OCTOBER
Developing Your Career Story (Half-Day Workshop)
October 23, 2013, 1pm- 5pm
Ben Gaucherin, Chief Technology Officer, Harvard Law School
In today’s competitive job market, to stand out from the crowd you need a well crafted story that highlights what makes you the best leader for the job. In this workshop, you will work with your colleagues to understand the philosophy behind this concept and develop your individual career story.
NOVEMBER
Situational Leadership
November 13, 2013, 1:30pm – 3pm
Jessica Soban, Assistant Dean and Chief Admissions Officer, Harvard Law School
Very often leadership development programs focus on the individual and not the relationship between the individual and those s/he leads. It is important for leaders to understand that within any given group, the needs of those they are leading will be very different. This means the approach to leading each individual will vary. Good leaders must come to understand that “one size fits all” does not apply to leadership.
In this session, Jessica Soban will lead a conversation on the topic of situational leadership. As a former manager in the consulting firm Bain and Company, Jessica was able to observe the importance of situational leadership, which ultimately led to her becoming a manager within the company.
DECEMBER
Strengths Based Leadership
December 3, 2013, 3pm – 5pm
Kathy Baron, Center for Workplace Development
Kathy Baron will lead us through the Strengths Based Leadership workshop. As a leader/manager, your role is to bring out the best in your employees; they come to work each day, doing the best work that they can. You can only do this by understanding your strengths and those of the people on your team. By using the lens of strengths, you can become a more effective leader of your team and organization. Learning strength-based leadership skills early in your career will set you up for success as a leader. During the workshop, we will learn the “Three Keys” to being a successful leader: Knowing Your Strengths, Getting People with the Right Strengths on Your Team, and Meeting the Four Basic Needs of Followers
Gift Wrapping Party
December 18, 2013, 6pm – 8pm
Enjoy some egg nog, holiday tunes and good times as you wrap gifts with your fellow EL participants.
Gift Delivery and Holiday Party
December 19, 2013, 4pm – 5pm
Blue Hill Boys and Girls Club
15 Talbot Ave.
Dorchester, MA
Emerging Leaders participants will deliver all of the gifts from the drive to the Blue Hill Boys and Girls Club in Boston, MA. The club will have a little party and EL participants will get to meet and interact with the club youth.
FEBRUARY
Mentorship Workshop
February 24, 2014, 1pm – 3pm
Kathy Baron, Center for Workplace Development
In this workshop, we will learn what a mentoring relationship is and how it can assist in your leadership. We will explore the ways a mentor can help us set goals. This workshop will also discuss the ways a mentor can be the most effective and how we can be an effective mentee.
MARCH
Peer Coaching
March 24, 2014, 12pm- 2pm
Kathy Baron, Center for Workplace Development
Coaching is a process that realizes the potential of individuals and creates lasting change. The purpose of this session is to define your developmental, career, and professional goals and practice coaching each other using coaching tools. During this session, you will create and discuss your SMART goals that play to your strengths. We will focus on the transformation that comes from curiosity and asking powerful questions as you make progress to goals. You will also learn important coaching skills that you can use on yourself or with others.
APRIL
Introduction to the Crimson Toastmasters
April 15, 2014, 1pm- 2pm
Co-sponsored by the HLS Joint Council and Emerging Leaders @ HLS
Crimson Toastmasters is a group of Harvard staff and faculty who meet bi-weekly to practice and improve public speaking skills. During this session, which is open to the HLS staff community, we will observe the format of a meeting, understand the structure, and get an idea of how Toastmasters works!