Leadership Conference Equips Attendees with Applicable, Strategic Leadership Skills
Tuesday-Thursday, July 12-14, 2011
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Click here for photos from the 2011 Leadership Conference.
On July 12-14, 2011, almost 65 industry professionals from across the United States traveled to Minneapolis, Minn., for the July Leadership Conference. This leadership training, moderated by Leadership Strategist Cynthia D'Amour, MBA, brought attendees to their feet for hands-on, interactive opportunities to learn new leadership skills.
In addition to learning traditional leadership skills such as how to effectively work a room and engage new attendees, participants also learned new, and perhaps a little unconventional, methods for recruitment and retention. These interactive activities included creating a 30-second commercial, drafting a series of tweets for Twitter, and developing promotional content for events. All of these modern engagement strategies were designed to target the next generation of future leaders.
At the conclusion of the training, Cynthia asked each attendee to draft a "Lazy Leader" action step to accomplish within the next 30 days. As an accountability factor, attendees are required to report back to the designated LinkedIn group with an update on accomplishments, roadblocks, etc. Watch that LinkedIn discussion for ideas on how you, too, can become a lazy leader. Also, over the next few months, watch the In-Grain for the "Lazy GEAPerS Column" that will include updates on how conference participants are applying their new leadership skills.
Click on the photo at right to see more images from the 2011 Leadership Conference. To all who attended, thank you for your participation at the 2011 July Leadership Conference!