Raise capital from a venture capital fund to found a company
- Partner with a private equity fund to find a company to buy or found
- Get a job at a private equity/venture capital portfolio company
- Earn extra income (while keeping your full-time job) by participating in expert networks
- Join a senior advisor network or a portfolio company board
Step-by-Step Roadmap to Landing Meetings with Hiring Managers at Your Target Organizations
Guest Presenter, Sarah Stamboulie, Stamboulie Career Consulting
Thursday, March 22, 2012, 12:00- 1:00PM, EDT
This workshop will help you conduct a more efficient and effective job search focusing on the specific techniques and tools to clearly target your next role, and effectively access the hidden job market. Key takeaways include:
- An understanding of the hidden job market, and why it should comprise the bulk of your search activities
- The "200 Positions Target Spreadsheet" tool
- Specific techniques for more fully utilizing LinkedIn
- Best practices and templates to utilize when asking for an introduction to a hiring manager
Teaming: How the Learning Organization Works
Guest presenter, Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School
Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 12:00 - 1:00PM, EDT
Professor Amy Edmondson will present core ideas from her forthcoming book, Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate and Compete in the Knowledge Economy. Topics covered include:
- What can leaders do to build a learning organization
- How learning should be managed in different types of organizations
- Why teaming is critical in a knowledge economy; the barriers and enablers to teaming
- How to lead—and learn from—innovative teams and dispersed networks to bring out the best in collaborative endeavors
Encore Careers: Purpose, Passion and a Paycheck in the Second Half of Life
Guest Presenter Marci Alboher, VP of Civic Ventures, a think tank on boomers, work and social purpose
Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 12:00 - 1:00PM, EDT
Wondering what's next in your life? Thinking about doing work you feel good about? Learn how to craft a meaningful role in the nonprofit sector, in socially-minded ventures, or in government. Topics covered include:
- How to reconnect with or discover what matters most to you
- How to prepare for a longer working life
- How to balance needs for continued income, flexibility, and the desire to give back
3 Critical Questions to Ask When Hiring and Promoting
Guest Presenter, Francesca Gino, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Negotiation, Organizations & Markets, Harvard Business School
Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 12:00 - 1:00PM, EDT
Would you have more confidence in hiring a new team leader who came from a successful firm in a growing industry or a less successful one in a troubled market? When evaluating who to hire and promote, we need to make sense of and process information from various sources. We need to know the details of the context the candidates were operating in, and how they accomplished their goals. These are critical details, but we often overlook them. This session will focus on the key questions below, and uncover a few counterintuitive findings from recent research on selection and decision making.
- How can we improve hiring and promotion decisions?
- What are the critical considerations we should be making?
Employment Law Issues
Guest Presenter, David Marek, Partner, Liddle & Robinson, L.L.P.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 12:00- 1:00PM, EDT
This program will focus on the legal rights and obligations of employees who work in executive level positions. It will help you identify key issues when negotiating an employment agreement, dealing with compensation issues, and if your employment is terminated. Questions that will be addressed include: When are oral commitments binding? What traps should you look out for when negotiating an employment agreement? How can you best protect your right to be fairly compensated for your work? What rights do you have as an at-will employee? What are the practical effects of post-employment restrictive covenants? The following 4 issues will be discussed:
- Keys to negotiating an employment agreement
- Your legal entitlement to compensation for your work
- Rights of an at-will employee
- Issues that arise post-termination, including restrictive covenants, defamation, and legal impediments to finding a new job
Building a Business in the Context of a Life
Guest Presenter, Janet J. Kraus , Senior Lecturer, Entrepreneurial Management Unit, Harvard Business School
Thursday, June 7, 2012, 12:00 - 1:00PM, EDT
Careers rarely run on a track from Point A to Point B—life experiences often change our goals. Senior lecturer Janet J. Kraus teaches how you should take a life plan as seriously as you would a business plan. Key concepts include:
- Evaluating what's important personally and professionally and creating a "life plan" for getting where you want to go
- Reflecting on experiences and visioning where you see your life going, taking into account not only career but also family life, hobbies, community, spirituality, and other interests
- Finding your "flow"—experiencing enjoyment from activities where you feel time, space and friction melt away