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, September 16

Successfully Leading Change: Visioning and Organizational Leadership  
Based on Best Seller series book: Good to Great
Hosted on the Duluth Campus

During this seminar you will have the opportunity to differentiate between “good” and “great” organizations, and illustrate transformational change in pharmacy.

Objectives:

1. Describe a process for creating transformational change in organizations.
2. Outline key determinants of organizational “greatness”.
3. Apply the key determinants of organizational greatness in your circle of influence.          

Speakers:

Jimmy Mitchell, RPh, MPH, MS
Director
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Pharmacy Affairs
2005 Distinguished Achievement Award in Administrative Practice from APhA

Bruce Scott, R.Ph., MS, FASHP
Senior Vice President and Chief Pharmacist, Medco Health Solutions

Co-Moderators:
Andrew P. Traynor , PharmD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Science
Assistant Director, Residency Programs
and
Marsha K. Millonig, MBA, RPh
President, Catalyst Enterprises, LLC

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 031-999-08-003-L0-P & T. This program provides 1.5 hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. Release date: September 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.