Facilitated By
Stephen K. Hacker, or
Marvin Washington

Leading Transformational Change is a two-day seminar designed for those who are seeking to sharpen the leadership skills that are vital for today's organizations. This seminar will help all change champions - novice or experienced, formal or informal - succeed in transforming their organizations through the critical needs for change.

Social, technological and political forces have combined to accelerate the pace of change. Organizations need to become adept at breakthrough, step-function improvements or risk falling behind competitors who are more successful in transforming their operations. Join with others who are looking to update their knowledge and skill sets to learn what high performing organizations and change leaders are doing to excel.

Topics Covered:

Types of Change
Standardization versus
Continuous improvement versus
Transformation
Emerging Trends in Change
World wide shifts
Major world directions
Local impact of global trends
Why change is accelerating
Framework for Transformational Leadership
Why great managers often fail in leadership
Conscious versus zombie state of being
Enterprise mastery
Interpersonal mastery
Personal mastery
Leadership Assessment
Your strengths and opportunities
How to get traction quickly
Performance Mindsets
Five common mindsets of effective leaders
Five non-performance mindsets competing for attention
Leading for Trust
Trust research results: conclusions and application
Recognizing the need for building trust quickly
How and when to risk for trust
How to be a trustworthy leader
Leading a Life of Meaning Preceding Leading an Organization of Meaning
Life planning the role and purpose of spirit
Willful creation versus product of mechanisms
Building a Pack of Wild Dogs
Create performance teams that leverage today's personnel
Competing team models

Who should attend?

All leaders and managers, since transformational leadership cuts across all organizational levels and positions. Those who will benefit include:

Formal and informal Change Agents
Change Champions
Anyone looking to understand and apply "breakthrough" performance improvement
You will receive a copy of The Transformation Desktop Guide, by Hacker,
Wilson and Schilling (Goal QPC), and a set of workshop materials.

About Stephen K. Hacker
Stephen Hacker has consulted with diverse organizations throughout the world including Volvo, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Credit Agricole, Allied Signal, US and Canadian Navies, many State/Providential Governments, and other organizations in over 40 countries, from Botswana to Estonia to Singapore to Turkey. He has authored several books including Work Miracles, The Trust Imperative, Transformational Leadership and Transformation Fieldbook. His background also includes senior leadership with Procter & Gamble and Executive Director of a world renowned university research center. With this broad range of experience, Stephen knows how to marry theory with practical application. Stephen is a Past-Chair of ASQ's Customer-Supplier Division.

About Marvin Washington
Dr. Marvin Washington is an Associate Professor with the University of Alberta. He earned his PhD in Organizational Behavior and Sociology from Northwestern University and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He has written many articles and books on the subject of organizational change as well as delivered numerous presentations to organizations and associations in Mexico, Canada, US, and Europe. In addition to writing and speaking about organizational change, Marvin has consulted with the United States Postal Service, the Country of Botswana, the Maynard Institute, and numerous other not-for-profit, and for-profit organizations. Marvin’s latest project has resulted in the publication of his book Leading Peak Performance: Lessons from the Wild Dogs of Africa: How to Create Pack Leadership & Produce Transformative Results (with Stephen Hacker,
Quality Press 2007).