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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.

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

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.

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

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.

When one thinks of an executive to emulate, there are a select few consistently held up as “C-Suite Heroes”, such as Jack Welch or Meg Whitman. These individuals have a defined perception of being great leaders for specific reasons and have a well-defined “brand” by which they are widely known. It is a disservice for executives to compare themselves to these c-suite celebrities. Instead, talented business leaders should focus on blazing their own trail by understanding and defining their unique leadership brand by which they want to be known. This session , led by experienced leadership advisor and speaker, Beth Miller, CEO of Executive Velocity, outlines the three key components of understanding your leadership brand and questions that will help executives reflect on, and clarify, what they feel is important to defining that brand. Finally, Ms. Miller will help attendees begin to develop their personal plan to achieve their own leadership brand based on their goals and the definition they’ve developed.

Jeremy Tozer will present a clear strategic role for HR in enabling the creation of the conditions for organizational success. In particular Jeremy will examine 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. Jeremy will give an overview of a proven approach to developing this form of organizational leadership capacity, an approach which also concurrently develops individual leadership behaviour and emotional intelligence and is guaranteed to more than pay for itself with a measurable financial return on investment. This will be illustrated with case studies from companies like Cisco, ABN AMRO, Philips and MCI. Part 2 of the presentation in April will examine Leadership assessment and development in detail.

How does coaching apply to leading? There are three common challenges for leaders in today's organizations: Engagement, Accountability and Productivity. You will walk away from this highly practical session with new perspectives on leading others as well as easy to apply coaching tools designed to increase engagement, foster accountability and boost productivity beginning with your next conversation. We'll explore a paradigm-shifting coaching approach to leading that allows you to pinpoint fundamental causes of disengagement, unreliability and low productivity, and how to create the conditions that cultivate enjoyment, responsibility and achievement. Join us for this engaging and thought-provoking webinar and learn how to be a 'Coaching Leader.'

In this interactive workshop webinar, you’ll learn how horses are transforming corporate learning environments to bring positive teamwork and lessons in leadership, in a unique and memorable learning environment. Equine Guided Education integrates horses into traditional coaching and consulting work to enhance leadership and communication skills, and create innovative breakthroughs in a ‘not so traditional way.’ The horse as teacher, mirrors our body language and emotions – bringing new insights in new ways – creating impactful and lasting change. Leaders from companies such Nike, Wells Fargo, Kaiser Permanente, IHS, Edward Jones and others have experienced the impact of Equine Guided leadership programs