Guest Speaker |
Ross Martin & Lynn Harrison, Black Tusk Leadership |
Date |
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007 |
Description |
As leadership coaches and consultants, Black Tusk Leadership has worked extensively with all kinds of leaders, executive groups and project teams.
What we consistently notice is that there is often a tremendous amount of leadership leverage that goes untapped as leaders and teams work diligently toward their objectives. The leverage that we are referring to comes from being able to work with the powerful forces that operate inside each member of every team. These inner elements have a huge bearing on the performance of that individual and the team. As many team leaders and project team members hold their primary focus on external factors, such as checklists, schedules, budgets, milestone reviews, RACI charts, and so on, (all good things by the way), they often miss - or even dismiss – the presence of elements less visible to the eye. These internal factors, which may include personal goals, values, beliefs, feelings, and aspirations, to name just a few, exist kind of like an iceberg, where only a small proportion is apparent on the surface. And, yet, what is beneath the waterline is both substantial and important to human behaviour and team performance. In our presentation, “Working Inside the Egg”, we hope to raise your awareness about this overlooked leverage area and introduce a powerful and practical skill that will enable you to tap into this less visible inner territory without making a mess. Program Outline * What’s ‘Inside the Egg’ & Why is it Important? * Warm-up Activity * Different Ways of Listening * Tapping into What’s Important * Separating the story from what’s important about the story * Applying this back on the Job |
About the Speaker |
Ross Martin, CPCC
Black Tusk Leadership Ross Martin is the Calgary partner for Black Tusk Leadership Inc. His own leadership was built on a successful track record of 20 years experience in senior leadership positions in large multinational and small local companies. That background gives him a very personal understanding of both the challenges and pressures experienced by leaders at all levels of an organization. Ross spent the beginning of his career first achieving his professional accounting designation and then becoming the CFO of a large multi-national company. During this time he also led experiential leadership and management workshops for six years in the CMA Professional Program. He is a graduate of the Banff School of Advanced Management, an accredited graduate from the Coaches Training Institute (Certified Professional Co-Active Coach) a member of the International Coaching Federation and a Past President of the Calgary Association of Professional Coaches. Ross’ work over the last 10 years has focused in two main areas: one-on-one executive coaching and the coaching and development of leadership teams. The goal in both cases is to support the development of leadership excellence and the creation of work environments that enable and encourage excellence from everyone in the organization. Lynn Harrison, MA ABS, CPCC Black Tusk Leadership Lynn Harrison is the principal of Black Tusk Leadership Inc. in British Columbia. An executive coach with over 20 years experience in management/consulting, her background includes co-founding an international, publicly held franchise organization, leading at the senior management level and providing consulting services to a wide range of organizations in both the private and public sectors. Prior to forming her consulting business in 1992, Lynn was Vice President, Client Services for the Atheneum Learning Corporation, a division of Priority Management Systems International, which specializes in time management tools, team building, strategic planning and change management. She was winner of the BIV “40 Under 40” award for her entrepreneurship. Between 1982 and 1987, she managed the corporate training and wellness program at the Workers’ Compensation Board of B.C. Lynn has a Masters Degree in Applied Behavioral Science (Management & Consulting) from L.I.O.S. at Bastyr University and is certified as a professional coach through the International Coaching Federation. Her training includes advanced ontological coaching through the Newfield Network. Her undergraduate degree (B.A.) is from the University of British Columbia. Lynn is qualified to use various psychometric and 360 leadership instruments, including the Myers-Briggs, EQi, Firo-B and Strength Deployment Inventory. She is the former chair of Justice Institute of B.C. and is active in her local coaching community. You can learn more about Ross, Lynn and Black Tusk at www.blacktuskleadership.com. |
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