Join us for 8 valuable webinars May through August, 2021.

Tickets for each 2-hour session are $45 for members (RMSAWWA/RMWEA) and $65 for non-members.
Members receive a discounted price of $300 for the full series ($475 for nonmembers)

Training Units for Colorado will be available (New Mexico & Wyoming are under review).

See this page for information about the complete webinar series.

SESSION DESCRIPTION:

Modern leaders face a host of challenges: a volatile global economy, significant changes in workplace demographics, increased stakeholder expectations, and an accelerated rate of change that is unparalleled in world history. And that was BEFORE a global pandemic upended the status quo in 2020! Yet far too many leaders are still operating under a “managing a machine” mentality that ignores their current circumstances. To that end, this highly interactive and entertaining session will help leaders approach their day-to-day leadership in a more systemic fashion, one designed for the modern VUCA environment (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous).

Learning Objectives

1. Understand the key differences between managing a machine and leading in a living system;
2. Recognize the challenges of leading systemically in a VUCA environment (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous);
3. Incorporate the VUCA Prime model into their day-to-day leadership behaviors; and
4. Avoid and/or overcome two of the biggest traps of the systems-based, VUCA world (“Accidental Adversaries” and “Fixes That Fail”) by applying “The Five W’s and H” and “Types of Problems” tools.

SPEAKER BACKGROUND

David D. Knapp, Ph.D., is the President of Marathon Leadership® in Thornton, Colorado, which specializes in leadership and organizational development. With almost 30 years of experience in the corporate boardroom and the university classroom, Dr. Knapp's passion is helping clients improve their communication and leadership skills through the practical application of the most current research findings in those areas. Dr. Knapp’s diverse professional career – which includes stints as the Manager of North American Learning & Development for an international IT consulting firm, a college professor, a certified personal trainer & running coach, and a professional actor – gives him a broad range of experiences from which to draw. His educational background also is varied and includes a M.A. in Performing Arts from Emerson College in Boston and a Ph.D. in Human Communication Studies from the University of Denver.

 This leadership webinar series is being generously sponsored by: