Leadership NOW Seminar Series

WHAT: This seminar series features expert instructors from the Leadership Services Program who offer applied training on topics of current interest to today's leaders. The learning environment is informal and participants acquire practical leadership tools, tips and techniques through experiential learning with other business professionals.
  
WHEN: The second Wednesday of each month

WHAT TIME: Two 2-hour sessions of Leadership NOW are now offered each month. Participants can register for either the Morning session from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. or the Lunch session from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m.

Continental breakfast is available at the morning session (starting at 7:30 a.m.) and a sandwich buffet is offered at the lunch session (starting at 11:30 a.m.)

WHERE: Washington Mutual’s Learning and Conference Center in Irvine

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This program is designed for leaders at all levels and from any type of organization – large corporations, public agencies, non-profit entities, academic institutions and small to medium sized businesses - who are interested in learning from experts in the field.

July 9, 2008 Seminar – How Leaders Build Trust

Behaviors that build trust, benefit people, and boost the bottom line

The ability to build trust has the potential to create unparalleled success for leaders at all levels of an organization.  However, "building trust' is a critical leadership competency that is often neglected, misunderstood or underestimated.  During the July 9th seminar, Jim Bauer will engage the participants in an experiential learning exercise called Achieve".  This fun, exciting, and fast moving simulation will identify behaviors that either build or destroy trust. Jim will discuss the impact of trustful leadership on employee productivity, organizational effectiveness and business success. He will present trust building behaviors that can be effectively used to develop quality relationships, increase harmony and achieve positive results.  Participants will also take a 360 degree web-based credibility survey during the seminar. The results can be utilized to develop a personal action plan to build trust with individuals within and outside their organization.

As a result of this interactive two-hour session, you will:

• Directly experience the relationship between trust and results
• Identify behaviors that build or destroy trust
• Learn the impact on your organization or business
• Participate in a credibility survey
• Understand why and how to improve your credibility
• Develop an action plan for building trust

Instructor:

Jim Bauer is a management and organizational development consultant who specializes in leadership development that fosters trust, building results-driven teams, improving workplace productivity through effective communication, and achieving work/life balance. Jim brings over 30 years of leadership and management experience with the Shell Oil Company to his clients. He has a proven track record of assisting a variety of organizations – from large corporations to local non-profits – achieve their desired results. As a senior instructor for the Leadership Services Program, Jim enjoys utilizing experiential learning and includes a variety of games and simulations in his custom training programs. He is also certified by FranklinCovey, Vital Smarts and DDI to teach many of their workshops.

 Leadership NOW Seminar Series Details

The Leadership NOW seminar series is co-sponsored by Washington Mutual and hosted at their state-of-the-art Irvine Learning and Conference Center (ILCC.)  (949) 975-2120

Location:
17872 Gillette Ave. 1st Floor, Building C 
Irvine, CA 92614
See Directions and Map (PDF)

Parking:
Free parking is available in a 6-story parking structure immediately adjacent to the ILCC.

Cost:
$45 per participant. Buffet and program handouts are included.

Registration Policy and Procedures: 

• Seating is limited so advance registration is required.
• Registration deadline is 3:00 p.m. the day prior to the Wednesday seminar. 
• Each person who plans to attend and participate in the seminar will need to register online, unless you are redeeming a gift certificate.  
• Payment options are
• charging the seminar fee to a company credit card
• using your personal credit card and getting reimbursed by your organization
• using an E-check.
• If you are redeeming a gift certificate, please contact Ezra Huang directly at ehuang@chapman.edu to be added to the registration roster. Please DO NOT use the online registration system.
• If you are manually registered for the seminar using a gift certificate and are a “no show,” you will not be able to use the gift certificate at a future seminar.
•  Guidelines for online registration:
• Please have your payment information available when you begin the online registration process.
• If you close out of the registration window without making payment, you will show up on our conference registration report as “unpaid” and will not have a reservation at that month’s seminar.
• Refunds will be issued for duplicate registrations for the same month and session. 
• Policy on “Walk-ins:”
• Participants may attend the seminar, on a space available basis, if they have not pre-registered.
• An additional $10 fee will be applied to the $45.00 registration fee.
• We cannot guarantee there will be sufficient seminar handouts to accommodate walk-ins.
  

Monthly Schedule:
Seminars are presented the second Wednesday of every month

Register for the Morning Session
7:30 to 8:00 a.m. - Continental breakfast and business networking
8:00 to 10:00 a.m. - Seminar
10:00 to 10:30 a.m. – Announcements and business networking

Register for the Lunch Session
11:30 a.m. to noon – Sandwich buffet and business networking
12:00 to 2:00 p.m. - Seminar
2:00 to 2:30 p.m. – Announcements and business networking

Questions?  Contact Kathleen Wilson at kcwilson@chapman.edu

Preview of Topics for 2008

February 13, 2008
Career Management for Leaders - with John Hall
Learn how a proactive approach and proven strategies result in job satisfaction and career success.

March 12, 2008
Strategic Planning and Execution - with Tom Turk
Entrepreneurial leaders create an “ownership” culture and position their organizations to take advantage of attractive opportunities in the marketplace.

April 9, 2008 
Presentation Skills for Leaders - with Michael Brown
Learn how to develop and deliver presentations that powerfully impact your audience.

May 14, 2008
Conflict Management Strategies: Managing Conflict, Empowering People - with Debra Rocha
Learn conflict management techniques that successfully resolve workplace disputes and disagreements as well as empower employees.

June 11, 2008
Strategic Change Management - with Lynn McCann
Learn skills and strategies that enhance your ability to effectively anticipate and manage change in the work environment.

July 9, 2008
How Leaders Build Trust - with Jim Bauer
What is your “trust factor?” Learn the behavior that influential leaders exhibit to build trust with their followers, colleagues, clients and customers.

August 13, 2008
Leadership and Influence - with Bonni Stachowiak
Responsible leaders influence results up, down and across their organizations through ethical negotiation.

September 10, 2008
Succession Planning - with Geri Lopker
Proactive leaders create and implement plans to ensure leadership continuity through talent development, engagement and retention.

October 8, 2008
Emotionally Intelligent Leaders: Recruitment & Retention - with Linda Denton
In an increasingly competitive market for skilled workers, resourceful leaders use emotional intelligence to attract the talent they need as well as fully engage existing employees.

November 12, 2008
Leader as Coach - with Michael Stratford
Visionary leaders use coaching to identify and subtract whatever interferes with optimal performance.

December 10, 2008
Executing with Excellence - with Kristine Gunn
Discover the execution gaps that derail most leaders and how to achieve the high performance results that today’s challenging business environment demands.