Developing Managers Who Can Lead: An Integrated Leadership Development Model at Olin Business School

In 2009, researchers Rubin & Dierdorff stated “business schools are out of touch with the real world.”  In 2006, the Graduate Management Admissions Council stated “MBA programs can enhance their relevancy by devoting more attention to people-focused competencies – leadership, communication and interpersonal skills.”As OD practitioners, we might state similar dilemmas in leadership development and can learn from how graduate schools are approaching this leadership dilemma. 

In our January 2011 program Developing Managers Who Can Lead, Lee Konczak, Ph.D. of Olin School of Business of Washington University, will review what MBA programs are doing along the lines of leadership development and specifically about the integrated leadership approach developed at Olin.

To open the program, Lee will case study the Olin model including: the approach to developing management and leadership competencies, the guiding principles of management/leadership  development, program/curriculum re-design, role of assessment and self-assessment, and the lessons learned. 

After reviewing the Olin model, Lee will lead the attendees in a two-way exchange and  group -centered dialogue on where the field of leadership development is going.  The focus will be on the strategic and tactical implications and best practices and gathering the wisdom in the room.  The process will combine table discussions on questions Lee will pose with interactive group dialogue. 

NOTE:  After the monthly program, attendees are emailed an electronic copy of the presentation materials.

PRESENTER:

Lee Konczak, Ph.D, Senior Lecturer, Leadership Development and Organizational Development, Olin School of Business of Washington University. 

Lee’s areas of expertise include:  Leadership - Leadership Development; Managerial Assessment; Personnel Selection; Team Development.  Lee possesses a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.  He is a member of the editorial board for the Human Resource Planning Society journal People & Strategy, and Editor-At-Large for the special issue  “Leading in a Time of Uncertainty: The Next Decade” to be published in January 2011.  Lee is the book review editor for Personnel Psychology and an active member of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP).  He has served as a member of the Program Committee for the SIOP Annual Convention(2007 – Present), and the SIOP Training & Education Committee Task Force(2007 – 2010).

Before joining Olin, Lee worked at Anheuser-Busch Companies as an internal HR/OD consultant and manager. In his last position at A-B, Lee was Director of Executive Development and Employee Selection Systems. Prior to Anheuser-Busch, Lee worked as an independent consultant. He also held senior management positions with the Missouri Department of Mental Health. Lee has taught organizational behavior and human resource management previously at Washington University, Webster University and the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Lee has published articles on such topics as:  high potential leadership development, leadership assessment, and survey research methodology.