Peak Leadership Session Line up

Session line up Becoming a leader requires proficiency in a variety of areas. The pillars of self, teams, communication and critical skills are core competencies that every leader needs. When you are choosing your sessions think about what areas you would like to focus on or improve on. To give you a broad understanding of the pillars the definitions are below.

Self – having a developed sense of who you are, what you can do, where you are going coupled with the ability to manage your emotions and behaviour on the way to getting there.

Teams – is the art of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal.

Communication – is a two-way process - sending the right message that is being correctly received and understood as well as active listening to the individual and ensuring that you understand their message.

Critical Skills – These are core competencies that leaders need to have if they are going to be successful in this role. They are foundational skills in addition to the areas listed above.

Our presenters come from a variety of backgrounds and skills and they will allow you to explore you own leadership. Some of them will be a bit more lecture style and some them are more interactive (take note of the hands on titles).

Self Self as Leader - Robert Murray Oct 9 from 6:00pm-7:30pm • • • •

Understand how leadership starts with you and your attitude as a leader; Unlock the code to motivating yourself and others by understanding “why”; Take the “rocket science” out of strategy by increasing your execution intelligence; Make yourself remarkable. Your brand is everything. A remarkable you will make a remarkable business.

Leading through Influence – Peter Legge October 17 from 2:30pm-4:00pm • • • • •

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Understand how to “influence yourself” first in order to influence others more effectively Create a strategy for how to bring others along:Inspire and then educate; Find ways to stand out to be different and unique; Do exactly what you say you’ll do; Lift up and encourage the people around you.

Identify ways to differentiate your unique value and be paid (more) for it

Teams Leading without authority – Gail Sexsmith November 29 from 6-7:30pm • • •

Identify attributes of an individual who is influential without authority; Understand how one can exert influence without authority; Demonstrate application of influence through specific examples.

Dealing with generations –Jennifer Gerves-Keen January 16 from 3-4:30pm • • • •

Better understand the motivations and historical influences that impact their colleagues of different generations; Apply the above knowledge to become more effective in their way of behaving and communicating in the workplace/classroom; Apply ideas/solutions given in the workshop to improve workplace/ classroom communication; Better understand the current talent marketplace and what future employees are looking at in terms of career paths.

Panel Q & A: How do you work with your team?

Scott Blythe & Peter Hrdlitschka Jan 23 @ 3-4pm •

Learning objectives are based on what questions you bring to this session. This session is customizable and flexible. Bring questions and issues that are relevant to working with a team.

Leading the team: what works & what does not- Ray Williams February 13 from 3-4:30pm • • •

Be able to articulate the primary role(s) of a leader of a team; Understand why teams can become dysfunctional and unproductive and what their leaders can do make changes; Understand the importance of team member selection and its impact on team performance.

Communication Public Speaking– Peter Legge Oct 19 from 2:30-4:00pm • Learn first-hand through the experiences of Canada’s most award winning professional speaker; • Tell the story and understand its importance; • Identify the critical element of delivery; • Learn how to maintain your edge and energy; • Handling the finances. How giving back to the community can really ‘make’ your career.

Hands On Public Speaking– Jim Francis & Ken Bell Oct 25 from 6:00-8:00pm • •

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Learn several techniques for managing your presentation jitters; Make your presentation more engaging, exciting, efficient, effective, impactful, and memorable; Gain practical experience.

Conducting Successful Meetings – Larry Vezina Oct 31 from 3:00-4:00pm • • • •

Facilitate effective meetings; Productively manage participants and time; Understand the roles and responsibilities of meeting Chairs, Recorders and Participants; Appreciate the function and use of rules of order.

Strategic Networking for Career Success– Brent Charleton Nov 16 from 2:30pm-3:30pm • • •

Identify your key influencers; Formulate a specific networking plan; Basic rules and principles for recent graduates when networking.

Network Right – a hands on session for immediate results - Debbie Palmer Nov 21 from 3:00-4:30pm • • • •

Develop a strategic plan for networking; Identify and resolve personal barriers to networking; Learn new techniques for effective networking ; Increase your practical experience.

Critical Skills Professional Development – Eric Sorensen November 7 from 3:00-4:00pm • • • • •

Understand the context of leadership: self, others and organization; Effectively lead yourself; Understand others: those you are in teams or are leading; Identify the components of a great leader; Gain an insight in Career Success and Growth.

Conflict Management - Hands on approach – Sabina Nawaz January 30 from 3-4:30pm • •

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Expand the range of ways in which you address conflict; Walk away with specific tools to address conflict and communicate effectively; Understand and make intentional choices about your and others’ needs.

Critical thinking - Scott Armstrong Feb 6 from 3-4:30pm

Intercultural Thinking – Terry Rogocki March 6 from 3-4pm • • • •

Analyze 8 elements associated with thought and reasoning; Recognize and assess their own assumptions/biases and evaluate those against alternative points of view; Review intercultural case studies and identify the issues involved; Discuss the wider leadership implications associated with the building of an intercultural skill-set.