June 7, 2010 - Monday
Finding the Future with Lights-On Leadership
"Energizing People to Ignite Extraordinary Aliveness and Effectiveness"
No one goes into work saying, “Today, I am going to behave and act in ways that exhaust my energy, and I’m going to do whatever I can to drain the energy of everyone I come in contact with.” Sounds absurd doesn’t it? And yet, that is the net effect of what happens day in and day out in offices everywhere - people go home with their energy and their enthusiasm drained and exhausted, having worked at less than optimal levels.
As a leader, have you ever asked yourself – What is missing here? What can I be doing differently to change this? The primary issues leaders face are about leading people to be more engaged, more inspired, more responsible and more accountable. We continually hear questions, such as: How do I keep my employees motivated and engaged? How do I create a culture of people who are enthusiastic, committed and accountable? How do I attract and keep employees who bring an enthusiastic and responsible attitude to work every day? As a leader, it can be frustrating trying to instill the right instincts into your employees and co-workers to think bigger, take on responsibility, be accountable, and fully work to their potential.
What is missing is knowledge about the impact that human energy has on the individual and the workplace. The phrase “Our human resources are our most important asset” is voiced by business leaders every day. What you can do differently is to recognize that the driver of these human resources is the resource of human energy. Companies are run by human energy – not just their physical energy, but more importantly, their mental, emotional and spiritual energy.
To create and sustain an enthusiastic and engaged workplace, it is critical that every leader and every individual learn to monitor and use their own energetic signals to make choices and decisions about everything that happens throughout their workday. The latest competitive advantage for any successful leader is tapping into everyone’s deepest energy and creating a workplace of peak experiences. Peak experiences lead to peak performances.
As a leader, the process of bringing vision, energy and spirit into an organization begins with you. It all begins with your vision of what you want to create. Without your own vision being deeply and passionately connected to the work you do, it is almost impossible to awaken the passions and productivity of the people you work with. When you learn to monitor what lights you up, what energizes you every day, what gives you reason to get out of bed in the morning, you then have the ability to understand and direct the passions and dreams of your employees and co-workers.
EVENT: Night with a Futurist
DATE: June 7, 2010 - Monday
TIME: 6:30pm-9:00pm
WEBSITE: http://www.davinciinstitute.com/events/608/night-with-a-futurist-monday-june--4-2012
LOCATION: MADCAP Theater, 10679 Westminster Blvd, Westminster, CO 80020
DIRECTIONS: Driving Directions
COST: $20, Members: Free, SuperMembers: Free
PHONE: 303-666-4133
TOPIC: Finding the Future with Lights-On Leadership
SPEAKERS: Cathy and Gary Hawk, Mike Cote, Betsy Wiersma, Caroline Turner, Christopher Meyers
SPEAKER: Cathy and Gary Hawk
Partners, Clarity International
Joining forces to bring over 35 years of combined coaching expertise, Cathy and Gary Hawk are partners in Clarity International®, a boutique coaching and training firm specializing in creating energized workplaces through vision-led business practices and energetically focused actions. As a pioneer energy coach, Cathy developed the innovative Clarity process for directing energy and shifting thoughts and behaviors. With over 45 years experience as an executive in large and small businesses, Gary brings to his coaching relationships
an intimate understanding of the challenges of leading people. Cathy and Gary deliver a complimentary style of speaking and training, modeling a deep, mutual respect and a reverent and humorous approach to their presentations. They are also co-authors of Creating the Rest of Your Life©, An Atlas for Manifesting Success & Excellence in Life & Work, and Lights-On Leadership©, The Energy Rules of Engagement (soon to be published).
MODERATOR: Mike Cote
Editor of ColoradoBiz Magazine
Mike Cote is the Editor of ColoradoBiz Magazine. He has spent more than 20 years in the media industry as a reporter and editor at newspapers in Florida and Colorado, and now at ColoradoBiz magazine in the metro Denver area. He has also taught reporting and editing at the University of Colorado, where he earned his master's degree in journalism.
Before joining the team at ColoradoBiz, Mike served as both the City Editor and the Business Editor at the Boulder Daily Camera.
PANELIST: Betsy Wiersma
Founder of Wiersma Experience Marketing
Betsy Wiersma is known for BIG IDEA thinking and ROI: Return on Ideas. After years of service leading the events industry on the President's Council for the International Festivals and Events Association, the Advisory Board for Special Events Magazine and with ISES, the International Special Events Society, Betsy now focuses on Wiersma Experience Marketing, her own training, consulting and event marketing company based in Denver, CO.
Author of many books including Exceptional Events: Concept to Completion, and the popular Creative Event Development workbook, Betsy's seminars provide event producers and marketers across the globe with everything from basic tips to complex case studies. As an international speaker and trainer, Betsy shares her brand of BIG IDEA thinking in energetic and practical seminars in Italy, Korea, Singapore, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Germany, Canada, Scotland, Jamaica, Spain, and Australia, as well as cities throughout the United States.
She is the past host of a satellite training TV show for the US Air Force that she created and produced called WOW Works. Betsy now focuses on her CampExperience™ an annual educational retreat for women. CampExperience™ was created for successful women interested in building their lives, careers and connections. It provides busy women a reprieve from their everyday lives, and an opportunity to reconnect with themselves and their peers.
PANELIST: Caroline Turner
Principal in The AthenA Group LLC
Caroline Turner is a principal of The Athena Group, a consulting firm that specializes in organizational culture and leadership. She is a dynamic and engaging workshop facilitator, speaker and executive coach. She has a passion for helping leaders create cultures of inclusion that leverage the diversity of today’s workforce. She specializes in gender differences and generational differences and is working on a book about engaging masculine and feminine perspectives in the workplace.
Caroline is the former senior vice president, general counsel of Coors Brewing Company. In addition to leading the internal legal function, she headed the company’s Public Affairs Department, which included groups responsible for federal and state government affairs, alcohol issues and environmental policy, as well as the office of the corporate secretary. Caroline was a partner in the law firm of Holme Roberts & Owen, Denver, Colorado, where she specialized in securities law and corporate transactions. She served as clerk to Judge McWilliams of the 10th Judicial Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Caroline is an emeritus member of the board of directors of the Women’sVision Foundation and a board member of Warren Village, a transformational housing program for low-income single-parent families. She is on the honorary board of the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame and the advisory board of The Mentoring Company. She was formerly a member of the board of the Women’s Forum of Colorado and participated actively in the Women’s Initiative at Mile High United Way and in several capacities at the University of Denver College of Law. She represented Coors as a member of the Board of Greater Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and the advisory boards of the National Hispana Leadership Institute and the National Council of La Raza.
Caroline was recognized in 2000 by the Women’sVision Foundation as Corporate Woman of the Year, received the Outstanding Alumni award from the University of Denver College of Law in 1999, was named a Woman of Distinction by the Girl Scouts in 2000, was honored by Coors in 2002 with the John Meadows Spirit of Diversity Award and in 2005 received the Eleanor P. Williams award from the Arthritis Foundation of the Rocky Mountains.
PANELIST: Christopher Meyers
CEO/Managing Partner for Chris Incorporated, LLC
Chris Meyers holds an M.S. in Science and Technology Commercialization from the IC2 Institute @ the University of Texas and has held numerous executive positions in Technology Transfer, Commercialization, New Venture Creation/Startups and has directed federal & state funded non-profit and private/for profit high-tech incubators. In the past 10 years, he’s helped raise over $30MM in angel and Series A/B rounds and has helped refine and author dozens of business plans and investor presentations. Meyers was most recently a senior executive for EchoStar Technologies where he lead U.S. and international sales, business development partnerships with Sirius Satellite, Sling Media and the launch of DISH Network TV on board airlines and EchoStar’s Mobile TV and IPTV activities.
Meyers is currently CEO/Managing Partner for Chris Incorporated, LLC which consults with tech-based startup and growth stage ventures assisting them with go to market strategies, business development, raising capital and serves as a board member or advisor to companies and organizations that are committed to “make a difference” in the way we work and live.
6:30 - 7:00 - Registration and networking
7:00 - 7:15 - Announcements and introductions
7:15 - 8:00 -"Finding the Future with Lights-On Leadership" - Cathy and Gary Hawk
8:00 - 8:45 - Panel discussion
8:45 - 9:00 - Networking
9:00 - Thank you for coming
