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line-height: 100%; text-indent: 0; margin-left: 50; margin-right: 50; margin-top: 3; margin-bottom: 3" align="center"><font color="#FFFFCC" size="2">.</font></p> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="68%" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 100%; margin-left: 20; margin-right: 20; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial">Looking for dynamic training programs to develop your current or emerging managers? Our award winning leadership programs (</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">American Society of Training and Development </span> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial">"Excellence in Practice" </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">citation) will inspire and build confidence within your leaders.</span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 100%; margin-left: 20; margin-right: 20; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">  </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 100%; margin-left: 20; margin-right: 20; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Our trainers can deliver either of the below one-day sessions:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 100%; margin-left: 20; margin-right: 20; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 100%; margin-left: 20; margin-right: 20; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><b>Course Name: Improving Team Performance (Part I)</b><br> This course teaches leaders an approach for identifying performance-improvement enhancements to their teams' work activities. After facilitating this approach, your leaders will not only increase their teams' effectiveness, but also motivate and unify their members. The steps of this approach include…</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 100%; text-indent: -15; word-spacing: 0; margin-left: 40; margin-right: 20; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">·</span><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">  </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial">identifying</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"> a team performance goal, </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 100%; text-indent: -15; word-spacing: 0; margin-left: 40; margin-right: 20; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">·</span><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">  </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">analyzing reasons why the team is not performing at desired levels,</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 100%; text-indent: -15; word-spacing: 0; margin-left: 40; margin-right: 20; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">·</span><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">  </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">identifying improvements to team activities that will elevate performance, and</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 100%; text-indent: -15; word-spacing: 0; margin-left: 40; margin-right: 20; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">·</span>  communicating these improvements to key stakeholders to obtain implementation support.</span></p> </td> <td width="28%" valign="top"> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="100%" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" valign="bottom"> <p style="line-height: 100%; word-spacing: 0; margin-left: 3; margin-right: 3; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6" align="center"><b><font face="Arial" size="1">ABOUT OUR ASTD CITATION</font></b> <p style="line-height: 100%; word-spacing: 0; margin-left: 3; margin-right: 3; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10"><font size="1" face="Arial">USA Leadership Corps (formerly known as C3 Network) partnered with Golin/Harris International (a Chicago-based public relations firm) to offer <i> Leadership In Action</i> to their emerging managers. The program delivered classroom training on various leadership topics then matched the participating managers with local non-profit organizations to lead challenging team projects. The program was a success for all stakeholders. <u><a href="citation.pdf" target="_blank">Click here</a></u> to read a published summary (pdf).</font> </td> </tr> </table> <p style="margin-top: 4; margin-bottom: 4"><font color="#FFFFFF"> ..</font></p> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" colspan="3"> <p style="word-spacing: 0; line-height: 100%; text-indent: 0; margin-left: 40; margin-right: 40; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="left"> </p> <p style="line-height: 100%; word-spacing: 0; margin-left: 20; margin-right: 20; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><b>Course Name: Improving Team Performance (Part II)</b></span></p> <p style="line-height: 100%; word-spacing: 0; margin-left: 20; margin-right: 20; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">During this follow-on course, leaders learn how to <b> implement </b> the team improvements they identified during Part I. Along the way, they learn how to schedule initiatives accurately, gain the support of key stakeholders, communicate effectively with their teams, and ensure the changes they introduce will be sustained into the future. </span></p> <p style="line-height: 100%; word-spacing: 0; margin-left: 20; margin-right: 20; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p> <p style="line-height: 100%; word-spacing: 0; margin-left: 20; margin-right: 20; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"> Change-failure often occurs because leaders neglect to perform one or more of the above-mentioned activities.</span></p> <p style="line-height: 100%; word-spacing: 0; text-indent: -15; margin-left: 40; margin-right: 20; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">   </span> </p> <p style="line-height: 100%; word-spacing: 0; margin-left: 20; margin-right: 20; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font face="Arial" size="2">If you would like more information about these courses, phone us at 773-351-7209 or e-mail <a href="mailto:info@usaLeadershipCorps.org">info@usaLeadershipCorps.org</a>. 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