About Us

Fairfield University and TRI Corporation present a three-day seminar for
selected clients to develop their future leaders. The seminar is valuable for Senior Manager and Director level positions. Participants will gain experience
in creating and driving strategy and innovation agendas, building and
developing teams, and delivering business results.

During the seminar, there will be faculty-led discussions covering topics in Strategy, Driving Growth, Managing Innovation, and Ethics and Leadership
as well as as one-on-one coaching sessions with participants on their
personal challenges. Participants will also take part in a simulation that challenges teams to manage an enterprise with exercises in business strategy, decision-making, and leadership skills.

This seminar may hold 24 CPE credits for CPA professionals and has been pre-approved by the HR Certification Institute for 24 recertification credit hours.

Participants in this program will gain:

Experience in business strategy formulation and execution
Improved ability to assess competitive landscapes
Heightened understanding of customer needs
Insight into their business value chain-and how their strategy fits into the big picture
Business acumen skills in variance analysis, cash generation, return on assets and profitable growth
Exposure to situations demanding innovative and critical thinking, complex decision-making, forecasting, risk mitigation and dealing with unexpected circumstances
Insight into creating and maintaining high performing teams
Self-knowledge of personal strengths and weaknesses as a leader-and plans for personal leadership development

Program Details

The program will run from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day. A limited number of tables are available and the program will fill up quickly. Reservations must be made by May 15, 2013. A 50% cancellation fee applies to cancellations 15 days or less prior to the event date. Companies are encouraged to send at least three participants and must send six if they want their participants to form a full team which would permit an observer to see the team in action. The charge per participant is $2,500 and includes:

A private breakout room for each team of six participants
All meals (breakfast and lunch and snacks for three days, dinner for one day)
All audio/visual and computing services

A tuition discount will apply to companies sending three or more representatives.

Agenda

Tuesday, June 18

Welcome
Introductions: Similarities & Differences
Comparative Strategies
Simulation Introduction
Team Lunch: Dr. Catherine Giapponi, associate professor of management. "Business Strategy: Where We'd Like to Be and How We Get There"
Simulation: Q3 2011 - Strategy, Organizational Structure, Decision-Making Process
Simulation DSS Overview
Consortium Business Presentations
Simulation: Q4 2011 Finish Strong, Prepare for Next Year
Comparative Financial Systems

Wednesday, June19

Breakfast with Faculty
Review/Preview Team Process Check and Peer Feedback Notes
Driving Markets: Behaviors and Attributes
Operating Review I Preparation
Working Lunch
Operation Review I
Simulation Q1 2012 Commit to Plan
Consortium Business Presentations
Simulation: Q2 2012 Focus on the Competition
Dinner - Dolan School of Business Advisory Council Guest Speaker: TBA

Thursday, June 20

Breakfast with Faculty
Review/Preview Team Process Check and Peer Feedback Notes
Managing Innovation
Simulation: Q3 2012 New Product Introduction Innovation Tradeshow
Networking Lunch: Dr. David Schmidt, associate professor of management. "Ethics and Leadership"
Simulation: Q4 2012 Balancing the Short Term with the Long Term
Final Peer Feedback
Operating Review Preparations
Simulation Debrief
Evaluations and Final Reflections

Registration Information

Please contact Patricia Pivarnik, ppivarnik@fairfield.edu, or 203-254-4307.

Location: Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut
Dates: June 18-20, 2013
Cost: $2,500

Accommodations

Delamar Hotel, (203) 259-2800
Best Western Plus - Black Rock, (203) 659-2200

Driving Directions and detailed map

Faculty

Dr. Thomas E. Conine, Jr. Thomas E. Conine, Jr.
Professor of Finance and Seminar Leader

Dr. Conine is Professor of Finance and has served as Associate Dean, Director of Research, Director of the Master of Science in Financial Management program and Chairman of Finance at the Dolan School of Business. Dr. Conine has been an adjunct faculty member of and consultant to General Electric's Management Development Institute (Crotonville) since the early 80s. He is co-owner of TRI Corporation, specialists in corporate education. His advanced degrees include an MBA, M.Phil. and Ph.D. from New York University. He has lectured and published internationally on corporate finance and investments and has been cited as the "Number One Professor" by members of the graduating classes of Fairfield's Master of Science in Finance and MBA programs. He is a recent recipient of the "Distinguished Faculty Award" given by the Fairfield University Alumni for 30 years of service.

Dr. Catherine Giapponi Business Strategy: Where We'd Like to Be an How We Get There

Dr. Catherine Giapponi
Associate Professor of Management, Charles F. Dolan School of Business

Associate Professor of Management, Charles F. Dolan School of Business Dr. Catherine Giapponi is an Associate Professor of Management in the Charles F. Dolan School of Business at Fairfield University. Dr. Giapponi earned her undergraduate degree from Providence College, her MBA from the University of Connecticut, and her doctorate from the University of New Haven.

Dr. David Schmidt Ethics and Leadership

Dr. David Schmidt
Associate Professor of Business Ethics, Charles F. Dolan School of Business

David P. Schmidt is Associate Professor of Business Ethics in the Dolan School of Business and Director of the Program in Applied Ethics at Fairfield University. His most recent publication is Wake-Up Calls: Classic Cases in Business Ethics, 2nd edition. His Ph.D. in social ethics was completed at the University of Chicago.

In addition to his scholarly teaching and research, for over 25 years Dr. Schmidt has consulted with Fortune 500 corporations, investment and savings banks, professional and trade associations, and universities and religious institutions. He designs and leads training programs, composes ethics codes and mission statements, and provides resources for policy making. Recently he was chief ethics consultant for strategic communications company iDNA, Inc. and he has been a featured columnist for business publications, including Inc. Magazine.

Strategic Leadership

Dr. Donald E. Gibson
Acting Dean and Professor of Management, Charles F. Dolan School of Business

Donald E. Gibson Dean and Professor of Management at the Charles F. Dolan School of Business, Fairfield University. Professor Gibson teaches management and leadership courses at levels ranging from undergraduate to business executives. His research examines organizational role models, emotions in organizations, anger in the workplace, and conflict management. He received his MBA and Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles, and was a professor for six years at the Yale University School of Management.

For more information contact Patricia Pivarnik at (203) 254-4307.