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Free Webinar – Practical Tips for a Successful Virtual Leadership

Posted by Communication Styles, Corporate Team Building Games, Corporate Training Materials, Experiential Learning Activities, HR Training, Human Resource Training, Team Building ExercisesNo Comments

14088-Distance-Slider-LongAs innovations in technology continue to amaze and enable, more and more organizations are embracing the undeniable benefits of moving from a traditional workplace setting to a virtual one. The advantages of tapping into the global talent pool while offsetting expenses just make sense.

However, leading a geographically dispersed team is radically different from traditional face-to-face leadership and comes with a whole set of new challenges to overcome. How are you supposed to manage accountability, encourage collaboration and build trust with team members who are not in front of you?

Thankfully there is help. During a free webinar hosted by HRDQ-U on August 27th, Rick Lepsinger, President of OnPoint Consulting and virtual team expert, will be sharing his expertise to help you learn how to better manage from a distance.  Based on a groundbreaking study described in his book, Virtual Team Success (co-authored with Darleen DeRosa), Rick will provide practical and invaluable guidance to help you become a more effective virtual team leader.

Specifically Rick will cover:

  • The characteristics and behaviors that define high-performing virtual teams and virtual team leaders
  • Strategies to enhance trust when working virtually
  • How to apply tools to manage accountability from a distance
  • Skills and techniques to manage effective virtual meetings (v-meetings)

Please join us on Wednesday, August 27th at 2:00 pm EST as this event promises to provide relevant learning tools for developing professionals. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by.  Sign up today!

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Free Webinar – Leading from a Distance: Practical Tips for Successful Virtual Leadership

Posted by Corporate Team Building Games, Corporate Training Materials, Experiential Learning Activities, HR Training, Human Resource Training, Leadership Style Assessment, Learning Style Assessment, Team Building Exercises2 Comments
14088-Distance-Slider-MediumAs technology advances, organizations are moving away from the traditional workplace setting to embrace the possibility, and the benefits, of “going virtual.” However, leading a geographically dispersed team is radically different from traditional face-to-face leadership, and it comes with a unique set of challenges, such as how to collaborate, manage accountability, inspire motivation, and build trust. Thankfully, help is here.

President of OnPoint Consulting and virtual team expert Rick Lepsinger will present Leading from a Distance: Practical Tips for Successful Virtual Leadership. Based on the groundbreaking research study explored in his book Virtual Team Success, Rick will explore four critical areas that affect virtual leadership with practical strategies for effectively managing others from a distance. Register today —you won’t want to miss this powerful hour of learning.  This FREE webinar will be hosted on Wednesday, August 27th from 2:00 – 3:00 pm ET.

Participants Will Learn

  • The key characteristics and behaviors of high-performing virtual teams and virtual team leaders
  • Strategies to enhance trust in a virtual work environment
  • How to apply tools to manage accountability from a distance
  • Skills and techniques to manage effective virtual meetings (a.k.a. v-meetings)

Who Should Attend

  • Leaders who manage a geographically-dispersed workforce
  • Managers of distributed teams or telecommuters
  • Organization Development Professionals
  • Human Resources Managers
  • Trainers
  • Managers
  • Leaders
  • Consultants
Register Today to reserve your space for this webinar.
Rick LepsingerRick Lepsinger is a virtual team expert with more than 30 years experience and a proven track record as a human resource consultant and executive, Rick Lepsinger is the president of OnPoint Consulting. He is the co-author of several books on leadership and organizational effectiveness, including Closing the Execution Gap: How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results and Virtual Team Success: A Practical Guide for Working and Leading from a Distance. Rick currently sits on the faculty of GE’s Management Development Course (MDC) and leads the program, Making GE’s Global Matrix Work.
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Career Anchors: Tapping into the Power of Talents, Motives, and Values

Posted by Career Anchors, Coaching Skills, Corporate Team Building Games, Corporate Training Materials, Experiential Learning Activities, HR Training, Human Resource Training, Supervisory Skills, Team Building ExercisesNo Comments
14088-Career-Slider-LongAre your employees or clients feeling stuck in their choice of careers or unhappy with their current job, unsure of how to make a change? Perhaps “career anchors” have something to do with it. Developed by Dr. Edgar Schein at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, a career anchor is a combination of one’s competencies, motives, and values. And it’s the dominant element of a person’s real self that he or she will not forfeit, even if it leads to dissatisfaction, frustration, and a loss of productivity.

Join us on August 13th at 2pm ET for Career Anchors: Tapping into the Power of Talents, Motives, and Values. Led by Dr. Edgar Schein, this one-hour webinar is ideal for Human Resources Managers and Organizational Development Professionals as well as anyone who wants to gain valuable insight about career anchors and how they can impact professional success. Dr. Schein will discuss the different types career anchors, illustrate how you can identify them, and offer solutions for making better career choices.

Participants Will Learn

  • The different types of career anchors
  • How career, self-development, and family priorities interact
  • How to determine if career anchors match job responsibilities
  • Identify potential areas for career growth

 Who Should Attend

  • Organization Development Professionals
  • Human Resources Managers
  • Employees
  • Career Advisors
  • Outplacement Managers

Register for this webinar today!

A leadeEd Sheinr in the field of career and professional studies, Dr. Edgar Schein is an expert in organizational culture, organization development, process consultation, and career dynamics. He received his master’s degree in psychology from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in social psychology from Harvard University. Dr. Schein is a former professor of organizational psychology and management and he is currently Sloan Fellows Professor of Management Emeritus. An award-winning writer, Dr. Schein has authored numerous books and training materials, including Organizational Culture and Leadership, The Corporate Culture Survival Guide, and Career Anchors. His clients include Apple, Citibank, General Foods, Procter & Gamble, and Con Edison, just to name a few.
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Leadership Agility: What is it and why does it matter to me?

Posted by Communication Styles, Corporate Team Building Games, Corporate Training Materials, Experiential Learning Activities, HR Training, Human Resource Training, Leadership Games, Leadership Style Assessment, Team Building ExercisesNo Comments

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“In this volatile world, more and more companies will strive to become ‘Velcro organizations’ in which people and capacity can be rearranged and recombined creatively and quickly without major structural change…”  C. K. Prahalad

So what does that mean for you?  It means you need to become an master at Leadership Agility.

Leadership Agility is not a single competency. It’s the master skill-set needed for sustained success in today’s increasingly complex, fast-paced changing business environment.

Doing more with less is an everyday reality for leaders in today’s organizations. So how can you stay a step ahead of the competition? Learn how to expand your brain bandwidth! Sound complicated? Well, it’s not as difficult as you may think. Join Ann Hermann-Nehdi for Leadership Agility: Four Steps to Getting More Done with Less, an exploration of thinking styles and their impact on leadership, communication, and decision making. You will soon learn how to develop the agility you need to tackle tough mental challenges and develop a more strategic mindset.

Herrmann International’s Whole Brain® Thinking System gives people, teams and organizations the skills and tools to increase their thinking agility so they can achieve exponentially higher levels of performance.  For more than three decades, they have been at the forefront of the most progressive research exploring the connection between thinking preferences and business performance. They have turned their knowledge into practical, easy-to-apply programs and methods that help clients adapt their thinking, optimize their brainpower and maximize their results.

It’s time to master Leadership Agility – rearrange and combine – don’t be left behind! Register for this free webinar today.

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