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Key Executive Leadership Programs 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20016 United StatesWhat if we could lead from an undisturbed, inherent awareness, outside of our natural “I, Me, and Mine” frame of reference? This talk explores this question and practices to help “uncondition” ourselves from our natural frame of reference and lead from inherent awareness.
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Dr. Ruth Zaplin is an Executive-in-Residence, School of Public Affairs, Department of Public Administration & Policy and Director of International Programs, Key Executive Leadership Programs at American University. Dr. Zaplin served as a senior advisor and project director with the National Academy of Public Administration in Washington, DC and founded the Academy’s Global Leadership Consortium. As a Senior Manager at BearingPoint, she led enterprise-wide transformation plans, large-scale government reform, workforce restructuring, and work redesign initiatives in both the public and private sectors.
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High character is not something we are born into, but something we intentionally develop and aspire to. Character is hard to define and boils down to attributes, behaviors, and actions. In this session, we will explore what exemplars of high character look like and answer the following questions pertinent to leaders:
What does it mean to be character-driven?
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When contemplating applying for a promotion, the first question I might ask myself is whether I want to hold myself accountable to invest the intellectual energy necessary to obtain the leadership skills I need to be successful, and invest the necessary emotional energy to acquire the level of personal development necessary to be successful at the next level? An equally important second question is whether I want to hold myself accountable to redefine success as a leader rather than as an individual performer, and commit to spending time on the personal and collective development of those I lead rather than on my personal skill development that allowed me to stand out as an individual performer?
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Using lessons learned from neuroscience and cognitive psychology research, Kevin will describe a performance methodology that will give people insights on how to be a catalyst for more positive, effective, and productive behaviors for themselves and for the people around them.
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Kevin Zachery was born in Paris, France, and raised in Eagle River, Alaska. He’s been a student of leadership and organizational development since high school, when he was the Commander of his Navel Junior Reserve Officer Training unit. He attended the United States Naval Academy and served 11 years as a Naval Officer, assigned to an ammunition supply ship, a guided-missile cruiser, and an amphibious assault battle group. He also taught leadership and ethics at the Naval Academy, while serving as the Assistant Chair for the Department of Leadership, Ethics, and Law and helped set up the Naval Academy’s military ethics center.
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