All sessions are scheduled for 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM and include breakfast.
Engaging Presentations: Designing and Delivering
November 16, 2011
Outstanding presentations begin with solid preparation, practice, and delivery. Learn to organize content for greatest impact, create supporting visuals that enhance your presentation, project a professional message, and utilize effective presentation delivery techniques.
Nonverbal Communication: Exploring those Wordless Messages
December 14, 2011
Our nonverbal behaviors—the gestures we make, the way we sit, how fast or how loud we talk, how close we stand, how much eye contact we make—send strong messages. Learn the basics of the nonverbal signals you send either produce a sense of interest, trust, and desire for connection—or they generate disinterest, distrust, and confusion.
The Power of Skilled Negotiation: Learning to Satisfy Common Interests
January 18, 2012
Time, power, and knowledge are all critical factors in the art of negotiation. Understanding effective and ineffective negotiation strategies are important on a regular basis in our daily life. Learn to separate people from what you are negotiating, to focus on interests, to generate a variety of possibilities, and to insist on objective standards when entering negotiation.
Conflict Resolution: Turning Conflicts into Conversations
February 15, 2012
Conflict in the workplace is a fact of life. We all have different goals and different ideas. The fact that conflict exists is not necessarily bad. You can learn to resolve conflict with your own increased self-awareness, increased group cohesion, and improved knowledge. Learn how to take the positive approach to conflict resolution where conversations are courteous and non-confrontational.
Succession Development: Building your Team to Lead the Future
March 14, 2012
Successful succession planning and development of the people in your organization is an important part of the talent management process. Establish this plan by building loyalty to your organization, retention of valuable employees, employee satisfaction, and managing change that naturally occurs in all organizations.
Women Leaders: Strengthening the Pipeline of Talent
April 18, 2012
Define what you want from your personal and professional lives, identify your strengths, create connections, and learn to achieve full support from your organization. We will open a space for conversations around why we have too few women leaders.
Global Diversity and Inclusion: Defining your Key Growth Strategies
May 16, 2012
How does your organization strive to create a culture that embraces differences and celebrates unique thoughts, perspectives, and experiences? Share your ideas about how your organization provides this incredible source for innovation and progress and a business imperative. Join the ALPFA Institute in learning about the Certificate in Global Diversity and Inclusion.
The Nonprofit World: Innovative Leadership
June 20, 2012
In today’s world, nonprofit organization leaders are learning how to be able to release the creative energy in the groups they lead and to channel it toward constructive purposes. Learn how to understand what makes both individuals and groups innovative and insightful, understand the relationship between innovation and leadership, and maximize the innovation in your group through effective leadership.
Who should attend?
One of the benefits of the Power Breakfast Leadership Series is that participants come from all industries and types of organizations (profit, non-profit, and governmental). It is tailored to be beneficial for:
- Those with mid-level to senior-level decisions making or project responsibilities
- Team leaders and individuals responsible for managing people or financial resources
- Individuals preparing for an expanded leadership role
- Those wishing to strengthen and develop their leadership capacities
Cancellation note for this program: Please notify us of any cancellations at least five business days ahead of the scheduled event. Any cancellations received after that deadline cannot be refunded, but we can accept substitutes.
- Collect best practices from industry leaders in a variety of capacities and capabilities
- Resolve insights and innovations to enhance skills and prepare for future interactions
- Participate in a network of business professionals interested in learning new and adjusting old behaviors
$25 per participant per session
This program can be made available at your location for the same rate plus direct costs.