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Management and Leadership
Management Agenda 2008: From Surviving to Thriving 
Do you need cutting-edge solutions to current problems? Are you looking for new and effective ways to manage in your workplace? If you are seeking solutions beyond antiquated leadership theories, this new program is for you. In Management Agenda 2008, you’ll be treated to a high-energy program featuring the latest business trends and expert speakers. Your skills will be updated the very day of the session!
You’ll help set the agenda for this once-in-a-lifetime development opportunity by completing a pre-assessment of key business issues facing your organization. Throughout the two-day program, you’ll participate in a collaborative learning process that will send you home with fresh ideas, new tools and a valuable, new learning network.
You will learn:
- How to scan for and track key business issues facing your organization
- 3 keys to leveraging your strengths as a manager
- Innovative ways to seek out, retain, and develop diverse talent within your organization
- How to leverage your preferred leadership style and ways to use additional styles
- Techniques for reawakening your creative spark
Agenda:
DAY 1
- Purpose, Benefits and Agenda
- Key Business Issues and Challenges Facing You and Your Organization
- Leveraging Your Strengths as Manager
- Case Study: Fortune 500 Company
- Lunch and Speaker: Exploring Trends Affecting your Work
- Globalization Issues Facing Every Organization
- Globalization Issues Facing Your Organization
- Team Activity: SWAT Analysis
DAY 2
- Managing and Motivating Diverse Workgroups
- Situational Leadership: A Self-Assessment Case Study
- Lunch and Speaker: Finding and Keeping Great Talent
- Leveraging People Resources
- Reawakening your Creativity
