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Leading innovation and growth: What does it take?

 

August 24, 2011
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
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The Center for Hospice & Palliative Care
225 Como Park Boulevard
Cheektowaga, NY 14227-1480
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Find out what differentiates the most innovative organizations from the rest. Understand the real relationship between leadership and productivity. And discover what's most important for a leader to focus on.  Think First Serve will share the research and the evidence, and will provide practical advice and tools you can starting using tomorrow to develop your leadership skills to their best.


Speakers:

Samantha J. Stead, Founding Partner, Think First Serve Inc

A specialist in consumer insight and product development with more than 17 years of international experience, Samantha is also a qualified facilitator and trainer of Creative Problem Solving.

  • Former vice president at IMP Inc, a global continuity publisher and direct marketer, where she spearheaded cutting-edge research approaches that enabled the organization to build a highly competitive understanding of its customers and make significant leaps in acquisition, retention and return on investment
  • Speaker at numerous conferences on creativity, innovation and the impact of innovative research approaches on marketing, product and service development

K. Brian Dorval, Founding Partner, Think First Serve Inc 

Brian has more than 20 years’ consulting experience and has delivered more than 450 innovation programs, training courses and performance improvement workshops in 20 countries around the world.

  • Helped develop current Creative Problem Solving methodology
  • Author of more than 50 books and articles on the subjects of creativity, mental imagery and problem solving
  • World-class facilitator, speaker and trainer in organizational innovation and growth
  • Accomplished tennis player and sports performance coach

 

Note:

Registration begins at 7:45 a.m. Light breakfast foods and beverages will be served.

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