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.

Effective leaders empower people in a way that prompts them to take ownership for their role and responsibility for their actions. Leaders also know what they need to do to get people to respond to them. What do successful organizations do to create in their people the ability to take ownership? How do leaders move from managing to leading so that people will follow? This session will not only give an insight into what successful organizations do, but will give practical tips on how to achieve it.

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.

As a leader, you will be expected to influence others, including your team, your superiors, and managers in different departments, as you build support for change and implement new programs. This seminar will examine the qualities and skills of leaders who get "extraordinary" things done under tight time and resource constraints. We will discuss how to get people to embrace change, how to build trust and credibility, how to manage the politics of relationships, and how to inspire those around you to follow your lead.

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.

This program is aimed at both new and experienced managers and leaders-from team and functional managers through more seasoned executives, as well as the coaches who work with these individuals, and it is designed to have immediate practical application. As a result of the program, you will help ensure your success during the critical transition into a new leadership role, minimize common derailing factors and accelerate your learning curve. You will also practice and take away a minimum of six tools that you can use tomorrow.

With the increasing speed, complexity and data availability in today's competitive environment, superior decision skills are more important than ever. This workshop will help you improve your decision making skills by offering behavioral insights into how people actually think and make decisions. It then teaches the advanced critical thinking skills and creative strategies needed to manage unfamiliar, highly complex problems or decisions that involve significant uncertainty.

Participants will examine the root causes of the overload (you own a lot more of that than you think you do!), and how to take back control, one day at a time. The tips, tools and next steps all come from years of researching how people just like you successfully managed their own workflow. But come prepared to be challenged. We will uncover and address your biggest limiting beliefs about control, time, workflow, getting everything done, and what truly matters.

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.

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.