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July 30, 2009The Power of a Positive Attitude How to Create Your Own Success
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.
August 19, 2009Effective Conflict Resolution An Essential Leadership Asset
How a leader manages conflict and facilitates its resolution directly impacts the bottom line and the performance of those they lead. This hands-on course will prepare leaders to do three things: (1) to understand their conflict styles, strengths and areas for development; (2) to learn and apply three tools for effective conflict resolution; and (3) to reflect on and plan for managing an actual conflict they are experiencing in the workplace.
September 10, 2009Innovate Like Edison!Please Note: This session will be held in Santa Clara.
Personal success and fulfillment requires you to learn how to think like an innovator; and innovation is now more important than ever. This program introduces Edison's Five Competencies of Innovation. They are: (1) Solution-Centered Mindset; (2) Kaleidoscopic Thinking; (3) Full-Spectrum Engagement; (4) Master Mind Collaboration; and (5) Super-Value Creation. Each competency will be brought to life with specific, practical "take-home" applications. This program is readily adaptable to specific organizational challenges.
September 23, 2009Championing Yourself and Your Ideas Advocacy at Work
Successful advocates know how important it is to clearly communicate their ideas, how their reputations shape how people respond to their ideas, how they need to build partnerships and alliances with others in getting ideas adopted, how they must "pre-sell" any idea long before formal meetings, and how to be persuasive and influential in meetings. We will discuss new research on each of those topics - research that offers you interesting and surprising ways to champion innovations in your organization.
October 14, 2009Developing Leadership Charisma Your Actions Speak Louder Than Words
The most capable don't always succeed; the ones who project their ability do. You can be the brightest in your business specialty and produce measurable results, but if you aren't consistently effective with people, it is very difficult to project your influence. In this seminar you'll acquire new tools to develop your own style of strong and directive executive effectiveness and leadership. You'll learn how the best think, act, and relate to others on a whole new level - to both get pulled up from above and pushed up from below.
October 29, 2009What Every Manager Needs to Know About Finance
The purpose of this session is to provide managers from all departments with an understanding of financial reports, financial performance measures (ratio analysis), financial markets (risk and return measures) and the integration of finance and operations. The session is intended for middle and senior managers interested in how financial management can impact their decisions and opportunities. The session assumes no prior background in finance.
November 17, 2009The Emotionally Intelligent Leader How 'EI' Impacts Your Productivity and Effectiveness
As the business environment continues to change, emotional intelligence skills will become increasingly important in determining who succeeds and who fails. This presentation will help participants develop the emotional intelligence competencies required by a position of leadership. Participants will assess, develop, and apply their own emotional intelligence and will learn how to cultivate emotional intelligence in their organization.
December 15, 2009Thinking Strategically How to Move Your Organization Forward
This program is dedicated to simplifying strategy around 4 Ps - Positioning, Priorities, Payments, and Performance. Using the latest strategic frameworks utilized by the Fortune 500 corporations and the world's most prestigious consulting firms, complemented by case studies and current news stories, we will develop those strategic capabilities necessary to be a successful business leader today.

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South Bay Seminars:
IMS/San Francisco is now offering seminars in Santa Clara at David’s Banquet and Conference Center.

These will be in addition to the seminars offered in the San Francisco business district (at the Carnelian Room in the Bank of America building).

The South Bay seminars are highlighted in red.

 
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