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Personal Strengths Publishing Address Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm As the Strength Deployment Inventory approaches its 40th birthday, join Personal Strengths’ CEO, Tim Scudder, for a look at where the SDI has been, where it is, and where it’s going. Learn how the SDI is uniquely positioned to meet the changing needs of the training and development market. This presentation will also introduce the talented cast of 2009 conference presenters and jump-start networking and relationship-building between fellow attendees. Tim Scudder, CEO
Manufacturing an SDI Culture: OPENING SESSION: Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm In 2008, Süd-Chemie (SCI) began a strong and far-reaching training partnership with Personal Strengths. In this presentation, SCI’s president, Chuck Maisch, will discuss why he chose the SDI to improve performance and how he is protecting his SDI training investment through a comprehensive, innovative reinforcement initiative. His collaboration with Keith Catchpole has generated a powerful new methodology for reinforcing the SDI within a corporate culture.
This real world application session will detail the creative ways SCI is cementing the SDI into their culture. Keith will introduce models used in the SCI reinforcement curriculum. Chuck will also expand on the company-wide reinforcement strategies and the SDI/SCI leadership coaching component.
Chuck Maisch, President of Süd-Chemie
Show and Tell: Relationship Awareness Activities from Around the World Thursday Oct. 15, 2009, 8:00 am - 9:30 am In this group session, Personal Strengths distributors from the UK, Sweden, US, and Australia share some of the activities they have found success with in their markets. Judge for yourself if you want to "globalize" these Relationship Awareness experiences in your own training.
Simon Gallon, Personal Strengths, UK
Transforming Managers Into High Impact Leaders Using SDI Thursday Oct. 15, 2009, 10:00 am - 11:30 am This is an interactive presentation detailing Olin and Laura’s decade of experience integrating SDI into leadership skills development training for business managers and the practical lessons they have learned as a result. Their 10-month leadership program transforms mindset change in the classroom into behavior change as leaders. SDI applications are utilized in a wide range of training areas including dealing with conflict and negative politics; leading change; taking and controlling personal risk; delegating, coaching and mentoring more effectively; dealing with a wide array of difficult people; maintaining work/life balance; and defining a personal leadership style. They have also developed methods to teach emotional intelligence as a practical skill set using SDI. In this session, Olin and Laura will share personal growth metrics and other results that have changed the lives of participants and resulted in better staff morale, better client relationships, and more effective selling. Learning Objectives:
Olin Jennings, Chairman, The Jennings Group, SDI Master Trainer
Work Performance Improvement Using the Expectations Portrait of Personal Strengths – a Case Study Thursday Oct. 15, 2009, 10:00 am - 11:30 am The Portrait of Personal Strengths and Expectations Portrait of Personal Strengths are powerful tools to align expectations between leadership and staff for improved work performance. This session will present a case study on the use of these Portraits with the Customer and Licensing Services (CLS) division of the Media Development Authority of Singapore, whose mission is to ‘regulate to promote’ the media industry by supporting the agency’s mission of developing Singapore into a vibrant global city and foster a creative economy and a connected society. Attendees will experience intervention exercises that were conducted with the entire CLS team and benefit from the sharing of work improvement outcomes by Janice and Prabu. Learning Objectives:
Janice Lua, Deputy Director, Project & Quality Management, Singapore Media Development Authority
Facilitating Effective Organizational Change through Relationship Awareness Thursday Oct. 15, 2009, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Research shows that up to 75% of organizational change efforts did not yield the intended results. Instead, unintended consequences emerged in the form of demoralized employees and disengaged “survivors.” Too often, the focus is on strategic, tactical issues while critical “people” issues and needs are ignored. This session reveals how the SDI is crucial in helping organizational leaders affect change that achieves desired and sustainable results. Change is never smooth or problem free – it always involves personal “loss” and a potential decline in productivity. By providing insight into the motivation behind behavior, the SDI empowers organizational leaders to gain commitment from key stakeholders and to focus on peoples’ specific needs and issues — particularly pertaining to morale and loss of personal control during change. Participants will have an opportunity to analyze and suggest strategies for a real Case based on an organization experiencing a corporate merger at a global level. The session will also provide MVS exercises highlighting unique perceptions of change and specific triggers for conflict. Learning Objectives
Judy Hemmingsen, SDI Master Facilitator and Managing Partner, Personal Strengths Canada Inc.
"Stimulating” Opportunities in Today’s Economy Thursday Oct. 15, 2009, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm PANEL DISCUSSION : A stormy economy, a new president, an interconnected globe... these are turbulent times in the training and development industry — not to mention the world in general. Our panel of experts will share what they have experienced during the last 16 months and what adjustments they may be making (if any). This session will explore how consultants approach business development and client relationships both when things are going well and when they are experiencing conflict. You will learn about some successful methods that are being used to secure and retain new business and what methods may be considered in the future. Be prepared to participate in this interactive session and you will walk away with some new ideas about business development.
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Project Leadership and the Art of Managing Relationships Thursday Oct. 15, 2009, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm In tough economic times, few companies can afford to waste resources — especially valuable human capital. Yet they do so every time they fail to communicate effectively, mismanage conflict or lack the interpersonal skills to understand individual team members’ motivational values. Successful Project Leadership involves not just managing the technical side of a project, but having the interpersonal skills to enable the best productivity by those doing the work. This session brings together three models of Leadership, Team-building, and Group productivity with Relationship Awareness Theory. The research on which these models were developed shows that the best performing teams have strong interpersonal relationship among the team members. This session can help us all develop higher performing teams instrumental in getting things done. Learning Objectives:
Barbara Anderson, SDI Master Trainer and Account Relationship Manager, Personal Strengths, USA. Certified Project Management Professional with the Project Management Institute and former Executive Project Manager and Manager of the Project Manager Leadership Curriculum for IBM
An Essential Relationship: SDI and Executive Coaching Thursday Oct. 15, 2009, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm See and experience how Relationship Awareness combined with Executive Coaching can improve leadership, team effectiveness and bottom line results. In this unique look at the coaching experience, both coach and coachee share how personal and team SDI results helped an executive leadership team gain positive results both individually and collectively. Marjorie used the lens of the SDI set within the learning process of Executive Coaching to help Lisa understand herself and others as well as to strategize communication approaches with her team and organization as a whole. In this session, Marjorie and Lisa will expand on their coaching journey, facilitate discussion, and invite participants to experience small and large group activities that helped drive the success of the Executive Coaching experience. Learning Objectives:
Marjorie Busse, MCC, ICF - Master Certified Coach, Partner with Essential Impact
What Type of Blue Are You: Thursday Oct. 15, 2009, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm The MBTI® continues to be the most widely used assessment for understating individual differences and ways to interact with others. But this can be an opportunity for those of us promoting the use of SDI.® As opposed to an objection, an organization’s prior use of the MBTI can become an entry point for using the SDI to leverage and protect their investment in training. You just have to know how to make the right connections between the theories. This experiential session will compare the SDI to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® for the purpose of demonstrating how knowledge of both assessments will benefit you and your clients. Rather than competing, the SDI builds on MBTI language by making its own considerable and unique contributions to an appreciation of personality differences. By using both tools, organizations and teams — and their consultants — can be much more effective. Learning Objectives:
Ray Linder, SDI Master Facilitator, Account Relationship Manager, Personal Strengths, USA
Done Right: The Power of MVS-Tailored Delegation Thursday Oct. 15, 2009, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Some of us have a hard time moving past the cliché, "if you want it done right, do it yourself." But in today's fast paced work environments, delegation skills are an increasingly vital element. However, the goal is not to unload unwanted or less interesting tasks, but rather to unleash employees' potential through additional responsibilities that provide for knowledge, skills, experience, and interest. Why is it so difficult to delegate successfully? People are uniquely different in what motivates them and that’s why finding that common ground where the employee can find value in the delegated task is KEY. Employees will feel more connected to their work if their efforts make the kind of impact that matters to them. This means that we need to begin to ask questions such as, "Would this assignment be enriching to someone whose motives are primarily Altruistic‐Nurturing?" or "Would an Assertive‐Directing person find this task challenging enough?" Learning Objectives:
Betsy N. Riley, Organizational Development Specialist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory – NASA
Make Learning Stick: The Role of the Manager in Creating Lasting Behavior Change Friday Oct. 16, 2009, 8:00 am - 9:30 am What would happen if the people who come to our workshops actually used their newly acquired knowledge, skills, and tools on a regular basis? Stronger relationships, more productive conflict, and better organizational results are all answers we would likely offer. But how do we get there? The answer is found by partnering with organizational leaders to include them in the learning process before, during, and after the learning event, and to help them create a culture of accountability throughout their organizations. Learning Objectives:
Michael L. Patterson, Ed.D., Director, Regional Leadership Development, Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc., SDI Master Facilitator
Facilitation Form and Function: Friday Oct. 16, 2009, 8:00 am - 9:30 am When facilitating the SDI, “one size does not fit all.” So how do you determine the most effective outline of Relationship Awareness training and tools for each client? And which aspects of Relationship Awareness will best assist you in bringing about the most significant learning impact with your participants… and in what order? In this session, Ron will host an opportunity for discussion and discovery of the impact and process of customizing Relationship Awareness training to the specific needs of one’s in-house or external client. Participants will be encouraged to interact and share their own “best practices” as Ron draws on 18+ years of SDI facilitating to introduce “tried and proven” outlines that focus on client needs, time constraints, and the right mix of exercises and learning modules to create the greatest self-discovery and impact for participants. Learning Objectives:
Ronald F. Smedley, SDI Master Facilitator, Senior Associate and Account Relationship Manager, Personal Strengths, USA
Building Trust: Friday Oct. 16, 2009, 10:00 am - 11:30 am Trust is a critical ingredient for a team focused on improvement. It ensures that sensitive data and issues can be shared more openly. This session will highlight the SDI’s role in enhancing trust at CareOregon. The non-profit healthcare organization has used the SDI to:
During the presentation, case examples will be shared along with learning and the results of using the SDI with improvement teams. Learning Objectives:
Yedda Trawick, Senior Manager of Operational Excellence, CareOregon
Energy Management and the SDI: Friday Oct. 16, 2009, 10:00 am - 11:30 am This engaging session is packed with progressive ideas to improve productivity by using the SDI to help manage personal energy levels. The presentation demystifies time management as the holy grail of business efficiency and shares a new benchmark paradigm that aligns well with the SDI. Dawn will first explain the concept of energy management, illustrating her points with a colorful visual metaphor — sea kayaking. She’ll examine the situation we all face in a contracting economy: increasing work demands without an accompanying increase in individual capacity. She’ll discuss how energy management unlocks efficiency, productivity, and creativity, and the important role that the SDI can play. She’ll also explore how the MVS and conflict sequence can steer individuals toward the most effective and targeted energy management practices. Participants will understand the critical importance of bringing energy management practices into the workplace. They will also appreciate the SDI as an important part of a robust energy management program. Learning Objectives:
Dawn Groves, Master Trainer, Einblau & Associates Ltd.
Developing Internal Capability for Improvement: Friday Oct. 16, 2009, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm This session will look at the role of the SDI within a Black Belt Development Program to produce valuable internal improvement consultants. The most important challenges are related to change in people and the SDI provides structure to help people embrace change and better understand the important role of conflict for win-win outcomes. Attendees will explore how the SDI resides with Dr. W. Edwards Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge and participate in exercises using the Scenarios and SDI Quick Guide.
Learning Objectives:
Ram Santhanam, Senior Operations Manager, Hewlett-Packard Company
Friday Oct. 16, 2009, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Involved in coaching? This session is an eye-opening look at how your own way of seeing things may get in their way of being an effective coach. Using experiential methods, Tina will introduce ways to bring attention to our coachee's values through Relationship Awareness, which in turn brings about a deeper commitment to actions and strengthens the coaching relationship. ICF core coaching competencies will be reviewed alongside Relationship Awareness Theory tools like the SDI Coaching Planner. Participants will be provided several job aids and time for skill practice. Tina received high marks when she presented this topic to over 200 people at ASTD International Conference 2009 in Washington DC. Learning Objectives:
Tina Mertel, ICF Certified Professional Coach, SDI Master Facilitator, Account Relationship Manager, Personal Strengths, USA
Leadership as a Hero’s Journey CLOSING SESSION: Friday Oct. 16, 2009, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Banding people together to pursue a driving vision while facing overwhelming odds, unpredictability, and unexpected monsters on every side is the lot of one who would lead. Whether operating from Red, Green, or Blue, leaders are called to act in the realm of risk, surprise, fear, and uncertainty. Leaders who understand and practice the Four Heroic Insights find the strength and resources to leverage, borrow, and flex their style in order to overcome trials and difficulty, to build high performing teams, and to march toward their resulting vision with confidence and clarity. Learning Objectives:
Eric Kaufmann, President, Insights4Results, LLC
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