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Lunch & Learn: Virtual Leadership and Team Effectiveness

Many organizations are distributed across a range of locations and time zones. Managers, employees, and business partners in these dispersed environments face many challenges. In today's session, Barbara Miller, president of Artemis Management Consultants and co-founder of Virtual Connection, joined us to share her insights about virtual teams and management. Drawing from her over thirty years of consulting experience, Barbara provided Lunch & Learn attendees with concrete strategies and techniques to be successful as virtual managers.

Barbara's interactive presentation provided participants with specific techniques they could immediately implement to make a difference in themselves and their teams. She addressed how to lead a team whose members are located around the globe and how to work with business partners or key stakeholders whom one never sees face to face. Barbara also shared the best practices others are currently using to achieve results in a virtual world.

For more information about Barbara and her insights on virtual leadership you can contact her at BMiller@VirtualConnection.biz or call (415) 388-9514. Also learn more about Barbara's 6 module web-based tool, Virtual@Work, which teaches managers and teams how to increase their virtual work effectiveness. Contact Virtual Connection at www.VirtualConnection.biz.

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What Losing 10% (body weight) Can Do (on Thursday, June 11th, 2009 from 12:00 noon to 12:45 pm Pacific Time)

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Our lunch & learn program description and registration

Get your brown bag lunch (or snack) ready, and join us online every Thursday at 12:00 noon Pacific Time for 45 minutes to learn the latest and most innovative tips and techniques for individual and team productivity, and get the latest updates about important workplace and productivity issues.

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Lunch & Learn: Managing Change in Challenging Times

Think about the recent election. Whatever your political views may be, the betting odds on Barak Obama becoming President started at 1,600 to 1. His campaign was a study in managing change. He articulated a direction, and supported it through every communication: online, in person, and in print. 

Despite this example of its importance, few people understand how to successfully manage change. In last week's Lunch & Learn session, attendees had the opportunity to gain valuable insights into change management from Meryl Natchez. Meryl is the founder and CEO of TechProse, a Northern-California based consulting company that helps its customers navigate change. Meryl grew TechProse from a one-person startup to a corporation with over 100 employees and a run rate of $16 million per year. Based on this experience, Meryl presented our audience with effective strategies for managing change in today's economy.

Meryl explained that the discipline of change management is often associated with the “touchy-feely” side of organizational development. However, as economic challenges affect most businesses, those who can manage change successfully will be the ones who survive. Meryl's presentation set out the elements to manage successfully in the current economic environment, detailing the importance of presenting a clear vision, getting buy-in from employees, and focusing a team in productive activity.

To learn more about managing change in a difficult economy you can contact Meryl at 925-299-3900 x108 or meryl@techprose.com. You can also visit Techprose's resources page.

Also, check out Meryl's slides from the presentation:

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Social Netoworking to Find a Job in Today's Economy (on Thursday, March 26th, 2009 from 12:00 noon to 12:45 pm Pacific Time)

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Get your brown bag lunch (or snack) ready, and join us online every Thursday at 12:00 noon Pacific Time for 45 minutes to learn the latest and most innovative tips and techniques for individual and team productivity, and get the latest updates about important workplace and productivity issues.

Lunch & Learn: From Managers to Leaders

Does it surprise you that when asked in a survey why they left a company, 90% of employees cited poor management? Perhaps even more surprising is the fact that, in this survey, 86% of managers thought their employees had left for money. Clearly effective management is extremely important to company success, and in yesterday's Lunch & Learn session, Leila Bulling Towne joined us to share her expertise in this area.

 

During the session, Leila, of The Bulling Towne Group, discussed the fundamental responsibilities of managers—and why strong management is the first step towards becoming a leader. She discussed basics of how to manage well and why, including data points and research, and also touched upon the subtle nature of leadership.

 

If you have questions about Leslie's management strategies, would like a copy of The Bulling Towne Group's Best Practices for Managing More With Less, or are interested in a complimentary consultation, you can contact Leila at coach@thebullingtownegroup.com or 800-789-8449.

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Strategies for Taking Life by the Horns (on Thursday, March 12th, 2009 from 12:00 noon to 12:45 pm Pacific Time)

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Our lunch & learn program description and registration

Get your brown bag lunch (or snack) ready, and join us online every Thursday at 12:00 noon Pacific Time for 45 minutes to learn the latest and most innovative tips and techniques for individual and team productivity, and get the latest updates about important workplace and productivity issues.