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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.

It is time to to archive your company's "Performance Management" practices and "Annual Review" process into the Museum of Motivation?

News Flash: Recent studies by brain scientists studying motivation also tell us that reward (yes reward) can be de-motivating. How performance reviews are structured and how supervisors and managers offer "feedback" to change behavior and improve performance is often ineffective and de-motivating.

What's an HR Director to do?

If you are a leader at any level, you already understand your people are your greatest asset. Now it's time to upgrade our approach to motivating Human Beings 3.0 from the field of brain science, at the intersection of communication, emotion and motivation.

Addressing performance is the least favorite activity for most leaders. However, failure to handle these situations effectively will drastically impact the success of both the leader and the team as a whole. Unfortunately many leaders either choose to ignore the situation or utilize an approach that only exasperates the problem.

Leadership in the business world today requires a new set of skills. In order to accomplish the goals of the organization and his or her team, a leader depends upon complete commitment from every member of the team. Utilizing a coaching style will help leaders to instill ownership within their individual team members while unlocking their potential.

This session is an overview and introduction to Motivation-Based Interviewing. MBI is a 15 year-old interviewing method specifically designed for identifying and hiring high achievers. Traditional behavior-based interviewing focuses almost solely on an applicant's level of skill. This approach has a long history of producing hit-and-miss hiring results. Why? Because it takes more than just skill to succeed! MBI assesses all 3 of the components common to top performers that enable them to achieve above-average results, yet requires no extra interviewing time. The 3 components MBI assesses are - skill, attitude and passion! Please note, this session includes a powerful video that’s not available in an archived version.

In Part 1 of this 2 part presentation, Jeremy Tozer examined a clear strategic role for HR in enabling the creation of the conditions for organizational success. In particular Jeremy examined the role of HR / learning and development in:

• Developing and sustaining organizational leadership capacity as the primary source of strategic competitive advantage.
• Enabling effective development and execution of business strategy and the leadership of change and transformation —this includes ensuring both work alignment and people engagement.

In this second part, Jeremy will give a quick recap of Part 1 and then examine in detail a proven approach to developing this form of collective leadership capability, an approach which also concurrently develops individual leadership behavior and emotional intelligence —an approach which is guaranteed to more than pay for itself with a measurable financial return on investment.

This will be illustrated with detailed and ROI quantified case studies from Cisco, and consulting assignments from across the USA, Asia, Europe and Australasia with other clients such as ABN AMRO, Pfizer, Philips and MCI.

Participants in this webinar should review the archive of Part 1 at this link http://www.hr.com/en/webcasts_events/webcasts/archived_webcasts_and_podcasts/strategic-hr-enabling-leaders-to-drive-strategy-ex_habeg7ec.html

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.

Professional sport coaches and trainers know that the strongest, most experienced athletes aren’t necessarily the best prepared ones. Top athletes also train to build mental and emotional inner strength so they can be resilient and focused, regardless of the situation. Businesses and their employees also need to have strong core confidence so they can cope with rapid market changes and personal challenges. Developing the knowledge and skills for a current or next role just isn’t enough anymore to succeed in today’s increasingly demanding global environment.

Organizations and individuals that have strong core confidence operate more effectively by eliminating the stress and distraction that a lack of trust brings in one’s self and others. Core confidence isn’t something that can be faked or embodied part-time and it’s difficult to describe. It’s a consistent state of being, an “it” factor, and a seemingly natural mojo that we all intuitively perceive and want.

This session will examine what core confidence is, why it’s so empowering and how to assess it concretely in an individual and overall organization. We’ll provide tools that immediately diagnose confidence strengths and weaknesses that will determine a core confidence conditioning strategy and plan. Participants will leave with a sustainable and scalable understanding about confidence that will fundamentally change the way they and their co-workers look at and operate in all aspects of business and life.

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