Thursday, March 1, 2012, 7:30-9:50am Recruiting, Managing & Retaining Veterans |
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Emily is the author of Field Tested: Recruiting, Managing & Retaining Veterans (AMACOM 2011), the first-ever guide for private sector organizations. In 2009, Emily wrote and produced the standout audio course entitled, Your Military Transition™ aimed at preparing former military personnel for civilian employment. Prior to founding Military Transitions, Emily spent 10 high-impact years as an internal consultant and coach at the firm of Booz Allen Hamilton, leading People Strategy. Emily completed her master's of science degree in organizational development at Johns Hopkins University and received formal training and credentials in leadership coaching from Georgetown University. |
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Emily King is a nationally recognized expert on the transition from military service to civilian employment. Emily's business-focused approach emphasizes the role of the civilian hiring organization in making veterans successful, and has directly contributed to the retention of veterans. Emily brings a unique ability to translate between cultures so that military personnel and civilians benefit from their association with one another. Thursday, February 2, 2012, 7:30-9:50am The Secret to Unleashing Your Team's Maximum Potential |
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Brian Cole Miller |
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Brian's client list includes Nationwide Insurance, K. Hovnanian Homes, NAIS's People of Color Conference, Microsoft, State of Ohio, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Communications Workers of America (CWA), Wright-Ryan Construction, Eddie Bauer, US Air Force, American Red Cross, and UPS. VISA chose him to be their spokesperson for their small-business web campaign in 2007. Brian has a Masters degree in Human Resources Development and he has authored several books on teamwork and inclusion that are used in schools, businesses, government and other agencies. These include the bestseller Quick Team-building Activities for Busy Managers and his latest: Nice Teams Finish Last. |
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Brian Cole Miller is a team builder who helps people work together in an inclusive, direct and honest way. He believes that it's a disservice to all involved when you protect them from the truth, but you also don't have to be "brutally" honest to be effective in your relationships either. He shows the way to achieving effective balance in communications—at home, at work, or in your community.|
Thursday, January 5, 2012, 7:30-9:50am The 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader |
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Kent Lineback |
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His latest book, Being the Boss: the 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader, is a self-coaching guide for leaders. Hailed as a "modern management classic," one of "five must-read business books for 2011," and "the manager's bible," Being the Boss provides a comprehensive view of what those responsible for others at all levels must do to be effective in today's more fluid, multi-cultural, multi-generational organizations. Kent has held senior administrative positions in several companies including New England Business Service, Sterling Institute, and Warren Gorham & Lamont, and he served as Director of Administration for the Public Broadcasting Service and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Kent has an MBA from Boston College and a BA from Harvard College. |
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Thursday, December 1, 2011, 7:30-9:50am How to End Workplace Frustration and Get the Most from Employees |
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Mark Royal |
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Mark's client consulting work focuses on helping organizations structure work environments both to increase employee engagement and to translate high levels of employee motivation into improved results. He plays a leading role in directing Hay Group's annual research with Fortune magazine to identify the World's Most Admired Companies and uncover the business practices that make these companies both highly regarded and highly successful. Mark holds Ph.D. and MA degrees in sociology from Stanford University and a BA in sociology from Yale University. |
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Kent Lineback is an executive coach, film producer, and author of several books, including the BusinessWeek bestseller The Monk and the Riddle.
Mark Royal, coauthor of The Enemy of Engagement: Put an End to Workplace Frustration – and Get the Most from Your Employees, is a Hay Group Senior Principal based in Chicago and a leader in Hay Group's employee research division.|
Thursday, November 3, 2011, 7:30–9:50am How to Find the Best Ideas and Make Them Happen |
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Andy Boynton |
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Andy consults with a wide variety of organizations, helping them build more innovative and effective teams. He also has over twenty years of experience designing and delivering executive education seminars for firms around the world. The Idea Hunter is based on research projects that explore how experts from a variety of knowledge-domains work with ideas to achieve professional success and improve their effectiveness in social networks. Andy’s articles on this topic have appeared in the Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, and The California Management Review. His previous books include Virtuoso Teams and Invented Here. Dr. Boynton is a graduate of Boston College and earned his MBA and PhD at the Kenan-Flagler School of Business, Chapel Hill, NC. |
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Andy Boynton, co-author of
The Idea Hunter: How to Find the Best Ideas and Make them Happen,
is Dean of Boston College’s Carroll School of Management and co-creator
of DeepDive™, the world’s leading methodology for helping executives
harness the power of teams to significantly improve problem-solving
speed, innovation and results.|
Thursday, October 6, 2011, 7:30–9:50am Getting Others to Follow Your Lead |
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Terry R. Bacon |
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Currently a Scholar in Residence in the Korn/Ferry Institute, Terry R. Bacon, Ph.D., founded Lore International Institute in 1989 and led its rise to a world-renowned provider of executive education and leadership development, executive coaching and organizational development. In 2008, Lore was acquired by Korn/Ferry. Terry's other best-selling business books also include What People Want, The Elements of Power, Leadership Through Influence, Effective People Skills, High Impact Facilitation, Helping Customers Buy, Powerful Proposals, Selling to Major Accounts, Winning Behavior, The Behavioral Advantage, and Adaptive Coaching. Dr. Bacon is an engineering graduate of West Point and earned a Ph.D. from The American University. He has studied psychology and counseling at Goddard, and business management and leadership at Roosevelt, Wharton, University of Chicago, Harvard, and Stanford. |
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Terry
Bacon, author of The Elements of Influence: The Art of Getting Others to Follow Your Lead.
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Thursday, September 8, 2011, 7:30–9:50am How the Best Leaders Get Good Results in Bad Times |
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Justin Menkes |
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Menkes has received international recognition for his expertise, authoring the best seller Executive Intelligence, and articles in Chief Executive magazine, Directorship magazine and Harvard Business Review. He has chaired master tutorials to train other industrial and organizational psychologists in best practice assessment techniques, and was inducted into the Sigma Xi Psychological Honors Society in recognition of his research contributions to the field of psychology. Justin graduated from Haverford College, received his M.A. in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. And studying under the late Peter Drucker, Menkes earned a Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Claremont Graduate University. |
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Justin Menkes, Ph.D., author of Better Under Pressure: How Great Leaders Bring Out the Best in Themselves and Others is a leading expert in the field of C-suite talent evaluation. His research led him to the discovery of Executive Intelligence and the creation of a methodology to measure it. Justin is a founder of the Executive Intelligence Group, which was integrated into Spencer Stuart in 2007. He applies his deep under-standing of leadership performance to his succession work with clients such as Blackstone, Chevron, Mass Mutual, etc.|
Thursday, September 8, 2011, 7:30–9:50am How the Best Leaders Get Good Results in Bad Times |
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Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee |
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On November 2nd, 2010, with the help of an excellent campaign staff and a strong community of supporters, Linc was elected the first independent Governor of our state. He is honored to serve as your next Governor and optimistic about forging a new way forward for Rhode Island! |
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Linc Chafee is a proud Rhode Islander, born and raised in Warwick. He graduated with a degree in Classics from Brown University, where he received the Francis M. Driscoll Award for leadership, scholarship and athletics. After graduating, he worked for seven years as a blacksmith at harness racetracks throughout the United States and Canada. When he returned to Rhode Island, inspired by the path of his father John Chafee, he entered politics. He won election in 1985 as a delegate to the Rhode Island Constitutional Convention, and went on to serve four years on the Warwick City Council, nearly four two-year terms as Mayor of Warwick, and seven years as United States Senator. After leaving the US Senate, he disaffiliated from the Republican Party and became an Independent. He spent two years as Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies, during which he wrote Against the Tide: How a Compliant Congress Empowered a Reckless President.|
Thursday, June 2, 2011, 7:30–9:50am Redefining Diversity to Drive Productivity |
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Michelle T. Johnson |
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Prior to her current work, Michelle Johnson served as an attorney in two Kansas City law firms, where she represented many companies and organizations in employment litigation, including Hallmark, Deffenbaugh Industries, and Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC).
Michelle started her career as a journalist for the Philadelphia Daily News, the Louisville Courier-Journal and the Austin American-Statesman. She has a BA in Journalism from the University of Kansas and JD from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law. Michelle has been appointed by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to be a member of its Kansas Advisory Committee.
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Michelle T. Johnson, author of
The Diversity Code: Unlock the Secrets to Making Differences Work in
the Real World and Working While Black, is a public speaker, diversity consultant, certified mediator, and a columnist in the business section of the Kansas City Star. Her speaking and consulting clients include Wal-Mart, UCLA, Yellow Freight System, UPS, Presbyterian Church, National Education Association, H&R Block, Firefighters of Topeka, and the City of Kansas City, Missouri.
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Thursday, May 5, 2011, 7:30–9:50am Landing a Corporate Board of Directors Seat |
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Michael D. Jeans |
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Prior to New Directions, Mike was President
and Chief Executive Officer of Roxy.com, Inc., an on-line retailer of
consumer electronics and wireless telecommunication products and one of
the top 10 distributors of DirectTV nationally and its #1 on-line
retailer. Earlier, Mike was CEO of Nashua Photo and President of
Wesson/Peter Pan Foods (a division of Conagra Foods).
Mike serves on the Board of Directors of AMICA
Mutual Insurance Companies, Habitat For Humanity (MA), the Boys & Girls Club
and the Boston Minuteman Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He is
also a member of the Board of Corporators of Emerson Hospital. Mike
holds a Professional Directors certification from the Corporate
Directors Group, a national education and public company credentialing
organization.
He has a BA from The College
of the Holy Cross, magna cum laude and an MBA from the Tuck School of
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Michael D. Jeans, creator and leader of the
Board Directorship Program, is President of New Directions, Inc., a nationally-recognized career management firm in Boston that helps senior executives and professionals develop new jobs, start new ventures, and find board directorship positions.
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Thursday, April 7, 2011, 7:30–9:50am The Elements of Powerful Leadership and Influence |
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Terry R. Bacon |
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Currently a Scholar in Residence in the Korn/Ferry Institute, Terry R. Bacon, Ph.D., founded Lore International Institute in 1989 and led its rise to a world-renowned provider of executive education and leadership development, executive coaching and organizational development. In 2008, Lore was acquired by Korn/Ferry. Terry's other best-selling business books also include What People Want, Leadership Through Influence, Effective People Skills, High Impact Facilitation, Helping Customers Buy, Powerful Proposals, Selling to Major Accounts, Winning Behavior, The Behavioral Advantage, and Adaptive Coaching. Dr. Bacon is an engineering graduate of West Point and earned a Ph.D. from The American University. He has studied psychology and counseling at Goddard, and business management and leadership at Roosevelt, Wharton, University of Chicago, Harvard, and Stanford. |
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Thursday, March 3, 2011, 7:30–9:50am Captivating & Influencing Your Workforce and Your Customers |
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Kurt W. Mortensen |
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Kurt teaches that success in every aspect of life depends on the ability to persuade, motivate, and influence others. He combines scientific research with real-world studies to provide the most authoritative and effective arsenal of proven techniques for persuading, influencing, and motivating others. Mortensen received a bachelor's degree in Communications/Advertising from Brigham Young University in 1992 and an MBA in Marketing and Consumer Behavior from the University of Pittsburg in 1993. |
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Kurt W. Mortensen, author of
The Laws of Charisma: How to Captivate, Inspire, and Influence for Maximum Success, is one of America’s leading authorities on persuasion,
motivation and influence. Kurt spent 15 years researching personal development and motivational psychology. He offers his speaking, training, and consulting programs nationwide, helping thousands achieve unprecedented success in business
and personal endeavors. Kurt is also the author of Persuasion IQ and
Maximum Influence, an Amazon.com bestseller and is endorsed by Stephen R. Covey,
Brian Tracy, Robert Allen, and Mark Victor Hansen.
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Thursday, February 3, 2011, 7:30–9:50am
Creativity: How To Develop It |
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Stephen P. Ramocki |
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In 1993 Stephen obtained a sabbatical at Yale University where he studied educational psychologists' theories on intelligence, specifically in the area of creativity. Consequently, Stephen has come to believe that it is essential to teach and to emphasize theories and tactics that allow students to become more creative. Because it is clear that improvements in creativity are not short run phenomena, Stephen firmly believes that people who have been given instruction in creative thinking and behavior will carry long run advantages throughout their careers and lives. Stephen earned his Ph.D AT Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Managerial Economics and Statistics with Minors in Marketing, Econometrics, and Behavioral Science. He also possesses B.S. and M.S. degrees in “Industrial Management” from Lowell Technological Institute and Clarkson College of Technology. |
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Stephen
P. Ramocki, Ph.D. is a professor of Marketing in the Department of
Management & Technology at Rhode Island College. Stephen came to RIC in
1984 from the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse.|
Thursday, January 6, 2011, 7:30–9:50am Lessons from Inside the CIA for Business Leaders |
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Peter Earnest |
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Peter served 25 years as a case officer in its Clandestine Service, primarily in Europe and the Middle East. He ran wide range of intelligence collection and covert action operations including counterintelligence and double agent operations working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and military intelligence. Assigned to the Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, Peter served as an Inspector with the Inspector General, liaison with the U.S. Senate, and director of media relations and spokesman. A member of the Senior Intelligence Service, he received the CIA’s Medal of Merit and Career Intelligence Medal. Peter is Chairman of the Board of the Association for Intelligence Officers (AFIO). As Museum director, he has played a leading role in its extraordinary success as a Washington attraction and he has frequently been interviewed by the major media in radio, TV, and the press on current intelligence issues. |
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Peter
Earnest, author of Business Confidential: Lessons for Corporate
Success from Inside the CIA., is the founding executive director of the International Spy Museum and a 35 year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
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Thursday, December 2, 2010, 7:30–9:50am Influencing Change In Turbulent Times |
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Edwin
is co-founder of the Gestalt International Study Center and the
Gestalt Institute of Cleveland. 
David
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Thursday, November 4, 2010, 7:30–9:50am
Achieving Ferocious Commitment |
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Stan Slap |
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Stan's firm specializes in achieving ferocious commitment in manager, employee, and customer cultures – the three groups that decide the success of any business. Stan has a history of accomplishments as a CEO with as many as 5,000 employees reporting to him and has served as a director of several companies with their CEOs reporting to him, which he prefers a whole lot more. Since 1985, Stan has focused his hoodlum neurons on creating success for slap clients. He is credited with revolutionizing performance for some of the world’s biggest, smartest and fastest companies, including Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, HSBC, Viacom, Hallmark, and others, by developing explosive growth strategies and the cultural willingness to implement them. Stan personally coaches CEOs and the executive teams of many his client firms. |
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Stan
Slap, author of Bury My Heart at Conference Room B: The Unbeatable
Impact of Truly Committed Managers, is the president of the
international consulting company called, by a remarkable coincidence,
“slap.”
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Thursday, October 7, 2010, 7:30–9:50am How Successful Leaders Achieve Scalable, Sustainable Growth |
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Les McKeown |
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Since relocating from his native Ireland to the US in 1998, Les advises CEOs and senior leaders of organizations on how to achieve scalable, sustainable growth. His clients range from large family-owned businesses to Fortune 100 companies, and include Harvard University, American Express, T-Mobile, United Technologies, Pella Corporation and Chiron. Les was awarded the Samuel Smyth Memorial Prize as a CPA in the UK and was, at that time, the youngest qualified Chartered Accountant in the UK. After a brief period with Price Waterhouse, Les became Ireland’s youngest ever accounting firm partner. Based in Marblehead MA, Les now spends his time consulting, writing, teaching, and speaking. Les has appeared on CNN, ABC, BBC, Inc, Entrepreneur magazine, USA Today and The New York Times. |
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Les McKeown, author of Predictable Success: Getting Your Organization
On the Growth Track--and Keeping It There, is the President & CEO of
Predictable Success. He has has started over 40 companies and was the
founding partner of an incubation consulting company that advised on the
creation and growth of hundreds more organizations worldwide.|
Thursday, Sep 2, 2010, 7:30–9:50am How CEOs Must Rethink Risk, Spot The Red Flags & Be Proactive |
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Joseph W. Koletar |
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Joseph began his 25-year FBI career as a Special Agent and retired as the Section Chief in the Criminal Investigative Division, where he was the national program manager for a $2.5 Billion criminal investigations’ budget, computer operations, the Witness Protection Program and informant operations, criminal undercover operations, surveillance and aviation operations, the Strategic Intelligence Operations Center, and White House Background Investigations. Prior to the FBI, he was an Intelligence Officer in the United States Army Special Security Group. Dr. Koletar holds a BA from the Penn State, a Master of Science in Industrial Administration from George Washington University, and a Master of Public Administration and a Ph.D. from the USC. |
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Joseph
W. Koletar, author of
Rethinking Risk: How Companies Sabotage Themselves and What They Must Do
Differently, most recently served as Executive Director, Principal,
and Director in the Fraud and Investigations practices of Ernst & Young
LLP and Deloitte & Touche, where his clients included: GM, Merrill
Lynch, American Standard, Johnson & Johnson, GE, Kohler, Credit Suisse,
The Bank of Luxembourg, Genworth, Household Finance, Holiday Inn, and
Dell.|
Thursday, Jul 15, 2010, 7:30–9:50am Building Talent from Within |
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William J. Rothwell |
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As a consultant, William has worked with over 30 multinational corporations. As an academic, he heads up the #2 ranked graduate program in HRD in the USA. Before arriving at Penn State, he was previously Assist. Vice President and Management Development Director for The Franklin Life Insurance Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of a Fortune 48 company. His bestselling book, Effective Succession Planning, is regarded by some as the "corporate bible" on succession management practices. He is also author of Building In-House Leadership and Management Development Programs, The Competency Toolkit, and The Action Learning Guidebook. He has also authored, coauthored, edited or co-edited some 50 books and has consulted on succession planning and management with a wide array of business, government, and nonprofit organizations. |
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William
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Effective Succession Planning: Ensuring Leadership Continuity and Build-
ing Talent from Within, is President of Rothwell and Associates,
Inc. He is also Professor of Human Re-source Development at Pennsylvania
State University.
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Thursday, Jun 3, 2010, 7:30–9:50am
Maximize Return on Human Capital
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Jac Fitz-Enz |
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Dr. Jac was named by HR World as one of the Top 5 HR Management Gurus and cited by HR Magazine as one of 50 People in the last 50 years who have significantly changed the field of HR. He has authored a dozen books including the award-winning The ROI of Human Capital. His column, Leading Edge, appears monthly in Talent Management magazine. As founder of Saratoga Institute, he developed the first international HR benchmarks. Dr. Jac has trained more than 85,000 managers in 45 countries. Although his work is widely imitated, he remains The Source for human capital strategy, measurement and analytics. Prior to founding Saratoga Institute Dr. Fitz-enz held human resource vice presidential positions at Wells Fargo Bank, Imperial Bank and Motorola Computer Systems. He holds degrees from: Notre Dame (B.A), San Francisco State (M.A.), and USC (Ph.D) in organizational communications. |
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Jac
Fitz-Enz, the author of The New HR Analytics: Predicting the
Economic Value of Your Company's Human Capital Investments, is
founder of Human Capital Source and widely acknowledged as the father of
human capital strategic analysis and measurement.
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Thursday, May 6, 2010, 7:30–9:50am Reinventing Business for the Next Decade |
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Jim Champy |
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His current books: Outsmart, Inspire and Deliver are case studies of businesses that have and are achieving extraordinary success. Prior to joining Dell Services, Jim was Chairman and CEO of CSC Index, the management consulting arm of Computer Science Corporation. He was one of the original founders of Index, a $200 million consulting practice that was acquired by CSC in 1988. Under Champy, the company's consulting practice grew at a rate of 25 percent a year. Jim earned his BS in 1963 and his MS in Civil Engineering in 1965 from MIT. He received his JD in 1968 from Boston College Law School and immediately passed the bar exam. |
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Jim
Champy, is the Chairman of Dell Services
consult-ing practice. He is recognized throughout the world for his work
on leadership and management issues and on organizational change and
business reengineering. His book, Reengineering the Corporation: A
Manifesto for Business Revolution, sold more than 3 million copies
and spent more than a year on The New York Times best seller list. He is
also the author of the best seller, Reengineering Management: The
Mandate for New Leadership, which was recognized by Business Week as
one of the top ten best business books of 1995.|
Thursday, April 1, 2010, 7:30–9:50am
How to Turn Adversity into Advantage
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J. Barry Griswell |
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Barry is a 2003 recipient of the Horatio Alger Award, given to individuals who achieved great success while overcoming difficult backgrounds. He currently serves as president of the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines and is currently a board member of Principal Financial Group, Inc. and Herman Miller, Inc. He has also been active in various industry and community organizations, including service as chair of the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI), board member of The Business Roundtable, including co-chair of the CEO Task Force on Health and Retirement Security. A native of Georgia, Barry received his bachelor's degree from Berry College in Rome, Georgia and his master's degree from Stetson University in Deland, Florida. In 2007, he was honored with an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Grand View College. He is also a Fellow of LIMRA Leadership Institute (LLIF). |
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J.
Barry Griswell, co-author of
The Adversity Paradox: An Unconventional Guide to Achieving Uncommon
Business Success, is retired chairman of the board and chief
executive officer of The Principal Financial Group.
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Thursday, March 4, 2010, 7:30–9:50am
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Susan Page |
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She is widely recognized as a top expert on business process improvement and is currently responsible for driving the overall technology strategy for the human resources organization in an internationally renowned entertainment company headquartered in Orlando, Fl. With business process improvement a key and integral part of her day-to-day work, Susan directs a team that supports the human resource system of record for employee information, training, performance management, etc. Ms. Page holds a BSBA from Boston University and a MSCIS from the University of Phoenix. She is a graduate of the WOMEN Unlimited LEAD Program, and is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM). |
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Susan
Page is the author of The Power of Business Process Improvement:
10 Simple Steps to Increase Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Adaptability.|
Thursday, February 4, 2010, 7:30–9:50am PR — The Future Is Here — Learn How To Deal With It Or Perish |
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Robert Dilenschneider |
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Prior to forming his own firm, Robert served as president and chief executive officer of Hill and Knowlton, Inc. from 1986 to 1991. Robert has counseled major corporations, professional groups, trade associations and educational institutions, and has assisted clients in dealings with regulatory agencies, labor unions, consumer groups and minorities, among others. Robert Dilenschneider's best-selling books include Power and Influence, A Briefing for Leaders, On Power, The Critical 14 Years of Your Professional Life, Moses: C.E.O., The Critical 2nd Phase of your Professional Life, and 50 Plus!—Critical Career Decisions for the Rest of Your Life. Mr. Dilenschneider started in public relations in 1967 in New York, shortly after receiving an M.A. in journalism from Ohio State University, and a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame. |
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Robert
L. Dilenschneider, the author of The AMA Handbook of Public
Relations and eight other top-selling books, is the Founder and
Principal of the Dilenschneider Group.|
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 7:30–9:50am How to Get Through to Anyone and Gain Their Buy-In |
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Mark Goulston |
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Mark is an M.D., psychiatrist, hostage-negotiation trainer for the FBI, business consultant, executive coach, and a best-selling author whose books include "Get Out of Your Own Way" and "Get Out of Your Own Way at Work." Dr. Mark writes an Internet column on leadership for Fast Company as well as the syndicated column "Solve Anything with Dr. Mark" for Tribune Media Services. His corporate clients include: GE, IBM, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Xerox, Deutsche Bank, Hyatt, Accenture, Kodak, Federal Express, etc. Dr. Goulston holds a B.A. from UC Berkeley, an M.D. from Boston University, and did his post-graduate residency in psychiatry at UCLA. Mark was a professor at UCLA's Neuropsychiatric Institute for more than twenty years, became an American Psychiatric Association Fellow (the highest award that organization offers), and was named one of America's Top Psychiatrists for 2004-2005 and 2009 by Washington, D.C. based Consumers’ Research Council of America. |
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Mark Goulston
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the author of “Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to
Absolutely Anyone.”
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Thursday, November 5, 2009, 7:30–9:50am Building a Trust Based Business |
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Greg Link |
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Greg was also co-founder and Senior Vice President of the Covey Leadership Center, where he orchestrated the marketing and public relations strategy that led Dr. Stephen R. Covey’s book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, to the number one best selling business book of the 20th century, selling over 15 million copies in 38 languages. Greg created the marketing momentum that helped propel Covey Leadership Center from a start-up company to a $100+ million-dollar enterprise with offices in 40 countries. Greg has taught Principle Centered Leadership and The Speed of Trust and advised executives at numerous leading enterprises; including, Hewlett Packard, U.S. Navy Resale, U.S. Navy Supply, Sony, Chevron Oil, San Diego Gas and Electric, IBM, Microsoft, Boeing, and many other well known organizations. |
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Greg
Link is
Co-founder and President of CoveyLink. His co-founder Stephen
Covey is the author of The Speed of Trust.
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Thursday, October 1, 2009, 7:30–9:50am Brand Strategies That Work in the Digital World |
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Allen Adamson |
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He is managing director of the New York office of Landor Associates (a WPP company), one of the world’s leading strategic brand consulting and design firms, with 24 offices in 18 countries. Allen has worked with some of the world’s leading organizations, overseeing branding efforts for clients such as Procter & Gamble, GE, PepsiCo, Pfizer, Verizon, and others. Recognized as one of the world's top brand experts Adamson has penned numerous articles on branding and marketing issues for industry publications. He has appeared on NBC's Today Show and CNBC Canada's Report on Business Television. He is often quoted in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Advertising Age, The New York Times, The New York Post, the Orlando Sentinel, USA Today, The Washington Post and Forbes. Adam regularly lectures at New York University's Stern School of Business and the Yale School of Management. |
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author of
BrandDigital: Simple Ways Top Brands Succeed in the Digital World
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BrandSimple: How the Best Brands Keep it Simple and Succeed.|
Thursday, September 3, 2009, 7:30–9:50 am Turning Ordinary People into Extraordinary Performers |
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Erika Andersen |
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Erika is the founding partner of Proteus International, a consulting and training firm that helps client organizations clarify and move toward their hoped-for-future. Since 1980 Erika has become known for promoting learning and change in ways uniquely tailored to her clients' challenges, goals, and culture. She focuses on thoroughly understanding each organization and on collaborating with her clients in ways that are engaging, direct, and "learner-friendly." Erika has serves as coach and advisor to the senior executives of such companies as MTV Networks, GE, TJX, Hewitt Associates, Turner Broadcasting, MillerCoors, NBC Universal, Union Square Hospitality Group, CBS, Madison Square Garden, and Comcast Corporation. |
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Erika
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Ordinary People into Extraordinary Performers and Being
Strategic: Plan for Success; Out-think Your Competitors; Stay Ahead of
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Thursday, June 4, 2009, 7:30–9:50 am How Great Leaders Prevent Problems |
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Michael's research focuses on strategic decision-making processes and senior management teams. More recently, he has studied why catastrophic group or organizational failures happen, such as the Columbia Space Shuttle accident and the 1996 Mount Everest tragedy. Michael Roberto is a sought after leadership expert who has taught and consulted at a number of firms including Morgan Stanley, The Home Depot, Mars, Novartis, The World Bank, Johnson & Johnson, Lockheed Martin, Level 3 Communications, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Jabil, Corporate Executive Board, and The Advisory Board. |
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Michael
Roberto, author of Know What You Don't Know: How Great Leaders
Prevent Problems Before They Happen and Why Great Leaders Don't Take Yes for an Answer,
is the Trustee Professor of Management at Bryant University in
Smithfield, RI, where he teaches leadership, managerial decision-making,
and business strategy. He joined the tenured faculty at Bryant after
serving for six years on the faculty at Harvard Business School. He also
has been a Visiting Associate Professor of Management at New York
University's Stern School of Business.
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Thursday, May 7, 2009, 7:30–9:50 am How to Solve Boardroom Problems |
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Since 1984, Eli has advised his clients on building better decision making teams, dealing with organizational dysfunctions, planning and running better meetings, demystifying the rules of order, and minute taking standards.
Eli's clients come from government, business and industry, colleges and universities, native organizations, and the non-profit sector.
Eli is the author of five books on meetings and shared decision making. They include: The Guide to Better Meetings for Directors of Non-Profit Organizations and Mina’s Guide to Minute Taking: Principles, Standards & Practical Tools. |
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Eli
Mina, M.Sc., P.R.P., author of 101 Boardroom Problems and How to
Solve Them, is a Vancouver based board effectiveness consultant, meeting facilitator,
mentor and coach, and Registered Parliamentarian.
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Thursday, March 5, 2009, 7:30–9:50 am Business Networking Technology for 21st Century CEOs |
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Before co-founding TalentPlanet with Dr. Greg Ketchum in 1999, Kathy worked for the Stratford Group. Earlier in her career, Kathy was a top sales executive at CBS and ABC. Based on her track record of forging lasting relationships between the executive talent and potential employers, Kathy has developed a unique methodology for performing executive searches using LinkedIn and other social networking sites. This has resulted in an extraordinary success rate of over 95 percent. Kathy’s expertise is particularly sought after by venture capital-backed organizations seeking highly qualified executives to fill key roles in the areas of Sales, Business Development, Product Management and Marketing. |
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Kathleen
Taylor, co-author of How to Succeed in Business Using LinkedIn:
Making Connections and Capturing Opportunities on the World's #1
Business Networking Site, is the cofounder of TalentPlanet, an
executive talent firm focusing primarily on high tech emerging growth
companies in the United States.
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Thursday, February 5, 2009, 7:30–9:50 am What Every CEO Needs to Know to Succeed |
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Scott's coaching client list includes AOL, Astra Zeneca, Capital One, Northrop Grumman, Sallie Mae, World Bank, and Walt Disney Company. He works with clients nationally and internationally to help them determine what to pick up and let go of to succeed at the next level of leadership.
Scott has been featured on ABC News and in Investor's Business Daily, the Washington Post and Harvard Management Update.
Scott is a graduate of Davidson College, Harvard University, and Georgetown University's leadership coaching certificate program, where he is also on the faculty. He is also a member of the Dean’s Alumni Leadership Council of the Harvard Kennedy School. |
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Scott
Eblin, author of The Next Level: What Insiders Know About
Executive Success, is president of The Eblin Group, a former Fortune
500 HR executive and professional certified coach.
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Thursday, December 4, 2008, 7:30–9:50 am How Going Green Can Drive Profits |
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Prior to founding Innovest, Matthew served as Director of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development in Geneva, serving as the Principal Business and Industry Advisor to the Secretary General to the U.N. Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.
Matthew Kiernan is a frequent speaker at international investment conferences, and recently addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. In 2007. he received a special executive award from the U.N. Environment Program's Finance Initiative for innovation and leadership in the emerging field of carbon finance.
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Matthew
Kiernan is the author of
Investing in a Sustainable World: Why Green is the New Color of Money on
Wall Street. He is the Founder and Chief Executive of Innovest
Strategic Value Advisors, Inc. Innovest's clients include the leading
institutional investors in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific,
including APG, the second-largest in the world. Innovest has been
rated the #1 firm in the world in its field.
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Thursday, November 6, 2008, 7:30–9:50 am
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Josh
Bernoff is the coauthor of Groundswell: Winning in a World
Transformed by Social Technologies, a comprehensive analysis of
corporate strategy for dealing with social technologies like blogs,
social networks, and wikis.
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Thursday, October 2, 2008, 7:30–9:50 am How to Enhance Decision Making with “Outside Insight” |
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Joni is the
author of The Third Opinion: How Successful Leaders Use "Outside
Insight" to Create Superior Results. Saj-nicole is an
internationally known business strategist and thinking partner to senior
executives and high-potential leaders.
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Thursday, September 11, 2008, 7:30–9:50 am How to Enhance Decision Making with “Outside Insight” |
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Omar Kahn |
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Omar is the founder and senior partner of Sensei International, a global firm consulting in personal and leadership development. His firm’s clients include 3M, Motorola, Unilever, Microsoft, The Ritz-Carlton, Singapore Airlines, Standard Chartered Bank, Johnson & Johnson, KLM, Nestle, BusinessWeek, and American Express.
One of the early pioneers of Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Transformational Learning, he continues to open up new frontiers to summoning people’s mind, hearts, and spirits for greater productivity, quality, effectiveness and profitability.
Omar earned his BA and MA at University College, Oxford and attended Stanford Law School. His previous books are Synergy and Timeless Leadership. |
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Omar
Khan is the author of Liberating Passion: How The World’s Best
Global Leaders Produce Winning Results. Omar shares real-world
examples of how to summon peoples’ minds, hearts, and spirits for
greater productivity, quality, effectiveness, and profitability.
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Thursday, June 12, 2008, 7:30–9:50 am Strategic Persuasion — Getting Everyone Onboard |
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Mario Moussa |
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Mario Moussa is the co-author of The Art of Woo: Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas. His book complements the intensive, personalized, down-to-earth Wharton program that he and his co-author lead. This workshop, The Art and Science of Selling Ideas, provides executives with critical tools to sell their ideas at work. Dr. Moussa also teaches negotiation and influence, strategy, change, and corporate culture. Dr. Moussa is also a Principal of CFAR Inc., a management consulting firm and has led the development of programs at Wharton for corporate security managers, energy executives, physician leaders, health care and banking executives. His clients include United Health Group, PNC Bank, the Georgetown University Medical Center, and State Farm Insurance. As a keynote speaker, Dr. Moussa has addressed executives in Hong Kong, Bangkok, Istanbul, Delhi, and Paris, as well as cities across the United States. Dr. Moussa graduated from the Wharton MBA program and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. |
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Thursday, May 8, 2008, 7:30–9:50 am Maximizing Executive Talent Within Your Organization |
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Thursday, April 10, 2008, 7:30–9:50 am The Ultimate Leadership Tool: Storytelling |
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Ryan Mathews |
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Ryan Mathews, author
of What's Your Story?:
Storytelling to Move Markets, Audiences, People, and Brands, is a
globally recognized futurist, speaker, strategist, storyteller, author,
consultant, and the pioneer of the field of corporate cultural ecology.
Wired magazine has called
Ryan a philosopher of e-commerce, and American Demographics named him
“the futurist to watch” in a study of the 25 individuals who have made
the greatest contribution to futuring. Red Herring said it was Mathews’s
job “to ask the tough questions.”
Ryan, with Fred Crawford,
coauthored The Myth of
Excellence: Why Great Companies Never Try to Be the Best at Everything,
which appeared on business best-seller lists at The Wall Street Journal
and BusinessWeek and was honored by Amazon.com as one of the top twelve
best business books of 2001.
Frederick W. Smith,
chairman, president, and CEO of Federal Express, has called Mathews an
“exceptional strategic thinker.” He is widely regarded as an expert on
consumers and their relationships to brands, products, services, and the
companies that offer them.
Ryan is also the founder and
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Thursday, March 13, 2008, 7:30–9:50 am How the Web 2.0 and Beyond Will Reshape Your Business |
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Nicholas Carr |
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In 2005, Optimize magazine named Nicholas Carr one of the leading thinkers on information technology and in 2007 eWeek named him one of the 100 most influential people in information technology. His 2004 book Does IT Matter? Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage, published by Harvard Business School Press, set off a worldwide debate about the role of computers in business. His new book, The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google, examines the future of computing and its implications for business and society. Nicholas has been a speaker at MIT, Harvard, Wharton, the Kennedy School of Government, Moscow State University, NASA, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas as well as at many industry, corporate, and professional events throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Earlier in his career, he was a principal at Mercer Management Consulting. Nicholas holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.A. from Harvard University. |
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Nicholas
Carr, author of The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison
to Google, is a former executive editor of the Harvard Business
Review, He writes and speaks on technology, business, and culture.|
Thursday, February 14, 2008, 7:30–9:50 am Make Your Company the Best at What It Does |
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Bo Burlingham |
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Jim Collins, of Built to Last & Good to Great fame, says, Bo "rejects a mantra of growth-for-growth’s sake in favor of a passionate dedication to becoming the absolute best. Bo Burlingham reminds us of a vital truth: big does not equal great, and great does not equal big." Bo joined Inc. magazine in January 1983 as a senior editor and became executive editor six months later. In 1990, he became "Editor-at-Large" to write books with Jack Stack, CEO of Springfield Remanufacturing Corp. and the pioneer of open-book management. The Great Game of Business has sold more than 300,000 copies; A Stake in the Outcome has been called “the first management classic of the new millennium.” Bo is also the co-author (with Norm Brodsky) of the popular monthly column in Inc. called “Street Smarts” and is currently working with Norm on yet another book entitled The Knack: How Street Smart Entrepreneurs Learn to Handle Whatever Comes Up. |
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Bo
Burlingham, author of Small Giants: Companies that Choose to be
Great Instead of Big, is Editor-at-Large of Inc. magazine, a
prolific writer, and best selling author of books about leadership and
business management.|
Thursday, November 8, 2007 , 7:30–9:50 am The Keys to Change at Work and in Life |
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Alan Deutschman |
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Alan Deutschman,
author of Change or Die:
The Three Keys to Change at Work and in Life, is one of America's
leading writers on change and innovation.
Alan is the Executive
Director of Unboundary, a strategy consulting firm whose clientele
includes top executives at major companies such as FedEx and Charles
Schwab.
In a 19-year career as a
business journalist, Alan has been the Silicon Valley correspondent for
Fortune; a senior writer at GQ, where he wrote the "Profit Motive"
column; and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, where he has
co-authored the "New Establishment" power list for the past decade. Most
recently, he was a senior writer for Fast Company.
Alan, a Princeton University
graduate, has interviewed and profiled many of the most influential and
innovative figures in global business, including Apple's Steve Jobs,
Microsoft's Bill Gates, Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos, Google's Sergey Brin,
and Virgin's Richard Branson, and he has studied the successful
turnarounds and change efforts at companies such as Apple, IBM, and
Yahoo. |
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Thursday, October 11, 2007, 7:30–9:50 am Getting Ahead of the Curve—Taking Advantage of What's Next |
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Peter Gloor |
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Peter A. Gloor,
author of Coolhunting:
Chasing Down The Next Big Thing, is a Research Scientist at the
Center for Collective Intelligence at MIT's Sloan School of Management
where he leads a project exploring Collaborative Innovation Networks (www.ickn.org).
Until the end of 2002, Peter
was a Partner with Deloitte Consulting, leading its E-Business practice
for Europe. Before that, he was a Partner with Pricewaterhouse- Coopers
and the Section Leader for Software Engineering at Union Bank of
Switzerland.
Peter was Mercator Visiting
Professor at the University of Cologne, and is currently a lecturer at
Helsinki University of Technology. Earlier, Peter was a Senior Research
Fellow at the Dartmouth Tuck Center for Digital Strategies and an
adjunct faculty in the Department of Computer Science at Dartmouth and a
Post-Doctoral Fellow at MIT. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science
from the University of Zurich in 1989.
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Thursday, September 13, 2007, 7:30–9:50 am Avoid the Seven Deadly “Sins” that Can Destroy Your Company |
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Jag Sheth |
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Jag has published more than two dozen books including: The Rule of Three: Surviving and Thriving in Competitive Markets, Tectonic Shift: The Geoeconomic Realignment of Globalizing Markets, ValueSpace: Winning the Battle for Market Leadership, Clients for Life, and Firms of Endearment: How World-Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose. Jag has served on the board of Norstan, Wipro, PacWest Telecomm, Cryo-Cell International, and Shasun Chemicals & Drugs. His consulting clients include AT&T, General Electric, Bechtel, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Citicorp, General Motors, Lucent, and Monsanto. Dr. Sheth is the Chair of Marketing Strategy in the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. He has served as a distinguished faculty member at the University of Southern California, the University of Illinois, Columbia University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
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Jagdish N. Sheth,
author of The Self-Destructive Habits of Good Companies ...And How to
Break Them, is a world-recognized authority on global competition,
strategic thinking, and customer relationship management.|
Thursday, June 17, 2007, 11:00am–1:50pm What It Really Takes to Lead |
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Anthony F. Smith |
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Tony is a coach and consultant with nearly 20 years’ experience in executive development, leadership training and design, organizational change and assessment, and teambuilding. His clients include American Express, The National Football League, Siemens AG, the Coca-Cola Company, Deutsche Bank, International Paper, The Walt Disney Company, ESPN, Spencer Stuart, and Goldman, Sachs. Tony earned his PhD at the School of Leadership and Education Science at the University of San Diego. He also holds a B.A. and M.A. in the Behavioral Sciences. Smith has served on the teaching and research faculties of universities including the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and the prestigious EAP Graduate School (European School of Management) at Oxford. |
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Tony
Smith, the author
of The Taboos of Leadership: 10 Secrets No One Will Tell You About
Leaders and What They Really Think, is a co-founder and a Managing
Director of Leadership Research Institute which focuses on executive
development, leadership training and design, organizational change and
assessment, and teambuilding.|
Thursday, May 17, 2007, 11:00am–1:50pm How to Get Past Groupthink to Reality |
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Michael Roberto |
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Michael joined the tenured faculty at Bryant after serving for six years on the faculty at Harvard Business School. He also has been a Visiting Associate Professor of Management at New York University's Stern School of Business. Michael's research focuses on strategic decision-making processes and senior management teams. More recently, he has studied why catastrophic group or organizational failures happen, such as the Columbia Space Shuttle accident and the 1996 Mount Everest tragedy. Michael Roberto is a sought after leadership expert who has taught and consulted at a number of firms including Morgan Stanley, The Home Depot, Mars, Novartis, The World Bank, Johnson & Johnson, Lockheed Martin, Level 3 Communications, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Jabil, Corporate Executive Board, and The Advisory Board. |
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Michael
Roberto, author
of Why Great Leaders Don't Take Yes for an Answer: Managing for
Conflict and Consensus, is the Trustee Professor of Management at
Bryant University in Smithfield, RI, where he teaches leadership,
managerial decision-making, and business strategy.
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Thursday, April 19, 2007, 11:00am–1:50pm Streamline Your Brand to Increase Revenues |
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Allen Adamson |
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Adam has overseen branding efforts for a broad spectrum of corporate and consumer brands in industries ranging from technology to healthcare to fashion. Under Adamson's leadership, Landor's New York office has partnered with a wide array of clients, including Citigroup, Diageo, GE, IBM, Lenovo, P&G, PepsiCo, Pfizer and Verizon. Additionally, he counsels professional organizations on branding. Adamson is a sought after industry expert and has penned numerous articles on branding and marketing issues for industry publications. He has appeared on NBC's Today Show and CNBC Canada's Report on Business Television. He is often quoted in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Advertising Age, The New York Times, The New York Post, the Orlando Sentinel, USA Today, The Washington Post and Forbes. Adam regularly lectures at New York University's Stern School of Business and the Yale School of Management. |
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Allen
P. Adamson,
author of BrandSimple – How the Best Brands Keep it Simple and
Succeed, is the Managing Director of the New York office of Landor
Associates—a leading branding development firm within global leader
Young & Yubicam.|
Thursday, March 15, 2007, 11:00am–1:50pm 24 Carrot Leadership – Driving Performance |
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Chester Elton |
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As a motivation expert, Chester Elton has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Fast Company magazine, has been profiled in The New York Times, and was called "an apostle of appreciation" by the Globe and Mail (Canada). Chester Elton has been a guest on NBC's Today Show, CNN's Business Unusual, and on National Public Radio. A sought-after speaker and recognition consultant. Chester has spoken to delighted audiences throughout the world and was the highest rated speaker at the 2005 SHRM annual conference. He serves as a recognition consultant to Fortune 500 firms such as Johnson & Johnson, AOL/Time Warner, DHL, Avis, and KPMG. |
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Chester
Elton, Co-author
of New York Times best-selling book, The Carrot Principle: How the
Best Managers Use Recognition to Engage Their People, Retain Talent, and
Accelerate Performance, is vice president of performance recognition
with the O.C. Tanner Recognition Company.|
Thursday, February 15, 2007, 11:00am–1:50pm Hardwired for Success |
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Chuck Martin |
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As the Chairman and CEO of NFI Research, Martin is at the nexus of a global idea exchange and the leader of a research engine that regularly samples the mood and intentions of more than 2,000 senior executives and managers from 1,400 companies in more than 50 countries, including half the Fortune 100. This gives him an incredible amount of useful information and a true, up-to-the-minute view of today's workplace. The broad base of his network, the robust and virtually instantaneous nature of his process, and his experience analyzing results give him unusual insight into business and workplace trends. A former IBM vice president responsible for a global division, Chuck has helped identify successful corporate business strategies for some of the leading companies in the world. Prior to IBM, he was the founding publisher and Chief Operating Officer of Interactive Age, the magazine credited with helping to define the interactive marketplace and the first publication to launch simultaneously in print and on the internet. |
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Chuck
Martin, author of seven business books, including Smarts: Are We
Hardwired for Success?, is a New York Times business best-selling
author, researcher, speaker, and business strategist.|
Thursday, January 18, 2007, 11:00am–1:50pm How to Profit from What’s Next |
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Eric Garland |
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Eric Garland, author of Future,
Inc: How Businesses Can Anticipate and Profit from What's Next, is
the founder and CEO of
Competitive Futures — the
only consultancy to combine the disciplines of futures research and
business intelligence to give decision makers a complete view of their
intelligence needs for strategic planning. Eric is a global futurist, author, competitive analyst, strategic advisor, executive educator, and popular keynote speaker. As an internationally-recognized futurist, Eric has been exploring the issues of climate change, health care, global talent crisis, infrastructure, immigration, and advanced technologies. Mr. Garland advises small to medium-sized businesses, corporations, government agencies, and non-profit organizations, helping clients navigate change and identify opportunities for business development. An experienced competitive analyst, he has executed market analyses for a global clientele, serving as a consultant to a broad range of Fortune 100 companies and national governments. A frequent world traveler, Mr. Garland works professionally in English, French and Spanish. |
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Thursday, November 16, 2006, 11:00am–1:50pm Leadership Lessons from Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition |
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Dennis Perkins |
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A graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Dr. Dennis Perkins began his quest to understand exceptional leadership while serving as a Marine infantry officer in Vietnam. After Vietnam, his passion for leadership continued in graduate school – first at Harvard University, where he earned his MBA, then as a doctoral student in psychology at The University of Michigan. Joining the faculty of the Yale University School of Management, Dr. Perkins confronted the challenge of teaching courses on leadership, teamwork, and organizational effectiveness. Drawing on his experiences in Vietnam, he devised a breakthrough approach to critical leadership concepts. He began to apply insights from groups at The Edge—the outer limits of human endurance—to illuminate the qualities and behaviors that distinguish truly outstanding leaders. |
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Dennis
Perkins, Ph.D.,
author of
Leading at the Edge: Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of
Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition, is the founder and CEO of The
Syncretics Group, a consulting firm devoted to effective leadership in
demanding environments -- especially those characterized by uncertainty,
ambiguity, and rapid change.|
Thursday, October 19, 2006, 11:00am–1:50pm Motivating & Retaining Employees |
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Mel Stark |
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Mel is focused on adding clarity to his clients' operations through cultural diagnostics, job analysis, work measurement, accountability mapping, and the effective implementation of holistic reward programs. Mel is frequently quoted and published. His articles include: Five Years of Insight Into the World’s Most Admired Companies, and Reap What You Sow: Manage Your Talent Pipeline. Mel has also managed Hay Group's relationship with FORTUNE magazine since 1997 and their annual study of the Most Admired Companies. He holds a bachelor's degree from The American University in Washington, D.C. and has earned a master's degree in business administration from Bernard M. Baruch College and an Advanced Professional Certificate in Organizational Behavior and Development from New York University's Graduate School of Business Administration. |
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Mel
Stark, author of The Manager's Guide to Rewards: What You Need to
Know to Get the Best For-and From-your Employees, is Vice President
and Regional Reward Practice Leader in the New York Metro office of Hay
Group.|
Thursday, September 21, 2006, 11:00am–1:50pm Executive Leadership |
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Justin Menkes |
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Dr. Menkes is nationally recognized for his expertise in managerial assessment, and has chaired tutorials training other psychologists in his techniques. He is a Managing Director of the Executive Intelligence Group (EIG), a leading provider of executive assessment services to major corporations worldwide. EIG is a unit of Spencer Stuart, the world’s preeminent executive research firm. He has advised clients such as Texas Pacific Group, DuPont, British Sky Broadcasting, and Inbev on hiring, promotion, and development decisions. Based in Los Angeles, Dr. Menkes received his B.A. with honors from Haverford College, his M.A. in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and his Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Claremont Graduate University. |
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Thursday, September 21, 2006, 11:00am–1:50pm Executive Leadership |
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Gov. Donald L. Carcieri |
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A native Rhode Island and graduate of Brown University, Don started his professional life as a math teacher at Newport's Rogers High School and then at Concord Carlisle Regional High School in Concord, Massachusetts. Next he turned to business, where, over the course of ten years, he built a career at Old Stone Bank, reaching the position of Executive Vice President. In 1981 Don made an unusual career move, taking his family to Kingston, Jamaica, where he headed the Catholic Relief Service's West Indies operation. In 1983 Carcieri joined Cookson America as the president of a small start-up company in the group, and he and his family returned to Rhode Island. Rising through the ranks to the position of Chief Executive Officer of Cookson America, where he was instrumental in the growth of the business into a major manufacturer employing over 12,000 people worldwide. Cookson America grew from an organization doing $30 million in sales to over $3 billion in sales in 1997 when he retired. |
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Island's 57th Governor.