Renowned as an original thinker and thought leader in the fields of creative thinking and innovative leadership, Michael J. Gelb now brings his unique and compelling perspective to help you become a more effective communicator. For more than 30 years, Michael has consulted with organizations globally to help leaders develop the influence, persuasion and people management skills that facilitate creative change. He is the author of Present Yourself: Captivate Your Audience with Great Presentation Skills.

The five forces that will disrupt industries in the next decade are: Technology, Institutional change, Demographics, the Environment and shifting Societal values. These are the T.I.D.E.S. of change. This workshop includes well researched insights into the near future, packaged together with key trends, relevant and interesting facts, case studies and multi-media clips, and lots of opportunity for discussion. Detailed video introduction is available at: http://tinyurl.com/tidesvideo

The focus of this course is on managing the myriad of details that go into an effective work day and a successful professional career. Learn what top performers know, do and say about professional productivity and effective leadership. Organize your ideas, projects and tasks and learn how to prioritize meetings, emails, and professional goals. Practice specific time and action management strategies you can implement immediately at your desk and with your team.

This program will focus on the key leadership skills necessary for you and your team to survive - and, yes, even thrive - in this age of instability. Specifically, this session focuses on strategies and techniques for communicating more effectively in times of change, including better ways to deliver bad news and ways to keep team performance strong in the face of adversity. We will identify motivational techniques that can sustain and energize your people - and yourself - in the most difficult of times.

This seminar on "Contextual Leadership" will examine the personal, organizational, cultural and global variables that demand different leadership styles in different situations. Dr. Rhinesmith will use his experience, plus his research to illustrate ways in which leaders today need to adapt different styles for different contexts to be successful. He will also discuss what needs to be done to develop leaders who are able to switch from one context to another.

Fortune Magazine estimates that 70% of all strategies fail. Failure often occurs because of ineffective planning methods for turning strategies into executable projects. This session offers a breakthrough planning approach for clearly aligning projects with strategic intent to boost your odds of project success. You will learn a common language and a step-by-step process for designing successful projects, programs, and change initiatives.

Successful advocates know how important it is to clearly communicate their ideas, how their reputations shape how people respond to their ideas, how they need to build partnerships and alliances with others in getting ideas adopted, how they must "pre-sell" any idea long before formal meetings, and how to be persuasive and influential in meetings. We will discuss new research on each of those topics - research that offers you interesting and surprising ways to champion innovations in your organization.