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Briefings Audio Conference Series CD

Developing Leadership Skills to Move to the Next Level

Every top manager wants a winning team.
Does your team have what it takes to succeed and for you to rise to the top of your organization? What do you (and your organization) need to do to identify and retain your best staffers? Do you have what it takes to become top management? What is leadership anyway? How are a high-potential employee's qualities and skills discovered and nurtured by decision-makers? What's the best way to get noticed and advance your career? These questions and more will be answered by an expert team of speakers assembled for the first time for The LeadershipStrategies Audio Conference Series.

Learning Outcomes
  • List 5 key characteristics of the executive job market you need to know
  • Define "leadership" according to top corporate HR and search professionals
  • Describe the core attributes of the success mindset
  • Identify those attributes in your high potential staff or in yourself
  • Recognize how to screen candidates for critical success factors
  • Demonstrate how to show your own potential
  • Define why networking isn't a buzzword, it's the key to your success
  • Identify and retain staff who have "It" by recognizing their needs

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Who Should Purchase this CD?
  • Anyone looking to take the next step into top management
  • Mid-Level Managers

Continuing Education

This Program has been approved for 1.5 CM Continuing Education Credits. Please visit www.icpm.biz for more information.

 
Session Moderator

Lauryn Franzoni
VP and Executive Editor
ExecuNet Inc.


Lauryn Franzoni is Vice President and Executive Editor of ExecuNet's Center for Executive Careers (www.execunet.com) the leading Internet-based resource for executive career market trend and management information. She is responsible for market research, website and publications content, and overseeing the company's Executive Career Management and Networking Services.

Ms. Franzoni joined ExecuNet in 2004 bringing extensive experience in the specialized information industry including product development and community building for electronic/internet communications and print media for corporations and non-profit organizations. Throughout her career, Ms. Franzoni has been responsible for the training, career path development, recruitment and retention for an international creative workforce.

Prior to joining ExecuNet, Ms. Franzoni was Senior Vice President/Group Publisher at Gilder Publishing LLC, where she served as the company's chief marketing officer and directed all internal and external operations of four advanced technology publishing franchises for the think tank led by internationally acclaimed technology visionary George Gilder.

From 1993-2000 Ms. Franzoni was Director of Hart Europe Ltd. (London) and Vice President of Phillips Business Information (Washington, D.C.), where she led international energy newsletter, database and magazine publishing operations with offices in London, Aberdeen, Stavanger, Houston and Washington, D.C.

In addition to post-graduate finance and language studies, Ms. Franzoni holds an MA in journalism and public affairs from The American University and a BA in American Studies from Dickinson College.

Presenters and Panelists

David Perry
Managing Director
Perry-Martel International

David is Managing Director of Perry-Martel International, one of North America's top executive search, recruiting and placement firms. He is frequently quoted on trends and issues regarding executive search, recruiting and HR in leading business publications including The Wall Street Journal, IT World, EETimes, NetWork World, HR Today, and Venture Wire. He appears regularly as an executive search and labor market analyst for CBC News World.

David is cofounder of the Knowledge Workers Institute of Canada, past Vice-Chair of the Canadian Technology Human Resources Board, and former board and executive committee member of the Software Human Resource Council. He is the Human Resource Policy Advisor to the 5600 member companies of the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance. He is also the author of Guerrilla Marketing for Job-hunters: 400 unconventional Tips, Tricks and Tactics to Land Your Dream Job [Wiley 2005] and Career Guide for the High-Tech Professional: Where the jobs are and how to land them, [Career Press 2004].

David graduated McGill University in 1982 with a BA in Economics and Industrial Relations. As a Commissioned Officer, he Graduated 1st in his class and was awarded the Sword of Honor. In 1999, he was recognized as one of the "Top 40 Under 40" Entrepreneurs.

David lives in Ottawa, CANADA with his wife and business partner Anita Martel and their four children. He recruits globally.

Dave Opton
Founder and CEO
ExecuNet Inc.

David Opton is Chief Executive Officer and Founder of ExecuNet (www.execunet.com),the leading Internet-based center for executive career management.

Since founding ExecuNet in 1988, Mr. Opton has used his 35 years of experience in Human Resources to develop and grow what has become the nation's premier career management firm for executives and senior managers with salaries above $100,000.

Prior to founding ExecuNet, Mr. Opton served as Vice President of Personnel for Sterling Drug International, an operating unit of 14,000 employees and over $1 billion in revenue.

From 1971 to 1983, Mr. Opton held several executive positions in Xerox Corporation's domestic, international, and corporate operating units.

A widely recognized executive career management expert, Mr. Opton is regularly quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Fortune, Fast Company, and other leading business publications. Mr. Opton received his BA from Indiana University. He is a former President of the New Haven Jaycees and has served on the Board of Trustees for the Hopkins School in New Haven.

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CD Only - $199*

*All CD orders will be assessed a $20 Shipping & Handling Fee for CD and Conference Materials.

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