Our next meeting is Tuesday, February 28, 2006, at Sage Creek Grill and Tap Room
Meadow Wood Courtyard 5851 South Virginia Street.
Time: 5:30p - 7:30p. (If you get lost, give Kurt a call at 742-6834.)

This month's topic is Coaching: Speed Dating Style - Making Training Stick, delivered by Ileana Vassiliou, MBA, CPCC, Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, and Kit Prendergast, LCSW

Professional Trainers and Coaches speed dating is based on the premise that their partnership uniquely creates tools for solving the knowledge transfer problem. This speed dating process will require no training at all except for the ability to stand up, sit down and move a seat to your right when the time is up. If you have a past or current knowledge transfer problem bring it with you and get ready for the date of your life! If you don't have a knowledge transfer problem to bring to the meeting, just bring your natural curiosity and engage with a fun tool for creating partnerships.

It has been determined in a recent study by Texas A&M University that training is effective in increasing knowledge, but applying that knowledge back on the job is a "function of the favorability of the post- training environment. Environmental favorability is the extent to which the transfer or work environment is supportive of the application of new skills and behaviors learned or acquired in training."

Who Should Attend? If your organization is currently using training or plans to, don't miss this meeting.

Ileana is the President and Founder of Leadership Unlimited and is a certified professional coach and member of the International Coaches Federation. She is a recognized executive and leadership coach and designer of successful training and coaching systems that transform businesses and leaders. She has over 25 years of leadership experience with Fortune 500 corporations in creating business solutions and has led and conducted business in the United States, Europe, Mexico and South America.

Kit is a Career & Life Coach and brings a wealth of experience and expertise to her clients. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 26 years experience working with people in career and life transitions. She partners with "busy" professionals who want to make changes in their work or personal life but are unsure how or where to start. She will inspire, energize and focus you so that you can accomplish your goals easier, faster, and with greater personal satisfaction. Kit has worked as a psychotherapist for Kaiser Permanente HMO (West & East coasts), lived in Norway for six years specializing in cross-cultural education/training and is an experienced trainer. She holds a Masters in Social Work (MSW); clinical licenses in California, Virginia and Nevada; is a certified Myers Briggs Instructor and a certified Career Development Facilitator (CDF) Instructor. She received her coach training from the Institute for Life Coach Training (ILCT), an accredited coach training organization under the International Coach Federation (ICF).

So, you think you don't need a coach?

Maybe you're like me and run your own shop, call your own shots, make all of the decisions, and have been successful so far.

Or perhaps you're an upwardly mobile professional balancing work, child-rearing, and marital responsibilities with a demanding, stressful, yet fulfilling (or maybe unfulfilling) career.

What could a coach possibly add to your professional and personal life? Who has the time? We already have all of the answers anway...right?

Well, the irony is (and my coaching friends confirm this...you know who you are), that it's the successful among us who need and can benefit from a coaching relationship the most.

Believe it or not, learning how to deal with success is an issue with many people who feel that what they've achieved is not deserved.

And who among us hasn't fought to strike the elusive "work-life balance" that we're supposed to have?

And how many of us find ourselves repeating patterns in our lives that sabotage us personally or professionally...over, and over again? We just know we'll get it right "next time" only to see history repeat itself.

Or do others hold you up as a model of personal and professional success, but inside you know how unfulfilled you feel?

Still think you don't need a coach?

One of the coach's roles is to turn our energies inward to shine the analytical light we tend to reserve for our employers or our clients onto ourselves. The International Coach Federation (http://www. coachfederation.org) likens a coach's role to a tug-boat; powerful and dynamic in its own right, but whose true purpose is to push, pull, nudge, and guide the large ship through treacherous or infrequently navigated waters until a safe harbor is reached.

Whether you've been skeptical about coaches and coaching in general, or you're already a believer, or you're interested in becoming a coach yourself, don't miss the chance to meet and work with two of Reno's best at this month's membership meeting (see details above).

Who among us couldn't benefit from a little push or nudge here and there to get us where we need to go?

Kurt Frohlich

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Delivered by Chuck Shields
(Charles A. Shields and Associates, LLC)

Thursday, March 16, 2006, 8:00am - Noon Sage Creek Grill & Taproom, 5851 S. Virginia Street (at Meadow Wood Court)

How do you demonstrate the value of your HR, OD or training efforts?

What research data is at your fingertips to prove that your efforts add value to the business?

How do you measure the effectiveness of your programs or interventions? Still trying to figure out how to calculate ROI?

This workshop will challenge the traditional approach used to answer these questions. Participants will be exposed to a proven research-based approach to developing people initiatives and will walk away with models to use in proving the worth of these initiatives going forward.

Chuck Shields is an associate of Lominger Limited, LLC, and has over 30 years of experience in aligning human resources and people activities with business strategies. His firm works with medium to large organizations to take succession planning to the next level - talent planning, with a participative process in which every level of management takes ownership of developing the organization's talent.

Prior to starting his consulting practice he was senior vice president of human resources and administration for Manor Care, Inc. and Choice Hotels, International. He also held several senior human resources positions at Walt Disney where he was one of the founders of the Disney University.

Chuck has presented at national conferences speaking about his work in the areas of selection, employee retention and leadership development.

Member Price for this great seminar: $79

Non-Member Price: $99

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