Shirley Olson
Shirley Olson, President of the Olson Consulting Group, LLC in Jackson, MS., has an active consulting practice specializing in strategic planning. Her emphasis is unique in that she also takes a key role in the implementation of the plans and in the development of managerial personnel charged with carrying out those plans.
Dr. Olson has twenty years of teaching experience with a majority of that
time spent at Millsaps College where she was a tenured professor in the under-graduate and MBA programs. She also has practical experience having spent sixteen years in the construction business as a division president. The author of a variety of publications, her research has focused on power, teaming, political behavior, and conflict.
Olson holds a doctorate from the College of Business at Mississippi State
University. She is on the board of numerous privately held companies, is an
active member of the Executive Advisory Board for the MSU College of Business, and has served on the Mississippi State Foundation.
Her years in academia and her practical experience have continued to
make Dr. Olson a much sought-after speaker.
Fear: Fact and Fantasy
As an effective leader, you need an understanding of yourself as well as those you lead. A key element of that knowledge – and one which is usually
ignored – is the role which fear can play with you and those in your organization.
Recognition of those fears – their sources and their consequences – can be a
major asset for enhancing your leadership skills.
This session presents an overview of those fear sources (i.e. fear of things
we cannot change) along with a discussion of their potential impact on you and your organization. Relevant real life incidents are also included along with these
sources. While emphasis is given to professional life, the relevancy to personal life is readily apparent.
