Leadership Effectiveness

405 Building a Powerful Business Strategy

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

Instructor:  James E. Del Carmen, Partner, Collaborative Strategies, Inc.

Session Date:  Friday, April 20, 2012 - 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Eller Hall

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.

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

Session Date:  Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Eller Hall

414 Value Creation Through an Advisory Board

Most privately-held business owners don't think of a board as a strategic asset.  However, even modest sized businesses ($25MM or more in revenue) can benefit from the expertise, experience and insight of a qualified, carefully recruited advisory board.  For owners, it is often very lonely at the top.  An advisory board can help you stay accountable to your goals and challenge you to take your business to the next level.  You will leave this session with an understanding of the opportunities advisory boards can offer, pitfalls to be wary of and methodologies that will assist you in creating your advisory board and keeping the valuable input flowing.  This course is best suited for companies with annual revenues of $25 million or more.

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

Session Date:  Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 8:00 AM - 10:30 AM - Eller Hall

417 Developing the Strategic Leader

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. 

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

Session Date:  Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 8:00 AM - 10:30 AM - Eller Hall

419 Fight or Flight - Or is There a Better Solution?
         Working Through Conflict

Today’s stressful workplace seems more likely to trigger conflicts between coworkers.  We all understand the importance of resolving conflicts both to the business and one’s personal well-being.  Yet, when they occur, we feel caught up in emotionally-charged moments that we later regret.  Or we avoid conflict altogether and sweep an issue under the rug that usually needs to be confronted.

In this workshop, you’ll discover practical tools and techniques for handling conflicts successfully on your own.  Working through conflicts frees up wasted time, improves teamwork, and promotes more productive working relationships.

Instructor:  Pam Hager, Vice President, Instructional Consulting, Psychological Associates

Session Date:  Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Eller Hall

428 Employment Pitfalls - What You Don't Know Can
        Hurt You

Knowledge is power when it comes to avoiding liability from employment claims.  This workshop will provide employers and management with the information and resources needed to handle difficult employment situations.  It will also arm them with practical knowledge and tools that can be used to properly document disciplinary and performance issues, to conduct appropriate investigations of employee conduct and to handle employee leave issues.  Finally, employers will learn to identify potential classification errors relating to exempt employees and independent contractors that often lead to wage and hour and tax liability. 

Instructor:  J. Christopher Hesse, Partner, Hesse Martone, P.C.

Session Date:  Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Eller Hall

429 Negotiating with the Savvy Buyer

Tired of win/win negotiating theories that don't hold up when you're up against a savvy buyer who holds most of the cards?  Buyers will always try to get as much as they can for the dollar and they don't necessarily play fair.  Whether you face a win/win counterpart, or the savvy professional buyer who plays to win, this program redefines effective negotiating strategies and tactics.  This session will cover how to:

• Deal with the "Player"
• Perform under Pressure
  
• Understand the limits of the buyer's ability to use leverage
  
• Understand and control sources of leverage 
  
  

Instructor:  Patti Harty, Senior Associate, Stark & Associates

Session Date:  Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Eller Hall 

430 Fostering Creativity and Innovation NEW! 

Why is creativity important in business?  Creativity is one avenue that generates value for the organization that cannot be automated, outsourced or replicated.  In this workshop you will learn how people and environment influence creative thinking and organizational value, while building your toolkit for expanding creative thinking.  Furthermore, this interactive workshop will explore how you can use creativity and innovation in your organizations.
*Class is full.  Registration will place you on a WAIT LIST.*

Instructors:  Terence J. Bostic, Ph.D., Senior Consultant, CMA
                        Dana M. Borchert, Ph.D., Consultant, CMA
 
Session Date:  Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Eller Hall  

431 Defining Your Leadership Signature NEW! 

In this course, you will reflect on your leadership journey and learn to articulate your “leadership signature”: a compelling story of a defining person or event in your life that has helped to shape who you are as a leader. You will also learn about your desired versus actual leadership impact, and create a development plan to help you continue to improve. This course will also highlight the importance of authentic leadership and mood management on your effectiveness as a leader.
*Class is full.  Registration will place you on a WAIT LIST.*

Instructor:  Kelly M. Reed, M.S., Consultant, CMA
                      
Session Date:  Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Eller Hall

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