Leadership Effectiveness

405 Building a Powerful Business Strategy

How to design and implement a powerful business plan and what to expect from it.

Instructor: Jim Lang, Partner, Collaborative Strategies, Inc.

Session Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
                           Plaza Board Room

407 Building a Performance Management System

If human resources are indeed a company's most valuable asset, then it follows that effective performance management is critical to an organization's success. Beginning with describing the business case for performance management, you will be able to build the foundation for setting clear expectations, recognizing talent, managing variable pay, creating dynamic development plans, providing effective feedback and delivering exceptional performance discussions.
*This class is full.  Registration will place you on a WAIT LIST.*

Instructor:  Mark Murtha, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Enterprise Bank & Trust

Session Date:  Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
                            Plaza Board Room

417 Developing the Strategic Leader NEW! 

Your company's ability to grow and adapt in a dynamic business environment can be helped or hindered by the quality of leaders working for you.  Strong leaders supporting you allow you to focus on the strategic challenges facing your business;  weak ones force you into tactical and operational details that consume all of your time.  This workshop will help you evaluate the development needs of your leaders and give you tools to develop their leadership skills.
*The location and time of this class has changed.  Please see below!

Instructor:  Richard C. Nemanick, Ph.D., Principal Consultant, The Leadership Effect

Session Date:  Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 8:15 AM - 10:45 AM
                             Grand Street Cafe
                             4740 Grand Street
                             Kansas City, MO 64112

432 Crashing Down! - How Organizations Survive Change NEW! 

It's not a question of "if" change will happen in your organization, but rather questions of "when" and "how much."  This course will provide guidance about how your organization can prepare for, manage, and survive disruptive change.  Case studies will be used to demonstrate how organizational resiliency works.  Following these studies, you will be able to plan the actions of your organization to be more prepared and resilient.  As part of the process, you will even learn to fly a helicopter! 

Instructor:  Kirk D. Wessel, Ph.D., Dean, Angell Snyder School of Business, Ottawa University

Session Date:  Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
                            Overland Park Board Room