Level II Courses
Coaching for Superior Performance
Managing and leading by control is not practical and does not lead to superior performance. In this program you will learn a coaching system you can use right away to take people to a level of success they can't achieve on their own. Effective coaches see themselves not as the expert but as a resource; combining their experience with their knowledge and information to help people do their jobs better and be more successful.
Mark Taylor , 2 3/4 hours
8 – 10:45 a.m., Monday, Marcum 184-6
Project Planning and Management
Higher Education managers have competing and sometimes conflicting responsibilities. The environment is complex and it can be difficult to "get things done." This course introduces project planning and management concepts for successful "projects" make a difference. Content focuses on problem identification, project scoping, how to involve others, and developing action plans. Managing the impact on others and building support will also be covered.
Catherine L. Lilly, 3-1/4 hours
1 - 4:15 p.m., Monday, Marcum 184-6
Implementing Performance Management
Catherine L. Lilly, 1-3/4 hours
8 - 9:45 a.m., Tuesday, Marcum 184-6
Managing Conflict
Groups (teams) progress through a series of discernable stages of development. Group performance increases (or decreases) according to its successful progression through these stages. Amongst the many factors that determine whether or not a group reaches its maturity (movement through all stages), how it addresses leadership and its ability to effectively management conflict are key. Several investigators have variously described this process of group maturation. This session will explore some of these models and the indices associated with each stage.
Conflict is inherent in each stage of group development. Accordingly, participants will self-assess their style of dealing with conflict and the consequences of the interactions of these various styles on their own effectiveness and maturation (movement through stages) of groups.
Finally, the role of leadership in influencing individual and group performance vis-à-vis conflict management will be discussed.
Chip Henderson, 1-3/4 hours
10 – 11:45 a.m., Tuesday, Marcum 184-6
Leading and Managing Change
Margaret Harrington, 2-3/4 hours
1 - 3:45 p.m., Tuesday, Marcum 184-6
When I first heard about how intensive CMI Level One was, I was hesitant to attend, but decided to take the challenge and enroll. Going to CMI was one of the best decisions I've made for my professional career. Not only did I make great friends with my team members, CMI cured me of my stage fright - something I've had since childhood! Everyone that attends CMI is courteous and helpful. You will never find yourself alone - someone will eventually approach you and ask to join their group. When you return to work, it is hard to explain to your peers and support staff what CMI is all about. One must attend CMI to know what it is all about.
Cora Kolander, CMI Level 1 2000
Business Manager
Indiana/Purdue University at Fort Wayne |
Making a Creative Connection: Effective Communication Strategies
What are you communicating . . . in print and in meetings; in crisis and in celebration; in virtual media and in face-to-face encounters; between the lines and over the top ?
This lively session will share strategies for injecting creativity into the dialogue of your days. Your communications may be missing the mark because they are tired, repetitive, predictable and, frankly, boring. This program will identify ways to freshen the medium and sharpen the message. Overcoming negatives (people and situations) and implementing change will get particular attention.
Enhancing your creative skill set will not only improve communication but energize you and the people around you!
Barbara J. Tootle, 2-3/4 hours
8 – 10:45 a.m., Wednesday, Marcum 184-6
CMI is more than just training. You will gain an extended family that you will think about and remember from the experience.
Vanessa R. Cummings, CMI Level I 2000
Assistant Director of Parking
Miami University |
Leadership and Team Simulation: The Everest Expedition
This session focuses on a web-based simulation that uses the dramatic context of a Mount Everest expedition to reinforce student learning in group dynamics and leadership. Players are assigned one of 5 roles on a team attempting to summit the mountain. Through multiple rounds of play, team members analyze information on weather, health conditions, supplies, goals, or hiking speed, and determine how much of that information to communicate to their teammates, and then collectively discuss whether to attempt to reach the next camp en route to the summit and decide how to effectively distribute supplies and oxygen bottles needed for the ascent--decisions which affect hiking speed, health, and ultimately the team's success in summiting the mountain. The session will include an extensive debrief session following the simulation.
Primary learning objectives of the session include:
- How to build, participate in, and lead teams more effectively;
- How cognitive biases impair decision-making
- How teams can solve problems and make decisions more effectively in situations when members have different information and opposing interests
- How different leadership approaches can affect team performance in situations with time and competitive pressures
- How teams and their leaders deal with tradeoffs between short-term task completion and longer-term team effectiveness
Joseph C. Rode, 3 hours
1 - 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, Marcum 184-6
Applied Ethics for Business and Higher Education
This course is designed to present a basic, pragmatic overview of business ethics. Special attention is paid to the different techniques used to evaluate ethical dilemmas and the factors that challenge individuals facing these problems. This analysis is then used to examine specific scenarios of situations that confront higher education personnel. Finally, the rationalizations that lead otherwise ethical people to act unethically will be examined.
Morris Beverage, 2-3/4 hours
8 - 10:45 a.m., Thursday, Marcum 184-6
True Colors: User Friendly Personality Traits & Leadership
True Colors uses colors to identify four distinct perspectives and personalities with specific colors to represent an individual's character. Understanding your True Colors and the colors of your co-workers, classmates, spouse or friends, children or parents, and others will bring about new awareness, not only an understanding of yourself and others, but will make you more effective in your relationships with those important people in your life.
Robert Ray (Bob) Meadows, 3-3/4 hours
1 - 4:45 p.m., Thursday, Marcum 184-6
I know it's happened to others but I never thought it would happen to me--but it has. I'm addicted--completely and totally to CMI! It's a real high and an experience that can only be understood by others who have partaken! I'm addicted to the faculty, the participants, the total program, and especially to the staff of the Institute. I've seen this behavior in others, and I know that withdrawal will be extremely difficult. But the professional and personal development I have experienced because of the program will be with me always. WOW! What a high!
Connie J. Long, CMI Level I 1989 and Level II 1990; Adviser 1991-1995
Director of Business Affairs
Kent State University |
Cluster Sessions and Debriefing
Cluster E – Marcum 112 (Shideler Hall 111 on Sunday)
Cluster F – Marcum 180 (Shideler Hall 129 on Sunday)
Cluster G – Marcum 236 (Shideler Hall 229 on Sunday)
Sunday, Cluster Orientation, 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Monday, 11:00 a.m. – Noon, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. - Noon, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, 11:00 a.m. - Noon
Friday, 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Case Study Learning Group Sessions
Cluster E – Marcum 112
Cluster F – Marcum 180
Cluster G – Marcum 236
Monday - Thursday, as scheduled by cluster advisors
Case Presentations and Reports
Each team's written report must be turned in to its Cluster Advisor by the time indicated on the case-learning task. Oral reports will be presented as part of the cluster sessions as listed in the schedule.
Awards Presentations and Luncheon
Participants who have successfully completed the program of intensive study and applied professional experiences will be presented with the CMI Certificate of Recognition on Friday.
Certificate Presentation for Level II and Luncheon for Levels I & II
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Shriver Heritage Room
Julee Sherman , Monica Boulay, Tamara Barber and Dalana Moore |
