August 18, 2022 - August 19, 2022
2022-08-18T00:00:00
Day 1: 1:00 - 4:00 PM Eastern
Day 2: 12:00-3:00 PM Eastern
$75 for VMCA members
$100 for IIMC members
Books must be purchased separately on your own.
Athenian Dialogue: Creating Magic VIRTUAL
Thursday, August 18, 2022
Creating Magic: 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from Life at Disney by Lee Cockerell
Hosted by Virginia Municipal Clerks Association Institutes and Academy
Facilitated by Dr. Jane Long
All our Athenian Dialogues are IIMC pre-approved. Athenian Dialogues are eligible for 3 CMC Education Points or 3 MMC Advanced Education Points each with completion of the required learning assessment. A maximum of 18 points can be applied to a CMC application and another separate 18 points to an MMC application.
Registration is limited to 24 participants. The minimum enrollment is 10.
“It’s not the magic that makes it work; it’s the way we work that makes it magic.”
The secret for creating “magic” in our careers, our organizations, and our lives is simple: outstanding leadership—the kind that inspires employees, delights customers, and achieves extraordinary business results.
No one knows more about this kind of leadership than Lee Cockerell, the man who ran Walt Disney World® Resort operations for over a decade. And in Creating Magic, he shares the leadership principles that not only guided his own journey from a poor farm boy in Oklahoma to the head of operations for a multibillion-dollar enterprise, but that also soon came to form the cultural bedrock of the world’s number one vacation destination. But as Lee demonstrates, great leadership isn’t about mastering impossibly complex management theories. We can all become outstanding leaders by following the ten practical, common-sense strategies outlined in this remarkable book. As straightforward as they are profound, these leadership lessons include:
Everyone is important.
Make your people your brand.
Burn the free fuel: appreciation, recognition, and encouragement.
Give people a purpose, not just a job.
Combining surprising business wisdom with insightful and entertaining stories from Lee’s four decades on the front lines of some of the world’s best-run companies, Creating Magic shows all of us – from small business owners to managers at every level – how to become better leaders by infusing quality, character, courage, enthusiasm, and integrity into our workplace and into our lives.