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This Issue's Special: Buy Three, Get One Free on Public Classes
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 and used between September 1 and October 31, 2004. Call 800.824.2850 or click here for details. You must mention the Sept/Oct Newsletter in order to receive the discount.
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Nov 14-17 Atlanta
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Sep 19-21 Los Angeles
Oct 10-12 Dallas
Nov 1-3 Denver
Dec 5-7 Chicago
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Facilitator Certification
Dec 15-16 Atlanta
Advanced Facilitation
May 18-19 (2006) Atlanta
Facilitating IT Sessions
Sep 30 Atlanta
The Effective Consultant
Nov 7-9 Atlanta
The Effective Communicator
Oct 28 Atlanta
Strategic Planning
Feb 13-14 (2006) Atlanta
From Management to Leadership
Oct 17-19 Atlanta
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Leadership Strategies is a national leader in meeting facilitation, facilitator training, consulting skills, leadership skills and soft skills training for information technology professionals.
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Greetings!
Prayers across America are going out to those impacted by Hurricane Katrina. When Lonnie Stockwell, the Managing Director of the New Orleans office of Postlethwaite & Netterville, left his home to attend our public class in Atlanta several days before the storm hit, he didn’t know whether he would have a home to go back to. He shares a very moving account of his experience during those difficult days.
If you have ever tried to implement values in your organization or to increase accountability, you may find the articles in the Strategy section and the Facilitation section helpful. The “accountability dice” is a fun tool that can be effective in holding people accountable. And the story on how a small company benefited from implementing a values-based culture can provide insights on values in action.
If you work with teams, check out the eight essentials. This article describes the eight things every team needs for sustained success.
For veterans of strategic planning, we have added a special class for the end of this year. “Facilitating Strategic Planning for Governments and Non-Profits” in Washington, DC November 1 and 2. I will be facilitating this workshop. Click here for additional information.
Finally, our 2006 public class calendar is available by clicking here.
Here’s to a focused and productive Fall!
Michael
Michael Wilkinson
Managing Director, LSI
Best Practice Tip for this Issue: Debrief with the Sponsor
As soon as possible after the session, meet with the sponsor to discuss the session process and the results. The debriefing session should cover:
- How well were the objectives of the session met?
- How well did the participants respond during the session?
- How sufficient are the deliverables from the session?
- What follow-up activities are needed?
To learn more about working with your sponsor, register for The Effective Facilitator course! For more details, call (800) 824- 2850.
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| For Facilitators: The 20 Roles of a Masterful Meeting Leader | | Meeting leaders are ultimately responsible for the quality and effectiveness of their meetings. To achieve a masterful meeting, a meeting leader should do the following...
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| For Leaders: The Accountability Dice | | Leaders are often faced with the problem of addressing subordinates who are relatively strong performers, but who chronically miss deadlines. It is not unusual for the deadlines to be on special projects or activities outside the normal day-to-day operation. The situation can be perplexing. As one leader said to me, "What am I going to do? Fire them for missing a deadline?"...
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| For Consultants and IT Professionals: The Eight Essentials of Teams | | | Does each of the teams with which you are involved have the essentials for success? At Leadership Strategies, we are called in from time to time to work with teams at various stages in the team cycle...
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For Strategic Planners: Implementing Corporate Values | | | As a consultant, I am always excited to hear from organizations which have successfully implemented and benefited from a training concept or service Leadership Strategies provides. But it is doubly pleasing when the organization is owned and operated by a relative! “I’d been working with Michael on corporate values statements and strategic planning...
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| Client Success Story: New Orleans Resident in Atlanta When Katrina Hits Home | | | All of us are deeply moved by the impact of Hurricane Katrina’s destruction on the Central Gulf Coast region. Here’s the first hand account of Lonnie Stockwell, CPA, CPLC, a Hurricane survivor from New Orleans who was in Atlanta attending The Effective Facilitator training course when the hurricane hit home...
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| The PDI Difference | | | PDI stands for Practical/Dynamic/Interactive. It's what sets Leadership Strategies above the rest. The PDI Difference can be seen in every aspect of what we do.
Practical Methods that Produce Results: We use proven methods and techniques in both our training classes and our facilitated sessions. Each and every session is carefully planned and executed with precision to ensure consistent results that apply to real-life situations - and produce measurable results.
Dynamic Energy that Keeps You Engaged: Our facilitators operate on "Level 3" energy so participants are engaged from beginning to end. No doodling in our sessions! We also use a wide variety of techniques to keep the interest high and be sure everyone contributes their best ideas.
Interactive - Proven Methods for Successful Integration and Application: In our facilitated sessions, our trained facilitators set people up in teams to enhance collaboration and ideas that work from every angle. In our training sessions, it's "practice, practice, practice" so participants learn by doing it themselves, by critiquing others in the class, and receiving immediate feedback from the instructor.
Learn more about The PDI Difference
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| 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.
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| 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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