Leading the Journey to Performance Excellence and Beyond

October 1 and 2, 2008

New Orleans, LA

Hosted by DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations Company

BAR Consortium Meeting Agenda - “DRAFT”

Sustainable Leadership - Mitigating the impact of leadership turnover on organization performance.

8:30a - Continental Breakfast

9:00a - Introductions and Overview

The Day 1 sessions will follow a three part process: (1) present recent findings from two Institute research projects; (2)  discuss the application of the findings in the real world (small group executive round tables); and (3) large group out brief and discussion.

Topics  

1. Leading the Journey to Performance Excellence: The CEO Perspective - John Latham

1. Who are the CEOs that transform organizations - Developing a leadership profile;
   

2. What CEOs and senior leaders do to transform organizations - Identifying key actions, activities and practices;
   

3. Leadership Systems - Designing processes and systems to support what leader do; and
   

4. Learning at the top - Organizational learning for continuous transformation.
   

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2. Managing turnover and transition at the top - Sharon Clinebell              

Summary and Closing Comments

4p - Adjourn

Evening - Group Dinner

Elevating and integrating the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) into the strategic management system

8:30a - Continental Breakfast

9:00 a Presentation by Drs John Grant and John Latham on organizational performance in an integrated world and elevating and integrating elements of the triple bottom line into the strategic management system - followed by discussion and sharing of best practices from BAR Members.

1. 1.Executive Round Table on key issues:
   

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3. The Global Environment - Pressures from a world community
   

4. Climate Change - Strategies for a carbon neutral organization
   

5. Growth opportunities - Turning waste into opportunities for profit
   

6. Redesigning the strategic management system - Implications for the MBNQA model.
   

2. 2.The Future We Face: Executive round table discussions:
   

1. Management dilemmas facing MBNQA recipients
   

2. Management dilemmas in an integrated global system
   

3. What do we still need to know (updating the Institute research agenda)? 
   

3. 3.Reflections
   

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5. What have we learned? 
   

6. What do we need to do? 
   

2:00p Adjourn

Our goal for the New Orleans meeting is to create a collaborative sharing environment where BAR members and researchers  share their findings, practices, experiences, insights, and dilemmas. 

Logistics

For more information on logistics contact Ron Schulingkamp at: Ronald.Schulingkamp@spr.doe.gov

For more information on the agenda contact John Latham at: John.Latham@unco.edu

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