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Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - Pre-Conference Sessions

STRENGTHS STRATEGY FOR SUCCESS:
APPLYING STRENGTHS TO WORK AND LIFE

Location: Boca V TICKET REQUIRED

Presented by: Lisa C. Gregory, Strengths Strategy, Inc.

We all share common human needs including the need to make a meaningful contribution, to be seen as unique
and to be part of something larger than ourselves. In this interactive applied learning experience, you will learn how
to identify and strategically use your uniqueness to create contribution and build efective partnerships with others
to support that contribution. You will also begin to see the uniqueness of others in new ways which will transform
both work and relationships.

Participants in this learning experience will:

• Develop strengths acuity—recognizing the unique language patterns of strengths, the needs of strengths, and
efective and inefective strengths use
• Leverage strengths to resolve problems, mitigate weakness and reduce toxicity
• Apply strengths strategies to low performance/energy activities – empowerment through an increase in time
spent in the A+ zone (areas of high energy and high performance)
• Shift relationships towards interdependence by leveraging their own strengths and calling forth the strengths of
others

The learning experiences will involve individual and small group interaction with a focus on applying new methods
and understanding to real work examples.

THE PILOTED SELF: FLYING LEADERSHIP TO NEW HEIGHTS

Location: Boca VII TICKET REQUIRED

Presented by Candace Croft, Tabankhu and Keith Smith, Kaplan University

Consider this: You are boarding a trans-Atlantic fight and peek into the cockpit. Who would you rather see at the
controls: Lucille Ball or Captain Sullivan? Precisely. You want someone who is expert at piloting their craft, a pilot
who can stay on-course, successfully navigate any conditions that arise, and arrive at the destination safely. The
same is true for leaders! As with airline travel, a leader’s day is subject to delays, rescheduling, pat-downs (enter
HR), midfight adjustments, turbulence, encountering focks of geese (although we call them turkeys), whining,
pressurized cabins, cross winds, having the back of your seat kicked … You get it. Minus a fight plan aligned to
one’s destination, even a great leader’s dreams remain fights of fancy.

Join Keith and Candace for this fun, interactive workshop that takes the evolution of authentic leadership to new
heights. Topics include self-awareness, the efects of various conditions on one’s craft (self), and tools for pre- and
mid-fight adjustments to stay on-course as a person and leader. The workshop will include interactive discussion,
stories, multimedia, and hands-on activities.

Participants in this workshop will:
• Apply the principles of mindful self-awareness for greater self and team wellness.
• Apply the number one navigational focus that authentically lifts all leader-pilots to greater heights.
• File a personal fight plan for success.
• Identify, anticipate, and adjust for common challenges that sabotage fights (your self and leadership).
• Create a personal core aviation instrument panel to keep your progress level and on-course.

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