Topics The group brainstormed some key topic areas to be included in the <br /> curriculum. <br /> • Ethics <br /> • Personal awareness and development in leadership <br /> • Leading, managing and developing others <br /> • Strategic thinking and problem solving <br /> • Leadership vs. Management <br /> • Future Workforce issues <br /> • Organizational Performance Management <br /> • Effective leadership communication <br /> • Strategic Change management <br /> • Leadership in a public service environment <br /> • Conflict management <br /> Ethics • This topic would benefit from case study formats. <br /> • Foundation in State ethics laws. <br /> Personal . Develop an understanding of your own style and how it impacts those you <br /> awareness and lead <br /> development • Styles inventory-example: Myers Briggs <br /> • Leadership Practices Inventory by Kouzes and Posner <br /> • How to use your strengths and balance for areas that challenge you <br /> • Explore styles in relation to their career goals <br /> • Leveraging your abilities to your employees, department, organization and <br /> community <br /> • Sustaining your career development <br /> • Possibly use mentors to work on development plans on a more personal <br /> level <br /> • Discussed lots of cautions about doing 360 feedback tools. Use for <br /> development and support. <br /> Leading, • How to be an effective coach <br /> managing and • Mentoring role, skills and responsibilities <br /> developing • Managing issues between employees, team dynamics, managing differences <br /> others like cross generational communication, values etc. <br /> • Responsibilities of developing your employees <br /> Strategic • Goal setting and execution <br /> <br /> thinking and .Understanding strategic decision making and options <br /> <br /> problem solving .Effectively learning from results of decision making-good and bad <br /> <br />