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Business attorney and mediator Patrick Spott took and eight week Communicating Across Cultural Boundaries course from Bob Hartl at the College of St. Scholastica. This course prepares students to develop and direct employees using culturally sensitive interpersonal communication. The course incorporates theory with practice and helps students develop the awareness and skills necessary to manage effectively across cultures in both the domestic and global workplace. This training will build on Spott's previous experience and training as a mediator. |
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Business attorney and mediator Patrick Spott is teaching Legal Aspects of Management to undergraduates in the School of Business and Technology of the College of St. Scholastica during the Fall Semester of 2016. Legal Aspects of Management deals with the nature and functions of law with emphasis on applications in economics, marketing and management. The Course includes contracts and business entities and the regulation of business under federal and state administrative agencies. |
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Business attorney and mediator Patrick Spott kicked of Leadership Duluth 2016-17 on September 14, 2016 with a presentation on networking and personal relations. Leadership Duluth is our community’s premier leadership development program. Designed to identify, orient, develop and network existing and emerging leaders, Leadership Duluth inspires participants to take an active role in ensuring the health and prosperity of our area.
A program of the Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Duluth's mission is to identify, educate and inspire leaders to serve our community. Participants will collaborate with each other and area leaders to determine and define the components of a healthy community. Through a series of educational and hands-on opportunities, participants will come to understand the inner-workings of these components and how they contribute to the Duluth area’s overall health. Finally, in response to Leadership Duluth’s call to action, participants will be asked to share their personal and business intentions for the future.
Program objectives are to educate participants about Duluth’s cultural and business history, as well as the current issues facing the region. Invite participants to work together to foster and facilitate positive change in their workplaces and in the community. Equip participants with skills that will assist them in being more effective leaders in the workplace and in the community. Finally, the program seeks to motivate participants to pursue active leadership within those causes with which they identify.
Attorney and mediator Patrick Spott is a graduate of Leadership Duluth and actively participates in Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce initiatives and programs. |
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Business attorney and mediator Patrick Spott is part of the team developing a competency based Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree offered through University of Wisconsin Extension. Led by partnerships throughout the UW System and UW-Extension, the UW Flexible Option draws upon the expertise of UW faculty to offer a more personalized, convenient, and affordable way for adults and other nontraditional students to earn a University of Wisconsin degree or certificate. The UW Flexible Option’s self-directed, competency-based degree and certificate programs lets the student start any month, work at the student's own pace, and earn credit using existing knowledge you—whether that knowledge was gained through prior coursework, military training, on-the-job training, or other learning experiences. Unlike traditional semester-based classroom and online programs, the UW Flexible Option awards credit based on competency, not class time. The student makes progress by passing a series of assessments—tests, papers, and other projects—that prove the student has mastered competencies—the skills and knowledge identified by UW faculty as essential to the chosen degree or certificate. As soon as the student demonstrates mastery of an area, credit is earned and the student moves on to the next competency and assessment. |
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Business attorney and mediator Patrick Spott completed an eight week Organization Development Course from Toni Pearson at the College of St. Scholastica. This course explores how organizations learn to better utilize their internal resources for the purpose of improving their services and/or products. Also known as "Planned Change," Organization Development exposes students to a variety of theoretical models explaining how and why organizations change, and provides opportunities for students to develop and practice the skills necessary for change management. Spott believes this additional training will furthe enhance his skills as a mediator. |
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Business attorney and mediator Patrick Spott took the eight week course Strategic Leadership for Change from Peter Miller at the College of St. Scholastica. The course explores the complex connections among strategy, leadership, and change management. Set in a global environment characterized by rapid technological change, it emphasizes the importance of a leader's capacity to anticipate, envision, and work collaboratively toward a viable organizational future. This additional training builds on Spott's experience as a mediator. |
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Business attorney and mediator Patrick Spott took the eight week course Organizational Behavior from Bob Hartl at the College of St. Scholastica. The course explores the behavior of people within organizations in terms of the factors that most influence it. Those include factors related to individuals, groups, and the larger organization system. The course utilizes an experiential learning process that helps students understand their strengths and weaknesses as learners. This additional training builds on Spott's experience as a mediator. |
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Business attorney and mediator Patrick Spott spent a week at the Cape Cod Institute from June 20-24, 2016. The key presenter for the week was Dr. Annie Mckee. Annie's title was, "Purpose, Passion, and Power: Creating Resonance in Your Life as a Leader." This workshop was designed for consultants, coaches, therapists and adult learners—talented people who have a wealth of experiences, insights about leadership, and ideas about how to build resonance in their communities, organizations, and families. Sessions included reflection, assessments, group dialogues, and short discussions on research in leadership, neuroscience, psychology, emotional intelligence, and organizational culture. The entire workshop was highly interactive and participant-centered. Annie worked with each person and the group as a whole to create a powerful learning community that focuses on everyone’s growth and development. - See more at: http://www.cape.org/2016/annie_mckee.html#sthash.Sg0oGjHg.dpuf. |
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Business attorney and mediator Patrick Spott kicked of Leadership Duluth 2015-16 on September 9, 2015 with a presentation on networking and personal relations. Leadership Duluth is our community’s premier leadership development program. Designed to identify, orient, develop and network existing and emerging leaders, Leadership Duluth inspires participants to take an active role in ensuring the health and prosperity of our area.
A program of the Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Duluth's mission is to identify, educate and inspire leaders to serve our community. Participants will collaborate with each other and area leaders to determine and define the components of a healthy community. Through a series of educational and hands-on opportunities, participants will come to understand the inner-workings of these components and how they contribute to the Duluth area’s overall health. Finally, in response to Leadership Duluth’s call to action, participants will be asked to share their personal and business intentions for the future.
Program objectives are to educate participants about Duluth’s cultural and business history, as well as the current issues facing the region. Invite participants to work together to foster and facilitate positive change in their workplaces and in the community. Equip participants with skills that will assist them in being more effective leaders in the workplace and in the community. Finally, the program seeks to motivate participants to pursue active leadership within those causes with which they identify.
Attorney and mediator Patrick Spott is a graduate of Leadership Duluth and actively participates in Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce initiatives and programs. |
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Spott Law Office sponsored the Gods & Myths Concert of the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra on March 5, 2016. The concert featured Revueltas's Sensemaya and Wagner's The Ring Without Words arranged by Maestro Dirk Meyer. Both attorneys Kay Biga and Patrick Spott have each served 9 year terms on the DSSO Board of Directors and sponsored multiple concerts during the last decade. |
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