January 2010 Archives

Last week, Interim Dean- Manuel Laguna wrote a blog about our new program offered through Executive Education, called The Business of Sports Certificate Program (BOS). His blog was titled Creating Opportunities in Sports and Business. This brand new two-month, 6-credit intensive program offered by the Leeds School of Business is a business "boot camp" for students interested in pursuing careers in the sports and recreations industry. In the morning, students will focus on business principles; in the afternoon, students will work on research-based projects designed by our contributing partners. The program will be offered from June 1-July 23, 2010 (M-F, 9:00 am-5:00 pm) and is open to college juniors, seniors and recent grads. There will be 30 spots available and each prospective student will need to fill out an application and registration form which will then be reviewed by a panel.

Robin

Interim Director of Executive Education

This weekend I saw the Genghis Khan exhibition at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Most of us think of Genghis Khan as a major brute. Yes, that's true, but he also had some great leadership skills and was open to learning new things. He promoted people based on their ability, had an extensive army-which helped create one of the largest empires, allowed people to practice any religion, allowed various cultures to flourish, created cities for the non-nomads, and loved new inventions. He is still revered in Mongolia today as a leader.

Most of us will not become statesmen or military commanders-but a lot of us are looking on how to improve ourselves and the lives of people around us. Leadership is a 'soft' skill and doesn't always receive the kudos it should, because the ROI is much more difficult to track.

In the workplace, if you have great leaders, you will then most likely have a team stay with you especially when our economy recovers. That impacts your bottom line because you are not spending thousands of dollars replacing and training new employees. If the leaders can help create a positive environment when times aren't so good-imagine what will happen in the future. So if you are a manager, encourage your key employees to be involved in the community and life-long education.

If you want to see what our department offers, please check out our website and we can help you discover the leader within. Our next leadership class, Peak Performance Leadership, starts on January 22.

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