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Overlapping Conflicts: Leadership techniques for transforming multiple simultaneous challenges
Tuesday, October 13th
12:0pm - 2:30pm
Fairfax Campus, Johnson Center Room 325
Part I
Colonel Duncan will provide an overview of challenges faced by himself and other Pueblo Chemical Depot leadership. Ongoing conflicts include interpersonal relations, labor-management relations, community engagement, interaction with state and federal agencies, and international policy implications. He will describe the operating environment; then discuss techniques that enable leadership to manage multiple, and often overlapping, challenges. He will also discuss how 1) Reflective Practice; 2) Intellectual Practice; 3) Collaborative Practice; and 4) Integrative Practice; could be applied to enable leaders to reduce or eliminate conflict.
Part 2
The practical exercise will break attendees into small groups for discussion. Discussion will focus on how leaders can prioritize their actions, and the activities of their team, to transform conflict in a complex work environment.
Speaker Bio
Tom Duncan is a Colonel in the United States Army with over 23 years of active duty experience. He spent the last 2014-15 academic year as a U.S. Army War College Fellow at George Mason University's School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution. On June 29, he took command of the Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado. His goal is to support the initiation of demilitarization operations for 780,000 rounds filled with 2,611 tons of mustard agent during his 2-year tenure. This project keeps the U.S. in compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention, an international treaty signed by the United States. Colonel Duncan is involved with conflict analysis and resolution at the international, federal, state and local level. His team works closely with international inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons throughout operations to ensure U.S. compliance with the CWC treaty; routinely interacts with Colorado State and community officials and citizens to demonstrate we are meeting all safety and environmental requirements. Colonel Duncan also manages the individual concerns of 460 civilians that work on the Depot.
Colonel Duncan graduated the University of Northern Iowa in 1991; and holds a Master of Science in Environmental Management from Webster University; a Master of National Security and Strategic Studies from Kansas State University; and a Master of Military Art and Science from the Army Command and General Staff College.
Colonel Duncan enjoys spending time with his wife, Maria; and 3 daughters.