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10/11/2021
004. Ditch the Pitch: Influence through Improvisation
Instructor: Steve Yastrow
Level of Complexity: Foundational
8:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Influence and persuasion are critical to business success, but they aren’t easy! Not only is it difficult to get the attention of the people we seek to influence, it is challenging to change their minds. Typical persuasion is about delivering information and presenting explanations; Steve Yastrow flips that idea around by teaching us how to Ditch the Pitch: Turn every presentation into a conversation that maters to the other person. Steve will teach us how to tear up our scripts and create the right persuasive conversation for the person we are speaking with. It’s all about influence through improvisation.
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Who Comes Next? Leadership Succession Planning Made Easy
Mary C. Kelly
Leaders leave. It's inevitable. It might even happen today. Are you prepared? Every organization needs a plan for leadership succession, but few leaders know how to start the process. WHO COMES NEXT? solves that problem and easily guides you through the steps of creating and implementing a viable succession plan.
This essential guidebook simplifies the process and gives you the tools you need to build and activate your leadership succession. You’ll find a comprehensive action plan, a library of all the tools needed to develop and sustain your plan, and a resource guide. You’ll learn how to:
- Communicate with customers about the change
- Identify talent gaps in your succession plan
- Decide which succession planning model to adapt
- Find the next generation of leadership within your organization
- Handle the unique emotional complexities of succession in a family-owned business
Whether you are part of a small, family business, a Fortune 500 company, or a non-profit, you need to start now by answering the question: WHO COMES NEXT?
