PMI Keystone Chapter - Professional Development Day

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Event Date:

Saturday, October 3, 2009 - 04:30 - 12:30

PMIWDC members receive members-only registration discounts for the PMI Keystone Chapter's 2009 Professional Development Day, to be held on October 3rd, 2009 in Grantville, Pennsylvania. Read more and register at the PMI Keystone Chapter Website

Participants will learn to use the readily available power of acknowledgment to motivate and inspire teams and fellow employees, as well as to create trusting relationships and interactions with the people they connect with on a day to day basis. They will learn to use this tool in an immediately effective and high-impact way. Judith promises all attendees that this event will become a catalyst for an immediate, positive change in your life and the life of others that are part of your world.

This session will help participants identify and utilize the “Knock Your Socks Off” Power of Acknowledgment in their professional and personal lives.

Benefits include:

Immediately improved relationships with colleagues and team members
Planting the seeds for the establishment of a work atmosphere that is vibrant, productive and alive instead of lethargic, competitive, frustrated and bored
Starting the process of creating a culture of appreciation in their organization
Being an agent for positive change with valuable tools to bring change about
More trusting and successful relationships with colleagues, family members and friends
A healthier and more satisfied disposition for participants and the people they interact with
Using The Power of Acknowledgment Self-Assessment Tool™ Survey to determine where they in terms of acknowledgment skills and capabilities, giving them a baseline for change

What You Will Learn

To identify and define all of the seven major principles of acknowledgment (as outlined in the book The Power of Acknowledgment, IIL Publishing, New York;)
To develop key skills for delivering effective and authentic acknowledgment; learning to get acknowledgments “from your brain to your mouth!”
To identify the vast number of people worthy of acknowledgment in your world
How acknowledgment transforms people – both the giver and the receiver
Why acknowledgment must be delivered only with sincerity and authenticity or else it is a manipulation
To establish an understanding that acknowledgment is a key factor in developing employee loyalty and engagement, improving relationships and enhancing self-worth
The Four C’s : Consciousness, Courage, Communication and Commitment and their role in allowing people to acknowledge others profoundly, generously and authentically