Fast, Flexible, Focused: Successful IT Leaders in the Demand-driven Business
Speaker:	David Samuel President and Chief Operating Officer Lean Forward & Go www.leanforwardandgo.com
Date:	Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Time:	9:30am - 11:30am
Location:	Maggiano's Buckhead 3368 Peachtree Rd, Atlanta, GA Map
Register now
Cost to attend:	TAG member - $99 Non-member - $120
Become a TAG Member

Fast, Flexible, Focused:
Successful IT Leaders in the
Demand-driven Business

WIT's monthly meeting continues our Creative Leadership Series with a focus on developing leadership excellence in technology organizations.  Our presenter, David Samuel, is a strategy consultant and workshop trainer who works with IT leaders and business-technology teams to increase their performance.  He will discuss tactics for creating greater responsiveness to meet customer demand.  As the business focus for IT is changing to drive innovation and provide greater responsiveness to meet customer demand, IT organizations must make the shift from an application focus to a more responsive and flexible model.

The breakfast meeting will be immediately followed by an in-depth workshop specifically designed for technology leaders and those on the CIO track.  In this informative and interactive session Samuel will cover methodologies organizations have used to be successful.  It will cover, in detail, the proven strategies necessary to be successful on the CIO leadership track and create a prioritized "game plan" to put these strategies to work for you.  You will hear best practices gleaned from the leading CIO's in business-technology organizations today.

Workshop

For those emerging leaders "on the CIO track" the workshop session that follows the breakfast meeting will pick up on these themes and provide much greater detail about the strategies and an in-depth view of how business value is being delivered. For example, workshop participants will be exposed to:

• The 6 most effective strategies for developing increased IT agility and deep value creation for the business
• The 5 best practices for tightening the alignment between IT and the business client teams
• The most effective approaches for leveraging IT assets to create innovation in the business
• Fresh approaches for measuring and marketing the value of the IT portfolio throughout the business

These are among the hard-hitting topics that most directly shape CIO priorities and that must be mastered by the IT professionals who are positioning themselves for leadership in the next 2-5 years. The workshop session is delivered with a useful set of educational materials and will create a unique and powerful learning experience for emerging leaders in business-technology roles. Each professional will leave the program with the determination and the specifics to put these compelling ideas immediately into action.

Attendance

Attendance is limited to the first 24 registrants.  Be sure to register early to reserve your place for this high energy and very valuable learning opportunity.

Come early and meet more than 150 of your technology colleagues and hear David Samuel examining the challenges facing today's technical executives and offering practical strategies for addressing them. 

Speaker

David Samuel
President and Chief Operating Officer
Lean Forward & Go
www.leanforwardandgo.com

David Samuel is a strategy consultant and workshop trainer who works with IT leaders and business-technology teams to increase their performance and their personal differentiation in today's demand-driven economy.

David's perspective is drawn from 32 years in corporate leadership roles, and is based on a "just right" blend of solid research and experience-based knowledge. He's been a Corporate CIO, a Marketing executive, a global industry GM, a management consultant, and a Customer Service executive. He is also a prolific author and recognized thought leader across multiple industries.

As the founder and CEO of Lean Forward & Go!, David delivers powerful training programs for IT leaders and teams that combine 21st century IT strategies with career development and leadership readiness. The company also delivers strategy advisory services to the CIOs and senior business-technology leaders who are committed to increasing the impact of IT on the broader business enterprise.

David provides emerging IT leaders with real strategies for creating day-to-day value in their roles, as well as fresh insights into accelerated career growth. He leverages his dynamic facilitation style to encourage the full engagement of all participants to achieve the seminar outcomes.

Back