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LES 2008 Annual Meeting
LES 2008 Annual Meeting

Global Excellence in Licensing and Acquisition Through Certification

October 19-23, 2008
Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center
Orlando, FL


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Leadership Forum

            LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS

An advanced leadership workshop program designed to enhance leadership skills and capabilities for a wide range of business management, development and licensing professionals, R&D personnel who have significant business development responsibilities and IP professionals experienced in the licensing process.

The workshops are designed to build leadership skill for experienced executives to lead their companies and employees to achieve peak performance. 

The first job of an executive is to inspire, influence, lead and transform their business to succeed in all economic conditions.  Leaders inspire people to think outside the box, to transform perspectives into reality, and create expectations and goals that determine outcome.

The workshops will be led by experienced educators and professionals.  They will demonstrate how to be successful by modeling what success looks like.  Learn how to influence your business by role modeling, coaching, mentoring and transforming your people.

Learn from great leaders the elements of true leadership!

Three separate workshops will be offered on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, October 20, 21 and 22 from 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Reserve your seat by completing and returning the Leadership Forum registration form today!

 

Monday, October 20
2 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Leadership Forum 1- Motivation, Goal Setting & Accountability

Dr. Steven J. Lorenzet
Dr. Lorenzet is Dean of the College of Business Administration at Rider University.  He is also the former director of Cultivating Resources for Excellence in the World of Work (CREW), a program providing leadership and interpersonal skills training.  His articles have appeared in many journals and publications and he has received multiple awards.

His topic will address motivation, goal-setting and accountability as they relate to individual and team performance.

Why attend this Workshop

  • Understand how to lead and maintain a cohesive team
  • Enhance leadership skills designed to motivate a team to enhance risk-taking and creativity
  • Understand the leadership principles that make teams work and to maximize their effectiveness

What you will learn

  • How to establish and set goals for self and your team
  • Motivation techniques and benefits of team performance recognition

How to build trust to enhance individual and team accountability and responsiveness.


Tuesday
2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Leadership Forum 2 - Neurolinguistic Programming

Stephanie C. Shipper
Ms. Shipper is a trained Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) executive who has trained executives in NLP to enhance their personal and professional relationships by understanding styles of communication and perception.

“Stephan Shipper's training has changed my life,” as quoted by Joe Crviertnevicy, Glaxo Pharmaceuticals.

This workshop will focus on NLP skills to enhance communication in everyday life.  The course objective will be to understand why communications work or fail, how you may become a more effective communicator and how to access the potential in self and others.

Why attend this Workshop

  • Learn to identify the differences in learning styles and how they effect work/personal interaction
  • Understanding the language and habit of learning styles
  • Develop leadership skills to use these learning styles to enhance personal communication, and handling conflict produced by learning style differences

What you will learn

  • Discover breakthrough communication techniques
  • Master best techniques for influencing supervisors, peers and subordinates
  • Communicate effectively in multiple environments

Wednesday, October 22
2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Leadership Forum 3 - The Porsche Story

Peter W. Schutz
Mr. Schutz was President and CEO of Porsche AG from 1980 until 1988 and was instrumental in growing revenues from 850 million to 3.7 billion DM.  Prior to joining Porsche he served 15 years in various positions at Caterpillar Tractor and spent 11 years at Cummins Engine Company.  He has received many awards and has spoken before many organizations in the U.S. , Europe and Far East.

In this workshop, Mr. Schutz will share his experiences as CEO of Porsche AG and how businesses today operate in a very competitive environment.  He will address how businesses desperately strive for a competitive edge and how it can be achieved and maintained by getting extraordinary results from ordinary people.

Why attend this Workshop

  • Learn leadership skills to manage and lead your team
  • Setting goals and communicating them to your team
  • Understanding the leaders roll in developing a high-performance team

What you will learn

  • How to get extraordinary results from ordinary people – not ordinary results from exceptional people
  • Learn when to lead by democratic mean vs. dictatorship ones

Learn how to establish a team vision and then manage it



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