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2010 | Positioning for Growth: How You and Your Organization Can Come Out on Top
The Leadership Forum, founded by John Horton in 1996, is designed to improve business performance through better thinking. It is committed to providing fresh perspectives, new thinking, and challenging ideas from the world's best business thinkers whose "star is rising". Great decisions have always been the hallmark of great executives - today's environment is no exception. The current economy will require organizations to do more with less. While budgets are limited, expectations are not. The 2009 Forum offers valuable strategies for delivering more - with less - in an expectation economy. 2010 Forum Brochure  Download now »  Program Fee  Single sessions are available for purchase for $650. Location & Times  All sessions are held at the Georgia Tech College of Management in Midtown Atlanta and begin at 8:30 AM and end at 12:00 noon. Registration  To register for a remaining session of the 2009 Leadership Forum, please email us at or call 404-894-8700.
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| Robert Cialdini | February 16, 2010 | | Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion | Learn the “Six Weapons of Influence” from the world-renowned expert on influencing people and organizations. Harvard Business Review lists Dr. Cialdini’s research in “Break through Ideas for Today’s Business Agenda.” His books on influence and persuasion have been on the best seller lists of New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and BusinessWeek. His first book, Influence, was ranked among Fortune magazine’s “75 Smartest Business Books.” Click here to watch a short video on Dr. Cialdini. |
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| Harry Beckwith | March 9, 2010 | | Think Like a Prospect: Tapping into the Minds of Customers | Tap into the minds of your customers by learning to think like a prospect. Beckwith is a former creative supervisor for Carmichael-Lynch, Advertising Age’s four-time winner of the Most Creative Agency award. His book, Selling the Invisible, spent 36 consecutive months on the BusinessWeek best seller list. Beckwith is also the recipient of the American Marketing Association’s (AMA) highest award for his work with clients including Target, Wells Fargo and Microsoft.
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| David Allen
| May 11, 2010 | | Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity | Become more productive by learning the groundbreaking work-life management system for “Getting Things Done.” Allen is author of three international best-selling books on personal effectiveness and has developed and implemented productivity improvement programs for more than a million professionals in worldwide organizations, including many Fortune 500 companies.
Click here to watch a short video on David Allen.
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| Susan Scott | July 13, 2010 | | Fierce Leadership: A Bold Alternative to the Worst "Best" Practices of Today | Transform your organization and personal relationships through fierce conversations that are central to your success. Her book, Fierce Conversations, was listed on the Wall Street Journal best seller list and her upcoming book, Fierce Leadership, recently launched in September of 2009. Scott is the founder of Fierce Inc., a company that enables top executives to engage in vibrant dialogue with one another, with their employees, and their customers. Learn the secrets to achieving success at work and in life, one conversation at a time.
Click here to watch a short video on Susan Scott.
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| John Kao | September 14, 2010 | | Innovation Nation: Regaining A Competitive Edge | Become a player in the “Innovation Nation” and regain your competitive edge by learning from the expert that The Economist dubbed “Mr. Creativity” and “a serial innovator.” Kao was a professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School for 14 years and is the founder of Kao & Company, a consulting firm to top-tier Fortune 500 business leaders and the U.S. Government. His book, Jamming: The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity, is a BusinessWeek best seller that has been published in a dozen languages.
Click here to watch a short video on John Kao.
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| Adrian Slywotzky | October 26, 2010 | | The Upside: Turning Big Threats into Growth Breakthroughs | Learn from an expert on the changing face of business strategy and find out the seven strategies to transform your greatest threat into your biggest growth opportunity. Slywotzky’s book on managing and profiting from strategic risk, Profit Zone, was named one of BusinessWeek’s Top 10 Business Books. He is also the author of The Art of Profitability and Value Migration and has written for Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Fast Company, Business 2.0, and Sloan Management Review. Slywotsky holds degrees from Harvard University, Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School.
Click here to watch a short video on Adrian Slywotzky.
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