Critical Thinking describes the mental process of determining what to believe and what to do about our beliefs. Strategic Thinking applies this process to the future of the organization. This "minds on" workshop enhances the ability of the participants to think strategically by taking them through the seven components of a comprehensive process and providing tools and techniques to accomplish each of the components while considering their organization's multiple futures.

We all face change every day. This seminar will help us better understand dramatic change and, more importantly, learn how to use that understanding to gain a competitive advantage. This practical and stimulating session will highlight opportunities for substantial productivity improvement even when faced with dwindling resources. Attendees will learn how to introduce change with minimal resistance, anticipate dramatic shifts, and discover the powerful role of leadership and vision during turbulent times.

This session will examine the numerous reasons why those who are expected to lead in today's changing business environment are often uncertain of their calling and therefore fail to live up to their potential as leaders. The session will address the fears managers often feel when thrust into leadership roles and explore the skills and techniques needed to overcome those fears by analyzing the four characteristics of effective leaders.

This very interactive seminar will explore the challenges and barriers encountered by those who work in geo-dispersed teams. Our discussion will focus on two important sets of issues. The first concerns the specific challenges associated with geo-dispersed teams, whether dealing with organizational heritage about face time, lack of social context cues, or dealing with multicultural teams. The second key component of our discussion will focus on effective recipes and solutions, or the "do's and don'ts."

This session will focus on how to be an effective coach. 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). Participants will learn how to apply key concepts. The latest research on feedback and follow-up will be used to show leaders how to coach in a way that produces "guaranteed" results for both individuals and teams.