Mastery, Vision, and Transformation

Leadership in Strategic Alliances and Partnering Groups
Stephen Dent, author of Partnering Intelligence: Creating Value for Your Business by Building Strong Alliances, will be presenting his newest work on leadership excellence in partnering cultures. He will present the smart partnering tools and share his knowledge on how to apply these principals to our evolving groups, partnerships, and alliances. Collaborating with Stephen, Catherine Tornbom, will help us integrate our new knowledge, teach us collaborative skills, and share our collective alliance and partnering wisdom.

The Courageous Leader
Leadership excellence is one of the most important success factors in business and the leader's ability to partner with their team, customers and suppliers is critical. What are the qualities of a leader as a partner? In this session you will learn the attributes and behaviors that leaders demonstrate when collaborating with others for success.

Smart Partnering - Partnering Quotient Assessment
In today's economy leaders must know how to partner with others to be successful Understanding your own partnering intelligence and knowing the attributes that comprise your partnering intelligence is the first step in becoming a great partner. In this compelling session, you will take the Partnering Quotient Assessment, already used by tens of thousands of people to determine your own partnering capability.

How to Lead and Apply the Principles of Partnering Intelligence
Understanding what it takes to be a great leader and knowing your partnering capabilities isn't enough. You have to be able to apply this knowledge in new ways successfully. The Partnership Continuum Partnering Process ties together the leadership skills with the Six Partnering Attributes for a powerful and comprehensive roadmap for leaders to apply their partnering intelligence.

Stephen Dent
Stephen is a pioneer in partnering intelligence theory, research and application. His book, Partnering Intelligence: Creating Value for Your Business by Building Strong Alliances, describes how smart partners build effective internal and external business alliances that create sustainable competitive advantage. He has over 20 year's experience helping companies improve performance and operating margins through strategy, quality, process and partnership improvement methods.

Catherine Tornbom
Catherine Tornbom is a consultant who specializes in collaborative and participatory processes. She works with organizations to increase their effectiveness and success in achieving their purpose or objectives. She facilitates team building, problem solving, strategic planning, and staff retreats. She also offers courses in collaborative techniques for leaders, managers and others seeking to implement full participation within their organizations.