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Saturday, December 14, 2013 @ 10am
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Guests:
 Phil Clother,
CEO
Barrett Values Centre
Phil is the CEO of Barrett Values Centre, an international organization currently working through a consulting network in over 75 countries.
He works with leaders to bring about ethical, sustainable transformation. Phil’s core values are Trust, Humour/Fun Love. He specializes in the study of love, values and consciousness within business and society. The core products of the organization are the Cultural Transformation Tools.
These tools have been used in over 5000 organizations to support leaders in understanding the people and the culture and to create new conversations that have a positive impact on employee fulfilment, customer satisfaction and overall organizational success and sustainability. Phil has worked with corporations, governments and NGOs around the world and has been an advisor on National Values Assessments in over 20 countries.
In Latvia and Iceland the results of the values assessments have been instrumental in reorienting public policies. In 2012 Phil lead a team in conjunction with the UK Government to measure the values and culture of the nation and its local communities. This on-going work is focused on citizen well-being and community development and values based policy making. Phil is Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
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 Ruth Lund
Director of Organizational Development
Legacy Supply Chain Services
What is a values driven organization?
Ruth manages the company’s Cultural and Leadership Development initiatives. With a team of Cultural Transformation Leaders and a Manager of Leadership Development, LEGACY Supply Chain Services intentionally develops culture and leaders that are authentically reflecting the company’s core values.
Ruth and her team play a critical role in acclimating new leaders and teams to LEGACY SCS values-driven culture. Ruth administers the Cultural Assessments and Leadership Values Assessments for organizational and individual measurements, manages curriculum design and delivery for leadership development, implements coaching and mentoring programs, manages the succession planning process, and facilitates all communication with LEGACY SCS Operational Leadership Team. Prior to this position, Ruth was a Cultural Transformation Leader at LEGACY Supply Chain Services responsible for developing values-based leadership teams and culture within the organization.
This included assessments, data analysis, development of action, and on-going team development based on the action plans. Ruth has over 15 years of teaching and leadership development experience in the non-profit ministry sector as Teaching Director and Area Director of Community Bible Study. She received her Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Maine and is a member of the American Society of Training and Development.
Saturday, December 7, 2013 @ 10am
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Guests:
 Tom Dowd,
Owner of Thomas Dowd Professional
Development and Coaching
Thomas Dowd Professional
Development and Coaching
How to get hired –
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With over 23 years of experience in the financial industry in management and leadership roles, Tom was most recently a Senior Vice President at Bank of America. In 2011, he started his own business on the side called “Thomas Dowd Professional Development & Coaching” where he helps people creatively find ways to differentiate themselves in the workplace and to find their individual paths toward success. The company tagline is: “Transform into who you really want to be professionally.”Tom is currently the Vice President of Education for Dirigo Toastmasters Club in Belfast, Maine. As a founding member of the club, Tom has been involved in Toastmasters since September 2008. Tom is an ACG and ALB, and has his High Performance Leadership (HPL) certification. Tom was awarded the District 45 Outstanding Toastmaster for 2010-2011 representing over 100 clubs in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and the three Eastern Canadian Provinces of Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Tom has also exhibited consistent success when competing at the division and district level in the Humorous, International, Table Topics, and Evaluation contests. He is currently the two-time reigning Table Topics District 45 champion (2012-2013). Additionally, he is a member of the National Speakers Association. Tom graduated from the University of Delaware in 1990 with a Communication degree, concentrating on interpersonal and organizational communication.
In September 2012, Tom published two books that have recently garnered recognition in the business field. The Transformation of a Doubting Thomas: Growing from a Cynic to a Professional in the Corporate World, a book detailing Tom’s own professional growth based on lessons learned in his career, received honorable mention in the business category at the 2012 New England Book Festival, while From Fear to Success: a Practical Public Speaking Guide received the Gold Medal in the Business Reference category at the 2013 Axiom Book Awards, Honorable Mention at the 2013 New York Book Festival, and Honorable Mention at the 2013 Paris Book Festival. An audio book of Fear is currently in the editing phase.
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 Colin Van Ostern
College of America –
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Colin was elected by his fellow New Hampshire citizens to represent Executive Council district two in Concord beginning in January of 2013.
His goal is to support the creation of good jobs and strong communities, with more focus on economic growth and less government interference in our personal lives.
Colin brings strong business experience and a track-record of advocating for pro-growth, pro-consumer policies in our state.
Colin lives in Concord, NH with his wife and two sons, and works at Southern NH University’s College for America, where he has helped launch an innovative, high-quality college degree program designed specifically for working adults and employers facing workforce skills gaps.
He worked previously as a business manager at Stonyfield Farm and a business consultant helping more than thirty nonprofits and local small businesses grow and strengthen our community. Colin earned an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and a BA from The George Washington University.
Saturday, November 30, 2013 @ 10am
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Our Guest:
Katy Rand,
Partner
Pierce Atwood, LLC
US Supreme Court Decisions –
Having worked in HR and management in the private sector, Katy brings hands-on experience to her practice. Her client work primarily involves employment law, with a focus on discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage / hour issues.
Katy has litigated a number of employment cases in state and federal court, and routinely represents employers before the Maine Human Rights Commission. In addition, she advises employers on employment related matters including employee relations issues, performance management, leaves of absence, and the reasonable accommodation process.
After college and before attending law school, Katy completed a management training program with Hannaford Brothers Company and worked for this major New England grocery retailer in various capacities, including as a department manager and department specialist, managing inventory and margins, addressing employee relations issues, implementing corporate marketing programs, and preparing for new store openings in North Carolina and Virginia.
In addition, Katy has experience as a Human Resources Consultant at L.L. Bean, where she helped managers navigate the kinds of issues she advises her clients on today. After earning her law degree, Katy clerked for United States District Court Judge D. Brock Hornby.
Saturday, November 23, 2013
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Our Guest:
John Brubaker
coachbru.com
The Coach Approach
Team Building and Mentoring –
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John is a nationally renowned performance consultant, speaker and award-winning author.
Brubaker was recently named to Forbes Magazine’s Top 10 Consultants Who Avoid The B.S. He helps organizations and individuals perform their best when it matters most. Brubaker is the award winning author of The Coach Approach: Success Strategies From The Locker Room To The Board Room and Seeds of Success which just won 2013 Business Book of the Year at the Hollywood Book Festival and is in the process of becoming a movie.
John is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and he also earned a master’s degree in personnel psychology from FDU. Brubaker has completed his doctoral coursework in Sport Psychology at Temple University.
XXSusan deGrandpre
Collaboration Consulting
Commonsense Workplace Mentoring
Corporate Mentoring –
Susan deGrandpre, MSEd, owner of Collaboration Consulting, is a consultant, speaker, trainer, and mentor to mentors. She teaches leaders to improve their bottom line by tapping the collective talent in their businesses.
Building on a long leadership and consulting career, she partners with clients help them solve their own problems through masterful teamwork and communication. She works with for-profit, not-for-profit, and government organizations, and has been an adjunct faculty member at Central Maine Community College and Southern Maine Community College.
She is the Vice-President of the Association for Consulting Expertise, and is very active in the Maine Center for Creativity. Her website is http://www.CollaborationConsulting.biz. Susan has a radio program and consulting partnership called Leadership Lab Partners. Website is http://leaderhshiplabpartners.com. Susan is the author of numerous articles, and the book “Common-Sense Workplace Mentoring: A do-it-yourself system for strengthening your business…one person at a time.”
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