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About the ACOG National Leadership Institute

ACOG National Leadership Institute
2025 Curriculum

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health (SPH)

March 19-23, 2025, JB Duke Hotel (230 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708)

Day One

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 — The JB Duke Hotel

3:00 pm

Registration Opens - Hotel Lobby

6:00–9:00 pm

Welcome!

Reception

Marketplace Bar and Club Room

*Meeting location in Ballroom ABC unless otherwise noted

Day Two

Thursday, March 20, 2025

6:30 am	Breakfast opens - Marketplace Restaurant
7:00 am	Registration - Ballroom Gallery
8:00–9:30 am	*Opening Sessions* Welcome & Orientation Introductions AnnaMarie Connolly, MD, FACOG; Claudia Fernandez, DrPH
9:30 am	*Break*
9:45–10:30 pm	*Adaptive Leadership* AnnaMarie Connolly, Claudia Fernandez
10:30–12:00 pm	*FIRO B: What really motivates people at work?* Claudia Fernandez
12:00–1:00 pm	*Lunch-Marketplace Restaurant*
1:00–3:00 pm	*Moving from Bystander to Upstander: Better Environments for Better Teams* Kimberly D. Manning, MD, MACP, FAAP, Emory University Department of Medicine
3:00–3:15 pm	*Break*
3:15–5:15 pm	*Media Presentation Training for Physician Leaders* Sharon Delaney McCloud, Director of Corporate Communications, UNC Health
5:15–5:30 pm	*Break*
5:30 pm	Cocktail Reception - Atrium
5:45–6:15 pm	*Listening Session w/ President-Elect, Verda Hicks, MD, FACOG*
6:15 pm	*Dinner - Marketplace Restaurant*

Day Three

Friday, March 21, 2025

6:30–7:15 am	Yoga - Meeting Room C
6:30 am	Breakfast opens - Marketplace Restaurant
8:00–11:15 am	*Solving Common Leadership Problem* While Fostering Psychological Safety: The Continuum of Enlightenment & The 4 Layers of Diversity and Insights from the MBTI Claudia Fernandez
11:15–12:00 am	*360 Feedback*
12:00–1:00 pm	Lunch - Marketplace Restaurant
1:15 pm	*Transport to Triangle Training Ropes Course*
2:00–6:00 pm	*Team Building Adventure* Triangle Training Center Low Ropes Course
6:00 pm	*Experience NC Dinner* NC Cultural Fusion Dinner on site
7:30 pm	*Transport to The JB Duke Hotel*

Day Four

Saturday, March 22, 2025

6:30–7:15 am	Yoga - Meeting Room A
6:30 am	Breakfast opens - Marketplace Restaurant
8:00–9:30 am	*Why Change Succeeds or Fails: Leadership Success and Derailment* Claudia Fernandez
9:30–9:45 am	*Break*
9:45–11:50 am	*Leading Change: Understanding the Language of Change (CSI)* Claudia Fernandez
11:50 am	*Reminder of Afternoon Rotation Process*
12:00–12:50 pm	Lunch with Executive Coaches - Marketplace Restaurant Fellows sit at assigned mythical city tables
12:50 pm	*Group Photo* *(with jackets) - Hotel lobby stairs*
1:00 pm	Groups rotate as follows: *Individual Executive Coaching Sessions -* Mythical City Rooms Mentoring - Meeting Room B AnnaMarie Connolly Peer Coaching - Jeffries Meeting Room Claudia Fernandez *Rotating Sessions Start* 1:00 pm - 2:20 pm 2:30 pm - 3:50 pm 4:00 pm - 5:20 pm +Headshot Photos taken prior to each Mentoring Session - Meeting Room A
6:30 pm	Dinner - Ballroom CDE Surprise Risk-Taking & Creativity Activity!

Day Five

Sunday, March 23, 2025

6:30–7:15 am	*Yoga* - Meeting Room A
6:30 am	Breakfast opens - Marketplace Restaurant
8:00–10:30 am	*The Art & Science of Negotiation: Core Concepts* David H. Henard, PhD, Poole College of Management, NC State University
10:30–11:40 am	*Break*
10:40–11:40 am	*Building Your Resiliancy Tank* AnnaMarie Connolly
11:40–12:30 am	Lunch – Marketplace (Hotel check-out time is 12noon
12:30–1:45 pm	*Communication in Crisis* Claudia Fernandez AnnaMarie Connolly
1:45–2:00 pm	*Break*
2:00 pm	*Graduation* AnnaMarie Connolly Claudia Fernandez
2:20 pm	*Adjourn*
2:30 pm	*Bus Departs for Airport*