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Paid to Think

Every day you face challenges on the job, and if you’re like most leaders and managers, you’re looking for the best short and long-term solutions to those challenges. But like your colleagues, you may have questions about what those solutions should be. After interviewing 1400 leaders and managers from around the globe and in a wide variety of industries and sectors, NYU Professor and top leadership and management advisor David Goldsmith uncovered striking similarities in their challenges and solutions, and he discovered the 13 activities that the most successful decision makers perform on a daily basis.

He rolled the information into his new book, Paid to Think…this is not the ‘Seven Attributes of Leadership’ or ‘How to Motivate Your Employees in Three Easy Steps,’ it’s a serious practical proven approach to leading and managing others that you can apply as soon as you learn it.

Now David joins us to reveal those activities to you and to give you an overview of what types of skills and ‘tools’ you will need to solve your challenges, transform your organization, and build success faster than you ever thought possible. When you’re done, you’ll never look at your role as a leader and manager the same way again.

About Our Speaker

Strategic Alchemist David Goldsmith is President of MetaMatrix Consulting Group LLC. Over the past 24 years David has founded or co-founded nine businesses ranging from distribution to manufacturing to advertising. In 1999, David sold his 14-year-old Syracuse, NY based Image Promoters, Inc. which he co-founded in 1986 to Proforma Associates, a 400-location franchise. He has been a consultant to various industries including energy, insurance, finance and banking, telemarketing, high tech, logistics and trucking, retailing, hospitality, tourism, manufacturing, aerospace, and many others. Working with business owners, and corporate and mid-level management, David rapidly creates strategies that win in the marketplace.

Speaking and consulting for over two decades, David has covered topics that include: strategic and tactical planning, change management, technology, leadership, marketing and new product and service development. He's worked with various organizations and business such including Infosys, Harley-Davidson, The Hartford Insurance Company, American Management Association, Wharton School of Business, National Federation of Independent Businesses, Professional Purchasing Association, Blue Cross Blue Shield. His contributions have lead him to sitting on the Board of Directors of the Veterans Outreach Center, EMA Society/Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, Board of Governors of the Citizens Foundation, American Society for Training and Development, the Leadership Council and Training and Education committees for the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce.

David's past has been highlighted with awards including the prestigious honor of The Citizens Foundation Central New York Entrepreneur of the Year. David's accomplishments have appeared in written media around the world, including the New York Times, the Japanese version of Entrepreneur Magazine and the Financial Times. David Goldsmith was named one of Successful Meetings Magazine Hottest Speakers and received NYU's Outstanding Professor of the Year Award.

Born and raised in Middletown, NY, David has studied at Fairleigh Dickinson University and Orange County Community College. He received a Dual Major with a B.S. in Biology and a B.S. in Psychology at Syracuse University. David graduated as a member of the Alpha Epsilon Delta pre-med honor society, and also as a member of the psychology honor society Psi Chi. Upon graduation, he chose a business career rather than entering the medical profession, and received his MBA from Syracuse University.

A black belt in Tae Kwon Do, David is currently studying for his pilot's license.

What Others Are Saying

"This was perfect. Exactly what we wanted to achieve."
(Strategic planning and global meeting with CEO, board members and Chief Strategist)

Infosys - Nandan Nilekani CEO

"you are good...very good. I'm staying until we are done."
(At 10:00 PM in a strategic planning session.)

Wipro Technologies- Azim Premji CEO

"Quite frankly David, I’m taken aback by how you were able to figure out
exactly what we had paid Ogilvy a lot of money to figure out, and with so little
information. It’s incredible how quickly you did it."

DFS Group Limited ($3.2B In Revenue) - Michael Schriver President

"I pulled two items that we will roll out globally through Johnson and Johnson. You've
got me thinking about everything."

Johnson and Johnson - Zack Lemelle (VP and CIO)

Specifics

Who Should Attend:		Executive, Aspiring leaders -- anyone interested in a sharpening their leadership.
Where:		Web Based
Directions:		All registration details will be forwarded in the confirmation process. For questions call TQM Network at (260) 627-8139
Speaker/Instructor		David Goldsmith, Consultant,Speaker, Author, Coach, Entrepreneur
Cost:		$100 for non-members. No cost for members.
Registration:		Click the blue “Register Now!” button. For questions or more info, contact us at register@tqmnet.com, or (260) 627-8139.
Deadline:		Please register as early as possible, but not later than 9/29/2010.

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