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Dr. Scott Allen
Dr. Scott Allen
will be the keynote speaker for the 2008 Student Leadership Development Conference.
His keynote is called Unpacking Leadership is a journey into the many aspects of effective leadership. This fast-paced and
light-hearted address combines cutting edge leadership theory (e.g., emotional intelligence,
transformational leadership) with concrete stories and experiences any college student
can relate to. Not your standard “behind the podium” keynote, Dr. Allen uses,
humor, music, PowerPoint, video and interactive activities to make the concepts
come to life. In addition, he offers participants an opportunity to reflect upon
their own development as a leader and helps them think through how they can better
impact their organization and the campus community.
Scott J. Allen, Ph.D. (B.S., University of Minnesota; M.Ed.,
Xavier University;
Ph.D.,
Antioch University) started his career in the
not-for-profit sector, developing award-winning programs designed especially for
the needs of emerging leaders. He went on to work for a medical center in Kentucky
managing its leadership development efforts. In 2005, Scott formed the Center for
Leader Development, an organization created to provide resources, tools, and services
to businesses, organizations, and schools seeking to build leadership capacity in
their employees, members or students.
Scott is a visiting assistant professor at John Carroll
University
where he teaches strategic management,
organizational behavior, business communication, management development and human
resources. In addition, he served as a Presidential Fellow at
Case Western
Reserve University where he taught Leadership:
Theory and Practice. He is published in the Encyclopedia of Leadership and co-authored A Charge Nurse’s Guide:Navigating
the Path of Leadership a leadership
book for health care professionals. Scott and his co-authors
have two books slated for publication in February/March 2008, both on the topic
of developing leadership capacity in others. The first, co authored with
Mitch Kusy,
is The Little Book of Leadership: 50 Tips
to Accelerate Leader Potential in Others (Moonlight Publishing). The second is
Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: A Guide for College Students
(Jossey-Bass) and is co-authored
with
Marcy Shankman.
Scott is a graduate of The Art and Practice of Leadership Development - an executive education program of the
Kennedy
School of Government at Harvard
University. In addition, Scott has been published in the Leadership Review,
The OD Journal
and the China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong (CELAP) Leadership Journal. He recently completed
a book chapter for CELAP entitled A Review on Leadership Education and Development
Outside China and is a contributing author to the soon to be
published Key Themes on Leadership Studies.
Scott is an associate with the
Larry Morrow Group
and is involved with the
Institute for Creative Leadership,
LeaderShape, the
International
Leadership Association, Organization Development Institute, and the International Coach Federation. Scott serves on the boards of the
Cleveland Coach Federation, and the
Organization Development Connection.
Source:
CenterforLeaderDevelopment.com
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