Session Wednesday, April 12 | 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Bruce Hodes, CMI It is possible to develop and grow powerful organizations in challenging times—it takes courage, determination, and actionable techniques that work. Develop your company culture in the right direction and you can not only succeed, but truly make a difference in the lives of your employees and your customers. Creating High Performance Teams is a powerful professional development experience, introducing tools and techniques for creating outstanding business results. Bruce Hodes, author and CMI’s Head Coach, will guide participants through interactive educational exercises and dialogue based on his book Front Line Heroes: Battling the Business Tsunami While Developing Performance Oriented Cultures. Participants will learn practical and critical techniques that they can put to use immediately to tap into their company’s true potential. Participants will learn: • How to make mission, values and BHAGS relevant to daily organizational life • How to transform groups into high-performance teams • 7 essential rules for effective strategic planning • How to eliminate mediocrity from employee performance – for good Take home value: Running a business in this bumpy economic time can be tricky. With a myriad of new tools and techniques, participants will learn practical and critical techniques that they can put to use immediately to tap into their company’s true potential.