Ralph A. Gigliotti, Ph.D.
Assistant Vice President, Office of Strategy
Director, Center for Organizational Leadership
Rutgers University
Join your fellow Villanova Executive MBA alumni for an impactful, in-person learning experience meant for leaders who seek to develop, grow and sharpen their skills continually. Be inspired by fellow Wildcats and Professor Gigliotti as you return to The Inn at Villanova for a half-day, engaging, experiential program to increase your expertise and knowledge essential for navigating today’s business and organizational challenges. Our lifelong learning sessions are designed to create an immediate impact as we fulfill our mission of developing business leaders for a better world and offer our Executive MBA alumni an opportunity to deepen their roots in the community and expand their professional networks among fellow Wildcats.
LIFELONG LEARNING TOPIC:
Power and Social Influence
Leadership involves a process of social influence. This lifelong learning session will explore various concepts and strategies for harnessing power and social influence in personal and professional contexts. Specifically, this seminar will introduce various bases of power and allow executives to reflect on how they and others draw upon these bases of power to achieve influence. This seminar will also explore tactics executives may use to influence the attitudes and behaviors of others and to help achieve an objective. These influence tactics allow leaders at all levels to elevate one’s voice, amplify the voices of others, and guide others in pursuing a shared direction. As this seminar will explore, influence is not limited to the most vocal individual in a group. Rather, these tactics can also be demonstrated by those who are most humble. As Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, noted, “A leader … is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.”
ABOUT THIS EVENT
Date:
Friday, August 18th, 2023
Time:
1:15 pm- 2:15 pm Lunch (optional)
2:15 pm- 6:30 pm Lifelong Learning Session
6:30 pm- 7:30 pm Dinner (optional)
Location:
The Inn at Villanova
601 County Line Rd, Wayne, PA 19087
Please Register by Friday, August 11th
