April 29th, 2009 - Michael Ballard - The Resilient Professional

Registration Details:

Registration Opens at 8:00am - Event Starts 9:00am.

Payment Options:

Credit Card or PayPal online only, Cash or Cheque at the door.

Cancellations:

Cancellations received prior to April 22, 2009 will receive full refund, any cancellations after are non-refundable.

Learn how to overcome adversity and the challenges in your career

and bounce back!

 BIO

Michael H. Ballard is a nationally known presenter, trainer and consultant. Also as a writer he has had over 25 articles on resiliency published. Mr. Ballard has been presenting and consulting on resiliency with groups as vital and diverse as The Government of Singapore, IBM, Rotary Club of Scarborough Youth Project, Hastings County School Board, Bell, across a wide variety of industries and associations. At one point in his first career he worked with a Project Manager as the Field Project Coordinator for over 50 projects in his first years of that career.

Mr. Ballard has over 20 years of experience as a Resiliency consultant with clients from coast, to coast to coast. He is currently the president of Resiliency for Life where he provides leadership for program development and delivery of programs for business. Mr. Ballard holds a variety of designations that help enrich and compliment his work with his clients. These include:

• Compassion Fatigue Certificate - South Florida State University FL USA
• Introduction to Competition Certificate - Canadian Federation of Coaches CFC
• Essi Stress Map Trainer Certificate - Essi Systems and Tools
• Behavioral Assessments Certificate - The McQuaig Institute
• Behavioral assessments for employment testing, job analysis, self and professional-development 

WORKSHOP OVERVIEW

The more resiliency you have, the more effective you are in getting the job done and feel satisfied in your career and personal life. Resiliency is a vital set of skills and factors that will assist you deal with the personal and professional challenges we all eventually face in the most effective manner. The more resilient people are the less likely they will have moral, absenteeism or presenteeism issues. Plus we have along with a host of other  

Many of us have large areas of responsibility and don't always have formal authority in our career positions. This can lead to quite a bit of stress and distress. Deepening our Resiliency skills will help you more successfully navigate through these issues. Plus help you develop and deepen your key relationship because of your resilience.

Identify 7 resiliency factors. Improve and refine your skills and discover methods for increasing your total resiliency. Analyze the resiliency landscape in your organizations and learn how to convert the negative types into your allies. Uncover ways to manage politics at the project and upper management levels while learning practical guidelines for successfully influencing without formal authority.

The techniques and reminders covered in this highly interactive and engaging workshop will give you many practical tips that you can immediately use to understand the dynamics of power and politics and learn how to use your power effectively in your own organization.

Who Should Attend:

This presentation is appropriate for anyone - at all experience levels - who needs to lead projects, manage stakeholders, build resiliency personally and professionally, negotiate successfully and work with others to achieve results while minimizing upsets from adversity.

You Will Benefit:

Develop and enhance the contributions you make to your organization by being able to:Also Included in price:

• Identify 7 key resiliency factors to build that will deepen your resiliency
• Understand the dynamics of Resiliency 
• Start the process to deepen your resiliency
• Learn how resiliency builds morale
• Analyze the resiliency landscape of your project team
• Develop strategies to increase your Resiliency
• Manage and develop resiliency at your career and team level and at the upper management level

Workshop Format:

This program is delivered using lecture, interactive sessions, group and individual break-out sessions, individual and group work assignments, and reflective practices. The work we do will help you develop your understanding and skills for converting formal resiliency skills and factors into practical daily solutions for both your career and personal life.

• Morning and Afternoon refreshments

• Lunch

• Workshop Materials

Event Details:

• Day of Event:

  • Registration Opens at 8:00AM

  • Event Starts at: 9:00AM

PDU Value:  7