1 CPE Credit

Date & Time
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
7:30 — 8:00 a.m. — Registration, Networking & Morning Refreshments
8:00 — 9:00 a.m. — Program

Location
Space generously donated by:
Buck Institute
8001 Redwood Blvd.
Novato, CA 94945

Registration
General: $35 / NCHRA Members: $25
Join NCHRA for $150 and attend at the member rate

Summary
In “Leadership in Action: Your Role in Building a Great Place to Work,” you will learn what distinctive qualities separate great leaders from the rest while examining your own strengths and weaknesses. Managers in great workplaces play a specific role in building and sustaining these environments. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn about these leaders, the roles they play, and create your own action plan for change. Leave able to:

• Understand great leadership behavior and attitude as defined by the 5 Attributes of Great Leaders
• Reinforce the business case for developing great leaders
• Identify simple behavioral shifts for individuals that can create significant change within yourself, your teams, and your organization
• Begin to understand the role that you play in creating a great place to work

Speaker
Hal Adler: Prior to founding Leadership LandingTM, Hal was President of Great Place to Work® Institute, the global research and consulting firm best known for creating the gold standard in workplace recognition; the annual FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For. Hal's success over the years has been attributed to his keen and intuitive understanding of leadership, workplace culture and change. Cited by clients as "Trusted Advisor" and "Master Guide", Hal deeply understands cultural transformation, and knows how to facilitate it, one leader at a time. Hal's range of practical, hands-on leadership experience spans from managing within multi-national publicly held companies, to being the first hire in boutique consulting firms. Hal has years of experience working with leadership across such industries as healthcare, airline, finance, manufacturing, insurance, technology and construction.

Before joining Great Place to Work® Institute, Hal held leadership positions at The Center for Talent Retention, Manpower, and the Training Arts Institute, an organization that he founded. Hal studied Music Performance and Theory while attending undergraduate school at State University of New York, Purchase and continued post-grad studies in Conducting and Performance at The Boston Conservatory of Music. Hal has received expert training in Integral Coaching through New Ventures West, and has had professional training in Buddhist Psychology and Advanced Meditation.