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February 24, 2010Negotiating Successful Outcomes Strategies for Both Collaborative and Competitive Situations

While a manager needs analytical skills to discover optimal solutions to problems, a broad array of negotiation and communication skills are generally needed in order to get these solutions accepted and implemented. The session is designed to improve the participants' abilities to manage conflict and negotiate effectively in collaborative and competitive situations. Participants are given the opportunity to develop these skills experientially through negotiation simulation exercises.

Dr. Holly Schroth Register Now

March 10, 2010Achieving Rapid Performance Improvement The Two Minute Drill Approach to Leadership

This seminar will explore how managers approach the process of change and guide them through a systematic analysis of how to accelerate real and rapid performance improvement. This dynamic hands-on and interactive learning experience will establish the numerous similarities between Rapid Performance Improvement and a Two-Minute Drill in American football. This parallel creates a powerful metaphor for leaders to make successful change happen faster.

Dr. Clinton Longenecker Register Now

April 22, 2010Aligning the Key Elements that Drive Performance Strategic Leadership

Today's leaders are faced with a daunting challenge: maintaining performance and profitability while at the same time evolving their organizations to accommodate the new structures and technologies demanded by the networked economy. This highly interactive workshop will help leaders to assess their personal readiness - and that of their organization - to take advantage of the opportunities presented in today's unprecedented environment of change and innovation.

Dr. Albert Vicere Register Now

May 13, 2010Winning Management Building a High-Performance Workplace

This seminar provides participants with strategies for building an organizational culture that promotes performance, productivity and profitability. Learn how to align your employees behind a meaningful philosophy that gives them a sense of purpose and makes them want to stay long term. This seminar is full of practical tips, tools and strategies that you can apply today to improve performance!

Dr. Wolf Rinke Register Now

May 25, 2010Succeeding in a Dynamic World Becoming a Super-Flexible OrganizationPlease Note: This session will be held in Santa Clara.

Today, we live in a dynamic and inter-connected world. This session is about how business leaders can harness uncertainty and make their teams and organizations "super-flexible". Based on 25 years of field research, advisory work, and professional experience in Silicon Valley's innovative ecosystem, Dr. Bahrami will present a cross-functional, general management toolkit for organizing, leading, and ultimately re-inventing knowledge enterprises for a dynamic world.

Dr. Homa Bahrami Register Now

June 30, 2010Keeping People Motivated and Engaged in an Environment of Instability

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.

Dr. Robert Bies Register Now

July 28, 2010The One-Day MBA Tools for Making Better 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 to best be used to evaluate operating results.

Dr. Anthony Catanach, Jr.Register Now

August 17, 2010Dealing with Difficult People Bringing Out the Best in Others, Even at Their Worst

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.

Dr. Richard Brinkman Register Now

September 17, 2010Managing Uncertainty Using Dynamic Scenarios to Improve Results

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.

Dr. Kathy Pearson Register Now

September 29, 2010Reaching 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 Register Now

October 19, 2010The Leader-Coach Performance Improvement One Conversation at a Time

Effective coaching requires leaders to establish meaningful relationships in which they can engage in uniquely positive, candid and demanding conversations aimed at producing significant performance improvements. This seminar incorporates the very best practices employed by professional coaches and draws upon our extensive knowledge of experiential leadership development. Taught through a series of lectures, interactive exercises and practices, workshop participants will also be guided through The Leader As Coach model.

Mr. Gregg Thompson Register Now

November 2, 2010How to Use Candor and Constructive Confrontation to Increase AccountabilityPlease Note: This session will be held in Santa Clara.

This practical seminar develops skills for planning, leading, and following up on Candor Conversations about expectations and agreements. We tackle both the smoother, preventive discussions around clear upfront Agreements, as well as the most stressful of work discussions - Constructive Confrontations. We'll provide antidotes for someone repeatedly breaking an agreement - instead of giving up, blowing up at the person, or burying the issue.

Dr. Rick Brandon Register Now

November 9, 2010The Power of Collaboration The Foundation of Great Leadership

Collaboration has never been more important than it is in today's challenging business environment. Collaboration increases engagement, innovation, productivity, and organizational competitiveness. But collaboration doesn't happen without great leadership. 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 Register Now

December 9, 2010Building Resilience and Agility for Challenging Times

Balancing work and personal life in a 24-7 environment amidst tumultuous corporate change is no small task. Leaders who build their personal resilience are able to rise above the chaos, creating a means for maintaining drive and stamina while finding opportunities to relax, restore and rejuvenate. This is a must-attend session for leaders who want to increase their personal energy, focus and performance. You will also gain techniques for translating personal practices into team synergy and results.

Dr. Jan Ferri-Reed Register Now