Please join the Penn State Great Valley Diversity Action Council and our Master of Leadership Development students for a very special leadership lecture, Leveraging Diversity through Transformational Leadership –Building the Vital Forces in Organizations, presented by Dr. Sandi L. Dinger on Monday, April 3, 2006 from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
How can leaders best encourage each colleague’s strengths and talents to make contributions that promote performance beyond expectations within their organizations? The most effective leaders
- are alert to individual needs and diversity of strengths and talents.
- provide appropriate challenges and learning experiences unique to each individual.
- use delegation to help develop followers.
Light refreshments will be served following the discussion.
Sandi L. Dinger (Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton) is currently Associate Professor of Organizational Management and Director of the Organizational Management Program at Eastern University. Her research interests include personality and individual differences, leadership in sports contexts, and charismatic/transformational leadership. Dr. Dinger has published her research in top-tier journals such as The Leadership Quarterly.