"The Aikido of Leadership", presented by Barry Tuchfeld, Ph.D.
 www.consultbtgroup.com

 SESSION DESCRIPTION
 The Aikido of Leadership is a customized program designed to give participants "hands-on" experience with practices that support leadership at all levels.  These 1 to 3 day programs integrate core principles from
 Aikido that amplify one's abilities to work with others, individually or collectively.

The general goal is for each person to distinguish and integrate in their body the benefit of connecting, even embracing, conflict and change.

 Typically, full participation:

 Develops a centered, balanced presence

 Enhances one's ability to stay grounded amidst chaos

Provides ways to respond to challenges that help one be a collaborative leader

 Gives one a system for integrating Aikido principles into everyday life

Workshops unfold through sequences of experiences, reflections, and sharing with a partner and the group.  In addition to participants sharing their immediate experiences, there is a dialog that is an inquiry about how the principles they've experienced can contribute to being a more collaborative leader.

In this brief, one-hour introduction, participants will participate in safe, risk-free and playful movement exercises.  These are designed to promote awareness and to embody core principles that support collaboration and leadership. Participants will also be briefed of the core principles and how they relate to recent data from neuroscience about energy axes in the brain.

ABOUT OUR GUEST SPEAKER
Barry is founder and principal of the Sarasota-based BT Group (http://www.consultbtgroup.com). He is a second degree black belt in the martial art of Aikido. Barry is known as an outstanding group facilitator,
executive coach, public speaker and professional educator.

Barry and his colleagues at the BT Group work with companies to expand and increase their effectiveness and profitability. This typically involves cultivating communication at all levels and helping optimize employee
engagement.  Depending on what's needed, they provide leadership training or skill development around sales, conflict resolution and interpersonal  effectiveness essential to team building, as well as functional skills like how to give powerful presentations and how to work with diversity. Sometimes the work leads to the re-design of infrastructure and organizational rejuvenation that may involve new marketing strategies and re-branding.  The Group's skills also include the ability to conduct  marketing research to inform new directions.

Consulting clients have included large such as Photo-Tech in Sarasota and Komet Asset Management in San Antonio.

PROGRAM LOGISTICS

Date:  Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Time:  6:00 p.m.

Cost:  $15 for ASTD members and $20 for guests and other non-ASTD members

AGENDA:
        6:00 PM - Networking

        6:15 PM - Buffet dinner

        7:00 PM - Program

        8:15 PM - Adjourn

Remember, you are the most important part of our success. We are looking forward to hearing from you!