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September 23, 2010Innovate Like Edison How to Lead the Creative Process at Work
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.
October 8, 2010Critical Thinking A Model for Avoiding Common Decision Traps
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.
November 10, 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.
December 1, 2010Keeping It Simple Doing Less While Achieving More
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.

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