SLI LEADERSHIP FORUM DESCRIPTIONS TOPICS Accountability - Remembrance of All Things Accountability means to be in right relationship to your previous promises and your existing agreements. You act with high intergrity and honor in all that you do. Acting with Dignity and Respect You should act with dignity and respect toward all forms of planetary life, whether those forms are your patients, your fellow employees, or the trees in your yard. Awakening the Soul of Your Organization Memorial Hermann has a soul. Participants will learn about the soul of an organization and techniques that can be used to awaken it. Collaboration-Bringing Others into Your Circle Expand your circle - bring other people in and you have a group of natural collaborators. The secret is to include rather than exclude others. Conscious Deathing This discussion centers on a better way of being with a dying patient. Content areas include: the process of detachment, definitions of deathing, new perspectives on deathing, deathing modalities, working with family members, environmental considerations and deathing resources. This forum is appropriate for clinical personnel, managers and chaplains. Creating an Energy Environment Excitement, zest, vitality, joy, inspiration - all of these are signs of a high-energy environment created by exceptional managers for their employees. This forum looks at the role of a manager as a 'spark plug' for their environment! a variety of energy generation techniques are discussed as well as typical 'energy traps' that may exist in an organization. This forum is appropriate for all managers. Designing for Innovation Most people and organizations change themselves slowly and unconsciously. While innovation can occur in these situations, it is usually informal and implicit. This forum explores whether that approach is enough for the future. The discussion will center on new approaches to innovation including - how to fund innovation, how organizations can support innovation beyond monetary means, how to prototype and learn about the future in small ways and how to develop the spiritual/intuitive intelligences inherent in innovation. Developing a Personal Mythology You are a living myth. It is important for you to develop a personal mythology that gives added depth and meaning to your life. This session enables you to do that. Developing your Intuition This forum explores the arena of intuition - what it really is and how it can be foster in most individuals. Excercises will be outlined that can strengthen your understanding of how to accurately and consistently utilize this resource for more effective applications in your personal and professional life. Dynamics of Hope and Fear of Leadership Leadership often involves moving people through difficult situations of stress, conflict and challenge. The degree to which a leader is able to manifest either hope or fear often has a powerful impact on the manner in which passage through times of difficulty will be accomplished - or not accomplished! In this session, we will examine the dynamics of hope and fear, understand why people need one or the other in situations, explore mechanisms and insights that will allow a person who is experiencing a fearful situation to be able to convey hope. Ethics Evoking Higher-Order Gifts You are born with many unrealized gifts. We will be discussing how to discover those gifts and, thereby, come into your natural birthright. Getting Unstuck 'Stuckness' is examined in this forum. There are a number of places people typically get stuck in their personal lives, careers or organizational roles. These sticking points are analyzed and suggestions are given for moving on. Special attention is given to moving organizational programs from inspiration to reality. Good, Better, Best - Pursuing Excellence Excellence is a lifelong process. It is not a final product. You just keep getting better at who you are and what you do. Hartman - Using the MHHS Manager Information Report This forum is provided as an opportunity to understand the optimal way to get the most out of the Hartman Value Profile hiring report used by Memorial Hermann referred to as the Manager Information Report. Each area of the report will be reviewed in detail along with insights provided by one of the few Hartman experts in the country. Attending this forum will change how you hire! Hartman Value Profile Healing Healthcare You can heal many patients you cannot cure. This forum looks at the emerging arena of healing healthcare in hospitals. Numerous healing methodologies are examined. Organizational resistances to healing are analyzed with suggested resolutions. Finally the interface between clinical interventions and spiritual approaches is discussed. This forum is appropriate for all clinical personnel, managers and chaplains. Insight for Balance between The Professional and The Personal In this session, we will explore the powerfully moving and insightful work of Joan Didion in her recent book, A YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING. Some of the insights of this work will inspire you; other parts will challenge you. Didion's experience will really help in the examination of "balance" in our lives that we probably really do want to achieve. Invoking the Void-High Innovation The Void contains all possibilities. Through invocation you can access the Void and bring forth new ideas and innovations. Leadership in a Flat World The presentation will build upon ideas found in THE NEW YORK TIMES' best-selling book, THE WORLD IS FLAT, by Tom Friedman. Our task will be to explore these compelling ideas as they apply to leadership in general and healthcare leadership in particular. Friedman's ideas and research are the most insightful look into the future --- and the present --- that I've seen in a decade or more. Leadership Styles of Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee Across the centuries, there have been leaders who have distinguished themsleves for both their leadership styles and their accomplishments. By looking at certain critical assets of leaders, often with contrasting styles, it is possible to help modern leaders critique and develop their own styles. By learning from others, we may not have to so often "re-invent our own wheels". Leadership Styles of Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt Across the centuries, there have been leaders who have distinguished themsleves for both their leadership styles and their accomplishments. By looking at certain critical assets of leaders, often with contrasting styles, it is possible to help modern leaders critique and develop their own styles. By learning from others, we may not have to so often "re-invent our own wheels". Leadership Styles of Gandhi and Lao-tzu Across the centuries, there have been leaders who have distinguished themsleves for both their leadership styles and their accomplishments. By looking at certain critical assets of leaders, often with contrasting styles, it is possible to help modern leaders critique and develop their own styles. By learning from others, we may not have to so often "re-invent our own wheels". Leadership Styles of George Meade and Patrick Cleburne Across the centuries, there have been leaders who have distinguished themsleves for both their leadership styles and their accomplishments. By looking at certain critical assets of leaders, often with contrasting styles, it is possible to help modern leaders critique and develop their own styles. By learning from others, we may not have to so often "re-invent our own wheels". Leadership Styles of Jesus and Plato Across the centuries, there have been leaders who have distinguished themsleves for both their leadership styles and their accomplishments. By looking at certain critical assets of leaders, often with contrasting styles, it is possible to help modern leaders critique and develop their own styles. By learning from others, we may not have to so often "re-invent our own wheels". Leadership Styles of Zorba the Greek and Jesus in The Gospel of Judas Across the centuries, there have been leaders who have distinguished themsleves for both their leadership styles and their accomplishments. By looking at certain critical assets of leaders, often with contrasting styles, it is possible to help modern leaders critique and develop their own styles. By learning from others, we may not have to so often "re-invent our own wheels". Living Fast Forward This course creates an informative and challenging seminar for individuals in high stress and high demand environments to help cope better and find concrete, practical ways to respond to the stress and demand they are exposed to on a regular basis. Magical Possibilities Philanthropy at its highest level is magical, transformative, and powerful. This kind of philanthropy is also illusory and rarely attained. Why not? What lies beyond the expected realm of established strategy and well-trodden development practices? Are there magical possibilities in this field? How would we manifest them? In this session, we will consider what it takes to break through the expected into the extraordinary. We will view philanthroy as a means of bringing into material form, futures that would not otherwise exist. Moving from a Good to Great Hartman Profile Across the years, we have explored what a strong and balanced Hartman Value Profile looks like. In this presentation, we will explain the components of an "ideal" Profile. By doing this, it will be possible to establish developmental ideas that will strengthen you as a person and as a leader. Be sure to bring your Profile results with you. If you have not taken the Profile in the past eighteen months or cannot locate your results, please call Beverly Roberts at The Spiritual Leadership Institute (281-240-2121). Opening Your Heart: The Way of Compassion Open your heart to others. Two hearts beeting together form a bond of compassion. This compassion opens souls, remove barriers, and permits deeper truths to emerge. Principles of Effective Collaboration Collaboration is the design challenge of our new century. This forum examines principles of effective collaboration. The material is applicable both to intra and inter-agency collaboration. Special attention is devoted to barriers to collaboration and how these may be successfully circumvented. This forum is designed for managers. Principles of Visionary Leadership This forum is centered on the idea of the manager as a visionary leader. Content areas include: definitions of visionary leadership, the mindset of the visionary manager, essential elements of any successful vision, methods for generating visions and assuring that visions will succeed. This forum is suitable for physicians, nurses, managers and trustees. Setting Priorities As organizations change, the priorities of executives and managers must change. This can have a significant effect on the organization and on the work and personal priorities of the individual. This will be discussed in the forum session. Spirituality The Law of Cycles Applying the Perennial Wisdom to the Six Cultural Behaviors: Within every culture and spiritual tradition are a set of core insights or truths. Because the same principles recur across the world in so many places, they are sometimes called the perennial wisdom. Ironically they are noticeably absent in the spheres of politics, ecnomics, and the everyday leadership of organizations. Yet the perennial wisdom is essential to the resolution of those problems that most threaten our organizations and our planet. In this series of conversations, we explore the principles of the perennial wisdom and their application to healthcare and the six cultural behaviors. Come for any or all of this ongoing series. The Law of Desire Applying the Perennial Wisdom to the Six Cultural Behaviors: Within every culture and spiritual tradition are a set of core insights or truths. Because the same principles recur across the world in so many places, they are sometimes called the perennial wisdom. Ironically they are noticeably absent in the spheres of politics, ecnomics, and the everyday leadership of organizations. Yet the perennial wisdom is essential to the resolution of those problems that most threaten our organizations and our planet. In this series of conversations, we explore the principles of the perennial wisdom and their application to healthcare and the six cultural behaviors. Come for any or all of this ongoing series. The Law of Fear Applying the Perennial Wisdom to the Six Cultural Behaviors: Within every culture and spiritual tradition are a set of core insights or truths. Because the same principles recur across the world in so many places, they are sometimes called the perennial wisdom. Ironically they are noticeably absent in the spheres of politics, ecnomics, and the everyday leadership of organizations. Yet the perennial wisdom is essential to the resolution of those problems that most threaten our organizations and our planet. In this series of conversations, we explore the principles of the perennial wisdom and their application to healthcare and the six cultural behaviors. Come for any or all of this ongoing series. The Law of Intention Applying the Perennial Wisdom to the Six Cultural Behaviors: Within every culture and spiritual tradition are a set of core insights or truths. Because the same principles recur across the world in so many places, they are sometimes called the perennial wisdom. Ironically they are noticeably absent in the spheres of politics, ecnomics, and the everyday leadership of organizations. Yet the perennial wisdom is essential to the resolution of those problems that most threaten our organizations and our planet. In this series of conversations, we explore the principles of the perennial wisdom and their application to healthcare and the six cultural behaviors. Come for any or all of this ongoing series. The Law of One Applying the Perennial Wisdom to the Six Cultural Behaviors: Within every culture and spiritual tradition are a set of core insights or truths. Because the same principles recur across the world in so many places, they are sometimes called the perennial wisdom. Ironically they are noticeably absent in the spheres of politics, ecnomics, and the everyday leadership of organizations. Yet the perennial wisdom is essential to the resolution of those problems that most threaten our organizations and our planet. In this series of conversations, we explore the principles of the perennial wisdom and their application to healthcare and the six cultural behaviors. Come for any or all of this ongoing series. The Law of Radiation Applying the Perennial Wisdom to the Six Cultural Behaviors: Within every culture and spiritual tradition are a set of core insights or truths. Because the same principles recur across the world in so many places, they are sometimes called the perennial wisdom. Ironically they are noticeably absent in the spheres of politics, ecnomics, and the everyday leadership of organizations. Yet the perennial wisdom is essential to the resolution of those problems that most threaten our organizations and our planet. In this series of conversations, we explore the principles of the perennial wisdom and their application to healthcare and the six cultural behaviors. Come for any or all of this ongoing series. The Law of Return Applying the Perennial Wisdom to the Six Cultural Behaviors: Within every culture and spiritual tradition are a set of core insights or truths. Because the same principles recur across the world in so many places, they are sometimes called the perennial wisdom. Ironically they are noticeably absent in the spheres of politics, ecnomics, and the everyday leadership of organizations. Yet the perennial wisdom is essential to the resolution of those problems that most threaten our organizations and our planet. In this series of conversations, we explore the principles of the perennial wisdom and their application to healthcare and the six cultural behaviors. Come for any or all of this ongoing series. The Law of Service Applying the Perennial Wisdom to the Six Cultural Behaviors: Within every culture and spiritual tradition are a set of core insights or truths. Because the same principles recur across the world in so many places, they are sometimes called the perennial wisdom. Ironically they are noticeably absent in the spheres of politics, ecnomics, and the everyday leadership of organizations. Yet the perennial wisdom is essential to the resolution of those problems that most threaten our organizations and our planet. In this series of conversations, we explore the principles of the perennial wisdom and their application to healthcare and the six cultural behaviors. Come for any or all of this ongoing series. The Recovery of Positive Self Value One of the most startling discoveries associated with the Hartman Value Profile experiences is the large number of people - usually very accomplished and successful people - who suffer from a self-esteem that is not as strong as it has the potential to be. This session will explore how negative self-esteem is typically created, how it can be overcome and the strategies of 'backflushing' and 'conscious intercepting' can be effectively used. There will be practical suggestions and concrete strategies for understanding the power of a positive self valuing. The Visible Future If we extend our perception, we discern the edges of the future world emerging. While much will be surprising, discontinuous, and unknowable, there is also a visible future. In this conversation, we explore pieces of what is perceptible: a transparent world; one which is flatter without the barriers of time and space that in the past separated individuals, communities and nations; a world strained by aging populations; driven by consumers with greater power; shaped by broader conceptual thinking and the interface between the spiritual and the material called "translucence". All of these and other trends drive deep changes across society. The Year of Magical Thinking Learn about the advantages and disadvantages of “magical thinking”. Also gain valuable insights into the balance between self and work. We will follow the recent work of Joan Didion, so reading her new book, The Year of Magical Thinking can be very helpful. Touching the Perennial Wisdom People around the world are discovering that many of the most cutting-edge ideas originate from the application of ancient wisdom principles -- called the perennial wisdom. This recognition has been popularized recently through the work of individuals like Don Miguel Ruiz on the Toltec Wisdom in his best-selling book, THE FOUR AGREEMENTS. Truly Authentic Leadership There are a lot of potential leaders around, but to be effective they must focus on the right traits. Trust Understanding Symbolism A symbol is worth a thousand words. Learning to read symbols helps you understand your dreams and opens up higher levels of consciousness. This session teaches basic skills in symbol interpretation. Vision