Meet Us On Higher Ground

Higher Ground is the place to explore your unique edges, lean into who you are and understand new ways to bring out your magnificence.

Tomi Bryan and Judy Johnson of Leadership Worx are your trusted guides for this unique leadership experience, the first in a series, to take place on Thursday, April 18 in Greensboro, NC.

Learn more and register now.

Rob Kramer, AvoLead LLC Senior Consultant is the author of the new book, Stealth Coaching: Everyday Conversations for Extraordinary Results.

Rob writes, ”In this age of diverse, innovative, and knowledge-based workers, contemporary tools are needed to retain current talent and develop future leaders. Coaching has emerged as a primary instrument for this need. The challenge lies in how it is applied. Oftentimes traditional formalized coaching, used during performance reviews or as a means to give corrective feedback, is met with resistance by the very people it is intended to help.

When released from its conventional use, however, coaching becomes an easily accessible tool to catalyze individual and organizational performance. The framework outlined in Stealth Coaching provides an informal, everyday process to use in daily conversations where real work occurs: between meetings, when people drop by the office, during lunch, or in the hallway. Being stealthful transforms coaching into an effective method to use routinely with staff, peers, and even superiors. Leaders cannot afford not to add this important tool to their toolbox.”

Published just last month, the book is available on Amazon here.

Read more about Rob here.

As AvoLead LLC continues to grow, we are pleased to announce three new members of our senior consulting team. Each brings her own stellar combination of outstanding credentials and real-world experience to AvoLead and our clients.

Maggie W. Dunn serves AvoLead clients as an executive coach and team facilitator. Her areas of expertise include executive leader assessment and coaching, change leadership and building leadership teams. Read more about Maggie here.

Susan Hodgkinson is Principal of The Personal Brand Company^® which she founded in 1994. She serves AvoLead clients as leadership development expert, award-winning executive coach and professional speaker. Learn more about Susan here.

Julianne C. Wright serves clients as an organizational and leadership development consultant. Her areas of expertise include leadership training, facilitation, executive coaching and assessment. Meet Julianne here.

AvoLead is proud to welcome Maggie, Susan and Julianne. Their talents and those of the entire AvoLead team are instrumental in our mission of building hall of fame leadership.

When:  January 15 – 18, 2013

Where: Discovery Learning, Inc. · 431 Spring Garden St. · Greensboro, NC 27401

PressTime® immerses a team of leaders into the challenge of operating a business threatened with loss of market share. It explores effective leadership on dimensions of both cognitive and emotional intelligence. It deals with strategic planning and implementation as well as self-awareness and reflection.

Learn to facilitate the world’s best simulation! PressTime® certification will allow you to take this powerful simulation into any organization to build skills in planning, execution, decision making, collaboration and feedback with a strong emphasis on people capability and engagement.

As a bonus, trainers will also receive certification in Decision Style Profile®. Certification is required for use of both products.

Agenda:

Day One: Jan. 15 – 5:00PM – 7:00PM Introduction/DSP/Dinner

Day Two: Jan. 16 – 8:00AM – 5:30PM PressTime/Large Group Debrief

Day Three: Jan. 17 – 8:00AM – 5:15PM Small Group Debrief/Integration/Facilitation

Day Four: Jan. 18 – 8:00AM – 3:30PM Facilitation Practice/Q&A

One Time Introductory Cost of $2700 includes: Facilitator Guides, PT Team Facilitator Quick Guide, Access to proprietary PressTime Software, DSP PowerPoint, Access to DLI’s Online Assessment Center, DLI Website Listing. (Standard cost $3800).

Click here for more information and registration.

We are thrilled to share news of three key members of the AvoLead LLC team. After the addition of five new members in February, AvoLead continues to attract top talent to its Board of Managers and consultant rosters.

Joanne McCree has joined the Board of Managers. In more than 20 years with IBM, she led in a corporation undergoing transformational change — cultural, strategic, product and business model. After creating her own executive coaching business in 2004, she joined AvoLead as a Senior Consultant last year. Learn more about Joanne here.

Chris Musselwhite also has joined the AvoLead Board of Managers. Involved in organizational and leadership development since 1972, Chris shares his wealth of experience in program development and delivery, in the creation of numerous learning simulations and assessment tools and as founder, president and CEO of Discovery Learning. Read more on Chris here.

Timothy Stephens has joined AvoLead as a Senior Consultant. Committed to developing high performance teams in the public health, science innovation and other arenas, Tim coaches leaders and teams to better understand their roles and shared goals. As part of the AvoLead LHCS Program, Tim works with first responders and other key medical and governmental personnel on leading in high consequence situations. Meet Tim here.

We proudly welcome these distinguished professionals. Their leadership talents and skills will be called upon regularly as AvoLead continues to help leaders and their organizations navigate the waters of transition and change.