This year’s Conversations will maintain the theme of motivation, while focusing on core leadership concepts, or the process of leadership. The four-part series is designed to help you:

• assess your individual strengths,
• understand non-positional, grassroots pharmacy leadership and your ability to make a difference every day,
• appreciate the processes of visioning and organizational leadership, and
• examine the steps for leading adaptive change.

The 2008 Conversation series will also be integrated with Leadership Best Sellers for Pharmacists, an online continuing education program that will delve further into the how to of the topics discussed in this series.

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Locations:
All four conversations will be utilizing ITV.

7-135 Weaver-Densford Hall
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

163 Life Science Building
University of Minnesota, Duluth

Program Schedule
6:30-Registration and refreshments
7:00-Opening and Welcome
7:05-7:20 Evenings Theme/Background
7:20-8:10 “Conversation”
8:10-8:25 Audience Questions
8:25-8:30 Evaluation and Closing
8:30-9:00 Dessert Reception

Seminar Fees
Students and Residents: $15/lecture; $30/series
CMC Members: $20/lecture; $60/series
Non-CMC Members: $25/lecture; $75/series

Questions?
Contact Nicole Kast, at kastx002@umn.edu

Co-sponsors
University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy
College of Pharmacy Century Mortar Club

Tuesday, November 18

Shaping the Future: Adapting to Change
Based on the Best Seller series book: Our Iceberg is Melting
Hosted on the Twin Cities Campus

This seminar will discuss the critical elements in leading, when the future is unknown. The focus will be on creating and sustaining an environment conducive to adaptive change and marshalling the appropriate individuals to contribute to change.

Objectives:

1. Recognize the steps required to lead adaptive change in an organization.
2. Participants will reflect on “the future health care system” and their role in adapting to or shaping change external to the profession.

Speakers:

Christene Jolowsky, PharmD
Director
HealthEast

Theodore Beatty, BS, RPh
Director of Pharmacy Operations
Coborn’s Inc.

Co-Moderators:
Marsha K. Millonig, MBA, RPh
President, Catalyst Enterprises, LLC
and
Todd D. Sorensen, PharmD
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems
Director, Residency Programs

The University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This program has been planned in accordance with the ACPEs Criteria for Quality. The Universal Program Numbers are 031-999-08-004-L0-P & T. This program provides 1.5 hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. Release date: November 2008. Following attendance at the program and completion of the Verification of Attendance and Program Evaluation forms, statements of credit will be mailed to participants within 4 weeks.