Women In Technology

Becoming an Extraordinary Leader
Speaker:	Jack Zenger CEO Zenger \| Folkman www.zfco.com
Date:	Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Time:	7:30am - 9:00am
Location:	Maggiano's Buckhead 3368 Peachtree Rd, Atlanta, GA Map

Becoming an Extraordinary Leader: a 12 Step Roadmap for Improving Leadership Skills

Do you want to become a star in your organization's leadership team? This presentation lays out a 12 step process for improving leadership behavior. Twelve actionable, practical steps show you how to successfully make that journey.

While thousands of books have been written on the subject of leadership, much less has been written about the process by which one develops their own leadership potential. This presentation combines research from the Corporate Leadership Council, the Zenger|Folkman organization and other researchers. It guides serious leaders through a process of development that they can manage, and provides guidance for how the individual can utilize the resources of an organization to assist in this development.

Jack Zenger, author of "The Extraordinary Leader" will provide a 12 step action plan to assist individuals in assessing their leadership competencies. You will find some of Jack's recommendations in his presentation to include:

For too long, the subject of effective leadership has been shrouded in fog and ambiguity. The Extraordinary Leader removes the shroud to reveal leadership as a skill, one that can be consciously learned and developed by anyone. This breakthrough book identifies the competencies necessary for effective leadership, not by guessing or postulating but by analyzing the responses of tens of thousands of workforce members as they describe, in effect, "What makes a great leader?"

Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman - two of today's preeminent leadership experts - analyze the answers and provide a broad and universal model for achieving exceptional results. They outline the five core competencies that form the basis for successful leadership and detail techniques that include:

The Extraordinary Leader focuses on the ability - in fact the necessity - for individuals to hone their leadership competencies in multiple areas, and organizations to develop great leaders in as many areas as possible. It provides research-based strategies for strengthening leadership both in individuals and in organizations and, in the process, delivers a solid yet flexible leadership development program that will provide long-term value to virtually any organization.

Autographed copy of "The Extraordinary Leader" can be pre-ordered online

(Available for pick up at the meeting.)

Jack has devoted most of his working life to leadership development and organizational change. His career includes entrepreneurial activities (co-founder of Zenger-Miller, Provant, and Zenger|Folkman), academic roles (teaching at USC and the Stanford Graduate School of Business) and corporate executive roles (VP of Human Resources for Syntex and group vice president of Times Mirror.)

His education includes a degree in psychology from Brigham Young University, an MBA from UCLA and a doctorate in business from USC.

In 1994 he was inducted into the HRD Hall of Fame in recognition for his contributions to leadership development theory and practice. The Zenger-Miller company was a pioneer in developing leaders through the use of behavior modeling technology and the Wall Street Journal named it as one of the top 10 leadership development providers. In 2005 he was given the "Thought Leadership Award" from the Instructional Systems Association.

He is currently the CEO of Zenger|Folkman, an organization focused on bringing empirical research, innovative thinking and new technology to the challenge of developing more effective leaders.

Jack is the author or co-author of 50 journal articles. He is also the author or co-author of 7 books, including the best-seller, "Self-Directed Work Teams: The New American Challenge" (Irwin Professional Publishing, 1990); "Results-Based Leadership" published by Harvard Business School Press, 1999 (voted the SHRM 2000 Best Business Book), "The Extraordinary Leader: Turning Good Managers into Great Leaders" published by McGraw-Hill, 2002, and the "Handbook for Leaders", also published by McGraw-Hill.

He serves as the Chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Utah Valley State College, a board member of Hope Projects International, and serves on the board of Layton Construction Co. .