10 Seminars That Could Change Your Life

The voice of leadership: How leaders inspire, influence and achieve results.

Take the lead and don’t miss out on this opportunity to strengthen leadership communication skills. Expert speakers cover a range of practical techniques to help hone an authentic leadership voice.

Identify how effective leaders communicate and assess how well you demonstrate those traits. Find your own leadership voice and become skilled in handling conflict and hostile disputes. Also discover how to address tough and touchy subjects in ways that diffuse tension whilst become confident in handling hostile disputes and tricky situations. Perfect for experienced manages, executives, or potential managers to strengthen leadership communication skills.

Organizer: AMA
November 30-December 2, 2005
San Francisco
Chicago
(Further dates in 2006)
More info: (800) 262–9699/customerservice@amanet.org

Assertive Leadership Skills: A One-Day Seminar for Managers & Supervisors

A day to discover how to be a more assertive leader. Includes – how to recognize the difference between passive, assertive and aggressive management and define a management style that avoids the "extremes". Learn the basic tenets of assertive behavior and use them to guide you through every situation and challenge. Also includes – how to refuse a request without feeling guilty: four questions to ask yourself before "turning someone down" This course will help you communicate well with your team and get the best from them.

Organizer: Fred Pryor
Various locations and dates.
More info: (800) 780-8476

Coaching, Mentoring & Team-Building Skills

Help is at hand to provide the knowledge essential for building strong and motivated teams on this two-day intensive course. Learn dozens of core skills including keys for building good teams, turning employee negatives into positives, leading employees to peak performance and deal tactfully with unacceptable employee behavior. A great opportunity for managers and supervisors at all levels, team leaders, business owners and anyone in a position of authority who must get results through others.

Organizer: National seminars
January 26-27 2006
Trumbull, CT
More info: (877) 736-4636

How to Be a "Tough-as-Nails" Negotiator

Negotiate your way through any situation at this seminar. Learn the techniques to enable you to stand up to aggressive people, delivering solid counterproposals, and control your emotions when negotiations become heated. Master the do’s and don’t of tough negotiating and recognize when to be assertive – and when to ‘sweet talk’ your opponent. The course aims to provide the skills to gain a reputation as a tough negotiator, become known for getting what you want, remain confident in tough bargaining sessions, know when to push and when to back off.

Organizer: National seminars
January 11 2006
Anaheim, CA
More info: (877) 736-4636

When good projects go bad – and how to fix them.

An essential two–day course with the aim of identifying and turning around a poorly performing project. Find out what causes projects to fail, the role of a manager in a recovery position, and discover some of the best corrective actions to help complete a project on time and within budget. Particularly beneficial for project and program directors and managers, those seeking advanced project management skills, project team members and operations managers faced with supporting new projects.

Organizer: AMA
Various dates and locations
More info: (800) 262–9699/customerservice@amanet.org

Your professional business image

Image is everything in business therefore this course is particularly suited to those who have recently been promoted or have taken on new career changes. Learn the tricks to improve your professional image and make that all–important first impression – a good one. The seminar investigates the topics of communication, motivation and teamwork so that attendees will be able to enhance, affect and improve their value to their job and company. The program content will cover understanding company culture and goals, basic presentation skills, how professional image/appearances count, time management techniques and how to manage stress successfully.

Organizer: MRA-The Management Association
December 1, 2005
Waukesha, WI
More info: (877) SEM-INFO

A Seat At The Table: The New Human Resources

A one–day seminar aimed at providing the human resources professional with the knowledge and tools to become more of a strategic player in the organization. Includes how to improve your HR function, learn to become a resource for managers, and developing strategies to achieve success in litigation. Seminar highlights will also cover human resource success factors, human resource success factors for influencing business strategy, how to measure recruiting, hiring and turnover, cost savings, employment law compliance and best practices and workplace trends in the 21st century.

The seminar is likely to be beneficial human resource managers, directors and specialists, payroll managers, business owners and managers, supervisors, operations managers, supervisors, operations managers, presidents, vice presidents, controllers and accountants.

Organizer: Lorman Education
December 2, 2005
Newark, De
December 6, 2005
Miami, FL
More info: (866) 352 9539/customerservice@lorman.com

Decision Making: Strategies to Improve Your Ability to Make the Right Call

Brush up on decision making skills in this course to help make the right business choice. Discover how to decipher the types of information that are vital to making decisions, and when to involve stakeholders; identify your own preferred decision-making style and learn how to develop decision-making capability in individuals and teams you manage; learn how to make smart, speedy decisions and how to determine when slowing down is crucial.

A great opportunity for managers and leaders who want to improve their ability to solve problems and make more effective decisions using tools and techniques that are flexible and easily applicable to today's complex business environment

Organizer: Linkage Incorporated
December 13_14, 2005
Atlanta, GA
April 11–12, 2006
Chicago, IL
June 20-21, 2006
Washington, DC
More info: (877) 736-4636

Managing Emotions and Thriving Under Pressure

Business environments can often be highly stressful – keep cool by enrolling in this course designed to help manage and overcome the stress of the workplace. Learn systematic processes for developing “emotional self-control” and how to eliminate behavior and emotions that hinder success. The topics covered in the course include emotions—where they come from and how they affect you; know how to eliminate behaviors and habits that hinder success; take control of anger and other strong emotions; stay positive and productive in the midst of workplace change; tackle life’s challenges with a new sense of discipline.

Organizer: SkillPath seminars
Various dates and locations.
More info: (800) 873–7545

Perfecting your presentation skills

Present yourself in the best light by attending this seminar designed to help attendees achieve powerful, high impact presentations. Discover how to manage anxiety, develop dynamic delivery skills, connect with/focus on listeners, and how to gain confidence and comfort when presenting. This is a great opportunity for first-time presenters looking to develop structure, style, and confidence; intermediate/experienced presenters seeking to polish delivery and build their comfort zone; anyone looking to increase the impact of their presentation.

Organizer: Cornell University-ILR
February 5-6 2006/April 24–25 2006
New York, NY
More info: (877) SEM-INFO