Leadership Design Lab

The Leadership Design Lab employs design thinking to address one of the most challenging aspects of self-leadership: designing your life and career. In this four-session series, students will learn about the processes and mindsets of design thinking, draft three potential blueprints—‘Odyssey Plans’—for their future, and begin prototyping their way forward. The Lab offers a framework, tools, and most importantly a place and a community of peers and mentors to propel you forward in your UChicago journey.

Dates & Time: February 20, 27, March 5,12 | 5:30 – 7 pm
Course Fee: $10
Course Capacity: 16 The course is now fully registered.
Location: on campus

Before registering consider the following commitments that will help to ensure the most successful workshop experience:

• The small group nature of the series will rely on engaged participation from everyone; we expect that participants will come prepared to actively engage in group discussion.
• The four workshops build on each other so the most value will be had from attending all four sessions. By registering, participants are committing to attend all four sessions in the series.
• Given that participants only have six hours together, there will be roughly one hour of pre-work for each workshop. Please consider this before registering.
• Participants will have two optional opportunities to meet with a Leadership Coach.

About the Instructor

Mary Reid Ervin is a member of Egon Zehnder’s Leadership Advisory Practice, based in Chicago, IL. She works across sectors and partners on talent assessment and development, succession planning, team effectiveness, and culture. She is certified in interpreting and delivering psychometric tools.

Mary Reid’s coaching experience began at Columbia Business School (CBS) and Yale School of Management (SOM) where she focused on guiding experienced professionals in leadership and career transition strategies. Most recently, Mary Reid was as a Senior Leadership Coach at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. There she worked in one-on-one coaching engagements with MBA talent, created and delivered curriculum in the Leadership Practicum, and was a team coach for “LEAD”, the Booth capstone experiential leadership development program.

Mary Reid holds an M.A. and Certificate in Executive Coaching from Columbia University and a B.A. in Psychology from Duke University. She is trained in Immunity to Change and Design Thinking from Stanford University and IDEO and is an ACC level certified coach through the International Coaching Federation (ICF).