GEAPS Exchange 2010 Opening Workshop
In line with popular Exchange educational session topics in recent years—as well as the theme of the 2008 and 2009 GEAPS Leadership Conferences—the Opening Workshop at Exchange 2010 in Wichita will focus on developing the workforce. The morning-long session, kicking off the Wichita education program, will discuss developing the next generation of leaders at your company.
The 2010 Exchange Educational Programming Committee has hired Jim Doyle, a professional speaker and leadership consultant, to present the workshop. Doyle will "give the audience something tangible to use at their offices or facilities the very next day," said EPC Chair Kathy Reading. The session will begin with an overview of how young professionals operate in the working world. What impact does the "feel" of a workplace have on them? How important is the relationship between employee and boss? Doyle emphasizes the importance of taking time in the hiring process to choose employees who fit in with your company on multiple levels and will be better resources over the course of their careers.
The next portion of the seminar will focus on finding people who possess attributes you need for long-term success, as well as examining your own leadership style to see how you fit into the equation. Are you a leader or a manager? How do you engage your workers? How can getting to know your employees make them better and more efficient on the job?
The Opening Workshop will also teach you to engage your employees and assess them for strengths and weaknesses; establish trust in a working relationship; create a leader development program to identify candidates for promotions; and, finally, create a positive workplace environment of workers who go the extra mile. "We hope that as many people as possible will take advantage of this opportunity to hear Jim speak," said Reading. "It will be well worth getting up early on Sunday morning!"
About the Speaker
Jim Doyle is a workforce consultant who specializes in enhancing performance in several areas of leadership and teamwork. His mission as a consultant is "to develop tomorrow's leaders, and the teams on which they serve."
Doyle began his professional career as a sales consultant for Bayer, a large clinical diagnostics company, in 1966. He later served as Director of International Training, where his duties soon encompassed technical as well as management and leadership skill training. In 1990, after 24 years in the corporate world, Doyle started his own consulting and training business.
While Doyle's business is headquartered in Elkhart, Ind., he has done consulting and workshop assignments with over four hundred clients in all parts of the world including Brazil, China, India, Canada, the United Arab Emirates, France, Italy, the U.K., Mexico, Germany and 40 states in the U.S.
Jim and his wife, Mary Ellen, have been married 45 years and have four adult sons and nine grandkids.