SPIM 2009 … Our 25th Anniversary! – Excellence in Leadership: Psychologists and Managers Working Together.
In addition to special programming to celebrate 25 years of SPIM, we held SPIM 2009 in coordination with the Mid-Winter Meeting of Division 13 Society for Consulting Psychology.

For post-conference resources, photos, and other information, please go to:
www.excellenceinleadership2009.org

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Past Conference:
SPIM 2008 - Managing and Leading: The role of the setting and organizational situation.

Are you a psychologist manager for whom leadership is key to your success and/or do you help others enhance their leadership skills? If so, the 2008 SPIM Conference and Institutes are for you. Watch your mail and e-mail for conference registration materials that will include the full program. For now, here is some of what we plan to offer:

We expect to offer about 15 continuing education units (CEUs) at the main conference with an opportunity for up to 14 additional CEUs if you attend the maximum number of institutes.

Dick Kilburg will kick off the main conference the evening of Thursday, 28 February with a session focused on setting the stage for the rest of the conference by learning about our new attendees and new members as well as touching base with our returning SPIM members. Many of us who work find this to be a highlight of the meeting because it lets us each put aside our various professional roles and be ourselves - at least for a few days. In addition to this kick off session, there will be many opportunities for interaction with colleagues throughout the conference to include our annual banquet with an auction led by our Foundation board.

The formal conference sessions begin Friday morning, 29 February. The focus of the main conference will revolve around two main themes associated with leadership and management. The first aspect/theme of the main conference will provide examples of excellent leadership during different times in an organization's life cycle. Our current President, John Bruckman, will kick this off in his presidential address which will focus on managing through times of organizational change. The Clifton Strengths Award Winner, Shelley Taylor, will talk about Fostering a Supportive Environment. Roger Cooper, who will serve as her discussant, will link Shelley's lessons to Ericksonian developmental stages. Also related to this theme will be talks by COL Carroll Green about creating a corporate culture and by Charlie Klunder who will discuss one of the biggest organizational endings in recent San Antonio history - the closure of Kelly Air Force Base. Charlie will focus on the valuable role that psychology played in leading through the ending of the organization.

The second aspect/theme will focus on examples of excellent leadership manifested in different settings. Arthur Freedman introduced us to Ernesto Nieto who is developing young leaders into future community leaders. Ernesto is the CEO of the Hispanic Leadership Institute. He and Arthur will set the stage for our discussion of leadership in different settings by providing insight into the Institute's success in this area. Mark Ginsburg will lead a session that will highlight examples of leadership success in several additional areas including: professional associations, health care, academia, and consulting practices. There will also be short sessions on emerging and evolving contexts for leadership to include: Netcentric leadership, technical leadership, and leveraging the media.

In addition to the main conference, as usual, our institutes will offer attendees not only the opportunity to earn additional CEUs, but they will also offer the opportunity to explore topics related to the conference theme in greater depth. On Thursday, 28 February, we plan to offer two full day institutes. The first, on Finding Your Leadership Voice, will be led by a dynamic trio of individuals who have been very active in SPIM and who have each shown us their superb leadership voices: Billie Blair, John Langhorne, and Dee Ramsel. The second, Executive Assessment, will be led by three individuals who are not only leaders in the field of executive assessment and development, but they also have different but complementary approaches to assessment: Les Krieger, Connie Rath, and Connie Schroyer.

Also on 28 February, a late afternoon institute will be offered during the time between the end of the full day institutes and the kick off session. This institute, on Maintaining your Professional Edge, will be led by two CEOs who both have exciting professional approaches: Dale Thompson and Vicki Vandaveer. Wondering when you will find time to eat? Not to worry - we plan to eat well throughout the conference. We plan to offer a light buffet at the kick off session.

On Sunday, 2 March, in the morning we will again offer one of our most popular institutes focused on ethics in organizations. Dick Kilburg and Rodney Lowman will again lead this institute.

SPIM is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. SPIM maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

SPIM 2008 SPONSORS

Past Conference:
SPIM 2007 - FACING NEW REALITIES FROM A PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE.