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Excelling in a Changing World:Take Charge of Your Career
Wanda L. Johnson

Topic: Soft Skills
Audience: Intermediate users

Description:
This seminar is designed to provide tools to: **Understand "Change" and "Transition" **Challenge the "Fabric of our Thinking" **Influence & Broaden our "Models of Thought" **Explore techniques for "Excelling" **"Take Charge of Your Career" **Maximize Personal Empowerment & Success **Design Architectural Career Framework

Prerequisites:
Participants should be prepared for an in-session learning laboratory.

History:
Testimonials Wanda Johnson us truly one of the best motivational speakers around. She challenged our thinking and our purpose for existing as a group. In her dynamic presentation, "Journey to Success: Leading on Purpose" , she used humor, true life experiences, and tremendous wisdom to help our group understand that we needed a positive attitude and a purpose. Wanda also mentioned that we needed the "right players" at the table to make decisions. She has motivated every member of our group, and now we have the right players at the table. Wanda's unselfish dedication sparked a rebirth. Instead of "The Minority Committee", we have "S.T.E.A.M." as a purpose and a mission statement.

-- ---S.T.E.A.M, Committee, Osco Drugs-Kansas City, Central Region

"Rave - Reviews": Say National Black Employee Program Managers "Working Effectively with Senior Leaders" Seminar The Best Conference Presented, Ever -- In the Company of Speaker, Wanda L. Johnson

-- National Black Employee Program Managers

Wanda is an exciting, dynamic speaker that exemplifies the term "professional". She presents complex topics in a clear, concise, and exciting manner that keeps an audience actively engaged in the subject matter. The audience is able to leave her lectures having retained a larger percentage of the "details" of the dialogue. I say dialogue because each and every audience member will leave feeling as if they had a personal dialogue with Wanda.

-- ---Cleophas Jackson, Chair, National Employees Advisory Council

Wanda Johnson's seminar on "Working Effectively With Senior Leaders" provided keen insights and understanding of the actions, attitudes, skills and behaviors that are necessary in order to cultivate a strong, successful working relationship with senior leaders. Her dynamic, positive, interactive and highly energetic presentation style made the seminar a truly wonderful and valuable learning experience."

-- --- Johnny Springer, BEPM, Cincinnati

Wanda Johnson…"master practitioner, innovator, and ringmaster all in one." She shows how leaders are made and not born. Using wisdom, transformational concepts, compelling insights and practical experience she invites you to discover the joy of leadership. Through her extraordinary style, passion, and energy she introduces practices that empowers people to soar and develop into stellar leaders for the new millennium.

-- Gwendolyn Grant, President and CEO, Urban League of Greater Kansas

Last change: Sep 16, 2006 04:00:32 PM

The Speaker: Wanda L. Johnson

Contact Organization: Lead By Design
Phone: (816) 547-5733
Email: 1wjohnson1@comcast.net
Website: http://http://www.speakersandeventsrus.com/search/speaker/?speakerid=121
Will travel: Anywhere
Payment required: Fees + Travel

Bio:
Servant Leader & Master of Change

Wanda L. Johnson is a captivating and inspirational, motivational speaker and a highly regarded organizational change agent. She is an experienced, international executive leader who edifies servant leadership principles and life purpose.

On the speaker's stage, Wanda is personally engaging, enlivened, and passionate in her delivery. Wanda's talent, personal power and charisma coupled with her expansive knowledge and deep intuition, transforms her messages into empowering and motivating energies. Participants often remark of their life changing experiences as a result of attending one of these powerful sessions.

Wanda's expertise spans the areas of leadership, management, organizational change, and she is a seasoned technology guru. She has over 20 years service as a leader with the U.S. Army Signal Corps, and the Federal Government. She is a graduate of a myriad of Signal Corps Commissioned Officer leadership schools, a graduate of the George Washington University School of Business and Public Management, EPA Senior Executive Development Program, the Federal Executive Institute, and an honor graduate of the prestigious Department of the Army Management Staff College, at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Wanda received her Bachelor's Degree, Cum Laude, in Management Information Systems from Park University. Most notably, Wanda is certified in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and the Hursey and Blanchard Situational Leadership Model.

Wanda served as a facilitator with the Kansas City Urban League MultiCultural Leadership Institute where she designed and delivered seminars for emerging leaders of such organizations as the Kansas City Mayor's Office, Hallmark Cards, Federal Express, Kansas City Police Department, OSCO Drugs. She was honored with the Urban League's 1999 Servant Leader of the Year Award for leadership authenticity and community service.

Wanda's regional and national seminar productions include audiences such as the Customs and Boarder Protection Patrol of the Department of Homeland Security, Alpha Pi Chi National Sorority, the Regional Affiliates of the Mid-Western Urban League, and a host of productions in service to Federal and Community organizational leaders and staff.

Last change: Aug 31, 2006 02:53:47 PM