NEW THIS YEAR! The PBWC is thrilled to announce two, professional pre-conference workshops on Monday, May 3, 2004, from 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm at Moscone Center. Choose from two exciting workshops given by respected and prominent experts. These workshops are for those seeking the competitive edge and want to advance their career by improving their skill set.
You will have an in-depth opportunity to interact with experts in their fields from Harvard Law School and the Drucker School of Management. This is your chance to broaden your knowledge base in two of the most important areas of business: interpersonal communication and leadership.
Workshop 1: Handling Difficult Conversations
Effectively
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Sheila Heen, Lecturer
on Law, Harvard School of Law; Senior Fellow, Harvard Negotiation
Project; Partner, Triad Consulting Group; Co-Author, Difficult
Business Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most |
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Douglas Stone, Lecturer on Law, Harvard
School of Law; Senior Fellow, Harvard Negotiation Project;
Partner, Triad Consulting Group; Co-Author, Difficult Business
Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most |
Asking for a raise. Ending a relationship.
Telling a client you've made a mistake. Saying no. We all face
difficult conversations every day. Handling these discussions
efficiently is no longer just a good idea -it's integral to your
professional success, your family's well being, and your own sanity.
Based on ten years of work at the Harvard Negotiation Project,
these two experts explain why some of our most important conversations
are so difficult, examines the common mistakes we all make, and
offers a step-by-step method for handling them with less anxiety
and better results.
Workshop 2: Connective Leadership: Leading Effectively in the 21st Century
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Jean Lipman-Blumen, Professor
of Organizational Behavior and Director of the Institute for
Advanced Studies in Leadership, Peter F. Drucker Graduate
School of Management, Claremont Graduate University; Author,
Hot Groups: Seeding Them, Feeding Them, and Using Them
to Ignite Your Organization. |
The challenge of leading in the dynamic global environment of the 21st century calls for new leadership approaches. It is no secret that traditional authoritarian leadership doesn't work very well. Even collaborative leadership, by itself, will not be sufficient to lead effectively in an increasingly diverse world, where interdependence is inevitable, and innovation is the name of the game. This workshop is designed for high-level professional businesswomen who wish to enhance their current leadership talents by learning and implementing a new, more nuanced, more organizationally-savvy leadership repertoire: connective leadership. Each participant will have the opportunity to document her own current leadership profile and discover how to become a more outstanding connective leader.
Networking reception immediately following the workshops.
