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The Creative Leadership Camp for Managers, Supervisors & Team Leaders

Gear up for a one-of-a-kind training adventure that takes your leadership effectiveness to the top ...

Letter from the Chair:

Could you use a boost of enthusiasm? Creativity? Innovative ideas? Smart fun?

Who couldn’t? In a workday world of having to go, go, go, wouldn’t you just like to go somewhere fun (and still work-related) once in a while? Then it’s time to head out in a bold, new direction.

The Creative Leadership Camp for Managers, Supervisors & Team Leaders is back by popular demand! One of the most heavily attended leadership conferences of all time, this fast-paced training adventure has earned rave reviews from mangers across the country who tell us it’s the best leadership training they’ve attended – EVER. And it’s also the most fun they’ve ever had learning solid leadership skills.

If you’ve never attended our Creative Leadership Camp for Managers, Supervisors & Team Leaders, expect a fast-paced learning adventure unlike any training you’ve ever experienced. We throw out the boring lectures and focus instead on lively, interactive discussions, hands-on learning activities, mental muscle-stretching techniques that will get your creative juices flowing ­— all led by leadership experts hand-picked for their ability to make learning an incredibly entertaining experience.

And for you professionals who’ve joined us in the past and are comin’ back for more, you’ll be amazed at how we’ve managed to make a good thing even better. Get ready for innovative new sessions to choose from ... creative problem-solving techniques and fresh ideas to run with in your quest to become a better leader. We work as furiously as ants at a picnic to keep topping ourselves at this event ­— so that you can keep topping yourself as a leader.

Think this sounds like too much fun to be leadership training? Think again! We’ve found that combining high-energy presentations, off-beat activities and a fun learning environment makes the training stick like superglue. You can bet our number one goal is helping you achieve greater effectiveness as a leader.

Don’t risk being lost in the woods of leadership without a compass! Join your fellow campers for an incredibly fun, rejuvenating day of training guaranteed to build your leadership techniques.



Agenda at a Glance:
DAY ONE
8:30 a.m. Registration begins


9:00 - 10:00 a.m.


Opening Session: Champion Your People and They’ll Follow You, Leader

10:00 - 10:15 a.m. Break
Conference Break-Out Sessions Begin

Concurrent Sessions
Choose one
Track 1
Leading the Pack

Track 2
Teamwork!


Session A
10:15 - 11:00 a.m.


Motivation Techniques That Get ‘Em Pitching In


How to Get Team Members to Stop Playing Tug of War – and Start Pulling Together

11:00 - 11:15 a.m. Break


Session B
11:15 - 12:00 p.m.


Coaching Nonperformers to Get With the Program


Drawing the Line Between Being a Boss or a Buddy

12:00 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch (on your own)


Session C
1:15 - 2:00 p.m.


No Pain, All Gain Criticism & Discipline Skills


Are Bad Attitudes Dragging Your Team Down? How to Foster “Can-Do” Spirit

2:00 - 2:15 p.m. Break


Session D
2:15 - 3:00 p.m.


Without a Bullhorn: Communicating With Influence and Power


Hiking Beyond “The Way We’ve Always Done It” Thinking

3:00 - 3:15 p.m. Break


Session E
3:15 - 4:00 p.m.


Tag, You’re It: Effective Delegation Techniques


Whittling Your Tasks Down to the Priorities



Session Description:

Opening Session:

Champion Your People and They’ll Follow You, Leader
What does it take to become the kind of leader employees will follow through good times and bad? Leaders who’re highly respected by fiercely loyal employees are not those who pay the highest salaries or provide the best fringe benefits ­— but those who continually champion their people. This enlightening opener provides you with creative ideas for bringing out the very best in those you lead. You’ll discover how to build win-win partnerships with employees, peers and bosses. Find out how to build up your people through sincere praise, active listening and other simple but effective techniques. Apply these creative leadership ideas, and you’ll be amazed how eager others will be to follow your lead!

Track 1: Leading the Pack

Session 1A: Motivation Techniques That Get ’Em Pitching In
Need some bright ideas for motivating and rewarding your campers on a tight budget? This session is for you! And believe it or not, research shows time and again that employees tend to perform better when money is not their primary incentive. Join us and you’ll discover fun, imaginative ways to boost morale and encourage productivity through no-cost reward programs. You’ll leave with a head full of creative ideas for getting employees energized, pumped and eager to excel ­— without breaking the bank!

Session 1B: Coaching Nonperformers to Get With the Program
If you’ve tried everything under the sun to turn around nonperforming employees ­— with little success ­— then this insightful session will be a real eye-opener. Top leaders recognize that standard forms of criticism, even when well-meant, most often serve only to further crush the morale of nonperformers. Discover how to take a completely different and much more effective approach to encouraging improvement in your nonperformers and underperformers. Apply these innovative techniques and the results will amaze you!

Session 1C: No Pain, All Gain Criticism and Discipline Skills
When you discipline employees using traditional methods, the result is usually tremendously unhappy (and unproductive) campers. That’s why this important session offers a unique approach to employee discipline – one that works without causing resentment. You’ll find out how to tackle problem-solving with your employees, and to help them see the benefits their behavior change will bring to themselves, their team and the organization. You’ll learn a win-win approach to discipline that really works!

Session 1D: Getting Your Point Across Without a Bullhorn: Communicating With Influence and Power
Leaders who are excellent communicators go farther in their organizations and in their careers than leaders who don’t communicate effectively. This interactive session is packed full of tips you can apply immediately to be a better communicator. Discover which commonly used words and phrases can brand you as a lightweight. Find out which postures, gestures and mannerisms to lose. Learn techniques professional speakers use to appear poised, calm and confident ­— even when they’ve got a stomach full of butterflies.

Session 1E: Tag, You’re It: Effective Delegation Techniques
Effective delegation frees up your time and energy as a leader; it also grows your employees’ abilities and their confidence. Yet research shows that delegation is among the most underused skills that leaders possess. With a quick self-quiz, you’ll find out how well you delegate. You’ll learn basic guidelines for effective delegation, which will ensure that the job gets done right – without you looking over the employee’s shoulder. You’ll also find out how to “let go” when your employee wants to do the task differently.

Track 2: Teamwork!

Session 2A: How to Get Team Members to Stop Playing Tug of War ­— and Start Pulling Together
If your team members are more likely to vote each other off the island than to work together toward achieving a common goal, this insightful session on team-building is for you. You’ll learn proven techniques for fostering a cooperative, supportive environment where teamwork thrives. You’ll also discover the most common root causes of team disharmony ­— and how to avoid them. Find out how to eliminate complaints, tantrums and one-upsmanship to build a team that sticks together through thick and thin.

Session 2B: Drawing the Line Between Being a Boss or a Buddy
Is your relationship too close or not close enough with your employees? Have you recently been promoted and now have to supervise your former peers? Join us for an insightful look at how to determine that fine line between being a boss and being a friend. Find out how other successful leaders establish friendly working relationships with employees while still maintaining some boundaries.

Session 2C: Are Bad Attitudes Dragging Your Team Down? How to Foster “Can-Do” Spirit
It takes only a couple of chronic whiners and complainers to throw cold water on teamwork and ruin your team’s chances of achieving its goals. This enlightening session offers innovative ideas for nipping negativity in the bud before your whole team suffers from low morale. Learn proven techniques for transforming bad attitudes and the “terminally unenthused” into productive, positive thinkers. Gain a whole new perspective on how you can nurture a “can-do” spirit that results in improved team performance.

Session 2D: Hiking Beyond “The Way We’ve Always Done It” Thinking
Are your teams stuck like super-glue inside their comfort zones? Join us and learn how to encourage problem-solving, creative thinking and embracing changes in the workplace. You’ll learn how to use mental muscle-stretching techniques guaranteed to get your team thinking in bold new directions. Tap into your team’s unlimited idea power for sound decisions and fresh solutions to old problems.

Session 2E: Whittling Your Tasks Down to the Priorities
Nope, you just can’t do it all. As a leader, it’s easy to get pulled in too many directions. Or maybe you turn into Smokey the Bear and put out fires all day. Prevention is the answer! This crucial session gives you proven tools for setting leadership priorities and goals. You’ll learn how to determine – and focus on – the things that will make the greatest, most immediate impact on your supervisory skills.



Post Conference Workshops:

Morning Workshop: “Outside the Lines” Motivation and Team-Building Skills
Time and again, supervisors report that motivating employees is their toughest challenge. That’s why this eye-opening workshop reveals the factors that truly motivate today’s employees ­— you may be surprised! We’ll focus on fresh approaches and innovative solutions proven to get employees fired up and eager to achieve. Find out how “outside the lines” thinking and creative leadership can inspire your people to remarkable productivity, sparking enthusiasm and renewed commitment in even the most unresponsive employees.

You’ll learn ...

  • Basic principles of human behavior and motivation as they apply to today’s changing workplace
  • “Outside the lines” motivational secrets other successful managers use to build solid teams
  • Creative incentives for motivating employees to go the extra mile
  • How to motivate specific personality types like the chronic complainer and Mr. “It’ll Never Work”
  • Nontraditional strategies for inspiring employees during organizational change or hard financial times

Afternoon Workshop: Creative Tools and Strategies for Dealing with Underperformers and Rotten Attitudes
Got a few rotten apples on your team who’re spoiling your results? Underperformers and employees with attitude problems can grind productivity to a halt and turn your office into a “toxic workplace.” This skill-packed workshop delivers a “manager’s toolbox” full of creative tools and new techniques for turning problem employees into positive contributors. You’ll leave armed with innovative strategies guaranteed to improve your employees’ attitudes ­— and their performance.

You’ll learn how to ...

  • Develop your “assertiveness response” ­— a manager’s key to confronting bad attitudes
  • Deal creatively with each of the difficult personality types to turn them around
  • Apply innovative solutions to common underperformance problems
  • Understand how you influence an employee’s attitude ­— deliberately and inadvertently
  • Master essential techniques for giving constructive feedback that improve performance





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