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LEADING THROUGH CHANGE
April 10-11, 2017
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
A Leadership Adventure!
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Develop your Learning and Development leadership skills and widen your professional community with a virtual program that provides refreshing expertise and insights into the more complex and challenging issues associated with leading learning and development programs.
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Six 2-hour Virtual Interactive Sessions: May–October 2025
GO BEYOND THE BASICS!
Mastermind groups are common across many industries, and they leverage the power of facilitated questions, micro-training, and small group dialogue to gain advanced leadership skill sets, along with a mindset that helps navigate complex issues. A Mastermind is not a conference, but rather a 6-month, community-driven, experiential, leadership development experience.
WHO IS IT FOR?
This L&D Leadership Mastermind is for those decision-making leaders of Learning and Development programs whose positions includes any of the following:
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Primary P&L responsibility for a business
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Leadership of a team of Learning and Development professionals
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Regular interaction with business leaders
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Decision-making autonomy
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Recognized thought leader in Learning and Development
LOGISTICS​
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25 Participant Cap
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Participants are placed into community groups (C-Groups) with 5 or less colleagues for the duration of the journey.
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While there are no costs associated with this virtual version, we do ask that anyone signing up do so knowing they can make the majority of the six sessions and commit to the following principles:
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Protect Confidentiality
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Commit to Addressing Key Issues with Candor
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Share Your Experiences
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Be Open and Vulnerable
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Be Present (all virtual sessions will be "Video On" for participants).
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Leadership Themes
Know Your Mind
Assess Your Needs
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Defining Your Training and Development Philosophy
- The Role and Business Impact of Learning and Development
- Future-proofing Learning and Development
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Educating Up: Influencing Stakeholders
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Acknowledging and Responding to Pain Points
Your hosts for the Virtual 2025 L & D Mastermind
Rod C. Taylor is an award-winning educator, scholar, author, and the founder and CEO of Performance Learning Concepts. He's been active in teaching, leadership training, and speaking for over 30 years. Rod's taught at Stanford, Indiana University, and the Honors College at Tennessee State University, and served as a Faculty Fellow at the Design School in Paris, France (d. School Paris-Est) and an Artist in Residence at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN. A longtime musician, he lives in Nashville with his wife, Kristen, where he’s had the pleasure of playing bass with a variety of artists, including Victor Wooten, the Warren Brothers, Krista Detor, Cindy Morgan, Chuck Rainey, and Jenee Fleenor.
Bob Tweedie, MS
Bob Tweedie has over 20 years of experience in leading learning and leadership development functions at Morningstar, Deloitte Global, and Revantage, a Blackstone portfolio company. He partners with leadership teams to align current/future organizational objectives with talent requirements, works with teams to drive better outcomes, and sits with individuals to foster their development at all levels of their career. Bob is also an adjunct faculty member at Northwestern University in the Masters of Learning and Organizational Change program. Bob loves to spend his spare time outdoors with his wife Celine and three children aged 12, 14, and 17. He is a soccer coach for AYSO, and also an avid runner, biker, and swimmer.
2025 Agenda
Session 1: May 23, 12:00–2:00 (CST)
1-hour: Defining (and Redefining) a Learning and Development Philosophy
1-hour: C-Group
Session 2: June 20, 12:00–2:00 (CST)
1-hour: The Role and Business Impact of Learning and Development
1-hour: C-Group
Session 3: July 11, 12:00–2:00 (CST)
1-hour: Influencing Stakeholders
1-hour: C-Group
Session 4: August 15, 12:00–2:00 (CST)
1-hour: Future-proofing L&D
1-hour: C-Group
Session 5: September 12, 12:00–2:00 (CST)
1-hour: Addressing Pain Points in L&D Leadership
1-hour: C-Group
Session 6: October 17, 12:00–2:00 (CST)
1-hour: Final Reflections
1-hour: Culminating Activity /Celebration (TBD)
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Virtual Session Logistics:
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The first hour of each session will be highly interactive exploration of that month's topic.
- The second hour of each session will be dedicated to each C-group practically exploring the topic in their own small group setting
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