Leaders need to create an environment that fosters high performance. In order for a business unit to create value for the organization, the brainpower within the workgroup that will lead to innovative products, services, and markets must be unleashed. Participants will learn and practice a six-step collaboration model that high-performing groups use to encourage the flow of ideas and to solve complex problems. Through this course, participants will learn the behaviors that accelerate or stifle high performance, how to better leverage the positive attributes of the work environment, and techniques to build performance drivers into their company.

Program Dates and Fees

November 8-12, 2010	$7,650.00
March 14-18, 2011	$7,650.00
June 27 - July 1, 2011	$7,650.00
December 12-16, 2011	$7,650.00

• recognize the characteristics of high-performing workgroups
• encourage an environment that drives high performance
• effectively drive and manage change
• apply the principles of respectful communication
• collaborate to solve complex problems
• create a plan to eradicate the barriers to high performance in your business unit
• partner with other workgroups to effect positive change in the company
• surround yourself with people who have skills that complement your own
• identify, replicate, and nurture high-performance behaviors and workgroups throughout the organization
• develop a structured approach to preparing for and thinking more complexly about negotiations and everyday influence situations
• improve influence and collaboration negotiation skills
• develop a framework for avoiding individual decision traps and improving team decisions
• lead more effectively and drive strategic direction by leveraging your strengths
• develop an action plan to apply concepts and processes learned in the course to your own Personal Leadership Challenge

This course will benefit mid- to senior-level managers whose business unit is charged with creating value for the organization and who are responsible for leading and managing change. It is designed to provide those in leadership roles with techniques for encouraging an environment necessary to sustain long-term, profitable growth and one in which people can seize opportunities—take risks, generate new ideas, and make mistakes. Participants will develop plans for improving the performance of their workgroup and the organization.

Susan Annunzio, President and CEO for the Center of High Performance, is a strategic advisor to CEOs of leading global companies on strategy attainment and business transformation. Her focus is to work with top-tier executive teams to increase collaboration and creativity on highly strategic, complex decisions inhibiting the company's ability to be competitive.

Linda Ginzel is Clinical Professor of Managerial Psychology at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where she has been a member of the faculty since 1992. Professor Ginzel founded Corporate Education at the University of Chicago. For nearly a decade, she was responsible for leading customized executive education. The Financial Times recognized her success in 2002, when the custom-designed programs she created were rated among the top ten in North American and European business schools.

Howard Haas, a member of the faculty at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business from 1988 to 2009, taught MBA-level classes on the practice of leadership and strategy in business.

Classes are held at the Gleacher Center of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive, situated along the Chicago River (one block east of Michigan Avenue), in the heart of the downtown district known as "The Magnificent Mile." The Center is within walking distance from some of Chicago's most exciting retail and entertainment areas.

Hotel Accommodations and Reservations

A limited block of rooms have been reserved for a discounted rate at the
InterContinental Chicago
505 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 801.401.5226 or 800.235.4670 (toll-free)
Fax: 312.321.8725