STAREAST 2017 - Leadership Summit Sessions
Thursday, May 11
Reception and Summit Kickoff: As a Leader, What Is Keeping You Up at Night?
Kickoff the Testing & Quality Leadership Summit with a reception and some networking.
Friday, May 12
Agile Leadership to Empower Your Team
Empowering leadership used to be about delegating authority to subordinates. Today it’s about enabling and facilitating teams and staff to help them solve their own problems. Join Rod Jardine, an expert in agile leadership techniques, for an interactive discussion of how to apply agile best practices and principles to management and leadership of your staff and your teams. Learn tips and tricks to motivate employees to step up and lead, empower teams to reach new heights, and become a servant leader for your organization. Take home practical, effective methods for applying agile leadership...
Intentionality: Leading an Intentional Culture
As leaders we get the culture we tolerate. What are the steps to create an intentional culture of high performance? The basis of leadership and influencing others depends on understanding that humans make logical decisions illogically. What are the hidden forces that overcome competence, intelligence, and character when choosing our leaders? Learn about the real decision maker of the human mind and how to model this behavior to influence others and create loyal, motivated followers.
Think Tank Discussion Part I, II, III, and Wrap-Up
Join with your peers in an engaging and highly interactive session to discuss the issues that affect you most. The session is divided into the following 3 parts,
Think Tank Discussion Part I: Problem Definitions - 10:45am–11:45am Think Tank Discussion Part II: Leadership Solutions - 12:30pm–1:30pm Think Tank Discussion Part III: Presentation of Results - 1:30pm–2:30pm Wrap-Up and Ongoing Informal Discussion with Speakers and Delegates - 2:45pm–3:45pmUsing answers to the question “As a Leader, What is Keeping You Up at Night?” posed at Thursday evening’s...