In This Issue For Leaders: Management Styles For Facilitators: Guerrilla Facilitation For Consultants and IT Professionals: Establishing Project Objectives For Strategic Planners: The Secret of the Second Curve Client Success Story: Storehouse Furniture Spotlight: National Facilitator Database Would you like to get published? 10% discount on Strategic Planning Assessment Review Are you tired of focusing your time, your effort and your future on your annual strategic plan - only to have it end up as a paperweight or doorstop? When was the last time you actually read - and implemented - the steps in your current strategic plan? Ensure that your plan still makes sense in our current market conditions. Call Leadership Strategies for a strategic plan assessment. We'll review the 20 Essentials of a Successful Strategic Plan and provide a written analysis of its strengths and identify the key areas for improvement. Mention the March/April newsletter and receive a 10% discount! Upcoming Classes The Effective Facilitator Mar 15-17 Chicago NEW! Mar 22-24 Metro LA Mar 29-31 Atlanta Apr 19-21 Dallas Apr 26-28 Atlanta May 10-12 Washington DC May 24-26 Atlanta Jun 3-4 Seattle NEW! Jun 7-9 Metro LA Jun 14-16 Chicago Jun 28-30 Atlanta Jul 19-21 Dallas Facilitating IT Sessions Mar 18 Chicago Apr 1 Atlanta Apr 22 Dallas Advanced Facilitation Mar 2-3 Atlanta The Effective Consultant May 3-5 Atlanta May 17-19 Chicago The Effective Communicator Jun 21 Atlanta Strategic Planning Apr 5-6 Atlanta From Management to Leadership Jul 12-14 Atlanta See the entire 2004 Public Courses Schedule. Click here to register online now for a public class or call us at 1.800.824.2850 about a private on-site class! Leadership Strategies is a national leader in meeting facilitation, facilitator training, consulting skills, leadership skills and soft skills training for information technology professionals.

Greetings! Spring is here, bursting with new life and great expectations. Here at Leadership Strategies, we're bursting with new programs and projects for you, too. Read below to find out what we're working on! NEW! West Coast Training Office WOW! What a response! Our training class scheduled for March 22-24 is completely filled. We appreciate your support and interest. If you would like to attend a future Effective Facilitator class in metro LA, the next one is scheduled is for June 7-9. You can click here for a full schedule of all of our classes, or click here for all the class logistics. In The News It's one thing to be told by clients that you've done good work. It's another to be honored by your own peers. Michael Wilkinson, the Managing Director of Leadership Strategies - The Facilitation Company, was named "Facilitator of the Year" for 2003 by the Southeast Association of Facilitators. The award honors the facilitator who contributes the most to advancing the field of facilitation over the prior 18 months. The Southeast Association of Facilitators' purpose is to promote and improve group facilitation techniques. The Association meets bi-monthly to share facilitation experiences and advance the tools and techniques of the profession, expertise and related information about methodologies. To read the entire press release, click here. Best Practice Tip for this Issue: Establish a Recharge Activity Early in the session, establish a fun recharge activity that takes less than a minute to do and involves both voice and movement. For best results, let the group come up with their own re-charge. Not only will this serve as an icebreaker, it will also give the group an early introduction to group decision-making. Make it a point to use the recharge activity at least once in the morning, and as many times as necessary each afternoon. Do you want to acquire more tools for your toolbox? If so, sign up for our three-day course The Effective Facilitator. Click here for more details or call 800-824-2850. For Leaders: Management Styles If you have been managing people for at least a couple of years, you have likely had the experience of... Click here to continue For Facilitators: Guerrilla Facilitation There will be times when a meeting is not going well, but the meeting leader is not taking action. "Guerrilla Facilitation" is a set of techniques designed to... Click here to continue For Consultants and IT Professionals: Establishing Project Objectives A key activity in successful client relationship management is making sure you manage client expectations. Managing expectations involves... Click here to continue For Strategic Planners: The Secret of the Second Curve The standard product/service life cycle provides us important insight into a requirement for the long-term health and success of an organization. Product managers know that over time, every product and service... Click here to continue Client Success Story: Storehouse Furniture Since it's opening in 1969 Storehouse Furniture has been committed to one thing: Bringing their customers the best in contemporary furniture design and craftsmanship from sources here at home and around the world. The new management team at the Atlanta headquarters building was so focused on achieving this goal that they couldn't take the time to pull together their new strategic plan. What a nice problem to have! So... Click here to continue Spotlight: National Facilitator Database Are you looking for a facilitator for an upcoming session, and don't have a clue where to start? Or, maybe you're a facilitator with great skills and experience looking for clients. In either case, we can help. The National Facilitator Database does both. For details, click here. NFDB.com is managed by Leadership Strategies. If you have any questions or would like to speak with one of our Client Relationship Managers, you can call 800-824-2850. Or, click here to email your questions. Would you like to get published? Do you have proven strategies on Facilitation, Leadership, IT/Consulting or Strategic Planning that you would like to share in an upcoming newsletter issue? We'd love to hear from you. Each article should be 750-1,000 words. Include your contact information and a 30- to 60-word byline. Click here to email your articles to us.

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