School of Executive Education launches 2010 Spring Series

Lipscomb University’s School of Executive Education announces its 2010 Spring Executive Series that will focus on providing business leaders with critical skills vital for today’s changing environment, John Lowry, assistant dean for the School of Executive Education, recently announced.

 

The series launches March 30 with “Leading in a Connected Age: Using Social Media & Technology to Get Ahead,” featuring Steven Shepard, resident director of Executive Leadership and Advanced Management Programs in telecommunications at the University of Southern California. In this presentation, Shepard will deliver methods for strategically incorporating the use of social media into a business leadership.

 

“The Spring Executive Series addresses several very relevant issues in business today and are bringing in national experts in these areas to share their knowledge on these timely topics,” said John Lowry. “We live in a changing business environment. The topic of social media, for example, is one that affects all organizations. What we want to do here is not to teach our business leaders how to use this technology, but how to truly understand the impact it has on their business and how to strategically incorporate it into the organization’s business plan. This series provides cutting-edge training to manage the change that is around us.”

 

Best-selling author and management consultant Dave Logan headlines “Tribal Leadership” on April 20. Every organization or company is a tribe, or network groups that form naturally. Logan will demonstrate to business leaders how to enhance the quality and performance of organizations one tribe at a time. The result is unprecedented impact on company culture and more effective management.

 

The series concludes May 13 with “Business Negotiation in a Turbulent Environment” featuring Lipscomb University president L. Randolph Lowry, founder of the number one ranked Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University and internationally renown conflict management expert. Successful business leaders understand the importance of sophisticated negotiation skills. Lowry will provide a framework for any negotiation. This course will help identify the critical moments in negotiation and give solutions for making strategic decisions that are most effective.

 

Each program begins at 8:30 a.m. and concludes at 4 p.m. in Lipscomb’s SunTrust Center for Collaborative Learning in the Ezell Center. Tuition for each course is $400. For more information or to register, visit execed.lipscomb.edu or call 615.966.5951.

 

Lipscomb University’s School of Executive Education consists of non-degree programs designed to enhance the professional skills and knowledge base of business leaders. Through courses and certificate programs, the School of Executive Education provides interactive learning experiences, offers engaging dialogue, exposes participants to leading thinkers and practitioners and elevates skills required to achieve new levels of success.


 

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Steven Shepard is the resident director of the University of Southern California’s Executive Leadership and Advanced Management Programs in Telecommunications and an adjunct professor at Thunderbird University, the University of Vermont, Champlain College and St. Michael’s College. He is also the founder of the Shepard Communications Group and the co-founder of the Executive Crash Course Company. A professional author and educator with more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, he has written books and magazine articles on the use of digital media in the business context.

 

Dave Logan is a faculty member at the University of Southern California (USC) Marshall School of Business, best-selling author, and management consultant. He teaches management and leadership in the USC Executive MBA—an area rated #1 on the latest Wall Street Journal ranking of Executive MBA programs. He is also on faculty at the International Centre for Leadership in Finance, endowed by the former prime minister of Malaysia. From 2001-2004, he served as associate dean of executive education at USC. During that time, he started the master of medical management, a business degree for medical doctors. As co-founder and senior partner at CultureSync, a management consulting firm, Logan works with Fortune 500 companies, including Qualcomm, Intel, Charles Schwab American Express, and Prudential. He is co-author of four books including Tribal Leadership and The Three Laws of Performance.  The Three Laws of Performance has been on the best-sellers lists of USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and Business Week.

L. Randolph Lowry, founder of the nationally-recognized Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and professor of law at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., took office as Lipscomb University’s 17th president Sept. 26, 2005. Not long after his arrival on the Lipscomb campus, he proposed a plan to dramatically advance Lipscomb's academic programs and to invest in new campus facilities. During his tenure a new College of Pharmacy has been established creating the first Lipscomb doctorate degree, seven new graduate programs have been developed, and three new institutes have been founded — the Institute for Conflict Management, the Institute for Law, Justice & Society and the Institute for Sustainable Practice.

Connecting the university to the community is a hallmark of Lowry’s presidency. He is an annual visiting faculty member at Vermont Law School and City University of Hong Kong. His consulting and training practice has included work for the legal community in The Netherlands, the introduction of mediation in India through a grant from the Asian Development Bank, training for judges in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as consultation with lawyers for Freshfields, an international law firm in Asia. A graduate of Pepperdine University, Lowry earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in public administration. He received the juris doctor degree from Hamline University, in St. Paul, Minnesota.