Breakfast Briefing:
The Inspiring Leader, with Jack Zenger
What leadership trait impacts employee engagement, productivity, and satisfaction the most?
It is the ability to inspire and motivate others.
In this interactive discussion, Jack Zenger will address the research in his book The Inspiring Leader and share practical, actionable methods for leaders at all levels to become more inspiring. Additionally, he will share the data that shows how inspiring and motivating others can help improve employee engagement and commitment and other business measures. A question and answer period will follow as well as opportunities to network with peers from other organizations.
This event is held in partnership with ASTD Golden Gate and the Biotech Organizational Learning and Development Group (BOLD).
Date: Thursday, September 16, 2010
Time: 8:00 am to 10:30 am
Location: Cytokinetics, 280 East Grand Ave, South San Francisco, CA
Workshop Agenda:
Registration and Breakfast: 8:00am
Presentation: 8:30-10:00am
Q&A: 10:00-10:30am
Networking: 10:30am - 11:00am
Meeting Registration:
This is an open workshop; all are welcome to participate. Click here to register; Seating is limited.
ASTD and BOLD Members - $35
Non-Members - $49
Ten books titled "The Inspiring Leader" by Jack Zenger will be raffled off at the event. Continental Breakfast is included.
Keynote Speaker:
John H. "Jack" Zenger
He is considered a world expert in the field of leadership development, and is a highly respected and sought after speaker, consultant and executive coach. Jack's career has combined entrepreneurial, corporate and academic activities. In 1977 he co-founded Zenger-Miller and served as its President and CEO until 1991. The Wall St. Journal named it one of the 10 best suppliers of executive development. He later became the President of Provant, a publicly traded combination of 21 companies in the training industry. From 1966 to 1977 he was Vice President of Human Resources for Syntex Corporation, and from 1992 to 1996 was a Group Vice President of the Times Mirror Corporation.
His academic experience includes serving on the faculty at USC and later teaching at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Because of his contributions to the field of leadership development and training, Jack was inducted into the Human Resources Development Hall of Fame. His colleagues in the training industry awarded him the "Thought Leadership Award" in 2007. He was honored as a distinguished citizen by the Stanford Area Council of Boy Scouts of America. He and his wife Holly both received honorary doctoral degrees from Utah Valley University. He received a doctorate in Business Administration from the University of Southern California, an MBA degree from UCLA and a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Brigham Young University. Jack served as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Utah Valley University and currently is a Regent for the higher education system in the State of Utah. Jack has authored or co-authored 50 articles on leadership, productivity, learning, training and measurement.
He is the co-author of four books on leadership, Results-Based Leadership, (Harvard Business School Press, 1999) voted by SHRM as the Best Business Book in the year 2000, the best selling The Extraordinary Leader: Turning Good Managers into Great Leaders (McGraw-Hill, 2002) and Handbook for Leaders (McGraw-Hill 2004). In 2009, Jack released The Inspiring Leader: Unlocking the Secrets of How Extraordinary Leaders Motivate (McGraw-Hill 2009) and released his latest book, The Extraordinary Coach: How the Best Leaders Help Others Grow (McGraw-Hill 2010) in May 2010.
He is the author of two books on productivity improvement: Not just for CEO's – Sure-Fire Success Secrets for the Leader in Each of Us (Irwin Professional Publishing, 1996); and Making 2 + 2 = 5: 22 Action Steps to Boost Productivity (Irwin, 1997). He is a co-author of three books on teams, including the best selling, Self-Directed Work Teams: The New American Challenge (Irwin Professional Publishing, 1990), Leading Teams (Irwin Professional Publishing, 1993) and Keeping Teams on Track (Irwin Professional Publishing, 1996).
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