2008 Leadership Programs Now Available!

Business Writing Made Easy!

Me? Write something that others might read and criticize? No way! Ever feel this way when it comes to business writing on the job? Fear no more! This workshop makes business writing for leaders easier than ever. Sign up for this program and begin to realize how easy and effective business writing can be. Whether you sometimes find yourself having to write a proposal, a business letter, meeting notes or agenda, job description, a memo, Internet copy, or a simple email, this program can help you to shake the fear of business writing once and for all. Learn business writing in a safe, fun environment—and get writing!

Course Outline and Highlights:

• Welcome/Introduction

• Get Clear, Get Practical

• Tips for Better Business Writing

• The Power of Words and Keeping It Simple

• Tailor Your Writing to Your Audience

• Critical Steps to Better Business Writing

• Learning Lab: Fun Writing Exercise

• Do-It-Yourself Fast Revision and Editing Process

• You Don't Have to Be the Great Grammarian to Be Great!
  Lunch

• Learning Lab:  
  Writing Memos, Writing Reports, Writing Emails, Writing Business Letters, Writing Your Bio, Writing for the Internet, Writing Presentations, Writing Job Descriptions, Writing for the Sake of Writing

• Conclusion

Stand and Deliver! Presentation Skills Made Easy!

Are you getting your point across? Or are you giving your audience a one-way ticket to snoozeville? It's imperative for leaders to be able to hone and develop their presentation skills throughout their work life. Stand and Deliver is the perfect Part 2 of Business Writing Made Easy. As a leader or supervisor at any level, we not only build confidence in ourselves when we learn to speak with conviction, but we build confidence in those around us. This program will cover dynamic and powerful presentation skills that all leaders must master if they are to Stand and Deliver with confidence and compelling words that influence and lead others. Learn tips, tools and techniques of how to develop a lifetime of presentation skills you'll use again and again.

Course Outline and Highlights:

• Welcome/Introduction

• Not Getting Lost In Translation

• Make the Connection with Your Audience:
  Room Seating Can Make You or Break You

• Presentation Skills Assessment

• Bore 'Em to Death, Or Knock Their Socks Off!

• Great Business Presentations:
  Podiums Are Poison, Lecterns Are Lethal

• Getting Ready for Showtime!
  Lunch

• Learning Lab: It's Showtime!

• Rehearsal: Voice Counts

• Gestures and Body Language

• Facilitating Lively Group Discussions and Q&A

• Audio/Visual Aids—How to Use Them, When to Dump Them

• Conclusion

Thunderbolt Thinking! Decision-Making and Innovative Solutions Made Easy!

Be part of this creative exercise camp for leaders. Stop brain drizzling and start brain storming. Learn to use your imagination and jolt your brain to not just think outside the box, but blow up the box! In today's workplace, being able to thinking creatively, implement creative solutions and decision making power, and contribute innovative ways to give all that we can be is essential. Get "unstuck" and get moving in the direction of Thunderbolt Thinking by joining this workshop.

Course Outline and Highlights:

• Welcome/Introduction

• Jolt Your Brain—Caffeine Not Required

• Welcome to the Idea Parking Lot

• What Is Your Lightning In A Bottle?

• What's Holding You Back?

• Developing Thunderbolt Thinking: Getting Unstuck!
  Lunch

• Learning Lab: Creative Juicers

• Energy, Flexibility and Focus

• Innovation Triggers and Sparking Impulse

• Learning Lab: Creative Thinking Techniques

• Become A Better Decision-Maker

• Unveil Your Creative Genius: Become Magical—Stop Looking for That Magic Pill!

• Conclusion

Masters of Greatness! Historic Lessons on Leadership Made Easy!

The leadership trend in 2007 will require that leaders take time to learn from the greatest examples of historic leadership. No, we're not talking about last year's leadership trends, or what's currently in vogue when it comes to managing and supervising others. We're talking about time-tested leadership lessons from the Masters of Greatness! These masters include historic visionaries and remarkable leaders of days past, such as Ben Franklin and Winston Churchill, just to name a few. Historic leadership techniques are now being applied to the 21st-Century workplace and leaders at every level are once again learning to appreciate these types of fun and educational leadership lessons and then put their own twist on them to make them appropriate for today's workplace. Have fun learning and refresh your understanding of world leadership lessons that still pack punch in today's leadership environment.

Course Outline and Highlights:

• Welcome/Introduction

• Ordinary Men and Women Who Became Extraordinary Leaders—How They Did It

• Excellence and Precedence: Inspired Leadership of Historic Figures

• Life and Times of Great Historic Leadership Figures, such as:   Winston Churchill, Ben Franklin, Nelson Mandela (living), Margaret Thatcher, Che Guevara, Helen Keller, Albert Einstein, Queen Mother, HM Queen Elizabeth, Gandhi and Indira Gandhi, Harry S. Truman, Abraham Lincoln, Dr. Marth Luther King, Evita Perone (Abbreviated list, others included.)
  Lunch

• Impact of Tyrants and Heroes

• Success and Secrets of Historic Leadership—Recovering From Disaster

• Powerful Connection Between:
  Scientific Leaders, Revolutionaries, World Leaders, Humanitarian Leaders, and More, and
  What Today's Leaders Can Learn from Past Examples

• Three S 's of Historic Leadership
  Stewardship, Spirit, Self-awareness

• Conclusion