360-degree assessment and feedback
The single biggest danger in business and life, other than outright failure, is to be successful without being resolutely clear about why you are successful in the first place.

Robert Burgelman, Stanford Business School

Managers and individual contributors often find that as they climb the corporate ladder, they receive less and less feedback. The PROFILOR 360-degree assessment and feedback process is designed to give participants feedback about the behavior, which their bosses, peers and subordinates observe in their everyday work.

The purposes and uses of the profile are many. The primary purpose is to give participants feedback and insight into what they can do differently to increase their effectiveness. Participants will have a clearer understanding of how others see them and their strengths. They will also know where they are in relation to others who have taken the profiles. Finally, they will write a self-development plan and have the tools to make the changes they want.

Diversity in the workplace
In today's workplace, there is a plethora of people from different cultures, religions, races and perspectives. Managers need to align the skills and talents of their workers effectively to maximize the organization's potential. It becomes a challenge when managers have to bridge potentially conflicting beliefs, customs and work styles.

In this interactive and thought-provoking workshop, managers will:

• Discuss the impact of diversity in the workplace
• Brainstorm solutions to real life diversity issues within your organization

Leadership boot camp
In this highly interactive program you will learn how successful leadership works. The workshop also provides hands-on development activities that you can use to improve your own leadership abilities and develop other leaders in your organization.

Manage change
Nothing is permanent but change.

Heroditus, 4^th Century, BC

• Identify the stages of change and transition
• Recognize your emotional blocks to change
• Understand the change process
• Develop tools to move through the change process

Peer coaching groups
One of the most powerful steps a leader can take - at any stage in his or her development - is to find a group of peers. Creating an enterprise can be a lonely task. If you are alone in creating your business (and having a partner or partners doesn't mean you're not alone), opportunities for learning and teaching are lost. With a peer coaching group, you can accelerate your growth and eventually give back your wisdom and experience to those coming after you.

Peer coaching groups are gatherings of peers attracted to each other by a common set of experiences and capabilities. Normally the group is a maximum of 10 people. They have the opportunity to share knowledge and different perspectives as well as providing accountability and developing their own network.

Peer coaching groups helps managers to:

• Talk about issues you cannot address with your staff
• Learn about successful practices and new resources
• Network with other business leaders
• Focus on key goals to achieve business objectives
• Increase productivity while decreasing work time
• Widen profit margins
• Realize your dreams through accountability

The Lindenberger Group facilitates peer coaching groups for entrepreneurs, managers and nonprofit leaders.

Smart choices: How to hire the best
People generally assume that when hiring decisions go wrong, the fault lies with bad judgment during the interview process. But companies with successful hiring practices recognize that this is too simplistic an explanation. Hiring is a multi-step process, and whatever missteps occur early on in the process will invariably catch up to you. And no misstep can do more to torpedo the process than failing to take enough time at the start to form a clear understanding of your staffing needs. Learn how to:

• Get to the core of what you need
• Write a job description
• Choose the right questions to ask
• Cast a wide net
• Compare and contrast top candidates
• Protect your company from legal liability
• Check out references
• Present and negotiate the offer

Understanding yourself and others through Myers-Briggs
Are you one of those organized workers who always gets your projects in before they're due? Or do you put off getting the job done until the very last moment? Is your boss someone who readily lets you know how you're doing? Or does he or she leave you unsure of where you stand?

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is an assessment instrument that makes it easy to recognize your own type and those of your coworkers. Knowing your own preferences and learning about others people’s can help you understand what your strengths are, what kinds of work you might enjoy, and how people with different preferences can relate to one another and contribute to society.

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