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The Ideas Forum:
Leading in a Male Dominated Environment
What makes a good leader?
On March 21st 200, the Lok Jack GSB hosted “The Ideas Forum: Leading in a Male Dominated Environment.”
Dr. Rhoda Reddock, Head, Centre for Gender and Development Studies, University of the West Indies gave opening remarks. She challenged that women’s equity was not simply the desire to achieve the same privileges that men had achieved but that it lay in a holistic social change which gave women the opportunity to successfully juggle career and family life.
Dr. Reddock also addressed the view of leadership as held by many as not being leadership but rather management. She emphasised the importance of distinguishing between leadership and management and the need to move from managing to leading as this was a key to organisational success.
Feature speaker, Jeanette Purcell, CEO, Association of MBAs, posed the question “what makes a good leader?”. Participant responses ranged from “fairness” to ‘visionary” to humility”. Purcell stated however, that to label leadership or good leadership would be to limit it. She explained that there was no “good leadership” model but that leadership was dependant on skill and personality and one’s ability to successfully utilise them.
Drawing on personal experience Purcell noted that listening was an underrated
skill and that it allowed for leaders to recognise what was important.
She also emphasised the need to communicate often, citing communication
as a viable success tool.
Moving Beyond Intuition featuring Professor Peter Saville
Final week for registration!
April 12th, 2007- Crowne Plaza
9:30 am – 4:30 pm
The power of assessments in creating world class organizations
The aim of the seminar
This seminar is geared towards making HR and business leaders aware of
the value of assessments and more importantly, the price that is paid
for making the wrong business decisions.
Who should attend?
Leaders/managers and HR professionals eager to understand and explore
the value of assessments in organsiations.
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Emerging
Leaders Development Program (ELDP)
Take the next step towards transforming your future
The Emerging Leaders Development Program (ELDP) is designed for high potential leaders and those who have been targeted to assume significant managerial responsibilities. Yet, the very nature of being designated a rising star can be both personally rewarding and frustrating. How do you ensure managerial success as a high potential leader?
The ELDP will equip emerging leaders with the skills necessary to make that rapid transition to high powered managerial prowess. Our program introduces the integration of strategy creation and leadership development – both in theory and practice – and offers a highly interactive learning environment that inspires high potential leaders to reflect, focus and clarify their thinking on their own leadership roles and to understand what it takes to be a consistently effective leader.
Emerging leaders acquire skills in:
- strategy formulation,
- decision making,
- ethics and values,
- valuing diversity,
- implementing change and managing culture.
With the help of WAVE Assessment Leadership Profile, star leaders can
walk away with a greater understanding of their leadership potential that
is necessary to catalyze and fuel significant and sustainable behaviour
change. At the same time, sponsoring organizations will benefit from an
important opportunity to recognize, challenge, reward and retain top talent.
To receive further information on the ELDP, contact the
Centre for Leadership Assessment & Development: E-mail: clad@gsb.tt
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Caribbean
Advanced Management Program (CAMP)
"Play the Game Differently"
The rules? They keep changing and those with foresight and intuition will win.
Does this sound like your business environment?
The Caribbean Advanced Management Program (CAMP) will immerse you in a compact, intense,
thought provoking and practical experience, designed to equip today’s leaders with the tools to survive
and thrive in the global environment, while paying tribute to the strength of the Caribbean character and leadership.
You’ve never been to a CAMP like this and chances are, neither have your competitors.
Take the challenge today and push your drive to step up the game and succeed to the limit.
Join the CAMP – create the difference; the future.
Target
• Senior executives, one or two levels from the CEO
How will you play the game differently after the experience of participating
in the CAMP?
To receive further information on CAMP, contact the
Centre for Leadership Assessment & Development: E-mail: clad@gsb.tt
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No-Nonsense
Strategic Planning For Financial Institutions
& the Next Generation of Customers
April 16th & 17th
“How does one decide what our financial institutions most significant opportunities are, given the myriad of options available?”
• Find out what some of the most high performing financial institutions include in their strategic plans
• Refresh your thinking on how to develop and/or update a meaningful, competitive strategic plan for your bank
This seminar focuses on how financial institutions of all sizes can refine and implement meaningful strategic thinking that enhances the bottom line and solidifies a renewed commitment to employees, shareholders and community. The content is highly practical, providing "how-to" techniques that can be readily implemented.
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Leadership
in a Project Management Environment
April 25th, 26th, 27th
Influencing and motivating others without formal organizational authority is one of the project manager's biggest leadership challenges. This course provides project managers with the initial step in a life-long process of developing leadership competency. This three-day course focuses on identifying the necessary "soft" competencies required of successful project managers. Participants use self-assessment instruments to identify their preferences for communication, leading, conflict management, and decision-making.
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Project
Management Professionals Preparation
April 30th
Overview
This programme prepares individuals for the PMP & CAPM Exams
This programme will review key areas in the PMBOK that participants need
to understand to pass the exam.
Objectives
At the end of this programme participants would have covered
the key areas of the PMBOK and be guided accordingly in writing the exams.
Who Will benefit
Persons preparing for the PMP & CAPM Exams
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Leadership
in Action
April 2nd - 4th
Leadership is the art of directing and motivating a group of individuals to enable them to accomplish their goals. The effectiveness and ultimate success of any individual performer, supervisor or manager is dependant upon their ability to demonstrate the essence of leadership. Leadership is an ongoing process – a continuum of risk taking and learning from the experience gained. Those who choose to lead have a variety of titles and beliefs and most move into leadership positions unprepared. This programme provides an overall image of effective leadership at both the organizational and interpersonal level. Participants will take away the concepts and tools which they need, to step up to the next level of organizational leadership.
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Train
the Trainer
April 16th - 20th
This five-day workshop is strategic in its design and takes participants through the entire training cycle – from diagnosis to evaluation.
The workshops feature cutting edge training methodologies and techniques and the latest findings on the teaching/learning process.
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Purchasing
Principles and Applications
April 18th & 19th
Bidding, negotiating, and contracting with suppliers present significant challenges in logistics and purchasing. When delivered goods are damaged or low inventory leads to a halt in production, this can result in higher costs for your company. Large dollar expenditures require careful planning practices.
The purchasing function within an organisation has the potential to influence corporate profitability and performance. Today’s successful global businesses consider Purchasing as a strategic function that leads and enables change within an organisation. If you view your Purchasing function [or department] as merely the department that buys things, then you could be missing a significant opportunity.
This programme will engage participants in understanding the tactical
and strategic responsibilities of purchasing/supply; the purchasing process;
and the role of the buyer in the organization. The course
discusses the business and ethical sides of the procurement function and
reviews and defines professionalism in purchasing.
You will be guided through key supply management activities such as sourcing, quote solicitation, supplier selection, supplier management and negotiations. This course also covers legal aspects of purchasing and contracts that every buyer must understand to properly represent their organization.
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Directing
and Managing Change:
Conquering Resistance to the Process
April 24th - 26th
With change comes fear and resistance. Overcoming such obstacles requires that you bridge the gap between management and leadership. This course provides insight into the key ingredients for ‘change leadership’ and explores the idea that leaders are indeed the catalytic drivers of effective organisational change. Of paramount importance is the process of transforming managers into leaders and focus will be afforded to the fundamental skills and competencies that must be nurtured and developed by managers as they undertake this transformation process.
At the end of this programme, you would have developed an important competitive advantage as a leader. Over 3 days, we will analyze the forces that drive organizations to change, examine impediments to change, and consider approaches for making organisational change more effective.
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Conflict
Resolution and Negotiation Skills
April 12th – 13th, 2007
8:30am – 4:30pm
Two of the most critical skills managers and executives need for their personal and professional development include the ability to manage conflicts and to negotiate. The careers of managers and executives are often significantly influenced by how they manage disputes. The success of their organization or unit is also affected by how well they are able to negotiate agreements.
This Lok Jack GSB programme provides a solid foundation for improving one’s conflict management and negotiating skills. Case studies, self-assessments, and role simulation are used to facilitate comprehend and understand how these critical managerial skills can be applied to the internationally competitive environment.
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Administrative
Professionals Workshop
April 23rd & 24th
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Overview
This programme is designed to enable the Clerical Officers, Secretarial
Staff and Administrative Professionals to broaden their outlook and develop
their skills to become more effective in their roles. At the end of this
programme, participants will be able to strengthen their department in
its response to the ever changing environment.
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Passion
Workshop
April 25th, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Overview
Experts agree that people who have a PASSION for what they do
excel at their jobs. People who are passionate about their work, enjoy
their jobs and are driven to succeed and produce quality outcomes. Given
this information, imagine how our businesses and lives could be transformed
if we could all develop a passion for our work.
So…how do we develop a passion for what we do? How is passion defined? Can we get everyone to turn on their passion at work? If so, how?
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Managing
Stress
April 26th & 27th, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Overview
Do you find yourself stressed, fatigued, angry or frustrated
at not achieving your potential?
Medical practitioners and lay people have called stress the “disease of the twenty-first century”. Research indicates that stress causes more ailments than any other conditions that confront modern medicine. In the recent past, most stress was short term and could be addressed by a combination of simple techniques. Today, however, stress has become chronic, with long terms stress proving to be detrimentally harmful to our physical, emotional and mental system.
The effective management, reduction and prevention of stress can enhance
productivity, health and a total sense of well being, providing a more
balanced life style.
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