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Ray Benedetto will be leading a workshop for the Chicagoland chapter of the Project Management Institute.
On Friday, September 28, 2012 our chapter will host our 2nd Annual Professional Development Day (PDD) 2012. The event will be held at the centrally located Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemont, IL. PDD 2012 will also celebrate our chapter’s 35th Anniversary. This year’s theme is “Growing managers into leaders.”
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Tom Walter will be offering mentoring to lucky entrepreneurs for Inc. Magazine.
Co-author of It’s My Company Too!, Tom Walter, will be mentoring lucky entrepreneurs at the Inc 500|5000 Conference & Awards Ceremony.
The Inc. 500|5000 Conference & Awards Ceremony is an annual three day event that brings the nation’s brightest, most successful business minds together to celebrate the remarkable achievements of the companies that appear on Inc. magazine’s prestigious ranking of America’s fastest-growing privately held companies. Expect to be inspired by an unprecedented line-up of business experts from companies you know and admire, learn from high-level keynotes, make new connections and reconnect with peers, and celebrate your success! The conference culminates in a black-tie gala in which all current year honorees receive awards.
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Join Tom Walter at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Academy of Management in Itasca, IL.
The Midwest Academy of Management is a professional organization designed as a forum for the latest management theory and research by Midwest Academy members. Membership is open to anyone interested in the management profession, the study of management, and the practice of management in 21st century organizations.Co-author of It’s My Company Too!, Tom Walter, will be presenting live cases in the classroom along with many other professionals.
Leadership and the Dawn of the New Economy: As the nation tentatively takes its first steps out of the most crushing recession in nearly 100 years, new realities for organizations are emerging with it. These new realities have implications for organizational strategy, start-ups, human systems, education, sustainability, green practices, and ethics here in the United States, as well as across the globe. The manner in which leaders address these new realities will have tremendous implications for the future. Research and conceptual papers which highlight where we are going and the kinds of competencies and aptitudes necessary to get there is what this conference is examining. This conference is particularly interested in papers that fit this theme and may be highlighted in “Showcase Sessions” during the conference.
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Co-author of It’s My Company Too Thomas J. Walter plans to speak for the Advanced Learning Institute, in Chicago, IL.
Tom will present on how to engage employees within organizations for the Advanced Learning Institute.
Join Tom Walter in Chicago
Tom Walter, co-author of It’s My Company Too!, will be presenting at the Collegiate Entrepreneur’s Organization National Convention. The 2012 National CEO Conference will be held November 1-3 at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.
Join over 1,200 students, faculty, entrepreneurs, and other entrepreneurial-minded individuals at this motivational 2 ½ day CEO Conference. Over 70 outstanding entrepreneurs and business leaders will their ideas and expertise with students on how they launched their businesses, the lessons they’ve learned, and where they are today. The Annual CEO Conference also offers students the opportunity to network with peers and successful entrepreneurs nationwide.
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Engaged employees are valuable, but entangled (definition of entangled is where the employee’s and the employer’s futures are intertwined) employees are the ones who take an organization to new heights. What makes these top-performing employees have such an impact on the success of each of their organizations? What encourages their sense of organizational ownership?
Attend a one day symposium to hear from two of the authors of “It’s My Company Too!”, Kenneth Thompson, Ph.D., a professor and former chair of management at DePaul University, a Senior Lead Examiner for Illinois Performance Excellence and a Senior Lead Examiner for the Baldrige National Quality Award Program; and Tom Walter, CEO of Tasty Catering and an inductee into the Chicago Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame.
Symposium includes:
- A copy of the book
- Lunch hosted by Tasty Catering
Co-author of It’s My Company Too Thomas J. Walter will be featured at the Special Event Conference in Chicago.
Session Synopsis – Employee engagement is at an all-time low in the USA. The average engagement is 33%. Increased employee engagement results in high performance, low turnover, higher quality, increased customer loyalty and more profit.
Session includes book signing from 4 to 4:30PM.
Co-author Tom Walter speaking at the Strategic Internal Communications Conference in Las Vegas.
Session synopsis: Strategic internal communications impacts your organization’s effectiveness dramatically – now more than ever! Attend this conference to discover actionable tools and breakthrough strategies to help you leverage the power of social media and traditional communications to forge stronger employee engagement, drive bottom-line results, and prove your worth. More info: