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February 16, 2012
The Power of Collaborative Leadership
The leader's new role is to encourage employees to see themselves as empowered and valued contributors - and to help them build their knowledge base, expand their personal networks, and to offer their ideas and perspectives in service of a common goal. Collaborative leaders must understand how to create an environment in which people choose to participate and contribute. Inspiring, interactive and energizing, this session will give you the insight and skills to build collaborative relationships within your team and throughout the organization.
Dr. Carol Kinsey Goman
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March 6, 2012
Dealing with Difficult People
Dealing with people at their worst is something we all do everyday, but that doesn't make it any easier. In this humorous, informative seminar, Dr. Kirschner shows you how to take the pain out of dealing with problem people by revealing the attitudes and behaviors that will help you solve people problems. This presentation shifts the focus from being reactive to proactive, from struggling with people to building relationships with them, from seeing what's wrong to doing what is right.
Dr. Rick Kirschner
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March 21, 2012
Create like da Vinci, Innovate like Edison
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.
Mr. Michael Gelb
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April 17, 2012
Managing Competing Demands
Getting It Done and Having a Life
The objectives of this dynamic, interactive session are to help participants: (1) develop a clear picture of the Work-Life Balance they would like to achieve; (2) identify obstacles that stand in the way of achieving their desired balance; (3) develop a repertoire of action strategies and tools for overcoming current obstacles and any that may arise in the future; and (4) develop their own personal action plan which is concrete, practical and achievable.
David Posen, M.D.
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May 2, 2012
The Power of Strategic Thinking to Drive Growth and Success
In this seminar, Mr. Krippendorff teaches the five key strategies that have been proven to drive growth, and will show participants how to build their own organizational playbook filled with time-tested approaches. This unique program blends fundamental strategic concepts with cognitive science, systems thinking, and Eastern philosophy into a practical set of tools. Mr. Krippendorff will introduce the role that strategic narratives play in business strategy, and attendees will leave with a set of tools to help them consistently identify and seize opportunities others overlook.
Mr. Kaihan Krippendorff
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May 23, 2012
Reaching for the Next Level
The Key Is Motivation, Cooperation and Trust
The best companies know they must engage the entire employee. To do that, however, the company must build a high-achievement, trust-filled culture. If that's what you want, this program is for you. Rather than focus on dry theory and speculation, this program will provide the exact tools you need to create the work environment you want. You will learn simple but powerful skills that you can take back to the job and use immediately. You will learn how to build trust, inspire others, and invite their full cooperation.
Dr. Alan Zimmerman
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June 12, 2012
The Idea-Driven Organization
Tapping Employee Ideas to Improve Performance
This seminar will show you how the best managers and organizations encourage, collect and implement large numbers of employee ideas. It will show you the principles involved, the benefits you can expect, and the pitfalls you could meet along the way and how to avoid them. Front-line ideas are a powerful engine that can help you attain performance excellence and generate sustainable competitive advantage. The best leading indicator of your unit's future performance is the number of implemented ideas you are getting right now.
Dr. Alan Robinson
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July 17, 2012
Delivering Positive Criticism
The First Step in Performance Improvement
Recent research suggests that criticism is perhaps the most powerful and neglected business skill, that it causes more conflicts at work than disputes over power, pay, and promotion, and that most of us are inept at giving and taking criticism productively. This intense program will focus on how to transform the necessary exchange of criticism from a taboo act and a destructive and demoralizing encounter into a positive, motivating, mutually beneficial experience that encourages trust, heightens self-esteem, and boosts productivity.
Dr. Hendrie Davis Weisinger
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August 15, 2012
Leading Multiple Generations in the Workplace
The Millennial generation (also known as Generation Y) is entering the workforce by the millions. As they settle into cubicles 'next door' to their predecessors, a pronounced culture clash between the four generations (Matures, Boomers, Gen X and Millennials) - each with its own unique characteristics and expectations - is inevitable in the workplace. This session will provide leaders with insights and strategies for engaging all generations and for enhancing intergenerational communication, productivity and results.
Dr. Jan Ferri-Reed
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September 13, 2012
Get the Most From Your 'B' and 'C' Players While Developing Your High Performers
This program will focus on strategies and tactics for coaching two key employee groups found in every organization: the 'high-potentials' and the 'B and C' players. High potential employees have different needs than the B and C players on your team. This session will focus on how to coach, motivate and develop each individual on your team for maximum effectiveness. Participants will learn systems and methods to develop high potentials for current and future success. We will also analyze coaching techniques designed to get the most from B and C players. Attendees will learn how to apply these concepts to engage and motivate every member of your team.
Mr. Bill Hawkins
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October 3, 2012
Increasing Your Personal Effectiveness
Today's rapidly changing workplace requires managers to leverage the talents and brain power of their team members. This energizing, highly interactive session will provide you with practical tips, tools, and proven strategies for developing powerful interpersonal skills. You will learn how to fulfill the potential of yourself and your team members, increase the level of trust, boost morale, and build a peak performance workplace.
Dr. Wolf Rinke
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October 16, 2012
Strategy Execution
Alternative Frameworks and Best Practices
This seminar will introduce you to best current thinking concerning strategy execution; it will explore best practices across diverse industries, and, importantly, it will introduce you to diagnostic frameworks that you can apply to "live" business issues. Emphasis will be placed on three inter-related areas: 1. increasing your "execution IQ"; 2. identifying and managing "strategy accelerators"; and 3. "execution driven leadership practices". This seminar is designed as a master class for both executives and high potential managers.
Dr. Joseph Ryan
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November 7, 2012
The One-Day MBA
Tools for Making the Best Decisions
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 can best be used to evaluate operating results.
Dr. Noah Barsky
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December 6, 2012
Organizational Savvy
Increasing Your Influence and Impact
This workshop adjusts attitudes about power and politics, confronts naiveté about organizational dynamics, and provides practical strategies for building organizational impact. Those strategies include ethical lobbying, addressing hidden agendas, promoting yourself with integrity, and respecting turf and ego. This session is designed to benefit those well-intentioned individuals whose lack of political skills leaves them vulnerable to being underestimated, sabotaged, and denied credit for their ideas and work.
Dr. Rick Brandon
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