In This Issue For Leaders: Contemplative Leadership For Facilitators: A Team Building Lesson For Consultants and IT Professionals: Recovering From A Mistake For Strategic Planners: The Leader's Role in the Strategic Planning Retreat Client Success Story: Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company Spotlight: National Facilitator Database Would you like to get published? Special: Public Classes - Buy 3 Get 1 Free Buy any three public class seats and get a fourth seat free! Improve your skills in facilitation, consulting, communication, leadership, or strategic planning. This special can be used for different people from the same company and for different classes, but all seats must be purchased at the same time and used between September 1 and December 31, 2004. Call 800-824-2850 for details. You must mention the Sept/Oct Newsletter in order to receive the discount. Upcoming Classes The Effective Facilitator Sep 20-21 Seattle Sep 20-22 Chicago Sep 27-29 Atlanta Oct 18-20 Dallas Oct 25-27 Atlanta Nov 8-10 Atlanta Nov 15-17 Atlanta Nov 15-16 Seattle Dec 6-8 Chicago Dec 13-15 Atlanta Facilitating IT Sessions Sep 30 Atlanta Oct 21 Dallas The Effective Consultant Nov 1-3 Atlanta The Effective Communicator Oct 28 Atlanta Strategic Planning Sep 20-21 Atlanta From Management to Leadership Oct 4-6 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! We're winding our way into the beautiful Autumn season, with glorious reds, golds and burnt orange everywhere! Now's the time to start wrapping up this year, and making your plans for next year. Read on for useful ideas that will help! Best Practice Tip for this Issue: What if the Session is Going to Run Over? Starting and ending a session on time are important ways of demonstrating respect for your participants. But some delays may be unavoidable. If the session is going to run over: Alert the participants Conservatively estimate the additional time Ask for alternatives Check impact of continuing Confirm the agreement Hold firmly to the agreement Do you know all the 10 Principles of Facilitation, and the 90 strategies that go behind them? No? To learn those and other practical tips, register for The Effective Facilitator course. Click here for more details or call (800) 824-2850. Neuland Sales Special: EuroFlip® Flip Chart Bundle The EuroFlip® Flip Chart exemplifies the finest of German engineering. Lightweight and transportable, it works as both a flip chart and pinboard, and extend from 43"-73" high in seconds. It comes equipped with 10 sheets of flip chart paper and 1 black Facilitation Marker. The Flip Chart Carrying Bag will protect your EuroFlip® for years to come. It's made from a durable navy blue coated vinyl equipped with a durable dual zipper. And to it out, the bundle also includes 1 carton of heavy Flip Chart Paper that has fine watermark blue lines to ensure your writing is crisp and legible. Regular: $612.00 5% Off: $581.40 10% Off: $550.80 This 10% Off offer expires on September 21, 2004. For Leaders: Contemplative Leadership Leaders today are being encouraged to practice Contemplative Leadership as a means of achieving... Click here to continue For Facilitators: A Team Building Lesson With any new team coming together, a team briefing is needed to get all members of the team clear on the five Ps: the Purpose of the project, the Product to be produced,... Click here to continue For Consultants and IT Professionals: Recovering From A Mistake As consultants, we all inevitably make mistakes that can threaten the relationships we have with our clients. Mistakes like the following might fall into... Click here to continue For Strategic Planners: The Leader's Role in the Strategic Planning Retreat The Leader's Role in the Strategic Planning Retreat: What is the appropriate role of the leader during a strategic planning retreat? Should the leader be in the room? And if the leader is in the room, should the leader... Click here to continue Client Success Story: Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company Bob Bogle, from the Human Resources Skills Training of Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company in California attended The Effective Facilitator course held in Los Angeles. Bob read The Maximizer monthly tip, "Do You Respect the Power of the Pen?" and shares what he learned... ... 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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