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A leader can be very successful in delivering business results and getting promoted while working in his/her home country. But when it comes to doing business across cultures and geography with global colleagues and customers, leaders often find it challenging to effectively influence people to get the job done. Sometimes it is hard to even get noticed for their accomplishments in a global and virtual work environment. So, what does it take to become a globally influential leader in today’s business environment? Maya Hu-Chan will share key skills and competencies that will enable leaders to be globally influential and competitive, regardless of which industry they are in or the size of their company.
Maya Hu-Chan
Leadership transitions are some of the toughest challenges people face – professionally and personally. Nearly half of new leaders fail in their first 18 months. Often, those failures are the result of crucial mistakes made in the very beginning that can be devastating for organizations and leaders alike. The business world is changing rapidly; we’re all new leaders all the time, and must treat the next 100-days as the first 100-days of the rest of our careers. Learn how you can take charge, build or re-build your team, and deliver better results faster than anyone thought possible; and how you can coach others to do the same. To that end, this conversation focuses on how to leverage three ideas to get done in your first or next 100-days what would normally take six to twelve months, and/or help others Speaker George Bradt will share insights and stories from his own experience, from his book, “The New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan” and from what he’s learned from leaders for his weekly column on Forbes.com, “The New Leader’s Playbook.”
George Bradt
You may not realize it, but whenever you encounter an effective presentation the odds are high that the presenter took great lengths to ensure that everything went smoothly. In this illuminating session, we will "peek the curtain" to reveal the handful of key activities you'll want to undertake so that you, too, can aspire to the ranks of "seamless" presenter. We'll cover such topics as researching your audience, honing and refining your material, practicing your delivery, anticipating challenges, and much more.
Jeff Davidson
Never before has there been more of a need to understand, embody, and embrace the core principles of true Leadership. Global strategist, international consultant, and bestselling author Chad Robert Stewart has traveled the world working with CEOs, Directors, and Executives from Fortune 500 companies, non-profits, and multiple businesses, and has identified The Ten Essential Elements for Executive Leadership. In this webinar, Chad will share what he has found to be indispensable in leading at the executive level. He will dive deep into each key principle and show what they look like on a theoretical and practical level.
Chad Stewart
We’ve all heard the stories of superstars who flame out too quickly. We’ve seen high performing managers whose careers are derailed somewhere along the way. Identifying potential derailers and taking action can maximize your investments in leaders and reduce the cost of a leadership mismatch. This engaging, interactive session explores 5 important reasons why leaders fail - even when they’ve had a track record of success - and what organizations can do to avoid costly mistakes and manage leadership transitions effectively.
Edith Onderick-Harvey
67% of employers surveyed stated that they believed their managers lacked the strategic abilities to make a meaningful strategic contribution to the organization. We subscribe to the subversive belief that business results are radically improved when all levels of management contribute strategically. We were shocked and saddened by the results of our recent survey and decided it’s time to help create a new reality around strategic contribution for management at all levels. In this webinar, Michelle Randall, president of Enriching Leadership International, will offer development and tools to enhance strategic leadership that are both straightforward and immediately applicable. In particular she will address: • Identifying what makes contribution genuinely strategic • Getting a seat at the table when larger strategic direction is being formed • Shedding the obstacles to making your own strategic contribution • Creating a subversive organization for optimal results This webinar will be very interactive and you will have the opportunity to share challenges and ask questions that really matter to you.
Michelle Randall
The session will look at the new trends in what high-performance employees look for in an “Ideal Leader.” Based on John Spence’s work as a leadership instructor and coach to firms such as Microsoft, Qualcomm, Abbott Labs, Merrill Lynch, and several other Fortune 500 firms and a recent Global Leadership Survey his firm conducted, John will share what top talent looks for in a leader they would willingly follow.
John Spence
Leaders at all levels today are busy – often times, too busy to develop their leadership skills. And in this challenging business climate, companies aren’t spending as much on leadership development. What’s a leader to do? How can you break through and take your own leadership game to the next level? In this webinar, Steve Arneson will share his tips and techniques for developing yourself as a leader. Whether you’re an HR or learning professional tasked with developing leaders, or a leader yourself, Steve will show you how you can enhance your leadership brand through several easy to implement development activities.
Steve Arneson
All too often brilliant executives become the casualty of excess nerves when asked to present. From ideas not being taken seriously to being passed over for a promotion, the cost of these nerves means the executive’s credibility and future. In this interactive webinar, Ilene walks participants through successful strategies for getting past the anxiety that results in “Body Sabotage” and the mental catch-22 that leads to a stiff and dull delivery. In her warm and humorous style, Ilene will show you how to transform with the shakiness, racing heart, and brain fog into a strong, grounded and dynamic presence.
Ilene Bergelson
HR professionals need to better understand the business to act as strategic business partners. HR professionals need “business acumen” to draw sound conclusions from business information. More importantly, they need to take the actions needed to drive organizational results. In this webinar, Wendy will share insights on individuals and leaders can enhance their business acumen.
Wendy Heckelman
It’s not easy stepping up into a leadership role. It takes mindset, understanding, commitment, and a whole new set of skills. Today’s new leaders are required to accelerate their success faster and quickly gain the respect of their teams and peers. This session will focus on the most important things an Emerging Leader can do that will fast track them to success with less stress and better results. Small shifts in behaviors are what can make the difference. This session will show you how.
Tara Powers
Getting real buy-in to new strategies, programs or processes can be a challenge and frustration with some key stakeholders. This webinar provides proven and practical tips to getting real versus espoused buy-in order to lower barriers to change. These tips are based on over 25 years experience as an executive coach, consultant and trainer where influence without authority is the main lever for real and sustainable change. It is also based on action research and best practices. This webinar will empower you to face your toughest customers.
Deborah Slobodnik
In this webinar, Bill Joiner will draw on his extensive research on this topic and three decades of work with organizations to discuss what leaders and leadership development professionals can do to increase their own agility and that of their people and their organizations. Increasingly, line and HR executives realize that to succeed in today's complex, rapidly changing business environment, their organizations need to be more "agile" than ever. Recent research has shown that the key to greater organizational agility is the development of more agile leaders and leadership cultures. But what exactly is leadership agility, and how do you assess and develop this vital capacity? Leaders develop increased agility in stages, making it possible to assess one's current level of agility and to clearly envision what it would be like to shift to the next level. Where does this "leadership agility road-map" lead? In-depth research has identified the specific capacities and practices used by what is now a small vanguard of highly agile leaders, who are especially effective in navigating today's increasingly turbulent business context.
Bill Joiner
Leaders at all levels today are busy – oftentimes, too busy to develop their leadership skills. And in this challenging business climate, companies aren’t spending as much on leadership development. What’s a leader to do? How can you break through and take your own leadership game to the next level? In this webinar, Steve Arneson will share his tips and techniques for developing yourself as a leader. Whether you’re an HR or learning professional tasked with developing leaders, or a leader yourself, Steve will show you how you can enhance your leadership brand through several easy to implement development activities.
Steve Arneson
As a leader you are constantly giving presentations and making proposals. Recently, PowerPoint and other software programs are proving to be more hurtful that helpful. Excessive use of effects and complicated graphics are causing criticism amongst audience members. It is time to shift focus and use the correct tools to enhance their presentation performance. In this session, we will review models and solutions for achieving winning presentations through PowerPoint and other software programs. In this session, we review the potential problems associated with software graphics programs, including, of course PowerPoint, and remedies to help use the software wisely to achieve truly winning presentations.
Tom Leech
Your daily writing is a powerful tool for enhancing your success as a leader. How effectively are you using written communications, especially e-mail, to communicate strategies, manage change, and get results? Today’s virtual workplace demands that we provide coaching, direction, encouragement, and often difficult news—all without face-to-face contact. With the volume of e-mail we write, the risks are higher than ever for communication blunders that ripple through an organization in a heartbeat. Leaders who can write well are recognized and promoted. What do they do differently? Those who use writing successfully to empower and motivate their people always • write personably and non-judgmentally • get their point across the first time—and briefly • deliver sensitive messages with tact • turn negatives into positives.
Deborah Dumaine
Leaders at all levels today are busy – often times, too busy to develop their leadership skills. And in this challenging business climate, companies aren’t spending as much on leadership development. What’s a leader to do? How can you break through and take your own leadership game to the next level? In this webinar, Steve Arneson will share his tips and techniques for developing yourself as a leader. Whether you’re an HR or learning professional tasked with developing leaders, or a leader yourself, Steve will show you how you can enhance your leadership brand through several easy to implement development activities.
Steve Arneson
Leaders who can embrace paradox (fast AND thorough, creative AND disciplined, short term AND long term, tough AND compassionate) are more successful than those who succumb to an either/or mindset. Either/or thinking is a mental habit that flat-lines innovation, stifles cooperation, hampers leadership, alienates customers, discourages listening, de-motivates employees and subtly stymies our success on multiple levels. But it doesn’t have to be that way. In this webinar, Lisa Earle McLeod will introduce you to The Triangle of Truth, a breakthrough model. An elegantly simple tool for leveraging seemingly competing ideas, The Triangle of Truth will help you reframe business and personal challenges in a way that elevate your mind and you spirit.
Lisa Earle McLeod
Some people just have it when they present. And, you can too. If you've ever wondered why some people are more magnetic, more charismatic when they present than others, and you want to know how to become more of both, this is the program for you. Communication and influence expert, Scott Halford, CSP is your guide to learn how to "Knock 'em Alive!" when you present. Research from more than 12,000 audience members who rated business speakers on effectiveness and overall presence reveals some very interesting things about what they're looking for in order to be wowed. You'll learn about it and how to apply it to your next presentation. This special blend of emotional intelligence, neuroscience and presentation skills is information you won't find anywhere else.
Scott Halford
Are you having fun yet? If you are not having fun as a leader then chances are you are trying too hard. Leadership is not accidental, whether you want to be or not, you are a leader. Whenever you influence others toward a goal, you are acting as a leader. Learn how to create leadership momentum so that everyone in your organization becomes a leader and you can help them do that in a way that becomes self-sustaining. While leadership isn’t about fun, it shouldn’t be hard. Self-sustaining leadership is based on tried and true principles of leadership that have a profound impact on the individuals you work with. Don’t think that leadership is a title, a position or a job. Learn the art of self-sustaining leadership that makes all the difference.
Kirk Wilkinson
How will you influence your listeners to act on what you have to say? Whether you are influencing through a presentation, meeting, sales call, conference call or face-to-face conversation, how you deliver determines whether or not others see you as credible, knowledgeable, and trustworthy. Without doing this effectively, you inhibit your maximum potential to: motivate, influence, and increase profits. Stacey will help you eliminate the static that plagues communicative delivery - to persuade, sell, influence or simply effectively communicate face-to-face with a clear message. She will explain the positive actions you can take to increase your impact and value to your peers, clients, and associates. This highly interactive session will give you immediate and practical tools to influence your listeners to take action on what you have to say and build stronger relationships.
Stacey Hanke
Being able to communicate with various audiences via presentations, speeches, and webinars is a key element for success. As Shakespeare said, “No man is lord of anything ‘til he communicate his parts to others.” Examples abound where speaking ability has helped open doors (think Barack Obama), won important contracts, inspired colleagues, and led to leadership positions. With current presentations technology, executives and other team members are able to prepare and deliver presentations of much better quality than back in the color slide and overhead projector days. Unfortunately too many of today’s presentations are famous for overwhelming audiences with boring, unfathomable material and imparting a high urge for audience members to flee the conference room. This session will explore key factors that make the difference between interesting, useful presentations and those that hinder, rather than aid, communication.
Tom Leech
Organizations, especially those in crisis, need men and women willing to exert their leadership to effect positive change. “Leading from the Middle,” based on John Baldoni’s newest book, Lead Your Boss, demonstrates how managers can use their influence to lead without authority. For managers who seek to lead up, learning to think and act strategically as well as to develop the talents and skills of their colleagues is essential. Senior leaders, too, need to encourage those in the middle to demonstrate initiative to help their organizations succeed.
John Baldoni
•Do you ever lie awake at night wondering where your next client will come from? •Do you feel your business is controlling you, rather than you running your business? •Have you ever felt frustrated or discouraged about your consulting or coaching practice? •Have you seen dramatic cyclicality in your customer acquisition process? •Do you feel you are not getting the results you want from your company? If so, you’re not alone. Most consultants and coaches find that despite their expertise in their chosen field, they don’t have all the skills it takes to grow their business to the level they need. In this webinar we will discuss the 10 Most Common Mistakes coaches and consultants make and give you the keys to avoiding those errors. You’ll get specific, practical tips you can implement immediately to make positive, lasting change in your business.
Judi Cogen
In the current economic environment, negotiating and renegotiating agreements effectively can mean the difference between success and failure, for your team and your organization. But off-the-shelf negotiation skills workshops seldom produce meaningful change in how complex agreements are negotiated. In “Built to Win: Creating A World Class Negotiating Organization” Movius and Susskind argue that negotiation is not just an individual competence, but an organizational one. Find out how organizations can improve their negotiation processes and results without wasting money on expensive training rollouts.
Hal Movius
Description You know it when you see it – certain speeches just make you stand up and take notice. Barack Obama has been praised continually for his mastery of rhetorical influence. Ronald Reagan has gone down in history as “The Great Communicator.” Winston Churchill galvanized a nation at a time of immense crisis. And in Shakespeare’s telling of the tale, Marc Antony turned deadly mob into a force for political change. All of these great orators used words alone to achieve their goals. In this webinar, David Mann will examine several great speeches made by notable leaders throughout history. He will illuminate the rhetorical devices, wording, and delivery styles that made some of the best-known speeches into vehicles of dynamic influence. David will show you how you can use those same techniques to make your next presentation come alive and get results.
David Mann
OOPS! You just sank more company money into a performance strategy that doesn't work! In these strained economic times when every penny counts, you can no longer afford to invest in the financially flawed activities. As the founder of a behavior-based process that has revitalized companies around the world, Aubrey C. Daniels has repeatedly witnessed the 13 most universally used, but ineffective management tactics. Businesses have been wasting time and funds on the same tired approaches for years. Now Daniels reveals what to do instead!
Aubrey C. Daniels Ph.D.
Two of the most common questions that are asked in leadership development sessions are: •How can I do a better job of influencing my manager? •How can I better influence my peers – when I don’t have direct line authority. Although there is no way to guarantee success when we try to influence without direct control, Dr. Marshall Goldsmith will provide a model that will improve your odds on success. This webinar will help you determine both when and how to influence decision makers. The final part of the seminar is especially important in today’s tough business environment. Marshall will share a philosophy on how to ‘make peace’ with what you cannot change and ‘play the cards that you are given’ in a way that is most beneficial to you and to your organization. This webinar is not just for managers – it is for any members of the organization who want increase their impact by more effectively influencing decision makers.
Marshall Goldsmith
To rise in your career, virtually nothing matches the ability to easily and persuasively impact audiences, in meetings large and small. To vanquish the "fear of public speaking", we'll focus on the basics of effective public speaking, and then include advanced topics such as what to do in the face of hecklers, how to avoid excessive perspiration while speaking, and what to do if you "blank out" in mid-presentation. Common questions *How can I get quickly better a public speaking? *Is there a way to quickly organize my notes for smooth delivery? *How big a part does "knowing your audience" play in being effective? Attendees will benefit in many ways: 1. Gain a sense of accomplishment, even mastery, in making presentations 2. Learn the importance of mastering your meeting venue 3. Know how to calmly and effectively speak in front of others 4. Discover how to help participants better understand and act upon what's been presented
Jeff Davidson
You know what you're talking about. You're an expert. You're trustworthy and sincere. So why doesn't your staff or your clients always do what you need them to do? It could be because they don't understand the way you communicate. In this webinar, David Mann will outline useful methods of making key points clearly and concisely, telling a memorable story, working the room, translating technical jargon into everyday speech, and listening to your listener.
David Mann
This program will do two things for the attendees. It will help them identify and understand the link between their performances in business and how that relates to an athlete’s performance in sports. And, it will help them identify techniques, similar to what top athletes use, to achieve peak performance, on demand, in any area they choose, whenever they need it. The relationship between superior performance in business and athletics is greater than most people think. Executives must train their minds and their bodies for their jobs in much the same way that athletes train for their sports. There is a physical conditioning factor, an emotional factor, and a mental factor that plays into achieving success and peak performance. Both executives and athletes must work hard to become the best at what they do by working on these three areas. Then, there is that one time that everything flows; everything clicks. The executive and the athlete achieve PEAK PERFORMANCE. They are in “The ZONE.” They are in “FLOW”. We now have a variety of techniques to help executives achieve this peak performance state on demand, whenever they need it. The factors that go into the development of these skills and how to practice them will be taught to the attendees. The Executive Athlete program can be taught as a 1 day or a 2 day program. Support materials include two of Dr. Gerson’s books, Winning the Inner Game of Selling, and HEADcoaching: Mental Training for Peak Performance. Additionally, participants receive a workbook that covers the material in the program.
Richard Gerson
Leadership presence is a powerful attribute of leadership. You can define it as the presence of authority imbued with a reason to believe. Leadership presence begins with communications but extends to every facet of leadership. As such it can be taught and put into practice. This webinar demonstrates ways managers can improve their presence strategically and tactically to develop the trust of their people so that they can accomplish their goals and the goals of the organization. John Baldoni is an internationally-recognized leadership consultant, coach, speaker, and author. John specializes in helping his clients discover and achieve leadership presence, which he defines as “earned authority.” Those with leadership presence demonstrate a strong capacity to project confidence, communicate with conviction, instill trust, and most importantly, lead by example. Leadership presence combines a leader’s earned authority with a follower’s reason to believe. While leaders project their leadership, followers authorize it with their approval. What matters to us most is authenticity. Leadership presence can be taught and put into practice through focused coaching. A much in-demand presenter, John teaches in corporate education programs and speaks frequently to corporate, professional, military, and university audiences. In 2007, John was named one of the top 30 most influential leadership gurus in the world. Honorees included John Maxwell, Tom Peters, Jim Collins and Marshall Goldsmith. John is the author of six books on leadership, including the leadership trilogy for McGraw-Hill: How Great Leaders Get Great Results, Great Motivation Secrets of Great Leaders, and Great Communication Secrets of Great Leaders. John is an Expert Blogger for FastCompany.com. He also writes a leadership monthly column for CIO.com and is a contributor to HR.com and Wharton Leadership Digest. His articles have appeared in thought-leader publications such as Harvard Management Update, Leader to Leader and T&D. His podcasts, vodcasts and published articles are accessible through the home page of his website, www.johnbaldoni.com
John Baldoni
You are invited to join Norm Smallwood for a LIVE 45 minute webinar in which he will describe two transitions that take the practice of leadership to the next level. Norm is a recognized authority in developing businesses and their leaders to deliver results and increase value. His current work relates to increasing business value by building organization, strategic HR and leadership capabilities that measurably impact market value. He is co-founder (with Dave Ulrich) of The RBL Group, a firm of well-known and broadly experienced management educators and consultants. In 2005 and 2006, The RBL Group was ranked as the #1 Leadership Development firm in the world by Leadership Excellence. In this webinar, we will explore these ideas and how those responsible for leadership development can build a leadership brand that delights customers, investors, and employees. The logic of leadership brand was used to identify Fortune’s Top Companies for Leaders which will be published in the October 1st issue. The Top Companies for Leaders Study was co-sponsored by Hewitt, Fortune, and The RBL Group.
Norm Smallwood
Asking the right questions is something that every leader must do. It is a leader’s responsibility to ask questions that probe to the heart of a problem and challenge people to think very deeply about what is possible, probable, and doable. Executives pay executive coaches many thousands of dollars to challenge them in this way, but you don’t always need an outsider ask good questions. In fact, asking good questions is a practice that all leaders can cultivate. Drawing upon real life examples drawn from the headlines as well as professional experience, John Baldoni will explore leadership questions that explore leadership from the inside out. John Baldoni is an internationally-recognized leadership consultant, coach, speaker, and author. John specializes in helping his clients discover and achieve leadership presence, which he defines as “earned authority.” Those with leadership presence demonstrate a strong capacity to project confidence, communicate with conviction, instill trust, and most importantly, lead by example. Leadership presence combines a leader’s earned authority with a follower’s reason to believe. While leaders project their leadership, followers authorize it with their approval. What matters to us most is authenticity. Leadership presence can be taught and put into practice through focused coaching.
John Baldoni
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