OK, you've already got the title of manager, supervisor or grand pubah or you've got your eye on the next leadership position that comes open. The question is, how do you perform well in the leadership role that you already have or how do you prepare yourself for the one you want? With the current economic challenges you face today, it's not only a good idea to develop your own abilities, it's necessary. Your success as a leader has a direct impact on the success of your organization and directly impacts each stakeholder in your business. Each stakeholder group, customers, employees, the community, shareholders, suppliers and in the case of non-profit organizations, those you serve, has a strong interest in seeing you and your organization succeed.

Developing the traits, qualities and skills that lead to success in a leadership role isn't the easiest of tasks, but it's doable. Most of us are not born with the ALL the necessary requisites to be a successful leader. Therefore, we need to leverage our strengths and also develop those areas that need improvement.

In this session, Dan will uncover some the basic leader dimensions that lead to success, define behaviors that underlie those dimensions and then walk the participants through each step of the development process. Participants will use themselves as case studies, gain from the experience of others and learn how to use the steps used in the development process such as:

• Identifying and prioritizing important dimensions to work on
• Using feedback from self and others to give meaning to those dimensions
• Understanding all the development tools available and how to use them
• Understanding the behavioral change process
• Evaluating your progress.

This presentation is for anyone in a leadership role regardless of level and those who have desires to become a leader. The session is interactive and participants will take away many tools that can be used right away.