The uncertainties we face often obscure the best, most exciting opportunities available to us. Seeing beyond such uncertainties requires a very different approach to project management and implementation. Dr. Pearson's workshop will teach you how to: (1) develop and analyze multiple project scenarios; (2) craft nimble strategies with just the right amount of flexibility; (3) implement those strategies using an options approach; and (4) make real-time adjustments through dynamic monitoring.

All managers need a broad perspective to effectively deal with the complex challenges they face daily. To develop this skill, this one-day seminar presents many of the tools and techniques found in MBA programs today. Specifically, participants will examine how basic business processes drive financial results, learn how effective risk management can improve business planning and decision making, and explore how financial and non-financial measures to best be used to evaluate operating results.

One of the top problems in the work world today is the failure to distinguish what is "noticed" (the facts of the situation) from what is "imagined" (opinions, thoughts, evaluations, conclusions). Think of how often people operate and make decisions as if their opinions are fact rather than exploring the real truth. This misdiagnosis becomes even more exacerbated when people have different agendas, goals, and backgrounds. This workshop will demonstrate tools and techniques for improving open, honest communication and provide a forum to practice them.

This dynamic, highly-interactive program brings da Vinci's genius to life through fascinating biographical and historical information, setting the stage for an introduction to seven principles for thinking "a la Leonardo." Leonardo was probably the most creative person who ever lived but Thomas Edison is history's greatest practical innovator. Personal success and fulfillment requires you to learn how to think like an innovator; and, for your organization to be successful, innovation is now more important than ever.

A profile of "Coaching for Behavioral Change" will be presented and participants will learn the latest techniques for encouraging feedback to develop others (and to develop themselves). The concept of empowerment will be analyzed from a practical, real-world perspective. Participants will learn how to apply key concepts, and the latest research on feedback and follow-up will be used to show how leaders can coach in a way that produces guaranteed results for both individuals and teams.

Prof. Gordon Hewitt will lay out a practical framework that demands a fundamental rethinking of: (1) what competition is now all about in today's complex global markets; (2) what strategy needs to be about, and how to give it credibility; and (3) what top managers need to do to steer their companies through uncharted competitive territory. Prof. Hewitt will also demonstrate why retreating to the "core" and improving incremental efficiency is not good enough.

To help participants increase their communication flexibility, this session will focus on the three keys to unlocking successful communication. First, we will consider what motivates people to behave the way they do. Second, we will explore the communication skills we use unconsciously with people who get along with us, and then learn how to consciously use those skills with difficult people. Finally, we will see how to deal with 10 types of behavior that make certain people unbearable to work with.

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.