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Session Title: Leadership Development for Technical Professionals

Session Number: 436

Room: Coronado S

Day and Timeslot: Monday - 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Formats: Discussion

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Session Description: Technical innovation drives change. Technology changes are occurring at a more rapid pace. Globalization of products and services is becoming more commonplace. How do today's technical professionals keep up? How do their leaders keep pace in today's changing environment? We will focus on how corporations today equip leaders of technical professionals to be successful in the leading and managing of their employees.

Are there elements of technical communities that distinguish them from the workforce at large?
What are the key challenges that leaders of technical professionals face today?
How effective are leadership programs designed to equip today's leaders of technical professionals?

Led by: David Brand - 3M

Dave is a Learning Specialist at 3M involved in the design and delivery of Leadership Development programs for supervisors and managers. He has facilitated and coached in Leadership programs at 3M since 2005. Dave is a chemist by training and previously taught college level chemistry courses for over 12 years.

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Recommended Reading:

Listed below is a link to a website where you can download a research report from BlessingWhite (recommended reading) on the topic of "Leading Technical Professionals".

http://www.blessingwhite.com/research.asp?pid=1

Scroll down this page to see the listing for "Leading Technical Professionals (2006)" and click on the view link. Please note there is a short download request form to complete. BlessingWhite has indicated that if you would like them not to follow up with you they will honor that request.

Technical Professionals’ Needs:

This is an online article by Christopher Rice (President and CEO of BlessingWhite)

The following reference lists a set of professional needs unique to those who work in technical fields.

http://www.talentmgt.com/performance_management/144/index.php

Source: BlessingWhite’s 2006 “Leading Technical Professionals” Report

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Agenda:

Here is the proposed agenda for Session 436 (posted 10/19/07 by Dave Brand)

Session 436 LD for Tech Prof Agenda and Disc Questions.pdf

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Additional Discussion Topics:

Please add additional topics you would like to discuss at this session by either entering the topics as a comment or by adding these topics on to this wiki page.

Thanks, Dave Brand

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PowerPoint File used at the session

LD for Tech Prof - Learning 2007.ppt