Tuesday - Nov. 10, 1998
St. Bonaventure University's School of Leadership and Human Development presents
"The Search For the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine":
A Team Effectiveness Simulation and Challenge Event For Students
Description:
The Dutchman workshop is a dramatic and powerful experience which demonstrates how missions and goals can motivate teamwork and collaboration to optimize group performance. Experiences link to team effectiveness issues, making this challenging experience a powerful tool for individual learning and organizational development. The experience also provides many insights and understandings with respect to the important role of leadership on the team, communication, consensus building, working under stress, resolving conflicts, and continuous quality improvement.
Objectives:
By the end of this exercise participants discover that:
Session Leader:
John P. Keenan, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and Director of St. Bonaventure University's (Buffalo, New York) new Graduate Program in Professional Leadership. John brings to his position over 27 years of experience and is internationally recognized as an organizational psychologist and as a leader in the design and development of leadership and management educational programs. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology/Anthropology from United States International University in San Diego as well as an M. A . In Sociology from San Jose State University, and a B. A. in Sociology from the University of Santa Clara. John has held a tenured faculty position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Business as well as been a faculty member at a number of Universities including Pepperdine University, Chapman University, College of St. Rose, and been a Dean at a Community College in South Carolina.
John P. Keenan, Ph.D.,is an Associate Professor and Director of St. Bonaventure University's (Buffalo, New York) new Graduate Program in Professional Leadership. John brings to his position over 27 years of experience and is internationally recognized as an organizational psychologist and as a leader in the design and development of leadership and management educational programs. He provides consulting services to organizations such as SONY, Inc., Caterpillar, Inc., Lucent Technologies (AT&T), Honeywell Inc., Lands' End, Inc.; Harley-Davidson, Inc., General Mills, Inc., American Airlines, Inc., Asia Inc. School of Management, Ersnt & Young, Posbanc of Singapore, Civil Service College of Singapore, Camcar/Textron, Inc., Eaton Corporation; Bell Laboratories, U.S. Department of Energy; Alkar; American Institute of Banking; and M & I Data Services, Inc.
John holds a Ph.D. in Sociology/Anthropology from United States International University in San Diego as well as an M. A . In Sociology from San Jose State University, and a B. A. in Sociology from the University of Santa Clara. John has held a tenured faculty position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Business as well as been a faculty member at a number of Universities including Pepperdine University, Chapman University, College of St. Rose, and been a Dean at a Community College in South Carolina.
He is the author of six books, "FASTSTART: An in-depth seminar for managers", " Foundations of Leadership: New Manager Leadership Guide", "Foundations of Leadership: A Facilitator's Guidebook", "Whistleblowing: Managing Dissent in the Workplace", "Whistleblowing Research: Methodological and Moral Issues" and "Cognitive Maps of Violence". He has published more than sixty articles in major journals such as "The Journal of Business Ethics", "Journal of Social Behavior and Personality" and "Management Accounting", and he has presented more than fifty research papers on such subjects as performance enhancement, team building, leadership, work stress, identity as a manager, management ethics, whistle-blowing, and terrorism.
He is a favorite with audiences throughout the world because of his special skill of being able to translate new concepts and unique insights into practical learning experiences.
Note from Scott: John has been facilitating Lost Dutchman and using Square Wheels worldwide for over 12 years. I originally met John in Egypt and we've worked together in Madison, Trinidad, Singapore and Manila since 1996. He currently has offices in Dubai.