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The Shaking Of The Foundations: Redefining Power, Leadership And Ethics

Corporate crime in America has escalated phenomenally over the past two to three years. Billions have been lost or misappropriated by supposedly greedy and corrupt executives aided and abetted by their silenced sycophants or their fearful employees. Despite all the media hype and the growing literature that recounts the devious events of the likes of Enron, WorldCom, and Tyco several key questions remain unanswered, namely: What is really going on? How and why are reasonable and normally well-intentioned people caught up in nefarious deeds that often defy belief? What incites people to so blatantly and callously abuse their power to the detriment of hundreds if not thousands of others who in good faith are relying on their stewardship? What might explain why those not directly culpable but who are witnesses to these dark deeds do not speak up or publicly disassociate themselves from clearly dishonest activities? Surely not everyone is either greedy, dishonest, or cowardly?

So Where Do You Fit In? How Can You Make Sure You Have Made Your Power, Leadership, And Moral Choices From A Place Of Knowledge And Freedom? How Will You Avoid The Sarbanes-Oxley Net? Can You Sign Off As A Moral Leader?

This seminar answers some of these critical, urgent, and morally significant questions. Together we uncover the root causes that lead to dishonest stewards and a morally dysfunctional corporate culture. We discuss the systemic factors that create potent ethical tensions that challenge the good intentions of business executives. We explore how these ethical tensions manifest themselves in ruthless power dynamics and a culture of fear. We investigate how power dynamics and the culture of fear damage the moral compass of those in positions of power and leadership.

We redefine power and leadership. We help participants devise strategies to assert their own power, leadership, and moral agency in new ways. Participants will learn the language of ethics and the moral reasoning tools to navigate their way in the current ethically challenging environment. Participants will leave the seminar with a new understanding of the inter-relationship between power, leadership, and ethics. They will be able to put this new understanding to pragmatic use in their daily political, strategic, and ethical decision-making. After this seminar participants will have new skills to read the environment, identify creative decision making choices, while living and exercising a refreshed authentic morality. With confidence, participants will be able to steer their organization to higher moral ground.

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Benefits of Attending This Seminar

• Participants will learn to identify the systemic nature of corporate behavior and the root causes for ethical misconduct.
• They will have an opportunity to investigate issues around corporate governance, responsibility for corporate conduct, and the new laws being implemented to improve business ethics and how these factors affect them.
• They will explore how the power dynamics and the culture of fear affect the conduct of leaders in their organization and its effect on their own behavior.
• Participants will learn the language of ethics and how to use this language to negotiate their ethical principles and core values.
• Participants will gain new insights into the relationship between power, leadership and ethics, and how they can use these insights to exercise leadership both in their professional and personal lives.

• After attending this seminar, participants will feel more self-confident in that they will realize they are not alone in their moral struggles. They will learn how others have and have not coped with ethical challenges. They will form new alliances with other participants, providing them with support in the future.
• Participants will have new strategies for identifying new options in the face of challenges. They will find a refreshed sense of authentic morality they will bring to their decision-making.

Who Should Attend?
Women executives and managers who are a part of the decision-making network of their organizations. Board Directors, anyone involved in corporate governance, auditors, attorneys, consultants, and educators to management.

Seminar Cost:
This Seminar is a valuable professional development opportunity. The cost is $350.00 for the two-day Seminar, inclusive of all meals and materials.

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