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.

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.

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.

Through fascinating examples from history, including the Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, and the tragedy on Mount Everest, this workshop will explore the following: the five myths of executive decision making; how to foster open debate; how to achieve "diversity in counsel, unity in command"; how to move to closure: overcoming the inability to decide; avoiding "analysis paralysis" and other pitfalls; how to gain the whole-hearted commitment to act; and how to address hidden doubts that could undermine your final decision.

This session focuses providing a concrete definition of executive presence and a nine dimension model for creating a more complete expression of it. Using discussion, video illustration, and small group activities, participants see exactly what others are looking for when evaluating executive presence and the specific things that can be done to improve the expression of it. They also see how authenticity, skill, and balance in expressing the nine dimensions provide the foundation for great leadership.

This session is a unique, comprehensive habit-improvement program that mentally, physically, and emotionally improves your sphere of living. The program teaches specific techniques for making this an automatic part of your subconscious mind. It will help you eliminate self-defeating behavior and improve your self-confidence through positive, success-generating habits, putting you on the road to greater achievement and a more rewarding life. This one-day format highlights the popular three-day Successful Life Course featured positively on CBS News' 60 Minutes.

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.

This session will explore a break-through way of looking at strategy and focus on how we actually learn to think strategically. Four key issues are addressed in this seminar: Why do organizations need strategic thinkers? What is a strategic thinker? Who is a strategic thinker? And how can strategic thinking be developed? You'll learn to re-define your thinking about strategy and practice some techniques for becoming more agile and innovative in your thinking about strategy.

In the age of empowerment, teamwork and constant change, there is no more valuable skill for leaders to develop than effective communication. In this workshop you will learn how to quickly connect with an audience, how to sell people on listening, how to keep your presentation from sounding rehearsed even when it is, and how to craft a message that gets results. You'll learn how to deal with tough audiences and how to use humor, participation and stories effectively.

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.

The only sustainable competitive advantage of tomorrow will be the capacity to outlearn your competition. Future leaders will be those who focus on cornering unique talent and nurturing portable wisdom. This means managers must become mentors to all the employees they influence. The winners of tomorrow will be those who build powerful partnerships for learning. They will be those who can effectively transfer relevant experience, communicate cutting-edge competence and foster insight-producing discovery.