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Welcome to a workshop that is inspirational and will provide you with information and thought provoking ideas that you can use.

For decades, research and ongoing workplace surveys around the world, have explored what makes companies, leaders and teams great. Analysis of the results show data patterns and identified one question that showed the greatest correlation to the most positive business outcomes:

At work, do you have the chance to do what you do best every day?

This inspirational and informative “Leading from Strengths” event will allow you to understand why investing in Strengths returns the greatest ROI on performance and talent management. It may challenge your thinking and the myths you have likely believed for many years.

The first step in success and performance is to have a solid, highly functioning team at every level of the organization. This means having the right people in the right jobs. Knowing individual’s strengths and areas for development, and being able to maximize these for overall team performance is key. This session is focused on getting the right people by asking the appropriate questions, enticing new hires with a desirable work environment, gaining trust by clearly outlining individual and team responsibilities in achieving the goals, and establishing employee accountability. In this session, HR managers will learn how to get the right people in the right place at the right time.

Can you imagine the excitement people would feel coming to work every day to a company where leaders understand that building a sustainable competitive advantage is based on how leaders treat and develop their people?

Servant leadership offers hope to organizations for creating an environment of mutual trust and respect; a workplace where people can discover and reach their potential. A leadership style where leaders focus on creating a winning partnership for the people and the business; creating growth for both the people and the bottom-line. Find out how servant leadership can help your organization build a sustainable competitive advantage.

The presenter brings 38 years of real world experience in the manufacturing industry, including 26 years of senior leadership: Product Manager, Sales & Marketing Manager, VP of Sales & Marketing, VP of Operations and 13 years as President of two manufacturing companies including one with 10 manufacturing facilities in the U.S., England and Mexico. He also started his own consulting firm in April of 2010.

Anyone leading a team, company or department must be able to:

• persuade
• influence behavior
• get buy-in
• inspire

Vision, objectives, mission statements count for little if you can't clearly express them and persuade others to buy-in to them That's why having effective presentation skills is essential for the leader who is going to stand out above the crowd.

Career opportunities, personal confidence, self-esteem – all improve dramatically when you invest in upgrading presentation skills. The TalkitOut™ Technique as taught by Podium Media & Communications Coaching, is a new way of approaching presentations and speeches.

Hundreds of people around the world have become powerful speakers because of TalkitOut. TalkitOut is an indispensable tool for all leaders.

Often time leaders find it difficult to define, create or believe it’s important to shape them selves as a brand. However, your leadership and reputational capital IS potentially the most powerful form of branding, knowing or unknowingly that you will project into the world. Your “brand” will motivate others to want to work with and for you. Cut roughly 10 years off the learning curve by gaining the step-by-step knowledge and insight to form your own leadership brand immediately then put it into work. These tools can be utilized in many different aspect of your life to improve relationships and effectiveness.

One of the most common reasons associated with assignment are personal and family issues. Companies should offer support along with a full understanding of whether the assignment is a lateral move or a promotion and what happens to the assignees career upon repatriation. This webinar will focus of the full life of assignment from start to finish. We will delve into the emotional and energy level of an assignee and their family members throughout the assignment cycle. Important factors on how to choose the right candidate for the assignment support them while on assignment and retain them when they return.

Today’s companies are placing a much higher emphasis on the ability to be creative and innovative in order to move ahead in this economy. They are eagerly looking at ways people, tools and techniques can spark a rebound that gives them a competitive edge. Making innovation and creativity a key cultural value is a goal of any highly effective organization. HR can play a crucial leadership role in helping to get there.

In this lively session, participants will learn how to increase the creative intelligence of their organizations in order to stay ahead of the competition. Participants will come away with new insights, fresh perspectives, and actionable steps to make creativity and innovation meaningful cultural values within their own organizations.

Positive or negative, everyone has a personal reputation. It’s how you’re known, how you’re perceived by others and it influences your relationships and your career. A positive reputation is an essential tool for succeeding in today’s competitive environment. People who have a positive reputation will get better jobs, get promoted more often and get bigger bonuses.

Through this hands-on, highly engaging and interactive session, delegates will learn how to take ownership and full advantage of their personal reputation to enhance their careers and contribute to their organizations.

Not only will participants gain insight into how their personal reputation can work for them, they’ll also discover how to use their unique skills and attributes to stand out and expand their success. Creating a strong reputation allows you to be more confident and self-motivated.

Building a strong reputation is not about constructing an image of what you think you should be. It’s about understanding your own strengths, weaknesses and your impact on others.

By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:

• Determine how they are currently perceived by others
• Immediately implement strategies to develop the foundation for a positive reputation
• Develop systematic ways to ensure that they continue to enjoy and build on their positive reputation

Why is it that HR budgets are often the first to be cut in economic downturns? Is it possible that some HR professionals have the opportunity to improve their financial literacy as the basis for defending their budgets? This presentation provides a solid overview of how to present and defend budgets from a perspective understood by C-suite executives. Three key human capital metrics will be discussed which can potentially improve the way ROI in human capital is managed and measured. In addition, step will be suggested for HR professionals to take the same steps as their functional counterparts in budget submission.

Listening is probably the most important, yet undervalued, skill for success in both our personal professional lives. Raising your awareness of what listening is, and understanding how to overcome the barriers to being good at it, can help you sharpen your own communication skills to BE A BETTER LISTENER & BE LISTENED TO! Business coach, speaker and author Alan Adler will share his years of experience with you on the best ways to become a better listener and to make a connection with your audience -- whether it's 1 person or 1,000. You can also ask Alan your questions and "listen" to his advice.