Class of 2011-2012
Cohort VII, Session I Agenda
Atlanta, Georgia
February 28 – March 4, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
1:00 – 2:00pm
Registration
2:00 – 5:00pm
Welcome from Capt. John Sarisky
− Fellow Introductions
− Meet with Mentors
− Develop Team Charters
− Schedule Conference Calls
− Discuss Action Learning Process
− Graduation overview
FACULTY: John Sarisky, Kate Wright, and Cynthia Lamberth
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
WORKING DINNER: Fellows will meet with their Mentors and
Teams
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 (Graduation)
7:30 am
Bus to CDC
8:45 – 9:20 am
Welcome and Keynote Address
9:20 – 10:20 am
Graduate Oral Presentations
10:20 – 10:30 am
Break/Begin Graduate Poster Presentations
10:30 – 11:30 am
Graduate Poster Presentations
11:30 am – 12:00 pm
WORKING LUNCH: Graduate Poster Presentations continued
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Graduate Oral Presentations
1:00 – 1:15 pm
GRADUATION CEREMONY: Welcome Remarks
Kate Wright and Cynthia Lamberth
1:15 – 2:15 pm
Certificate and Pin Ceremony for Cohort VI
2:15 – 2:30 pm
Fellow Closing Remarks
2:30
Bus transfer to hotel
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
8:00 – 9:00 am
EPHLI History and Vision, CDC Initiatives, Projects and Outcomes
FACULTY: John Sarisky
9:00 – Noon
Myers Briggs Trait Inventory (MBTI) Self-Assessment Results,
Skillscope 360 Assessment Survey and Individual Development
Plan (IDP)
FACULTY: Nancy Tolliver
Results of MBTI
Interpreting Your MBTI Results
Where You Get Your Energy
How You Gather Information
How You Make Decisions
How You Relate to the Outside World
SKILLSCOPE 360 ASSESSMENT SURVEY:
Who Was Invited to Complete the Skillscope
Results and Feedback of the Skillscope
INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN (IDP):
Identification of Leadership Skills in Which to Improve
Linking Leadership Skills to MBTI and Skillscope Assessments
Why Choose One on One Coaching
Noon – 1:00 pm
WORKING LUNCH: Fellows meet in teams to discuss their IDP
results and next steps in plan development
1:00 – 5:00 pm
Introduction to Organizational Learning & Leading Systems Change
FACULTY: Sherry Immediato and David Stroh
Five disciplines of organizational learning
Systems Thinking: The Fifth Discipline
Creative Tension
Alignment vs. Agreement
The Role of Leaders in Establishing and Managing Creative
Tension
A Four-Stage Change Model
EPHLI Projects and Top Ten Performance Issues
FACULTY: Sherry Immediato and John Sarisky
Environmental Public Health Performance Standards
FACULTY: John Sarisky
Background on the EnvPHPS
Relationship to the National Public Health Performance
Standards (NPHPS) and Accreditation
Benefits of using the EnvPHPS – Results from the Field
Case Study on Performance Standard #1
Results from the Assessments and Summary Overview
Comparison of Aggregate Data with Individual Fellows’ Data
Thinking About Your Leadership Project
FACULTY: Sherry Immediato, David Stroh, and John Sarisky
Thursday, March 3, 2011
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Systems Thinking
FACULTY: David Stroh and Sherry Immediato
Distinguishing Traditional From Systems Thinking
o Case: Waters of Ayole (video)
Building the Foundation for Change
Choosing Your Leadership Project
o Clarifying the role of Environmental Standards in your
project
Facing Current Reality: The Iceberg
A Simple Tool for Clarifying Current Reality
Steps of a Systems Thinking Analysis Using the Iceberg
Clarifying Your Story, Patterns of Behavior, and Focusing
Question
Exercise: Applying These Guidelines to Your Project
12:00 – 1:30 pm
WORKING LUNCH: Team Meeting with Mentors
Mentors Depart after Team Meeting
1:30 – 5:00 pm
The Basic Language of Systems Thinking
Reinforcing Loops
o Case: Managing the Lily Pond
Balancing Loops
o Three Simple Challenges in Achieving Goals
o Exercise: Clarifying One Systemic Challenge in
Achieving Your Project Goals
Case: Managing Budget Pressure
The Power of Systems Archetypes
Fixes That Backfire and Shifting the Burden
o Exercise: Identifying a Possible Fix that
Backfires/Shifting the Burden Dynamic
Friday, March 4, 2011
8:00 – 12:00 pm
Systems Thinking continued
Additional Archetypes: Limits to Success and Accidental
Adversaries
Expanding and Linking Causal Loop Diagrams
The Impact of Mental Models on Systems Performance
Building Support for Your Analysis
Making an Explicit Choice: Clarifying Your Intended Purpose
Bridging the Gap
o Identifying Leverage Points
o Staying on Course and Learning from Experience
Summary: How Systems Thinking Facilitates Change
Q&A and Next Steps
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
WORKING LUNCH: Complete Post Session Evaluations and
discuss next steps with Team members