Coffee with Ken & Colleagues: “Executive Coaching Best Practices Roundtable” with Jan Boxer, Barrie Zucal, Suzi Pomerantz, Ken Boxer November 29, 2011 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. EDT     This month’s webcast will feature a panel of some of the leading executive coaches in the United States.  The panel will discuss how coaching has been: •         Integrated with OD consulting and training efforts •         Implemented to help organizations effectively transition, develop and retain leaders •         Implemented to support organization change efforts •         Designed to respond to the multi-cultural needs of global organizations •         Aligned with organizations’ overall leadership development strategy •         Deployed in a variety of both individual and group programs   At the conclusion of this session, participants will learn specific ways to either launch or enhance executive coaching in your organization. Click here to register. … [Read more...]

 Is Coaching-Based Leadership Worth the Investment?   What makes an investment in leadership development worthwhile?  Certainly having an initiative pay for itself is ideal, however there is more to the story. From a learning and talent management perspective, initiatives delivering improved leadership performance aligned with the business strategy are the ones deserving of investment. The key question for talent management professionals is: “What do we need our leaders to do differently in order to attain our strategic intentions as quickly and effectively as possible?” Join us in this webinar on October 27th from 10:00-11:00 AM ET where Merrill Anderson, Principal, Cylient will share his recent experience with a major coaching-based leadership development initiative at Bridgestone and ideas for: 1.Achieving buy-in for coaching-based leadership 2.Developing coaching behaviors that impact the business 3.Ensuring ROI of leadership development initiatives   Click here to register   Merrill Lynch, Cylient Ken Boxer, Strategic Partners … [Read more...]

Employee Engagement Leaders that want employees to love working for their organizations need to focus on three simple things: Key drivers of employee engagement The characteristics of excellent organizations Employee empowerment During this month’s virtual meeting, Ken Boxer, President and Founder of Strategic Partners and Don MacPherson, President and Co-founder of Modern Survey, will discuss how excellent leaders are able to engage their employees by providing recognition, a sense of accomplishment, career development, organizational confidence, and fair compensation. They will discuss the characteristics of excellent organizations and what affect those characteristics have on engagement levels. Finally, they will discuss the importance of empowering employees to be responsible for their own engagement levels. At the conclusion of the session, it will be very clear what you can do to help your employees love their organization. The agenda for the Coffee with Modern Survey will include: Employee engagement and how extraordinary leaders build trust with their employees by focusing on the drivers of engagement Linkage between engaged employees and satisfied, loyal customers/clients Questions and Answers Ken and Don will also discuss the initiation of the Washington, D.C.  Employee Engagement Network -- the only formal organization of business professionals in Washington, D.C., Virginia or Maryland dedicated solely to the study and strategic development of best-practices around the topic of employee engagement. Membership is invite-only and includes business leaders and HR professionals from Federal agencies and the largest employers in the Washington, D.C. area.  Members of the Employee Engagement Network receive the benefits of close access to a large community of HR decision-makers and employee engagement professionals, as well as invitations to networking events and updates with the latest data on employee engagement levels … [Read more...]

June 26 – 29, 2011:  Conference - 2011 SHRM Annual Exposition - Las Vegas, Nevada Visit our partner, MasteryWorks at the 2011 SHRM Annual Exposition in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 26th – 29th where they will be highlighting their efforts to partner with local SHRM chapter to provide members with tools to take charge of their HR careers. Visit them at booth #941 for information … [Read more...]

Date: Thursday, May 26, 2011 Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT Cost:    Free   Space is limited.  Reserve your Webinar seat now: Click here to register Join Ken Boxer for “coffee” on Thursday, May 26th from 10:00 AM ET – 11:00 AM ET to discuss key findings from our recent study of organizational trends in the government along with research on the most significant organizational challenges of 2011. Overview of Webcast With a new Congress, a soaring federal deficit, and the need to control costs, managers will need to be increasingly creative in responding to the effects of these pressures on the development needs of their organizations. During this complimentary webcast event Ken will: • Explore significant organization development trends for 2011 • Feature cutting-edge research on the most pressing organization development challenges facing federal agencies • Review the implications of these challenges for managers • Provide participants with the Top 10 Tools to help managers • Develop specific action plans for applying the Top 10 Tools to address these challenges This 60 minute virtual meeting will be: • Fast paced • Interactive • Engaging • Informative • Action Oriented All participants will receive a complimentary copy of our recent study on organizational trends in the government. Click here to register … [Read more...]