Details - June Session
“The Art of Business & The Art of War: Using Military Strategies to Combat Challenges in Today’s Business World“
June Session is formed of 10 virtual private webinars.
Webinar Platform: Zoom
Webinar Format: Interactive Sessions - Video Cameras On - Breakout Rooms - Q & As - Polls - Webinar Feedback Questionnaire.
Webinar Times: All private webinars will take place on week days as follows:
- Block I: from 9-11 AM New York Time
- Block II: from 12-2 PM New York Time
Main Outcomes:
- Acquire Relevant Military Strategies to Conquer the Business World;
- Get a Competitive Business Edge; Learn from World-Class Experts... the Best in the Field!
Additional Possible Outcomes:
- Receive Credit Hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR Re-Certification;
- Receive an Executive Certificate in Leadership for each full part that you complete;*
- Become a VIP member of AFEE's closed “International Community of Leaders Club.”
Assessment of Learning for Accreditation & Credits: To receive an Executive Certificate in Leadership and/or Credit Hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR Re-Certification, participants need to complete the following:
- Formative Assessment: During Each Webinar
- Summative Assessment: At the End of All Webinars (in the form of a project).
* Receiving an executive certificate in leadership for each part you complete would entail attending all webinars in this part and fulfilling the assessment and package requirements.
All Certificates will be presented by AFEE & IFWE, and will reflect the number of webinars attended along with webinar details (titles and speakers).
Seats are limited. Applications are subject to Board approval.
A Few Combined Introductory Video Clips
June Session
Strategic Planning
- The Importance of Selecting from among Several Courses of Action
- Developing Tasks and Properly Assigning Them to Achieve Objectives
- Measuring Progress and Staying on Track
- Creating a Cyclic Analysis Framework to Better Meet Business Goals
- The Components of Successful Planning in a Dynamic Environment
- Mission Statement and Achievable Goals
- Adaptive Planning and Execution
- Organization and Resourcing to Achieve Objectives
Strategic Decision-Making
- National Security Decision-Making in the U.S. Government and the Lessons for the Business World
- How Efforts to Increase Safety and Reliability Can Decrease Safety and Reliability
- Utilizing the Wisdom of the Workforce (all employees) for Strategic and Operational Success: Adaptive Leadership and Mission Command
- Recognizing the Utility of the “Observe, Orient, Decide, Act” Loop (OODA Loop) Construct
- Risk Mitigation: Threat and Competition Analysis
Principles of War in Business
- The Operational Level of the Art of War - Relevant Business Applications
- Principles of War (including Sun Tzu, Clausewitz, Machiavelli and/or others) Applied to Business
Soft Leadership Skills
- Leading Vs. Managing
- Diplomacy & Innovation
- Strategic Communication
- Training, Teamwork, and Team Building
- How to Be Mission Driven and Head to Success
- Esprit de Corps – Instilling Pride, Loyalty and Focus on Mission and Objectives
Topics & Dates - June Session
The Art of Business & The Art of War:
Using Military Strategies to Combat Challenges in Today's Business World:
June 7 to 11
Jun. 7
Hon. David Schenker, Senior Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.
Title: National Security Decision-Making in the U.S. Government and the Lessons for the Business World.
Jun. 7
Mark Kimmitt, Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Ret.); Former Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, State Department; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Policy; West Point/Harvard Business School/School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS).
Title: Leading or Managing? From the Military to the Business World.
Jun. 8
Tom Ruby, Ph.D., Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Ret.); CEO of Bluegrass Critical Thinking Solutions; Former Vice Dean, Air Command and Staff College.
Title: Military Principles for Business Success: The Dirty Details of Planning and Follow-Up
Jun. 8
Scott Sagan, Ph.D.; Professor of Political Science; Senior Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University.
Title: When Redundancy Backfires in National Security and Business: How Efforts to Increase Safety and Reliability Can Decrease Safety and Reliability.
Jun. 9
Annie Patenaude, U.S. Army, Retired Officer; Managing Director, AMP Analytics; Fellow, Military Operations Research Society; Former Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton; Former Director, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Readiness); Former Assistant Professor of Mathematics, United States Military Academy, West Point.
Title: Military Planning Process Applied to Business Strategies: Create a Cyclic Analysis Framework to Better Meet your Business Goals.
Jun. 9
Kevin C. Holzimmer, Ph.D.; Professor of Comparative Military Studies at Air University’s Air Command and Staff College (ACSC); Former Professor at the US Air Force Research Institute and at the School for Advanced Air and Space Studies; Worked on Policy Concerns with Gen. David H. Petraeus’ USCENTCOM Joint Strategic Assessment Team; Conducted Fieldwork in Charting a U.S. Air Force Strategy Based Upon President Obama’s “Pivot to Asia” Speech; Ph.D. in Military History from Temple University.
Title: Strategic Leadership in a Dynamic Environment: Universal Lessons from Senior Military Officers (focus on diplomacy, communication, innovation, teamwork).
Jun. 10
Matthew S. A. Feely, Ph.D., Captain, U.S. Navy (Ret.); Faculty Instructor, United States Army War College; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia Business School, Columbia University.
Title: Utilizing the Wisdom of the Workforce for Strategic and Operational Success.
Jun. 10
Richard A. Stewart, Major, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.); Principal Cybersecurity Consultant, KBR; Former Director, Cybersecurity at CSC and CGI, Corporate Chief Information Security Officer, SGT, Inc.; Author of “Sunrise at Abadan: The British and Soviet Invasion of Iran, 1941” (1988).
Title: Applying Principles and Methods of Military Strategy to Effective Business Planning.
Jun. 11
PJ Dermer, Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.); One of the Army’s foremost Middle East regional experts; Former Senior Advisor, Office of the Vice President of the USA, 2002 – 2003. Has advised, mentored and written extensively for the nation’s senior military and civilian leadership. Had the unique opportunity to operationalize national level strategy on the ground in the Middle East.
Title: The Operational Art of War and its Application (as it may or may not) to the Business Community.
Jun. 11
Francis H. Kearney III, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army (Ret.); President of Inside Solutions LLC; Former Senior Special Operations Forces Commander, Center for Naval Analysis; Former Deputy Director for Strategic Operational Planning, National Counter-Terrorism Center.
Title: The Principles of War (including Sun Tzu, Clausewitz, Machiavelli and/or others) to Improve Global Business Strategies.
