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| Dr. Dilip Abayasekara, A.S. is a professional speaker, trainer, and speech coach. His focus, through his training company, Speaker Services Unlimited, is to help people discover their own genius and find their path of fulfillment. Dr. Abayasekara has helped many people discover their "new eyes" through his seminars in the areas of communication, creative thinking, relationship building, customer service, leadership and spirituality. Click for more information... |
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High Impact Communication:
Getting the Results You Want| In this session you will learn about the fundamental human behavioral styles, how those styles have different communication preferences, and how we can tap that knowledge to connect with persons of any preferred communication style. Participants will learn a proven five step approach that will enable them to speak so that audience members will listen, learn how to listen themselves, and also how to use this knowledge in "difficult" one-on-one conversations. Click for more information... |
 Philadelphia - Nov 12, 2008 |
Dr. Russell Ackoff| Dr. Russell Ackoff, Emeritus Anheuser-Busch Professor at the Wharton School, has authored more than two hundred articles and twenty-two books, including Ackoff's Best, Beating the System: Using Creativity to Outsmart Bureaucracies, Redesigning Society, and his recent work Idealized Design: How to Dissolve Tomorrow's Crisis...Today. Click for more information... |
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Systems Thinking:
Crucial Implications for Management| This workshop is composed of four interrelated topics. First, Dr. Ackoff will show that emergent systems thinking can handle the problems that traditional analytical and reductionist thinking can't. Next, he will discuss two of the major implications of such thinking to the way organizations are currently managed. Then he will consider three of the major changes required in organizational designs to survive in the 21st century. Finally, he will consider why organizations suppress learning and adaptation, and what can, and needs, to be done about it. Click for more information... |
| Detroit - Mar 6, 2008 |
| Philadelphia - Mar 26, 2008 |
| St. Louis - Jun 10, 2008 |
| Stamford,Connecticut - Sep 23, 2008 |
Dr. Delorese Ambrose| Dr. Delorese Ambrose is founder of Ambrose Consulting & Training, LLC, a firm dedicated to personal mastery and organizational effectiveness. She is author of three books: Leadership: the Journey Inward, Healing the Downsized Organization and, Making Peace with Your Work: An Invitation to Find Meaning in the Madness. Click for more information... |
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Integrating Personal and Organizational Power:
The Six Stages of Leadership| This seminar looks at how and why some managers step forward to achieve the outcomes we want while preventing those we don't want. Participants will examine six stages of personal power and learn how exemplary leaders develop and use these stages during their careers. Participants will quickly be able to apply this model to achieve more effective personal and organizational results. Click for more information... |
| Scotland - Jun 12, 2008 |
| New Jersey - Jul 15, 2008 |
| Kansas City - Nov 20, 2008 |
The Multi-Generational Workplace:
Leveraging the Power of Age Diversity| This program will examine some key ways in which generations differ and how we can avoid some the 'traps' of intergenerational stereotyping as we seek to build effective working relationships. We shall explore how age-diversity is driving new employer/employee expectations and what we can do to manage these expectations, as well as how our own preferences, values, and backgrounds can help or hinder our effectiveness in communicating and working intergenerationally. Click for more information... |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth - Nov 19, 2008 |
| Amsterdam - Jun 9, 2008 |
| Brussels - Jun 10, 2008 |
| Detroit - Feb 25, 2008 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul - Feb 26, 2008 |
| Seattle - Feb 28, 2008 |
Dr. Homa Bahrami| Dr. Homa Bahrami is a Senior Lecturer at the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. Dr. Bahrami's research focuses on trends in organizational design and governance, and approaches for leading and engaging multi-cultural knowledge workers. Her new book Super-Flexibility For Knowledge Enterprises, (co-authored with Stuart Evans), focuses on leading knowledge enterprises in turbulent, global markets. Click for more information... |
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Geo-Dispersed Teams and Super-Flexibility:
Challenges and Strategies for Success| This very interactive seminar will explore the challenges and barriers encountered by those who work in geo-dispersed teams. Our discussion will focus on two important sets of issues. The first concerns the specific challenges associated with geo-dispersed teams, whether dealing with organizational heritage about face time, lack of social context cues, or dealing with multicultural teams. The second key component of our discussion will focus on effective recipes and solutions, or the "do's and don'ts." Click for more information... |
| San Francisco - Oct 9, 2008 |
| Los Angeles - Nov 18, 2008 |
Dr. Noah Barsky| Dr. Noah Barsky is a faculty member in the College of Commerce & Finance at Villanova University. He is author of The Manager's Guide to Financial Statement Analysis (John Wiley, 2001), Determinants of Budgetary Influence and Involvement (Garland Press, 1999), Financial Accounting (Thomson Learning, 2000), and Management Accounting: A Business Planning Approach (Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005). Click for more information... |
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The One Day MBA:
Tools to Help You Make Better Decisions| All managers need a broad perspective to effectively deal with the complex challenges they face daily. To develop this skill, this one-day seminar presents many of the tools and techniques found in MBA programs today. Specifically, participants will examine how basic business processes drive financial results, learn how effective risk management can improve business planning and decision making, and explore how financial and non-financial measures to best be used to evaluate operating results. Click for more information... |
| Los Angeles - Aug 12, 2008 |
| San Francisco - Aug 13, 2008 |
| Toronto - Mar 6, 2008 |
| Toronto - Mar 7, 2008 |
| Kansas City - Feb 12, 2008 |
| St. Louis - Feb 13, 2008 |
| Cleveland - May 8, 2008 |
Dr. Chip Bell| Dr. Chip Bell is a senior partner with The Chip Bell Group and manages their Dallas, TX office. Prior to starting CBG in 1980, he was Director of Management and Organization Development for NCNB, now Bank of America. Dr. Bell is author or co-author of such best-selling books as Magnetic Service, Service Magic, Customers as Partners, Managing Knock Your Socks Off Service, and Managers as Mentors. 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... |
| Columbus - Jan 23, 2008 |
| St. Louis - Dec 10, 2008 |
Creating Passionately Devoted
Internal and External Customers| Passionately devoted customers see value in highly emotional and experiential terms. Their word-of-mouth advocacy will enhance your unit's reputation, giving you greater resources, the very best people, and access to the key influencers in your organization. This session reveals the factors essential to creating passionately devoted customers--internal or external. This fast-paced, highly interactive seminar leaves participants with exciting insights and relevant tools ready to be implemented the day after. Click for more information... |
| Detroit - Jun 10, 2008 |
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:
Actions Speak Louder Than Words| The most capable don't always succeed; the ones who project their ability do. In this seminar you'll acquire new tools to develop your own style of strong and direct executive effectiveness and leadership. You'll become even more memorable, impressive, credible, genuine, trusted, liked, cool, calm, confident, charismatic, and competent in your professional and personal life. Click for more information... |
| Stamford,Connecticut - Jun 10, 2008 |
| Long Island - Jun 11, 2008 |
Dr. Edward Betof| Dr. Edward Betof joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania in the summer of 2007 where he is the Senior Fellow and Academic Director for the first-of-a-kind doctoral program at a major university designed for the preparation of Chief Learning Officers. He is the lead author of Just Promoted! (McGraw-Hill) and has contributed to numerous journals and professional publications. Click for more information... |
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Navigating Leadership Transitions:
Thriving in Your Current and Future Roles| This program is aimed at both new and experienced managers and leaders-from team and functional managers through more seasoned executives, as well as the coaches who work with these individuals, and it is designed to have immediate practical application. As a result of the program you will help ensure your success during the critical transition into a new leadership role, minimize common derailing factors and accelerate your learning curve. You will also practice and take away a minimum of six tools that you could begin to use tomorrow. Click for more information... |
| New Jersey - Jun 12, 2008 |
| Chicago - Jul 15, 2008 |
| Philadelphia - Feb 12, 2008 |
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. His current research focuses on leadership and the delivery of bad news, and revenge in the workplace. He has received the Best Teacher award at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management. 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... |
| Stamford,Connecticut - Feb 12, 2008 |
| Washington D.C. - Jan 25, 2008 |
| Boston - Mar 18, 2008 |
| Amsterdam - Jul 3, 2008 |
| Brussels - Jul 4, 2008 |
| Manchester - Jul 7, 2008 |
| Scotland - Jul 8, 2008 |
| Kansas City - Sep 18, 2008 |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth - Dec 11, 2008 |
Keeping People Engaged
and Motivated in This 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... |
| St. Louis - Sep 19, 2008 |
| Philadelphia - Oct 7, 2008 |
| Columbus - Mar 12, 2008 |
Mr. Martin Boroson| Mr. Martin Boroson studied Western philosophy at Yale and earned an MBA from the Yale School of Management. He then began personal exploration of Eastern philosophy, trained in transpersonal psychology with Dr. Stanislav Grof, and facilitated intensive personal development workshops for over nine years. He was founder and director of The Temenos Project, which received three-year funding from the Arts Council of Ireland to develop innovative forms of production and training for artists. Click for more information... |
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Becoming a Next-Generation Leader| This seminar will introduce you to new ways of leading that are more appropriate to a complex world. You will practice the attitude needed to unleash momentum, respond more flexibly in the face of change, embrace new opportunities, support the birth of new ideas, and build a team that runs on curiosity and enthusiasm rather than fear. This highly experiential day will shake up old habits and remind you of the deep possibility in each moment. Expect to be provoked, humbled, inspired and refreshed. Click for more information... |
| London - Jan 24, 2008 |
| Manchester - Nov 12, 2008 |
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:
Leveraging 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... |
| Toronto - Dec 10, 2008 |
| Pittsburgh - Dec 9, 2008 |
| New York - Mar 12, 2008 |
| Kansas City - May 19, 2008 |
Increasing Accountability Through
Candor and Constructive Confrontation| This practical seminar develops skills for planning, leading, and following up on Candor Conversations about expectations and agreements. We tackle both the smoother, preventive discussions around clear upfront Agreements, as well as the most stressful of work discussions - Constructive Confrontations. We'll provide antidotes for someone repeatedly breaking an agreement - instead of giving up, blowing up at the person, or burying the issue. Click for more information... |
| Washington D.C. - Mar 14, 2008 |
| Cleveland - Mar 10, 2008 |
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:
The Difference Is Key to Your 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... |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul - Oct 7, 2008 |
| New Jersey - Oct 6, 2008 |
| Seattle - Jun 11, 2008 |
| Los Angeles - Jun 12, 2008 |
| Houston - Jun 13, 2008 |
| New York - Jun 5, 2008 |
| Toronto - Jul 15, 2008 |
| Boston - Jul 14, 2008 |
| Hartford,Connecticut - Jul 24, 2008 |
| London - Oct 30, 2008 |
| Scotland - Nov 4, 2008 |
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, Even at Their Worst| To help participants increase their communication flexibility, this session will focus on the three keys to unlocking successful communication. First, we will consider what motivates people to behave the way they do. Second, we will explore the communication skills we use unconsciously with people who get along with us, and then learn how to consciously use those skills with difficult people. Finally, we will see how to deal with 10 types of behavior that make certain people unbearable to work with. Click for more information... |
| Toronto - Jun 5, 2008 |
| Washington D.C. - Jun 6, 2008 |
| Scotland - Sep 18, 2008 |
| London - Sep 16, 2008 |
| Manchester - Sep 17, 2008 |
| Detroit - Jan 24, 2008 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul - Mar 14, 2008 |
| Stamford,Connecticut - May 7, 2008 |
Mastering Your Priorities:
Increasing Personal Effectiveness| In this era of doing more with less, it is crucial for managers and executives to better manage their time and themselves. This workshop will give you the skills needed to prioritize your activities and optimize your use of time, whether it be in meetings, phone conversations, or your daily activities. You will see how to eliminate procrastination, increase productivity and achieve results. You will also learn how those who are organized and efficient got to be that way, and you will come away with a road map for success in the office and at home. Click for more information... |
| Hartford,Connecticut - Mar 12, 2008 |
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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Driving Excellence:
Measuring and Managing Performance| 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... |
| Manchester - Jan 28, 2008 |
| Scotland - Jan 29, 2008 |
| Detroit - May 8, 2008 |
| Washington D.C. - May 9, 2008 |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth - Apr 15, 2008 |
| Houston - Apr 16, 2008 |
| Atlanta - Apr 17, 2008 |
| Boston - Aug 4, 2008 |
| Philadelphia - Aug 5, 2008 |
| Hartford,Connecticut - Aug 7, 2008 |
| San Francisco - Nov 18, 2008 |
Mr. Wayne Burkan| Mr. Wayne Burkan has authored several books, including Wide Angle Vision, which was lauded as "required reading" by Success Magazine. He is President of Alternative Visions and is on the faculty of the Technology Transfer Institute. He is a guest lecturer at the Penn State Advanced Management Program and consults to hundreds of organizations worldwide. Click for more information... |
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Embracing Change and Increasing
Productivity During Turbulent Times| We all face change every day. This seminar will help us better understand dramatic change and, more importantly, learn how to use that understanding to gain a competitive advantage. This practical and stimulating session will highlight opportunities for substantial productivity improvement even when faced with dwindling resources. Attendees will learn how to introduce change with minimal resistance, anticipate dramatic shifts, and discover the powerful role of leadership and vision during turbulent times. Click for more information... |
| New Jersey - Sep 18, 2008 |
| Los Angeles - Oct 2, 2008 |
Breakthroughs Guaranteed: Overcoming Your
Toughest Performance and Service Challenges| Discover new methods for accelerating change, anticipating trends, increasing customer satisfaction and getting breakthrough creativity from teams. Mr. Burkan will draw on material from his most recent book Wide Angle Vision. Learn why Tom Peters called Wide Angle Vision "Marvelous!" Click for more information... |
| St. Louis - Mar 12, 2008 |
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 to Outsmart the Competition| 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... |
| Amsterdam - Mar 13, 2008 |
| Scotland - Sep 4, 2008 |
| London - Jun 10, 2008 |
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 to Help You Make Better Decisions| All managers need a broad perspective to effectively deal with the complex challenges they face daily. To develop this skill, this one-day seminar presents many of the tools and techniques found in MBA programs today. Specifically, participants will examine how basic business processes drive financial results, learn how effective risk management can improve business planning and decision making, and explore how financial and non-financial measures to best be used to evaluate operating results. Click for more information... |
| New York - Sep 18, 2008 |
| Stamford,Connecticut - Mar 20, 2008 |
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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Agility and Resilience:
Managing Personal, Team, and Corporate Stress| Leaders should know that stress management is a well researched, very profitable, method to help a company realise its strategic goals. Managers have a triple Stress Management responsibility: to manage their own stress and resilience well, to manage the stress and resilience of their direct reports, to manage the stress and resilience of the company. This workshop aims primarily at the understanding of stress and its relationship with resilience and performance at these three levels. Click for more information... |
| Brussels - Jan 22, 2008 |
| Amsterdam - Feb 13, 2008 |
Mr. Chris Daffy| Mr. Chris Daffy is one of the UK's best-known authorities on customer service. His book, Once a Customer, Always a Customer, was first published in 1996. There have since been four more print runs including one in India and the latest one in America in 2001. He is a founding partner of The Marketing Group, Managing Director of the Academy of Service Excellence and has served as a non-executive director on the boards of many UK companies. Click for more information... |
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Creating Customer Loyalty by Managing
the Experience Throughout the Organization| This workshop explains how the latest Customer Experience Management techniques are used to develop and implement a business strategy that will deliver industry and/or sector leading business performance. It also shows how exceptional service delivery may be harnessed to drive cultural change, motivate employees and create worthwhile differentiation and sustainable competitive advantage. Click for more information... |
| Scotland - May 21, 2008 |
| Brussels - Dec 10, 2008 |
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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Advocacy:
Championing Yourself and Your Ideas| Successful advocates know how important it is to clearly communication 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... |
| Washington D.C. - Nov 14, 2008 |
| Hartford,Connecticut - Nov 13, 2008 |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth - Mar 26, 2008 |
| Los Angeles - Feb 13, 2008 |
| Houston - Sep 10, 2008 |
| Detroit - Aug 14, 2008 |
Dr. Charles Dwyer| Dr. Charles Dwyer is the Director and Senior Research Analyst for the Management and Behavioral Science Center at The Wharton School. He received the Lindbach Award for Distinguished Teaching from the University of Pennsylvania. The author of two books, he has also taught at Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Temple University, and St. Joseph's College. Click for more information... |
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The Use of Power and Influence:
Managing Without Authority| The bulk of our frustrations comes from our dealings with people. If we are to succeed in the organization, we must work effectively with subordinates, peers, superiors, and often with boards, owners, investors, bankers, clients, and many others. During this session we will examine the principles of human influence (principles we have all been using throughout our lives) and learn how to apply them to the task of managing people. Specific techniques and tools for applying these principles will be presented, along with a variety of examples. Click for more information... |
| Washington D.C. - Jul 18, 2008 |
| Hartford,Connecticut - Jun 3, 2008 |
| Atlanta - Jan 24, 2008 |
| Chicago - Feb 28, 2008 |
| Philadelphia - Mar 4, 2008 |
| Los Angeles - Apr 17, 2008 |
| Detroit - Apr 15, 2008 |
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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Innovative Thinking for Extraordinary Outcomes| 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... |
| San Francisco - Feb 13, 2008 |
Dr. Ed Foreman| Dr. Ed Foreman, of Executive Development Systems, made his first million by age 26 and was elected to the US Congress at age 28. He has served as a presidential appointee in two national administrations. A leader in executive development programs since 1960, he has been featured favorably on the CBS television program 60 Minutes. Click for more information... |
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The Power of a Positive Attitude:
How to Create Your Own Success| This session is a unique, comprehensive habit-improvement program that mentally, physically, and emotionally improves your sphere of living. The program teaches specific techniques for making this an automatic part of your subconscious mind. It will help you eliminate self-defeating behavior and improve your self-confidence through positive, success-generating habits, putting you on the road to greater achievement and a more rewarding life. This one-day format highlights the popular three-day Successful Life Course featured positively on CBS News' 60 Minutes. Click for more information... |
| Stamford,Connecticut - Jan 29, 2008 |
| Scotland - Mar 13, 2008 |
| Manchester - Mar 12, 2008 |
| London - Mar 11, 2008 |
| Detroit - Mar 19, 2008 |
| Long Island - Aug 5, 2008 |
Dr. Paul Friga| Dr. Paul Friga is a professor at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, where he teaches courses in strategy and management consulting. He also serves as Director of the Kelley Consulting Academy. He researches strategic decision-making, knowledge transfer, intuition and entrepreneurship and has presented at numerous conferences throughout the world. Click for more information... |
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Strategic Thinking:
How to Move Your Organization Forward| This program is dedicated to simplifying strategy around 4 Ps - Positioning, Priorities, Payments, and Performance. Using the latest strategic frameworks utilized by the Fortune 500 corporations and the world's most prestigious consulting firms, complemented by case studies and current news stories, we will develop those strategic capabilities necessary to be a successful business leader today. Click for more information... |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul - Jun 6, 2008 |
| Washington D.C. - Oct 3, 2008 |
Blind Spots:
Avoiding Flawed Decisions| 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... |
| Kansas City - Oct 17, 2008 |
| Houston - Jul 17, 2008 |
| Cleveland - Jul 23, 2008 |