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| Dr. Paul Aldo is the founder and President of Executive Presence Inc., a leadership development firm based in Atlanta, Georgia. His work focuses on executive presence, executive communications, executive teaming and executive assessment. He frequently writes and speaks on issues in executive development and workplace performance, with his book on executive presence scheduled for publication later this year. Click for more information... |
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Executive Presence:
Positioning Yourself for Success| 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. Click for more information... |
 Houston - Mar 7, 2012 |
| Columbus - May 24, 2012 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul - Jun 7, 2012 |
Mr. William Arruda| Mr. William Arruda, dubbed the personal branding guru by Entrepreneur magazine, is credited with turning the concept of personal branding into a global industry. Combining his twenty years' corporate branding experience with his passion for the people, he founded Reach Personal Branding - which has representatives in 25 countries around the globe. Click for more information... |
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Maximizing Your Career Opportunities by
Managing Your Personal Brand| Counter to what many think, personal branding is not about creating a false image for the outside world. It's about gaining clarity on your strengths, passions, values and skills and using this self-awareness to drive greater value for your career and the company. To achieve your goals, you must demonstrate your value through everything you do and make an indelible mark on your internal and external constituencies. You must build a powerful and pervasive reputation among team members and with everyone with whom you interact. Click for more information... |
| Chicago - Feb 15, 2012 |
| Pittsburgh - Jul 18, 2012 |
Dr. John Austin| Dr. John Austin is a Faculty Member and Senior Consultant for Decision Strategies International (DSI). Dr. Austin is a thought leader in the areas of team leadership, knowledge transfer in teams, and organizational change implementation. His research on knowledge-based decision making teams is widely cited in the academic literature as is his work on the strategic actions of internal change agents. Click for more information... |
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Building and Sustaining High-Performance Teams| The High Performing Teams program is designed for team members seeking to increase their available skill set, team leaders seeking to move their team to a higher level of performance, and senior executives with an interest in expanding teamwork throughout their organization. Participants will learn to reduce coordination costs and improve effectiveness of team decisions, recognize and overcome common group decision-making biases, and align team efforts with client and organizational demands. Click for more information... |
| Columbus - Feb 15, 2012 |
Dr. Noah Barsky| Dr. Noah Barsky is currently a professor at the Villanova University School of Business, and periodically teaches as a visiting professor for the INSEAD MBA program in Europe. His research and teaching focus on performance measurement, business planning, risk assessment, and contemporary financial reporting issues. Click for more information... |
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The One-Day MBA:
Tools for Making the Best 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 can best be used to evaluate operating results. Click for more information... |
| New York - Feb 16, 2012 |
| London - Mar 6, 2012 |
| Toronto - Jul 11, 2012 |
| Houston - Aug 7, 2012 |
| Seattle - Nov 6, 2012 |
| Los Angeles - Nov 7, 2012 |
| London - Dec 4, 2012 |
| Scotland - Dec 6, 2012 |
Dr. Chip Bell| Dr. Chip Bell author of 18 books including Customer Loyalty Guaranteed, Magnetic Service, Customers As Partners, Managers as Mentors, Managing Knock Your Socks Off Service and his newest book, Take Their Breath Away: How Imaginative Service Creates Devoted Customers. He is a senior partner with The Chip Bell Group near Dallas and consults many Fortune 100 companies. Click for more information... |
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The Leader's Role and Responsibility as Mentor| 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. Click for more information... |
| Cleveland - Mar 7, 2012 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul - Dec 5, 2012 |
Ms. Debra Benton| Ms. Debra Benton, author of Executive Charisma (McGraw-Hill) is an executive coach and international speaker. Her clients include standout companies like Pepsi, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Kraft, McKinsey & Company, and Lockheed-Martin. Benton is regularly featured in Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and has appeared on CNN, Today Show, Good Morning America, and the CBS News with Diane Sawyer. She is the president of Benton Management Resources Inc, in Ft. Collins, Colorado. Click for more information... |
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Developing Leadership Charisma:
Getting Noticed When and Where It Counts| 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. Click for more information... |
| New Jersey - May 3, 2012 |
| Washington D.C. - May 15, 2012 |
| Charlotte - May 17, 2012 |
| Brussels - Aug 28, 2012 |
| Amsterdam - Aug 30, 2012 |
Dr. Edward Betof| Ed Betof Ed.D. is a Senior Fellow, Human Capital, at The Conference Board (TCB). In this role, he supports the Human Capital Practice that includes The Human Capital Exchange™, research, and other initiatives in a broad spectrum of human capital areas. He is the author of Leaders as Teachers: Unlock the Teaching Potential of Your Company’s Best and Brightest (2009). Click for more information... |
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The Leader's Role as Teacher, Coach and Mentor| This is a highly interactive program with numerous opportunities for participants to adapt the content to their work situations. Participants will learn: (1) benefits of and practices of highly effective teachers, coaches and mentors; (2) The importance of storytelling and how to leverage stories for teachable points; (3) 12 multi-purpose teaching and facilitating methods; (4) how to implement a peer coaching process; and (5) different forms and best practices of effective mentoring. Click for more information... |
| San Francisco - Jan 24, 2012 |
| Los Angeles - Jan 25, 2012 |
| Chicago - Apr 16, 2012 |
| Atlanta - Aug 21, 2012 |
| Pittsburgh - Sep 18, 2012 |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth - Dec 4, 2012 |
Dr. Robert Bies| Dr. Robert Bies (Ph.D., Stanford University) is Professor of Management and Founder of the Executive Master's in Leadership Program at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. In addition, he is co-author of the book, Getting Even: The Truth About Workplace Revenge-And How to Stop It, which is published by Jossey-Bass. Click for more information... |
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Influence and Action:
The Core of Leadership| 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. Click for more information... |
| New Jersey - Jan 26, 2012 |
| Charlotte - Jul 18, 2012 |
| Scotland - Aug 23, 2012 |
| Seattle - Oct 4, 2012 |
| Detroit - Nov 8, 2012 |
Keeping People Motivated and
Engaged in an Age 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. Click for more information... |
| London - Aug 22, 2012 |
| Boston - Sep 19, 2012 |
| Houston - Oct 3, 2012 |
Dr. Rick Brandon| Dr. Rick Brandon has 30 years of performance improvement experience and has educated over 100,000 people in workshops and speeches. He owns Brandon Partners, offering workshops on corporate politics and managerial motivation. Dr. Brandon earned a Ph.D. in counseling at the University of Arizona, an M.A. in education from St. Lawrence University, and a B.A. in psychology from Case Western Reserve. Click for more information... |
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Organizational Savvy:
Increasing Your Influence and Impact| This workshop adjusts attitudes about power and politics, confronts naiveté about organizational dynamics, and provides practical strategies for building organizational impact. Those strategies include ethical lobbying, addressing hidden agendas, promoting yourself with integrity, and respecting turf and ego. This session is designed to benefit those well-intentioned individuals whose lack of political skills leaves them vulnerable to being underestimated, sabotaged, and denied credit for their ideas and work. Click for more information... |
| Seattle - Jan 24, 2012 |
| Los Angeles - Dec 6, 2012 |
Mr. Paul Bridle| Mr. Paul Bridle's work is now devoted mainly to developing people to build successful organizations in his specialized area 'Leadership'. He has spent 17 years independently researching global best practices. Mr. Bridle is the author of Leadership; The Never Ending Story, Question Your Thinking, and Things I Have Learnt from my Father/Son. Click for more information... |
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Leading vs Managing:
Knowing the Difference Is Your Key to Success| 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. Click for more information... |
| Charlotte - Feb 9, 2012 |
| Philadelphia - Feb 10, 2012 |
| Toronto - Feb 23, 2012 |
| Columbus - Jun 6, 2012 |
Acquiring the Leadership Attributes
that Build High Performance| Today's organizations need leaders that can drive the business, lead the people and lead themselves. This session will examine the needs of the business, what people want from their leader and what qualities a leader has to motivate themselves. Participants will be able to assess themselves and identify the areas they need to develop to be more effective. Click for more information... |
| Detroit - Jan 19, 2012 |
| Houston - Jun 13, 2012 |
Dr. Richard Brinkman| Dr. Rick Brinkman is the developer of Conscious Communication™ trainings and the principle of Rick Brinkman Productions, Inc, a training and development company. He is author of numerous books including the international bestseller published by McGraw Hill, Dealing With People You Can’t Stand, How to Bring Out the Best in People at Their Worst, which has been translated into 15 languages. Click for more information... |
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Dealing with Difficult People:
Bringing Out the Best in Others| 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. Click for more information... |
| Toronto - Jan 24, 2012 |
| Pittsburgh - Jan 26, 2012 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul - Mar 8, 2012 |
| Detroit - Apr 11, 2012 |
| London - Sep 18, 2012 |
| Scotland - Sep 20, 2012 |
| San Francisco - Oct 3, 2012 |
| Kansas City - Nov 7, 2012 |
Mr. Mark Graham Brown| Mr. Mark Graham Brown is the author of Winning Score: How to Design Organizational Scorecards, and Beyond the Balanced Scorecard: Improving Business Intelligence with Analytics, as well as two best-selling books on the Baldrige Award criteria. He is also co-author of Rx for Business: Troubleshooting Organizational Change Programs, and Why TQM Fails and What to do About It. Click for more information... |
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Measuring and Managing Performance:
The Two Essential Ingredients for Maintaining Excellence| This workshop will provide the skills your need to evaluate your existing performance metrics, and to develop a well-balanced set of measures linked to your vision, key success factors and overall strategic plan. You will learn how to select metrics that balance the needs of shareholders/stakeholders, customers, and employees. Click for more information... |
| Washington D.C. - Nov 8, 2012 |
Mr. Michael Bungay Stanier| Mr. Michael Bungay Stanier is the founder and Principal of Box of Crayons (www.BoxOfCrayons.biz), a company that works with organizations and teams around the world to help them do less Good Work and more Great Work. Box of Crayons' clients range from AstraZeneca to Xerox and are based in North America, Europe and Australia. Click for more information... |
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Break Through the Overwhelm:
Focusing on Work that Makes a Difference| What if you, your team and your organization could do more Great Work and less of the busywork? In this practical, interactive workshop you'll: Come to grips with the difference between Good Work and Great Work; Understand the key three characteristics you need to do more Great Work; Find clues to your own Great Work; Tap into the power of projectization; Learn how to better balance the demands of your organization; and Identify five practical ways to stop the busywork. Click for more information... |
| New York - Jun 12, 2012 |
| Pittsburgh - Jun 13, 2012 |
| Cleveland - Sep 11, 2012 |
| London - Nov 8, 2012 |
| Scotland - Nov 9, 2012 |
| Brussels - Nov 13, 2012 |
| Amsterdam - Nov 14, 2012 |
Mr. Tony Buzan| Mr. Tony Buzan has written over 80 books, including The BrainSmart Leader and The Mind Map Book, making him the BBC's best-ever-selling international author. His work has been published in 100 countries and 30 languages. He is a former Editor of The International Journal of MENSA, Founder of The Brain Trust, and originator of Mind Maps®. Mr. Buzan has also worked with numerous Fortune 500 organizations. Click for more information... |
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Aerobics for the Mind:
Exercising Your Creative Powers| This session will provide an "operator's manual" for the mind. Through innovative concepts and techniques, you will learn to achieve higher levels of creativity, clearer thoughts, increased concentration, and more concise communications. We will examine how Mind Mapping can lead to improvements in your mental abilities. We will discuss simple techniques for remembering names, facts, and figures, and we will explore how to apply the methods used by the great minds in the business, sport and creative worlds. Click for more information... |
| Scotland - Jun 8, 2012 |
| Brussels - Jun 13, 2012 |
Dr. Anthony Catanach, Jr.| Dr. Anthony Catanach Jr. is a professor in the School of Business at Villanova University, an adjunct professor in the Villanova University School of Law, and a visiting professor at INSEAD in France. His teaching and research interests relate primarily to business risk management, financial statement analysis, and earnings management issues. He has authored over fifty journal articles and is currently co-editor of Advances in Accounting Education. Click for more information... |
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The One-Day MBA:
Tools for Making the Best 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. Click for more information... |
| Philadelphia - Jan 24, 2012 |
| Saint Louis - Jun 12, 2012 |
| Kansas City - Jun 13, 2012 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul - Nov 13, 2012 |
Dr. Graeme Codrington| Dr. Graeme Codrington is an expert on the new world of work and multi-generational workplaces. He is a keynote presenter, author, futurist, facilitator and strategy consultant working across multiple industries and sectors. He blends cutting-edge research, thought leading insights with humour, a conversational style and multimedia-driven presentations to create unforgettable experiences that add real value. Click for more information... |
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Mind the Gap:
Understanding and Leveraging Generational Differences| This workshop helps participants understand why people older and younger than themselves have different value systems, and how a generation gap influences attitudes and behaviours. Whether you are leading and managing younger (or older) staff, connecting to customers of all ages (and adapting your style appropriately), recruiting, training or trying to retain talented young employees, or just trying to understand your children (or ageing parents), this workshop has critical insights and practical suggestions for you. Click for more information... |
| Seattle - Jul 26, 2012 |
TIDES of Change:
Five Disruptive Forces Shaping the Workplace| The five forces that will disrupt industries in the next decade are: Technology, Institutional change, Demographics, the Environment and shifting Societal values. These are the T.I.D.E.S. of change. This workshop includes well researched insights into the near future, packaged together with key trends, relevant and interesting facts, case studies and multi-media clips, and lots of opportunity for discussion. Detailed video introduction is available at: http://tinyurl.com/tidesvideo Click for more information... |
| Boston - Jul 23, 2012 |
| Cleveland - Jul 24, 2012 |
Dr. Theo Compernolle| Dr. Theo Compernolle born in Bruges, Belgium originally trained as a medical doctor, neuropsychiatrist and psychotherapist. He became an expert on the emotional and relational aspects of leadership and the enhancement of resilience of executives, executive teams and organizations. He is the Suez Chair on Leadership and Personal Development of the century old Solvay Business School of the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Click for more information... |
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Maintaining Focus and Drive in a World of Stress,
Multitasking and Nonstop Connectivity| This workshop aims primarily at the understanding of stress and its relationship with resilience and performance at these three levels. Special attention will be given at the impact of and coping with multitasking, being always connected, information overload and open-offices. The program is very interactive and flexible. Starting from the basic framework, the participants get much freedom to steer the workshop in the direction of their own interests and needs. Click for more information... |
| Amsterdam - Jun 5, 2012 |
| Brussels - Dec 4, 2012 |
Mr. Ron Crossland| Mr. Ron Crossland has worked with talent from the boiler room to the boardroom, a range of experience that has taught him that regardless of position, individuals’ work matters. He has helped individuals, teams, and organizations develop better leaders, create more innovation, forge better internal and external relationships, and inspire greater performance. Click for more information... |
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The Leader’s Voice:
Communication That Inspires Action and Gets Results| This workshop is designed for individuals who want to advance their communication skills beyond presentation or platform skills. It is useful for any person in a communication rich job role. Based on research over the past fifty years, some of it original to the author, it demonstrates how the best communicators inform, persuade, negotiate, inspire, coach, discuss, or debate across all communication situations - small group, large group, one-on-one, email, internal messages, or external messages. Click for more information... |
| New York - Apr 17, 2012 |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth - Jun 12, 2012 |
| San Francisco - Jun 13, 2012 |
Dr. John Daly| Dr. John Daly is the Liddell Professor in the College of Communication, Distinguished Teaching Professor, and Texas Commerce Bancshares Professor of Management at the University of Texas at Austin. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on topics such as interpersonal communication, organizational behavior, advocacy and persuasion, and customer loyalty. Click for more information... |
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Championing Your Ideas at Work:
Becoming Your Own Best Advocate| 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. Click for more information... |
| Charlotte - Jun 6, 2012 |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth - Oct 10, 2012 |
| Saint Louis - Nov 7, 2012 |
| New York - Nov 14, 2012 |
| Boston - Dec 5, 2012 |
| New Jersey - Dec 6, 2012 |
Dr. Darleen DeRosa| Dr. Darleen DeRosa is a managing partner at OnPoint Consulting. She brings more than twelve years of management consulting experience, with deep expertise in the areas of talent/succession management, executive assessment, virtual teams, and organizational assessment. Dr. DeRosa works with clients such as Accenture, Deloitte, FM Global, GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson. Click for more information... |
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Leading High Performance Virtual Teams| Leading From a Distance focuses on the factors that are most important for remote leadership and provides practical tools and guidelines that virtual team leaders can use to enhance their own and their team's effectiveness. Leading From a Distance is based on OnPoint's groundbreaking global study which identified the factors that differentiate the most effective virtual leaders and geographically dispersed teams. Click for more information... |
| New Jersey - May 24, 2012 |
Mr. Mitch Ditkoff| Mr. Mitch Ditkoff is the co-founder and President of Idea Champions, a highly acclaimed management consulting and training company, headquartered in Woodstock, NY. He specializes in helping forward thinking organizations go beyond business as usual, originate breakthrough products and services, and establish dynamic, sustainable cultures of innovation. Click for more information... |
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Ingenious Leadership:
Invoking Innovation in Others| Today many organizations are launching all kinds of "innovation initiatives" hoping to differentiate themselves from the competition. Sadly, too much attention is being paid to process and too little attention is being paid to people and the art of fostering the kind of organizational culture that is the wellspring of innovation. Participants will have an engaging, hands on opportunity to think deeply about change, creativity, commitment and what they can do to jump start a sustainable culture of innovation within their respective spheres of influence. Click for more information... |
| New Jersey - Apr 19, 2012 |
Dr. Jan Ferri-Reed| Dr. Jan Ferri-Reed is a seasoned consultant and President of KEYGroup®, a 28-year Pittsburgh-based speaking, education and assessment firm. She has presented a variety of programs to thousands of managers and employees in a diverse range of organizations across the globe. She provides guidance, wisdom and wit to leaders who want to create productive and profitable workplaces. Click for more information... |
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Leading Multiple Generations in the Workplace| The Millennial generation (also known as Generation Y) is entering the workforce by the millions. As they settle into cubicles 'next door' to their predecessors, a pronounced culture clash between the four generations (Matures, Boomers, Gen X and Millennials) - each with its own unique characteristics and expectations - is inevitable in the workplace. This session will provide leaders with insights and strategies for engaging all generations and for enhancing intergenerational communication, productivity and results. Click for more information... |
| Los Angeles - Aug 15, 2012 |
Dr. Iris Firstenberg| Dr. Iris Firstenberg is an Adjunct Professor of Psychology, UCLA and Adjunct Professor of Management at the UCLA Anderson School. She teaches courses on problem solving, decision making, and innovative thinking in both the psychology department and MBA programs. In UCLA Anderson Executive Education programs, Dr. Firstenberg has taught for many years and is consistently one of the most highly rated instructors. Click for more information... |
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Achieving Extraordinary Outcomes:
Models for Innovative Thinking| Successful organizations operate on the edge of chaos and embrace risk, error, and ambiguity, while practicing strategies that reduce the need for doing, undoing, and redoing. You will learn key strategies and practical tools to give you the adaptive capacity to work creatively with change and uncertainty. We will discuss strategies for tapping the human potential for creative thinking, from the inception of ideas to their transformation into practical business strategies and innovations. Click for more information... |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth - May 16, 2012 |
| Columbus - Aug 8, 2012 |
| Toronto - Aug 10, 2012 |
Dr. Ed Foreman| Dr. Ed Foreman has been recognized for his remarkable leadership, and counseling of more than 30,000 graduates of his renowned, life-enhancing SUCCESSFUL LIFE course. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, author of The Power of Positive Thinking said, "Ed Foreman is a highly inspirational person. I'd like to be exposed to him more often. There is truth, meaning and life in what he teaches." Click for more information... |
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Creating Your Own Success:
The Power of a Positive Attitude| 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. Click for more information... |
| New York - Mar 15, 2012 |
| London - May 15, 2012 |
| Scotland - May 17, 2012 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul - Jul 12, 2012 |
| Philadelphia - Aug 28, 2012 |
| Detroit - Sep 27, 2012 |
Dr. Paul Friga| Dr. Paul Friga is a professor at the Kenan-Flagler School of Business at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he teaches courses in management consulting and strategy. He also serves as the Director of the Consulting Concentrations for undergraduates and MBAs. He researches strategic decision-making, knowledge transfer, intuition, management consulting processes and entrepreneurship. Click for more information... |
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Improve Your Real-Time Decision Making:
Recognizing the Blindspots| This seminar will focus on understanding "blindspots" that lead to poor decision-making by executives and remedies that can mitigate the damage in organizations. After a discussion on the latest theoretical findings on this topic, the participants will work in teams to develop stories of blindspots at work based upon their experience (and/or current news stories). They (with the assistance of Dr. Friga) will also present tactical suggestions on how they could have been avoided (and will be avoided moving forward). Click for more information... |
| Philadelphia - May 8, 2012 |
| Columbus - Sep 13, 2012 |
| Cleveland - Dec 4, 2012 |
Mr. Steven Gaffney| Mr. Steven Gaffney is one of the most sought-after experts on honest, interpersonal communication strategies and solutions to increase team collaboration and performance, sales, and profits. He works directly with top leaders in Fortune 500 companies, governmental agencies, the military, and unions, as well as with speakers, writers, entertainers, teachers, parents, and couples. Click for more information... |
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Getting to the Honest Truth:
Improving Leadership, Communication and Teamwork| One of the top problems in the work world today is the failure to distinguish what is "noticed" (the facts of the situation) from what is "imagined" (opinions, thoughts, evaluations, conclusions). Think of how often people operate and make decisions as if their opinions are fact rather than exploring the real truth. This misdiagnosis becomes even more exacerbated when people have different agendas, goals, and backgrounds. This workshop will demonstrate tools and techniques for improving open, honest communication and provide a forum to practice them. Click for more information... |
| Houston - Jan 24, 2012 |
| Scotland - Mar 20, 2012 |
| London - Mar 22, 2012 |
| Brussels - Mar 27, 2012 |
| Amsterdam - Mar 29, 2012 |
| Chicago - Jun 5, 2012 |
| Kansas City - Jul 18, 2012 |
| Saint Louis - Jul 19, 2012 |
| Pittsburgh - Nov 14, 2012 |
| Washington D.C. - Dec 5, 2012 |
Ms. Linda Galindo| Ms. Linda Galindo is a former radio news personality, turned author, educator, and highly sought after speaker and consultant who is an expert in the field of executive leadership and accountability. Ms. Galindo helps leaders realize their definition of success by applying a unique, dynamic, transformational approach to personal accountability which has left a lasting impression on thousands of people across the US and Canada. Click for more information... |
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No Nonsense, No Excuses:
How Personal Accountability Promotes Success| This interactive program will take you through an effective and immediately useful education that instills personal accountability in the work environment. When the learning is applied and the three tools are used, personal accountability will result in less time spent managing and more time coaching and mentoring. You will take an Accountability Assessment on-line that starts your learning journey and receive feedback on the results at the session. Click for more information... |
| Kansas City - Feb 21, 2012 |
| Saint Louis - Feb 23, 2012 |
| New York - Jul 17, 2012 |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth - Jul 19, 2012 |
| Seattle - Aug 15, 2012 |
| Washington D.C. - Sep 18, 2012 |
| New Jersey - Sep 20, 2012 |
Mr. Michael Gelb| Mr. Michael Gelb is a pioneer in the fields of creative thinking, accelerated learning and innovative leadership. Gelb leads seminars for organizations such as DuPont, IBM, Merck, Microsoft, Nike, and YPO. He brings more than 30 years of experience as a professional speaker, seminar leader, and organizational consultant to his diverse, international clientele. Click for more information... |
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Create like da Vinci, Innovate like Edison| 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. Click for more information... |
| Atlanta - Jan 24, 2012 |
| Washington D.C. - Feb 14, 2012 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul - Feb 16, 2012 |
| Los Angeles - Mar 21, 2012 |
| Saint Louis - Aug 7, 2012 |
| Kansas City - Aug 9, 2012 |
The Innovative Communicator:
Creative Approaches to Expand Your Influence| Renowned as an original thinker and thought leader in the fields of creative thinking and innovative leadership, Michael J. Gelb now brings his unique and compelling perspective to help you become a more effective communicator. For more than 30 years, Michael has consulted with organizations globally to help leaders develop the influence, persuasion and people management skills that facilitate creative change. He is the author of Present Yourself: Captivate Your Audience with Great Presentation Skills. Click for more information... |
| Boston - Jun 6, 2012 |
Dr. Marshall Goldsmith| Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is a world authority in helping successful leaders get even better by achieving positive, lasting change in behavior: for themselves, their people and their teams. The American Management Association named Dr. Goldsmith as one of 50 great thinkers and leaders who have influenced the field of management over the past 80 years. Click for more information... |
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The Manager as Coach:
Creating the Leaders of the Future| A profile of "Coaching for Behavioral Change" will be presented and participants will learn the latest techniques for encouraging feedback to develop others (and to develop themselves). The concept of empowerment will be analyzed from a practical, real-world perspective. Participants will learn how to apply key concepts, and the latest research on feedback and follow-up will be used to show how leaders can coach in a way that produces guaranteed results for both individuals and teams. Click for more information... |
| Philadelphia - Jun 12, 2012 |
| New Jersey - Jun 14, 2012 |
| Toronto - Jun 15, 2012 |
| Kansas City - Sep 18, 2012 |
| Saint Louis - Sep 19, 2012 |
| Chicago - Dec 4, 2012 |
Dr. Carol Kinsey Goman| Dr. Carol Kinsey Goman is an executive coach, management consultant, and keynote speaker for corporations, associations and government agencies. Clients include over 100 organizations in 24 countries. She is the founder of Kinsey Consulting Services, which focuses on coaching executives in leadership communication and the hidden impact of body language. Click for more information... |
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The Power of Collaborative Leadership| The leader's new role is to encourage employees to see themselves as empowered and valued contributors - and to help them build their knowledge base, expand their personal networks, and to offer their ideas and perspectives in service of a common goal. 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. Click for more information... |
| Los Angeles - Feb 16, 2012 |
| London - Jul 17, 2012 |
| Scotland - Jul 19, 2012 |
Prof. Keith Grint| Prof. Keith Grint is Professor of Public Leadership at Warwick University. Before that he was Professor of Defence Leadership at Cranfield University and Deputy Principal at the Defence College of Management and Technology within the Defence Academy in Shrivenham. He is a founding co-editor of the journal Leadership published by Sage and founding co-organizer of the International Conference in Researching Leadership. Click for more information... |
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A New Framework for Problem Solving:
Tools and Insights for Leaders| This session will consider why we generally find change so difficult and what we might do about this problem. It begins by setting out a general framework for considering different categories of change, Tame Problems, which we associate with Management as a decision style, Critical Problems which we associate with Command, and Wicked Problems we associate with Leadership. Participants will then go on to consider the role of organizational culture in change and explain why so called ‘Elegant’ (internally coherent) cultures are fine for fixing Tame and Critical Problems but insufficient to address the more intractable Wicked Problems. These need Clumsy Solutions that transcend the boundaries of elegant cultures and require a more practical and experimental approach. Click for more information... |
| London - Jan 24, 2012 |
Mr. Don Harrison| Mr. Don Harrison, President and founder of IMA, brings more than 30 years of consulting experience to the organization. He has consulted to senior executives at Fortune 500 Companies, multi-national corporations, entrepreneurial ventures and government agencies to increase the speed and reduce the cost of major change. Click for more information... |
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Implementing Organizational Changes:
Practical Tactics for Increasing Readiness and Sponsorship| The Accelerating Implementation Methodology (AIM) is a systematic and structured process for managing the human elements of all kinds of large-scale organizational changes, such as mergers/acquisitions, organizational restructurings, culture changes, and Lean implementations. By predicting, managing and expediting the human elements of these changes, step-by-step, managers and executives can have more impact with less effort. Organizations can target their scarce resources to have maximum impact and accelerate Return on Investment. Click for more information... |
| San Francisco - Feb 9, 2012 |
Mr. Bill Hawkins| Mr. Bill Hawkins specializes in leadership effectiveness and organizational change. In association with the Alliance 4 Strategic Leadership: Coaching and Consulting, he has conducted leadership training in over twenty Fortune 500 companies in seventeen countries. Listed in Who's Who in International Business, Bill is a contributing author in the Peter Drucker Foundation book The Organization of the Future. Click for more information... |
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Get the Most From Your 'B' and 'C' Players
While Developing Your High Performers| 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. Click for more information... |
| Pittsburgh - Feb 9, 2012 |
| Detroit - Feb 13, 2012 |
| Atlanta - Feb 15, 2012 |
| Cleveland - Feb 16, 2012 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul - Apr 4, 2012 |
| Kansas City - Apr 5, 2012 |
| Washington D.C. - Apr 19, 2012 |
| Los Angeles - Sep 13, 2012 |
Using Performance-Based Coaching
to Make Your Best Performers Even Better| This session will focus on how to be an effective coach. A profile of "Coaching for Behavioral Change" will be presented and participants will learn the latest techniques for encouraging feedback to develop others (and to develop themselves). Participants will learn how to apply key concepts. The latest research on feedback and follow-up will be used to show leaders how to coach in a way that produces "guaranteed" results for both individuals and teams. Click for more information... |
| Brussels - Sep 27, 2012 |
| Amsterdam - Sep 28, 2012 |
| London - Oct 2, 2012 |
Mr. Paul Hellman| Mr. Paul Hellman is an author, speaker, consultant, and a recognized expert in breakthrough thinking & communication. He is the president of express potential® and author of Naked at Work: How to Stay Sane When Your Job Drives You Crazy (Penguin) and Ready, Aim, You're Hired! (Amacom). Click for more information... |
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Breakthrough Thinking for Breakthrough Results| In this workshop you will practice new ways to think, and to apply these techniques to a current challenge you're facing. We'll begin by clearly defining a specific business result you would like to achieve in the next 90 days. It could be resolving a problem, leveraging an opportunity, or promoting an innovation. Then, through a variety of different exercises - carefully balanced between group work and individual reflection - you'll practice 10 techniques for advancing your result. Click for more information... |
| Boston - Apr 24, 2012 |
| Houston - May 16, 2012 |
Challenging Conversations:
How to Listen and Speak with Confidence| It's tempting to avoid difficult conversations at work. They feel uncomfortable; they seem risky. The issue is how to conduct these conversations with skill. In this program, you'll identify a specific, challenging conversation that you intend to have at work in the next 30 days; then you'll learn the skills to manage it effectively. Throughout the workshop, you'll apply new tools, tactics and techniques to your situation. The purpose of the workshop is to jumpstart your conversation. Click for more information... |
| New York - May 24, 2012 |
| Atlanta - Jul 17, 2012 |
| Detroit - Oct 23, 2012 |
Ms. Ann Herrmann-Nehdi| Ms. Ann Herrmann-Nehdi is a thought leader and frequent keynote speaker about thinking and learning in today's changing environment. Her organization, Herrmann International publishes the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument ® (HBDI®) based on over 30 years of research on thinking and the brain. Click for more information... |
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The Mindset of Successful Leadership:
Outthink, Outpace and Outperform the Competition| This highly interactive session will reveal the four secrets of effective leadership and how you can build the agile thinking skills necessary to meet the mental demands of today's constantly shifting business environment. By exploring thinking styles and their impact on communication, information processing and decision making, you'll learn how to become a more successful leader, collaborator and problem solver in your daily responsibilities while also developing the strategic mindset you need to plan the future. Click for more information... |
| Saint Louis - Jan 26, 2012 |
Prof. Gordon Hewitt, CBE| Professor Gordon Hewitt CBE, FRSE is Adjunct Professor of Business Administration, and formerly Distinguished Visiting Professor of International Business and Corporate Strategy, at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. His interests cover the fields of global competition, corporate strategy, and the value added of executive leadership. Click for more information... |
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Exploring New Mindsets for a New World:
The Changing Rules of Strategy| Prof. Gordon Hewitt will lay out a practical framework that demands a fundamental rethinking of: (1) what competition is now all about in today's complex global markets; (2) what strategy needs to be about, and how to give it credibility; and (3) what top managers need to do to steer their companies through uncharted competitive territory. Prof. Hewitt will also demonstrate why retreating to the "core" and improving incremental efficiency is not good enough. Click for more information... |
| New York - Sep 19, 2012 |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth - Sep 21, 2012 |
| Kansas City - Oct 17, 2012 |
| Scotland - Oct 25, 2012 |
Dr. Dwight Jaggard| Dr. Dwight Jaggard consults, coaches and teaches around the world on leadership development, team building, enhancing communications, political savvy and influence and technical topics. His blend of interpersonal, business, academic and technology skills provides an ideal background for working with individuals from diverse backgrounds. Click for more information... |
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Political Savvy:
Advance Your Career by Expanding Your Influence| This seminar vividly brings to life the interplay of power, politics and influence - both upward and across the organization. We will debunk the stereotype of politics as emerging from an unethical manipulative underworld. The key is to know the strategies that enhance our impact on the organization. These strategies work hand-in-hand with the personal characteristics and tactics of leadership that we may already possess. Participants will learn to diagnose political styles and map political terrains. Click for more information... |
| Cleveland - Jan 24, 2012 |
| Toronto - Apr 19, 2012 |
| New York - Sep 28, 2012 |
Ms. Sara King| Ms. Sara King helps leaders explore their potential and increase their performance through her expertise as an executive coach, keynote speaker, author, workshop designer and facilitator. During 25 years in leadership development, she has served thousands of executives in Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, educational institutions and nonprofits. Click for more information... |
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Critical Success Factors for Women Leaders| In this session, women leaders will examine their own profile of success and areas for development. They will also focus on the key ingredients that continue to hold women back: not developing and articulating a leadership vision, not paying attention to the political landscape, and not strengthening the breadth and depth of relationships. They will leave this session with practical tools and individual insights to apply in their current roles. Click for more information... |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth - Apr 4, 2012 |
| Toronto - Sep 25, 2012 |
Dr. Rick Kirschner| Dr. Rick Kirschner (TheArtofChange.com) is a best-selling author and respected authority who offers a powerful approach to dealing with change and communication that unlocks creativity, enhances teamwork and leadership, increases commitment, service and innovation. He is the coauthor of the international bestseller, Dealing With People You Can't Stand: How To Bring Out The Best In People At Their Worst, Life By Design, and Love Thy Customer. Click for more information... |
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Dealing with Difficult People| Dealing with people at their worst is something we all do everyday, but that doesn't make it any easier. In this humorous, informative seminar, Dr. Kirschner shows you how to take the pain out of dealing with problem people by revealing the attitudes and behaviors that will help you solve people problems. This presentation shifts the focus from being reactive to proactive, from struggling with people to building relationships with them, from seeing what's wrong to doing what is right. Click for more information... |
| Houston - Feb 15, 2012 |
| Los Angeles - Mar 6, 2012 |
| Charlotte - Sep 18, 2012 |
Influence and the Art of Persuasion| Expand your reach and vision beyond the boundaries of your own efforts! Achieve your objectives with the assistance of others! Develop your skills, confidence and determination as you explore the amazing designs and practical patterns of the Art of Persuasion. In this seminar, you will learn to approach people with an ability to hear what has not been said, an awareness of what moves and motivates, a determination that what gets communicated is exactly what you intend, and the confidence to get it across in a compelling and meaningful way. Click for more information... |
| Chicago - Jan 24, 2012 |
Mr. Peter Krembs| Mr. Peter Krembs, thought leader on leadership and executive development, helps technical and professional experts navigate transitions into leadership and executive roles as a seminar leader and executive coach. He is a Fellow in Executive Education at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota, and faculty member of the Center for Character Based Leadership. He is also the co-author of On-The-Level, Performance Communication that Works. Click for more information... |
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Transitioning to Management:
Leading Professional and Expert-Based Groups| This session will help participants define and distinguish leadership and management responsibilities in a technical or professional group or team. The session will also address how to first understand and then adapt to some of the unique motivational interests and viewpoints among technical and professional experts a leader is likely to encounter. Those in lead positions, technical project managers or those who have recently moved into managing a technical or professional function will find this session most helpful. Click for more information... |
| Charlotte - Jan 25, 2012 |
| Brussels - Jul 3, 2012 |
| Amsterdam - Jul 4, 2012 |
| Pittsburgh - Aug 22, 2012 |
Mr. Kaihan Krippendorff| Mr. Kaihan Krippendorff is the creator of The Fourth Option™ approach, a strategic methodology that teaches executives and businesses how to seize opportunities others ignore, unlock innovation, and build strategic thinking skills. A former consultant with McKinsey & Co., he has spent over a decade studying corporate conflict. Click for more information... |
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The Power of Strategic Thinking
to Drive Growth and Success| In this seminar, Mr. Krippendorff teaches the five key strategies that have been proven to drive growth, and will show participants how to build their own organizational playbook filled with time-tested approaches. This unique program blends fundamental strategic concepts with cognitive science, systems thinking, and Eastern philosophy into a practical set of tools. Mr. Krippendorff will introduce the role that strategic narratives play in business strategy, and attendees will leave with a set of tools to help them consistently identify and seize opportunities others overlook. Click for more information... |
| Washington D.C. - Jan 24, 2012 |
| Scotland - Apr 19, 2012 |
| London - Apr 20, 2012 |
| Brussels - Apr 24, 2012 |
| Amsterdam - Apr 25, 2012 |
| Los Angeles - May 2, 2012 |
| Seattle - May 3, 2012 |
| Saint Louis - May 15, 2012 |
| Chicago - Sep 11, 2012 |
| Detroit - Sep 12, 2012 |
Ms. Alesia Latson| Ms. Alesia Latson has been studying and practicing the art and science of leadership and organizational development for over 21 years. Ms. Latson has worked with hundreds of leaders at all levels to expand their management and leadership effectiveness. She is the co-author of More Time for You – A Powerful System for Organizing Your Work and Get Things Done. Click for more information... |
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Building Your Personal Brand| The 5 P's of Leadership Brand® are Persona, Product, Packaging, Promotion and Permission. Each is explored in-depth, and leadership challenges that exist in each are discussed. Participants identify their 'achievable ideal' brand, and articulate it as a future target. Areas of developmental focus are identified (to move from current brand to future brand), and action planning in a live, round-robin format, takes place. Participants leave with specific next steps they can put into practice immediately following the session. Click for more information... |
| Boston - Mar 27, 2012 |
Dr. David Lei| Dr. David Lei is Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the Edwin L. Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He has taught classes on competitive strategy, strategic alliances, innovation, managing in high-technology industries and organization design to a variety of participants across different MBA programs and executive education seminars. Click for more information... |
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Acquiring and Leveraging New Capabilities:
The New Organizational Imperative| Rapid environmental change emanating from a number of different fronts (technology, customers, competitors, and globalization) have pushed firms to become more ambidextrous in their approaches to innovating new products and services while sustaining their profitability. Tomorrow's firms will need organization designs and approaches that promote both new ways of thinking as well as strong execution. In this workshop, we explore how firms from a variety of industries have attempted to reinvent themselves to build leading market positions. Click for more information... |
| Brussels - Oct 9, 2012 |
| Amsterdam - Oct 10, 2012 |
Mr. Richard Lepsinger| Mr. Richard Lepsinger is President of OnPoint Consulting and the focus of his work has been on helping organizations close the gap between strategy and execution. He has addressed executive conferences and made presentations to leadership teams on the topics of leader effectiveness, strategy execution, managing change, performance management, and developing competency models to enhance organizational performance. Click for more information... |
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Influence with Impact:
A Game Plan for Success| This session will cover high-impact strategies to influence and gain commitment from others effectively. The session will be highly interactive and provide practical tools and techniques to enhance your ability to gain support for your ideas and initiatives. Participants will complete the Influence With Impact self-assessment to better understand which influence tactics they use most frequently. Case studies will provide an opportunity for participants to practice using the key concepts and models before applying them to an on-the-job situation. Click for more information... |
| Atlanta - Apr 17, 2012 |
| Columbus - Apr 18, 2012 |
| Washington D.C. - Jun 7, 2012 |
| San Francisco - Jul 11, 2012 |
Dr. Clinton Longenecker| Dr. Clinton Longenecker has recently been described by Career Publications as, "one of the top motivational speakers in the U.S. who can blend cutting edge research, common sense, humor and conviction into a real and inspiring call for better performance that can help us all!" His teaching and research interests are in leadership, organizational success, and all facets of performance improvement. Click for more information... |
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Getting Outstanding Results:
Five Absolutes for Achieving High Performance| This dynamic, interactive and hands-on learning experience will: provide specific tools to help leaders better understand the causes of managerial failure; equip managers to better focus their people and themselves on desired outcomes; help leaders effectively equip their people to perform at higher levels; demonstrate the importance of creating a working environment that fosters better results; encouraging managers to maximize people power and will make a strong case for developing both people and processes in your quest for better results. Click for more information... |
| Columbus - Jan 26, 2012 |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth - Feb 16, 2012 |
| Houston - Apr 5, 2012 |
| Saint Louis - Apr 26, 2012 |
| New Jersey - Jul 12, 2012 |
| Charlotte - Aug 15, 2012 |
David Posen, M.D.| David Posen, M.D. is the author of three best-selling books: Always Change a Losing Game, Staying Afloat When the Water Gets Rough and, most recently, The Little Book of Stress Relief. Dr. Posen has spoken widely to education, government, business and professional groups across North America. Click for more information... |
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Managing Competing Demands:
Getting It Done and Having a Life| The objectives of this dynamic, interactive session are to help participants: (1) develop a clear picture of the Work-Life Balance they would like to achieve; (2) identify obstacles that stand in the way of achieving their desired balance; (3) develop a repertoire of action strategies and tools for overcoming current obstacles and any that may arise in the future; and (4) develop their own personal action plan which is concrete, practical and achievable. Click for more information... |
| Los Angeles - Apr 17, 2012 |
| New Jersey - Nov 8, 2012 |
| Toronto - Dec 4, 2012 |
Ms. Andrea Mayfield| Ms. Andrea Mayfield serves as an executive coach, builds high potential leadership development programs and supports talent management efforts in a wide variety of large companies and industries. She co-authored The Thin Book of® Naming Elephants which was written to illustrate the need for organizations to create candid dialogue which leverages good ideas and airs bad news. Click for more information... |
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Candid Conversations:
Discussing the "Hard Stuff"| Leadership ultimately comes down to conversation and connections, asking questions, listening to responses and consciously leveraging individual input and group conversation. In this seminar you will learn that all organizations have subjects that have become undiscussables and how to bring them to the surface. In this session, the group is guided through a highly interactive process of naming elephants, determining how they impact the organization and deciding what action to take. Click for more information... |
| Seattle - Feb 28, 2012 |
| Houston - Dec 4, 2012 |
| San Francisco - Dec 11, 2012 |
Dr. Kathleen McGahran| Dr. Kathleen McGahran is a co-author of Accounting: A Management Approach. She is an Adjunct Professor at the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University and is Director of the Pelham Consulting Group. Dr. McGahran has designed executive programs for many Fortune 500 companies. Click for more information... |
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Financial Acumen: What Every Manager
Needs to Know About Corporate 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. Topics to be discussed include: the interpretation of financial statements; the use of ratio analysis to interpret how well the company has performed; operational levers that affect company performance; and the cost of raising money (cost of capital) in the debt markets and in the equity (stock) markets. Click for more information... |
| New Jersey - Feb 17, 2012 |
| Atlanta - May 15, 2012 |
Mr. Paul McGee| Mr. Paul McGee is an international speaker, best-selling author and creator of the brand SUMO: Shut Up, Move On. Building on his background in psychology, he brings a fresh perspective to common sense. His goal is simple. He wants to help people achieve better results in life and have more fun in the process, as he seeks to deliver a memorable, motivational, moving-on experience. Click for more information... |
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The SUMO Principles of Leadership| In this highly interactive and practical workshop, Mr. McGee will explore his main SUMO (Shut Up, Move On) principles and how they impact our ability to inspire others. His principles relate to any leader whose organisation would benefit from taking a fresh look at the following five key areas; Change, Relationships, Attitude, Motivation and Stress. Building on his background in behavioural and social psychology, he will give us time to reflect upon our behaviour and that of others and identify what hinders our effectiveness. Click for more information... |
| Scotland - Jan 27, 2012 |
| Seattle - Mar 13, 2012 |
| Saint Louis - Mar 15, 2012 |
| Chicago - Mar 16, 2012 |
| London - Jun 12, 2012 |
| New York - Oct 16, 2012 |
| Philadelphia - Oct 17, 2012 |
| Toronto - Oct 19, 2012 |
Dr. Thomas Monahan| Dr. Thomas Monahan is the John M. Cooney Professor of Accounting and former Dean of the Villanova University School of Business. He has published numerous articles on various topics including cash flow analysis, capital budgeting, inflation accounting, and strategic planning. Dr. Monahan has consulted for, and conducted programs for, over 50 major organizations around the world. Click for more information... |
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Driving Business Results:
The Seven Steps to Financial Acumen| This session will explore the impact of finance in decision making and in the development of strategic initiatives. Understanding the role of profitability, cash flow, risk, cost drivers, etc., in creating firm value will be emphasized. Also, significant emphasis will be placed on how the non-financial manager can utilize financial information through a teamwork approach to decision making. The role of cost drivers and strategic cost analysis in a Value Based Management system will also be discussed. Click for more information... |
| Cleveland - Apr 18, 2012 |
| Brussels - May 23, 2012 |
| Amsterdam - May 24, 2012 |
Financial Dimensions of Decision Making| This program will provide participants with increased understanding of how to better utilize financial measures in making business decisions. The course will introduce valuation concepts that provide the basis for decision making in both financial and corporate environments. The course will be broken down into three parts with short lectures introducing each part followed by short cases that will be solved in small groups of participants that will apply the concepts covered in the lecture. Click for more information... |
| Detroit - Apr 25, 2012 |
Dr. Terry Paulson| Dr. Terry Paulson is the author of 50 Tips for Speaking Like a Pro, Paulson on Change, and They Shoot Managers, Don't They? Since founding Paulson & Associates in 1974, Dr. Paulson has conducted management programs for 3M, Hughes Aircraft, IBM, Merck, Nissan Canada, and hundreds of other organizations. Click for more information... |
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The Art of Listening, The Power of Speaking:
Sharpening Your Communication Edge| 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. Click for more information... |
| San Francisco - May 8, 2012 |
| Detroit - May 10, 2012 |
| New Jersey - Aug 16, 2012 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul - Oct 24, 2012 |
Managing Up and Across the Organization:
Using Your Influence to Achieve Results| In this practical program, you'll also learn how to use timely information, sincere acknowledgement and targeted questions to influence your people's opinions and decisions. You'll explore how ego and issue stakes can help you adjust your influence strategy. Learn how to overcome resistance with appropriate and timely criticism balanced by support. You'll learn how to take a stand and confront problems in a way that builds your relationships. Click for more information... |
| Seattle - May 22, 2012 |
| Chicago - Oct 23, 2012 |
Dr. Kathy Pearson| Dr. Kathy Pearson is a Partner at Decision Strategies International (DSI), and has been involved in strategic planning for a number of organizations across industries and specializes in providing decision process and analysis support to mid and senior level leaders. She also has served as an adjunct associate professor in the Operations and Information Management Department at The Wharton School. Click for more information... |
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Critical 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. Click for more information... |
| New York - Mar 29, 2012 |
| Toronto - Mar 30, 2012 |
| Charlotte - Apr 4, 2012 |
| San Francisco - May 24, 2012 |
| Seattle - Oct 23, 2012 |
| Saint Louis - Oct 25, 2012 |
Managing Uncertainty:
Using Dynamic Thinking to Improve Your 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. Click for more information... |
| Kansas City - May 18, 2012 |
| Houston - Sep 12, 2012 |
Dr. Mary Kay Plantes| Dr. Mary Kay Plantes is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained economist and strategist with a 30-year track record of helping business unit and corporate leaders across a range of industries transcend the landscape of their current thinking to realize their organization's full growth potential through business model innovation. Click for more information... |
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Using Business Model Innovation
to Outmaneuver the Competition| In this seminar, VP/GMs and their senior marketing, finance and sales leaders will learn how to build unique business models on the foundation of hard-to-copy advantages and why business model evolution is Job #1 for management teams in today's open economy. The seminar includes a mix of case studies and work related on participants' businesses. Participants will leave the seminar with fresh insights into growth opportunities for their organization and tools that will enable them to lead stronger strategy processes in their organization. Click for more information... |
| Atlanta - Sep 18, 2012 |
Dr. Stephen Rhinesmith| Dr. Stephen Rhinesmith has been a CEO of global for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, a special US Ambassador to the former Soviet Union, an entrepreneur, founding Chairman of a Department at Moscow State University, an executive coach, and a leadership trainer for thousands of executives in more than 60 countries. Click for more information... |
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What Does It Take to Be a Successful Leader in Today’s World?| This seminar on "Contextual Leadership" will examine the personal, organizational, cultural and global variables that demand different leadership styles in different situations. Dr. Rhinesmith will use his experience, plus his research to illustrate ways in which leaders today need to adapt different styles for different contexts to be successful. He will also discuss what needs to be done to develop leaders who are able to switch from one context to another. Click for more information... |
| San Francisco - Mar 14, 2012 |
| Boston - Oct 10, 2012 |
Dr. Wolf Rinke| Dr. Wolf Rinke, CSP is the President of Wolf Rinke Associates, Inc., a management development and consulting company dedicated to helping organizations and individuals maximize their potential. He has over 30 years of hands-on management and leadership experience and is a widely published author of audio and video programs, numerous CPE programs and bestselling books. Click for more information... |
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Increasing Your Personal Effectiveness| Today's rapidly changing workplace requires managers to leverage the talents and brain power of their team members. This energizing, highly interactive session will provide you with practical tips, tools, and proven strategies for developing powerful interpersonal skills. You will learn how to fulfill the potential of yourself and your team members, increase the level of trust, boost morale, and build a peak performance workplace. Click for more information... |
| Los Angeles - Oct 3, 2012 |
Prof. Michael Roberto| Prof. Michael Roberto is the Trustee Professor of Management at Bryant University in Smithfield, RI, where he teaches leadership, managerial decision-making, and business strategy. His book, Why Great Leaders Don't Take Yes For An Answer, was named one of the top 10 business books of 2005 by The Globe and Mail, Canada's largest daily newspaper. Click for more information... |
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Critical Decision Making:
The Role of Constructive Conflict| 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. Click for more information... |
| Boston - Mar 8, 2012 |
| New Jersey - Mar 15, 2012 |
| Washington D.C. - Mar 22, 2012 |
| Pittsburgh - Apr 25, 2012 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul - May 3, 2012 |
Dr. Alan Robinson| Dr. Alan Robinson, co-author of Corporate Creativity and Ideas Are Free, is one of the foremost experts in the world on managing ideas, creativity and innovation. His books have been translated into seventeen languages. A sought-after speaker, trainer and consultant, he has helped more than a hundred organizations in fifteen countries, and his research has taken him to hundreds more. Click for more information... |
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The Idea-Driven Organization:
Tapping Employee Ideas to Improve Performance| 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. Click for more information... |
| New York - Jan 24, 2012 |
| Boston - Feb 16, 2012 |
| Los Angeles - Jun 12, 2012 |
| Seattle - Jun 13, 2012 |
| Houston - Jul 17, 2012 |
| Philadelphia - Jul 19, 2012 |
| Washington D.C. - Jul 20, 2012 |
| Cleveland - Aug 20, 2012 |
| Chicago - Aug 21, 2012 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul - Aug 23, 2012 |
| Toronto - Nov 14, 2012 |
| Pittsburgh - Dec 11, 2012 |
Dr. Philip Rogers| Dr. Philip Rogers is a clinical assistant professor in the Decision and Information Sciences Department of the University of Houston where he teaches courses in statistics and executive decision making. Dr. Rogers spent 33 years at ExxonMobil where he developed many sophisticated mathematical models that were used to optimize a wide variety of the Corporation's business operations. Click for more information... |
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Making Better Decisions Through
Innovative Problem Solving| The purpose of this session is to show attendees how their organizations can use desktop tools to make better decisions in a wide area of business problems. With the ability to change parameters easily and conduct "what if?" analyses, attendees will see how sensitivity analysis can be used to gain valuable insights into the economic implications of the solutions. Bottom line: Executives and managers will gain an excellent appreciation for how desktop tools can be used to improve the quality of decisions made in their companies. Click for more information... |
| Philadelphia - Mar 23, 2012 |
| Detroit - Jun 7, 2012 |
| Chicago - Jul 17, 2012 |
Dr. Joseph Ryan| Dr. Joseph Ryan is the President and Founder of True North Advisory Group and he teaches extensively at Wharton Executive Education. He also taught in Wharton's EMBA program in Philadelphia and San Francisco; at INSEAD in Fontainbleau; and at Sisan University in Bangkok. He has served as Academic Director for numerous executive programs. Click for more information... |
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Strategy Execution:
Alternative Frameworks and Best Practices| This seminar will introduce you to best current thinking concerning strategy execution; it will explore best practices across diverse industries, and, importantly, it will introduce you to diagnostic frameworks that you can apply to "live" business issues. Emphasis will be placed on three inter-related areas: 1. increasing your "execution IQ"; 2. identifying and managing "strategy accelerators"; and 3. "execution driven leadership practices". This seminar is designed as a master class for both executives and high potential managers. Click for more information... |
| Atlanta - Mar 20, 2012 |
| Houston - Apr 18, 2012 |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth - Apr 19, 2012 |
| Columbus - May 9, 2012 |
| Chicago - May 10, 2012 |
| Toronto - Sep 6, 2012 |
| Los Angeles - Oct 16, 2012 |
| San Francisco - Oct 18, 2012 |
| Pittsburgh - Oct 31, 2012 |
Mr. Mark Samuel| Mr. Mark Samuel, President and Founder of IMPAQ, is considered a practical visionary by Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Samuel is the author of The Accountability Revolution: Achieve Breakthrough Results in Half the Time!, and has been featured in Fortune magazine as a top authority on the topic of Accountability. Click for more information... |
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The Power of Personal Accountability and
Creating an Accountable Organization| Based on taking a Personal Accountability Assessment you will develop your personal vision of excellence and learn techniques for changing your "habits" of performance execution to achieve your goals. You will apply 3 keys for sustaining accountability during projects and change efforts including the development of "recovery plans", a process for holding others accountable and a technique for overcoming the "wall of fear". Click for more information... |
| San Francisco - Apr 17, 2012 |
| Philadelphia - Nov 8, 2012 |
Mr. Terry Schmidt| Mr. Terry Schmidt, author of Strategic Project Management Made Simple and Turn Strategy Into Action, is an internationally known management consultant who helps organizations become more strategic, productive, and profitable. He holds a Harvard MBA and has over thirty years of experience as an executive, educator, and strategy coach in 34 countries. Click for more information... |
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Turning Strategic Goals into Actionable Plans| Fortune Magazine estimates that 70% of all strategies fail. Failure often occurs because of ineffective planning methods for turning strategies into executable projects. This session offers a breakthrough planning approach for clearly aligning projects with strategic intent to boost your odds of project success. You will learn a common language and a step-by-step process for designing successful projects, programs, and change initiatives. Click for more information... |
| Boston - Nov 13, 2012 |
| Cleveland - Nov 15, 2012 |
Project Management Made Simple:
Practical Tools for Leaders and Teams| Strengthen your ability to effectively plan and execute products that successfully deliver organization goals and benefits. Learn to use best practice methods for turning good ideas into executable plans, even with complex and difficult issues. This session equips leaders and teams at all levels with a proven approach for planning and executing critical products and projects, based on concepts from Terry Schmidt's breakthrough book Strategic Project Management Made Simple: Practical Tools for Leaders and Teams (Wiley, 2009). Click for more information... |
| Pittsburgh - Mar 22, 2012 |
| San Francisco - Aug 7, 2012 |
Mr. Spiros Serpanos| Mr. Spiros Serpanos is director of School of Work, a consulting and training company, based in Brussels which focuses on the challenges of "Doing Business Globally". He moved to the US from his native Greece when he was a teenager and has since worked and lived around the world. As of 2007, he is involved in global business consulting, training and corporate workshop facilitating and MBA lecturing. Click for more information... |
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Leading and Working with Remote and Multicultural Teams| Different management techniques and skills are required to keep team members motivated, productive, and on track when working in different time zones, and in different circumstances and environment. This workshop examines some techniques and best practices and identifies opportunity areas where they can be adapted to meet the specific needs of the participants. Participants will be able to better appreciate the increasing need for remote teams in "Doing Business" and managing projects globally. Click for more information... |
| Amsterdam - Jan 24, 2012 |
| Seattle - Apr 19, 2012 |
Dr. Andrew Shatté| Dr. Andrew Shatté is the founder & President of Phoenix Life Academy, a company that specializes in measuring and training in resilience. Dr. Shatté is in high demand as a speaker. He has delivered over 1,000 keynote speeches and addresses to large corporate audiences over the last decade. Dr. Shatté is co-author of The Resilience Factor (2002), released by Random House in 2010. Click for more information... |
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Developing Resilience Skills for Work and for Life| In this session you will learn 7 skills to change your thinking for greater resilience. You will receive a personal profile of your strengths and weaknesses across the 7 inner strengths that make up resilience. This will direct your learning in the session as you practice the resilience skills. This skill set has been used successfully by thousands of corporate managers to improve performance, positively impact the bottom line, relieve stress, and to ease tensions between work and home. Click for more information... |
| New York - May 1, 2012 |
| Houston - Nov 7, 2012 |
| Atlanta - Dec 5, 2012 |
| Charlotte - Dec 6, 2012 |
The Resilient Leader: Seven Skills
to Boost Your Leadership Abilities and Strengths| In this session you will learn 7 skills to boost your leadership abilities and to foster an atmosphere of your resilience for and in those you lead. You will receive a personal profile of your strengths and weaknesses across the 5 strengths that make an excellent and resilient leader - Integrity, Mentoring, Aligned Values, Results, & Connection to the job. This profile will direct your customized learning as you practice the leadership skills. In this fun and interactive session, what you learn about yourself as a leader will be revealing. Click for more information... |
| Cleveland - May 3, 2012 |
| Boston - May 14, 2012 |
| Toronto - May 15, 2012 |
| Pittsburgh - May 17, 2012 |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth - Nov 8, 2012 |
| Chicago - Nov 14, 2012 |
| Columbus - Nov 15, 2012 |
Dr. Julia Sloan| Dr. Julia Sloan, author of the definitive book Learning to Think Strategically, is widely recognized for her pioneering work in the application of complex cognitive theory to everyday global strategic thinking practice. Her work draws upon more than two decades of her own expatriate corporate experience working on strategy to align the business agenda with prevailing economic, cultural and social issues. Click for more information... |
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Breakthrough Ideas:
How to Think Strategically| 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. Click for more information... |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul - Sep 13, 2012 |
| New Jersey - Oct 18, 2012 |
Mr. Michael Lee Stallard| Mr. Michael Lee Stallard is a leading authority on leadership and teams as they relate to employee and customer engagement. He is the co-founder, president and CEO of E Pluribus Partners, a consulting firm that specializes in helping leaders create "Connection Cultures" to form strong bonds among the management, employees and customers of an organization. Click for more information... |
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Fired Up Leadership:
Maximizing Engagement, Alignment and Performance| Sharing knowledge integrated from research in multiple fields, including neuroscience, organizational behavior, psychology, sociology, history and his firm's proprietary research Mr. Stallard describes the "The Connection Culture" that every organization needs to thrive for sustained periods of time. During this session, you will learn: what motivates individuals to give their best efforts; the six human needs to thrive; the five elements of a Connection Culture; and best practices of individuals who create Connection Cultures. Click for more information... |
| Boston - Jan 25, 2012 |
| Amsterdam - Feb 9, 2012 |
| Brussels - Feb 10, 2012 |
| London - Feb 14, 2012 |
| Scotland - Feb 15, 2012 |
| Atlanta - Jun 12, 2012 |
| Cleveland - Jun 13, 2012 |
| Detroit - Jul 19, 2012 |
| San Francisco - Nov 8, 2012 |
Mr. Peter Stark| Mr. Peter Stark is president of Peter Barron Stark Companies, and specializes in helping organizations build a culture where employees love to come to work and customers love to do business. As an accomplished author, he has written several books including The Competent Leader, The Only Negotiating Guide You'll Ever Need and The Only Leadership Book You'll Ever Need. Click for more information... |
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Leading Change:
A Manager's Guide to Inspiring Your Team| Middle and senior managers who are experiencing rapid change within their organizations will find this program to be essential to their success. With survey responses from over 100,000 employees around the world, we'll examine what managers and leaders in the Best-of-the-Best organizations do to inspire their teams. We will explore why some people treat change as a catalyst to higher performance and why others fight it every step of the way. Click for more information... |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth - Jan 25, 2012 |
Everyone Negotiates:
The Art of Getting What You Both Want| The objectives of this program are to provide participants with an understanding of negotiation and what makes a negotiator successful; to give participants the behavioral tools, strategies and tactics needed to create a win-win outcome; and, finally, to improve the negotiation skills of participants through an in-depth negotiation exercise where they will negotiate a work-related situation. Click for more information... |
| Columbus - Jul 12, 2012 |
Mr. Bob Treadway| Mr. Bob Treadway has been a guest lecturer and faculty for executive education sessions at the University of California Berkeley, Loyola, Illinois State, Oregon State and Kansas State Universities. Most of his practice is executive sessions with directors and top management in think tank, brainstorming, future visioning, decision-making, and strategic planning projects. Click for more information... |
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Next Level Leadership:
Six Key Skills for Success| This practical and engaging session will teach participants techniques that allow them to see around corners, anticipate the next big things, and make wise decisions that hold up in situations of uncertainty and volatility. Participants will sharpen skills in forecasting, learn how to pick key issues and early signals from a flood of information, reduce uncertainty to manageable levels, think in the future tense, and multiply intelligence through structured collaboration. Click for more information... |
| Atlanta - Oct 16, 2012 |
| Washington D.C. - Oct 17, 2012 |
Ms. Irma Tyler-Wood| Ms. Irma Tyler-Wood is a Partner with Ki ThoughtBridge. She is co-author of the book Expand the Pie: How to Create More Value in Any Negotiation. Prior to her work at Ki ThoughtBridge, she practiced corporate law in Washington, D.C., and had careers in education and government. While at Harvard Law School, she worked as a negotiation Teaching Fellow with Roger Fisher and served as the Assistant Director of the Conflict Clinic at the Harvard Negotiation Project. Click for more information... |
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Effective 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. Click for more information... |
| New York - Aug 14, 2012 |
| Cleveland - Oct 17, 2012 |
| Seattle - Dec 6, 2012 |
Dr. Filip Vandendriessche| Dr. Filip Vandendriessche has developed a sound and efficient leadership concept, The Management Funnel, which provides assistance to managers to develop a change-strategy that enables the avoidance of conflict and resistance to change. The Dutch translation of his book, Leading Without Commanding, was nominated the management book of the year in 2006. Click for more information... |
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Leading Without Commanding| The seminar deals with two paradoxes: Paradox 1 - How to stay in control and create room to manoeuvre?; Paradox 2 - How to stay in control without figures? The advise is: Don’t manage by figures, manage by vision. Participants will learn how to evolve from quantitative to qualitative verifiable targets. Prior to the seminar participants receive a Self scan. With the Self scan they receive feedback on their leadership style. “Am I an Input or an Output manager.” In this interactive seminar we alternate constantly between theory and practice. Click for more information... |
| Brussels - Jan 24, 2012 |
| Amsterdam - Dec 4, 2012 |
Dr. Albert Vicere| Dr. Albert Vicere is Executive Education Professor of Strategic Leadership at Penn State and President of Vicere Associates Inc., a global consulting firm. An award winning teacher and researcher, he is a recipient of the IMS Distinguished Faculty Award and was recently profiled as a "next wave leadership guru" by Business Horizons magazine. Author of more than 70 articles, his latest book is Leadership by Design. Click for more information... |
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Aligning 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. Click for more information... |
| Philadelphia - Sep 12, 2012 |
| Cleveland - Sep 25, 2012 |
| Charlotte - Oct 23, 2012 |
Ms. Cy Wakeman| Ms. Cy Wakeman is a dynamic keynote speaker advocating a revolutionary new approach to leadership. She is a well-known thought leader and is featured as an expert blogger for FastCompany.com and coauthor of Reality-Based Leadership: Ditch the Drama, Restore Sanity to the Workplace, and Turn Excuses into Results with Larry Winget published in September of 2010. Click for more information... |
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Reality-Based Leadership:
New Approaches to Solving Old Problems| These are challenging times in our business world today. The ways in we have taught our leaders to lead is simply not working. These times are calling for a new type of leader – one who is able to quickly see and radically accept the reality of the situation, conserve team energy, and use it instead to impact reality. Ms. Wakeman rocks audiences with her new wave of Reality-Based Leadership™. Click for more information... |
| Kansas City - Mar 15, 2012 |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth - Aug 15, 2012 |
Dr. Hendrie Davis Weisinger| Dr. Hendrie Davis Weisinger is the author of Emotional Intelligence at Work, Nobody's Perfect, Anger at Work, and The Power of Positive Criticism. He teaches executive education at New York University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He has been a guest expert on over 300 television and radio shows. Click for more information... |
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Delivering Positive Criticism:
The First Step in Performance Improvement| Recent research suggests that criticism is perhaps the most powerful and neglected business skill, that it causes more conflicts at work than disputes over power, pay, and promotion, and that most of us are inept at giving and taking criticism productively. This intense program will focus on how to transform the necessary exchange of criticism from a taboo act and a destructive and demoralizing encounter into a positive, motivating, mutually beneficial experience that encourages trust, heightens self-esteem, and boosts productivity. Click for more information... |
| Charlotte - Mar 8, 2012 |
| Los Angeles - Jul 17, 2012 |
| Columbus - Oct 24, 2012 |
The Emotionally Intelligent Leader:
How Your EI Determines Your Effectiveness and Success| 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. Click for more information... |
| Chicago - May 23, 2012 |
| Detroit - Dec 5, 2012 |
Mr. Bill Welter| Mr. Bill Welter is the Managing Director of Adaptive Strategies, Inc., a firm specializing in business education and consulting, and the author of The Prepared Mind of a Leader, published by Jossey-Bass in 2005. Mr. Welter has over 35 years of varied military, business, consulting and teaching experience. Click for more information... |
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Strategic and Critical Thinking:
Core Competencies for Leaders| Critical Thinking describes the mental process of determining what to believe and what to do about our beliefs. Strategic Thinking applies this process to the future of the organization. This "minds on" workshop enhances the ability of the participants to think strategically by taking them through the seven components of a comprehensive process and providing tools and techniques to accomplish each of the components while considering their organization's multiple futures. Click for more information... |
| Columbus - Dec 5, 2012 |
Bowen White, M.D.| Bowen White, M.D. author of Why Normal Isn't Healthy, has the talents and expertise of a physician, speaker, consultant, and author. As an organizational physician and an associate of the Patch Adams Group, Dr. White emphasizes the need for individuals to take responsibility for their own health and well being and helps organizations create productive and healthy workplaces. His client list includes Sun Microsystems, Duke University Medical Center, Mobil, Sprint, The Foreign Service Institute and Kansas City Royals. Click for more information... |
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Normal Isn't Always Healthy:
The Link Between Stress and Performance| Doing what comes naturally - what millions of years of evolution have programmed us to do - may be perfectly normal, but it's not necessarily healthy. Where, in the headlong "progress" of the human race, do you really fit in? Take a minute to find out, and find yourself, in this workshop devoted to the proposition that a whole, healthy, heartfelt life is something that each of us must and can learn-and earn-anew. This workshop will open your eyes to a whole new perspective on balancing work and life. Click for more information... |
| Philadelphia - Apr 19, 2012 |
| Detroit - Aug 14, 2012 |
Mr. Jason Womack| Mr. Jason Womack is first and foremost an educator. He works globally with clients to bring out the best in them, align their priorities with their talents and values, and create systems of organization and productivity that give them the tools, strategies and habits to achieve more. His latest book, The Promise Doctrine, was co-written with his father and includes a foreword by Dr. Marshall Goldsmith. Click for more information... |
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Optimizing Your Time and Focus:
Your Best Just Got Better| The focus of this course is on managing the myriad of details that go into an effective work day and a successful professional career. Learn what top performers know, do and say about professional productivity and effective leadership. Organize your ideas, projects and tasks and learn how to prioritize meetings, emails, and professional goals. Practice specific time and action management strategies you can implement immediately at your desk and with your team. Click for more information... |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul - Jan 24, 2012 |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth - Mar 7, 2012 |
| Detroit - Mar 20, 2012 |
| Columbus - Mar 22, 2012 |
| Washington D.C. - Aug 21, 2012 |
| Boston - Aug 23, 2012 |
| Atlanta - Nov 13, 2012 |
| Charlotte - Nov 15, 2012 |
| Saint Louis - Dec 4, 2012 |
| Kansas City - Dec 6, 2012 |
Mr. Steven Zeisler| Mr. Steven Zeisler is the founder and director of Zeisler Associates, Inc. a consulting and development company. Mr. Zeisler has developed creativity tools and innovative software, has written numerous articles on innovation and leadership published in journals worldwide and, in 2005, co-authored the book The Manager's Handbook for Virtual Teams. Click for more information... |
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Stimulating Creativity and
Leading Innovation in the Workplace| In today's complex, changing business environment, those managers and organizations that can innovate will thrive. But the foundations for innovation remain shrouded in misconceptions for many. In this workshop we will explore the keys to boosting creativity and innovation throughout the organization. Participants will learn how to deal with swift changes by learning to stimulate higher levels of innovation, finding and removing obstacles, and personally leading the charge. Those attending the workshop will shatter the myths and misconceptions about creativity, and will learn effective strategies to unleash the potential creativity and innovation within themselves and their organizations. This session is highly interactive with opportunities for participants to both explore and apply these ideas to their own situations. Click for more information... |
| San Francisco - Sep 13, 2012 |
Leading Effectively in a World of
Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity| In a VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity) world, you must rethink and abandon many of the command-and-control notions of leadership learned in more predictable conditions. This program will explore the latest research on the neuroscience of change and how the brain attempts to make sense of complex situations and learn the skills, behaviors and best practices to improve their leadership effectiveness in times of rapid change, unpredictable outcomes, intricate marketplace dynamics and fuzzy intelligence. Click for more information... |
| Seattle - Sep 11, 2012 |
| Chicago - Sep 26, 2012 |
Dr. Alan Zimmerman| Dr. Alan Zimmerman is the founder and President of ZCN, a training and consulting firm. He has delivered more than 3000 management development programs over the last 15 years to such clients as 3M, Ernst & Young, Prudential, Target, US Steel and numerous others. He has taught for 16 years as a university professor and has been named an Outstanding Faculty Member at two institutions. Click for more information... |
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Reaching 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. Click for more information... |
| Kansas City - Jan 24, 2012 |
| Los Angeles - May 23, 2012 |
| New York - Dec 5, 2012 |
| Philadelphia - Dec 6, 2012 |
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