For the most part, people are interested in our perspective on one of two broad subjects: onboarding and leadership.
Onboarding: We have built expertise around people making complex transitions into new roles. Our “New Leader’s Playbook“ talks look at that from the point of view of a leader moving into a new role. Our “Onboarding” talks look at the same situations from the perspective of the boss and organization.
BRAVE Leadership: Our experience as leaders ourselves and learning from researching our New Leader’s Playbook Forbes.com articles have led to the creation and evolution of our “BRAVE Leadership talk“ and “First-Time Leader” talks and workshops.
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2/20/17 – Total Picture Radio – How to Position Yourself for Career Success – Podcast
1/18/17 – Right Management – The Stages of Onboarding – webinar
12/7/16 – The Importance of Employee Engagement – War For Talent – Podcast
11/30/16 – Onboarding 2025 – The New Leader’s Playbook – New York, NY
10/29/16 – Executive Forum Conference – BRAVE Leadership – Nyack, NY
10/18/16 – CEO Connection – CEO Boot Camp – BRAVE Leadership – New York, NY
9/18-20/16 – CEO Connection – Mid-Market CEO Convention – Philadelphia, PA
8/17/16 – Best Practices Institute – Webinar – Performance Management
7/25/16 – CEO Connection – CEO Boot Camp – BRAVE Leadership – Chicago, IL
5/3/16 – CEO Connection – CEO Boot Camp – BRAVE Leadership – New York, NY
3/8/16 – The Wharton Club of New York – The New Leader’s Playbook – New York, NY
2/18-20/16 – HATCH – Onboarding Across the Generations – Kalu Yala, Panama
10/22/15 – Mariposa Leadership “Wise Talk” on Onboarding
10/18-20/15 – CEO Connection – Mid-Market CEO Convention – Philadelphia, PA
9/28/15 – CEO Connection – CEO Boot Camp – BRAVE Leadership – New York, NY
9/17-19/15 – HATCH – Onboarding Across the Generations – Bozeman, MT
6/30/15 – CEO Connection – CEO Boot Camp – BRAVE Leadership – London, UK
5/18/15 – ATD Global Conference – First-Time Leader – Orlando, FL
4/28/15 – Compliance Global – BRAVE Leadership – webinar
4/9/15 – Compliance Global – The New Leader’s Playbook – webinar
3/20/15 – Montana Ambassadors Conference – Keynote: BRAVE Leadership – Helena, MT
3/10/15 – SHRM – The New Leader’s Playbook – Norwalk, CT
2/24/15 – Partners International – Conference – BRAVE Succession Planning – New York, NY
2/9/15 – CEO Connection – CEO Boot Camp – BRAVE Leadership – Los Angeles, CA
2/2/15 – MENG – The Shoes of the Cobbler’s Children – Building a Consulting Business – New York, NY
12/8/14 – CEO Connection – How to Get on a Board Summit – Miami, FL
12/4/14 – Onboarding 2025 – The New Leader’s Playbook – New York, NY
11/18/14 – Executive Forum – The Shoes of the Cobbler’s Children – Building a Consulting Business – New York, NY
11/13/14 – ATD – Onboarding – Virtual Workshop
10/22/14 – Train HR – Onboarding – webinar
10/20-21/14 – CEO Connection – Mid-Market CEO Convention – Philadelphia, PA
10/3/14 – Hatch – Executive Onboarding – Bozeman, MT
9/23/14 – CEO Connection – CEO Boot Camp – BRAVE Leadership – New York, NY
8/5/14 – CEO Connection – How to Get on a Board Summit – Chicago, IL
5/20/14 – CEO Connection – CEO Boot Camp – BRAVE Leadership – New York, NY
5/14/14 – University of Kentucky Institute for Workplace Innovation – Onboarding – Lexington, KY
4/8/14 – American Society of Training and Development – First-Time Leaders: Leverage Leadership Insights to Accelerate Success – Webinar
2/24/14 – Global Power Leadership Conference – Keynote talk on BRAVE Leadership – Irvine, TX
2/8/14 – American Psychological Association – Conference Keynote Address – High Stakes Moments of Impact: Executive Onboarding – San Antonio, TX
2/4/14 – CEO Connection – CEO Boot Camp – BRAVE Leadership – Los Angeles, CA
12/4/13 – Conference Board – Onboarding Lab II – First-Time Leader Workshop on BRAVE Leadership – New York, NY
12/3/13 – CEO Connection – How to Get on a Board Summit – Miami, FL
11/13/13 – SHRM Southern Connecticut Professional Development Summit – UCONN – BRAVE Leadership for first-time leaders
11/12/13 – CEO Connection – CEO Boot Camp – BRAVE Leadership – Chicago, IL
11/8/13 – GPSEG – BRAVE Leadership – Princeton, NJ
10/21/13 – CEO Connection – Mid-Market CEO Convention – Philadelphia, PA
10/4/13 – Conference Board – First-Time Leader BRAVE Leadership Model – Webinar
9/19/13 – First-Time Leader Public Workshop on BRAVE Leadership Preview – Stamford, CT
9/17/13 – CEO Connection – CEO Boot Camp – BRAVE Leadership – New York, NY
8/29/13 – TrainHR – BRAVE Leadership – Webinar
8/27/13 – Human Capital Institute – The Art of Onboarding: A Step-by-step Guide to Accelerating Success – Webinar
8/15/13 – TrainHR – The New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan – Webinar
7/23/13 – TrainHR – Onboarding – Webinar
7/9/13 – Best Practices Institute – The New Leader’s Playbook – Webinar
7/2/13 – CEO Connection – CEO Boot Camp – BRAVE Leadership – London, UK
6/17/13 – Madinah Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship – Executive Onboarding – Webinar
6/11/13 – YPO – Executive Onboarding – New York, NY
6/7/13 – Farm Credit Corporation – Conference – BRAVE Leadership and The New Leader’s Playbook – Phoenix, AZ
5/21/13 – CEO Connection – CEO Boot Camp – BRAVE Leadership – New York, NY
4/30/13 – CEO Connection – How to Get on a Board Summit – San Francisco, CA
4/23/13 – Society for Human Resource Management – Executive Onboarding – Danbury, CT
4/18/13 – ASTD – Executive Onboarding – Webinar
3/25/13 – World Executive Search Congress – Executive Onboarding – Las Vegas, NV
2/28/13 – Wharton Club of New York – Consulting Panel – New York, NY
2/5/13 – CEO Connection – CEO Boot Camp – BRAVE Leadership – Los Angeles, CA
1/22/13 – Dose of Leadership podcast on Leadership
11/15/12 – Net Share – Stages of Onboarding – webinar
11/13/12 – CEO Connection – CEO Boot Camp – BRAVE Leadership – Chicago, IL
9/24/12 – SNZ – The Total Onboarding Program – Shanghai, China
9/17/12 – Institute of Financial Operations – Keynote address on BRAVE Leadership – Toronto, Canada
9/11/12 – CEO Connection – CEO Boot Camp – BRAVE Leadership – New York, NY
6/27/12 – Society for Human Resource Managent – Executive Onboarding – Atlanta, GA
6/26/12 – CEO Connection – CEO Boot Camp – BRAVE Leadership – London, UK
6/13/12 – Scoutrock Executive Search Symposium – OnBoarding – Chicago, IL
6/8/12 – MENG – The New Leader’s Playbook – Morristown, NJ
5/24/12 – Cornerstone – Executive Onboarding – Beijing, China
5/15/12 – CEO Connection – CEO Boot Camp – BRAVE Leadership – New York, NY
5/14/12 – CEO Connection – CEO Forum – Managing Your Message – New York, NY
5/10/12 – Human Resource Planning Society and Cornerstone – Onboarding – Cleveland OH (see flyer)
4/27/12 – Conference Board – Onboarding New Leaders Lab – New York, NY
4/14/12 – Executive Forum – BRAVE Adaption – a new approach to finding/creating a job – Greenwich, CT
4/11/12 – FENG – BRAVE Adaption – a new approach to finding/creating a job – Westport, CT
4/5/12 – Society for Human Resource Management – Onboarding – Mount Laural, NJ
2/28/12 – Leadership Chat – Three Excuses for Onboarding Failure – via Twitter feed
2/7/12 – CEO Connection – CEO Boot Camp – BRAVE Leadership – Los Angeles, CA
2/6/12 – CEO Connection – CEO Forum – Managing Millenials – Los Angeles, CA
12/16/11 – Smaller Earth – Office Opening – BRAVE Leadership – Stamford, CT
11/30/11 – Human Capital Institute – Retaining New Hires with Proactive Onboarding – Webinar
11/17/11 – SHRM Connecticut – The New Leader’s Playbook – Webinar
11/15/11 – CEO Connection – CEO Boot Camp – BRAVE Leadership – Chicago, IL
11/14/11 – CEO Connection Forum – BRAVE Cultures – Chicago, IL
11/1/11 – International Executives Resource Group – The New Leader’s Playbook – New York, NY
10/17/11 – Cornerstone – The Total Onboarding Program – Mumbai, India (see their announcement)
10/16/11 – Cornerstone – The New Leader’s Playbook – Mumbai, India (see their announcement)
10/14/11 – Cornerstone – The Total Onboarding Program – Singapore (see their announcement)
10/13/11 – Cornerstone – The New Leader’s Playbook – Singapore (see their announcement)
10/12/11 – Cornerstone – The Total Onboarding Program – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (see their announcement)
10/11/11 – Cornerstone – The New Leader’s Playbook – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (see their announcement)
9/20/11 – CEO Connection – CEO Boot Camp – Transformational Leadership – New York, NY
9/15/11 – University of Chicago GSB – Executive in Residence – Chicago, IL
7/8/11 – International Coaching Federation – Onboarding: Coaching for Leadership Transition Success – Bridge Call
6/23/11 – High Talent Creatives – – The Shoes of the Cobbler’s Children – Building a Consulting Business – Stamford, CT
5/27/11 – Cornerstone – Executive Onboarding – Montreal, Canada
5/17/11 – CEO Connection CEO Boot Camp – The New Leader’s Playbook – New York, NY
4/28/11 – International Executives Resource Group – The New Leader’s Playbook – Webinar
4/5/11 – Wharton School – MBA Onboarding – Philadelphia, PA
3/22/11 – GPSEG – The New Leader’s Playbook – Philadelphia, PA
3/9/11 – Wharton Club – Career Traction – New York, NY
2/8//11 – CEO Connection CEO Boot Camp – Transformational Leadership – Marina del Rey, CA
2/7/11 – CEO Connection Forum – Transformational Leadership – Marina del Rey, CA
2/1-5/11 – American Red Cross Director’s Conference – Iterative Crisis Response – Richmond, VA
11/16/10 – Executive Forum – The Cobbler’s Shoes – Building a Consulting Business – Pearl River, NY
11/9/10 – CEO Connection – CEO Boot Camp – Transformational Leadership – Chicago, IL
10/22/10 – NJENG – The Stages of Onboarding – West Orange, NJ
10/10/10 – Harvard – The Secret of Happiness – Cambridge, MA
10/7/10 – HR.com – The Total Onboarding Program – Webinar
9/28/10 – CEO Connection – CEO Boot Camp – Transformational Leadership – New York, NY
9/27/10 – CEO Connection – Forum – Influencing the Influencers in a Communication Campaign – New York, NY
9/27/10 – IQPC – Total Onboarding Program Workshop – Las Vegas, NV
9/23/10 – ExecuNet – Pre-Boarding Plans – Webinar
9/22/10 – ERE – Taking the Long View of Succession Planning – Webinar
9/15/10 – Westport Group – The Cobbler’s Shoes – Starting up a Consulting Business – New Canaan, CT
9/9/10 – Cornerstone – Onboarding – Lima, Peru
9/1/10 – FENG – The Cobbler’s Shoes – Starting up a Consulting Business – Westport, CT
8/3/10 – HRIQ – 3 Steps to Get Your New Employees Up to Speed in Half the Time – Webinar
6/29/10 – CEO Connection CEO Boot Camp – Transformational Leadership – London, UK
6/21/10 – IQPC – Total Onboarding Program Workshop – Chicago, IL
5/19/10 – CEO Connection CEO Boot Camp – Transformational Leadership – New York, NY
5/14/10 – Wharton School – Strategies for Successful Career Progression – Philadelphia, PA
5/7/10 – Five O’Clock Club – Executive Onboarding – New York, NY
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5/6/10 – National Council of State Housing Agencies – Onboarding – Webinar
5/1/10 – Executive Forum – Transformational Leadership – Norwalk, CT
4/15/10 – European Union – Onboarding Forum – Vilnius, Lithuania
4/6/10 – Wharton School – MBA Onboarding – Philadelphia, PA
2/18/10 – NYU – Onboarding Case – New York, NY
2/11/10 – Penn/Wharton Club – Career Traction – Morristown, NJ
2/9/10 – Brunswick School – Leadership – Greenwich, CT
2/3/10 – Human Capital Institute – Onboarding – Webinar
2/2/10 – CEO Connection CEO Boot Camp – Transformational Leadership – Santa Monica, CA
1/11/10 – MENG – Starting up a consulting business – Norwalk, CT
12/7/09 – HR Forum – Stages of Onboarding – New York, NY
12/3/09 – Penn/Wharton Club – Career Traction – Rye, NY
11/17/09 – CFO Forum – Stages of Onboarding – Norwalk, CT
11/10/09 – CEO Connection CEO Boot Camp – Transformational Leadership – Chicago, IL
10/28/09 – Human Capital Institute – Stages of Onboarding – Webinar
10/24/09 – Graduate Business Forum – Career Transformations – New York, NY
10/15/09 – MENG – Career Traction – New York, NY
9/24/09 – MENG – Onboarding – Webinar
9/22/09 – CEO Connection CEO Boot Camp – Transformational Leadership – New York, NY
9/21/09 – CEO Connection – Onboarding Forum – New York, NY
9/12/09 – Executive Forum – Stages of Onboarding – Greenwich, CT
9/9/09 – ExecuNet – Stages of Onboarding – Philadelphia, PA
9/8/09 – Cranky Middle Manager – Onboarding – Podcast
8/26/09 – Net Share – Stages of Onboarding – webinar
8/6/09 – ExecuNet – Recruiter Program – Q&A Teleconference
7/10/09 – Cornerstone International Group – Stages of Onboarding – Las Vegas, NV
6/3/09 – Penn Club – Career Traction – New York, NY
5/28/09 – Carlson School, U. of Minnesota – HR Roundtable on Onboarding – Minneapolis, MN
5/19/09 – CEO Connection CEO Boot Camp – Transformational Leadership – New York, NY
4/7/09 – Wharton School – MBA Onboarding – Philadelphia, PA
3/3/09 – MENG – Stages of Onboarding – Webinar
2/4/09 – FENG – Stages of Onboarding – Westport, CT
2/3/09 – CEO Connection CEO Boot Camp – Transformational Leadership – Santa Monica, CA
11/6/08 – Global Roundtable on Advanced Management Education Reform – Tranformative Experiences – Stamford, CT
10/21/08 – Search-Consultants.com – Stages of Onboarding – Frankfurt, Germany
10/16/08 – Human Capital Institute – Onboarding from Within, Advancement – Webinar
9/23/08 – CEO Connection CEO Boot Camp – Transformational Leadership – New York, NY
9/16/08 – The Wharton Club – Traction: Managing Career Cycles – New York, NY
5/9/08 – Human Capital Institute – Stages of Onboarding – Webinar
6/17/08 – IQPC Talent Conference – Stages of Onboarding – San Jose, CA
6/6/08 – MENG – Jumpstarting a High-Performing Business Team – Madison, NJ
5/20/08 – CEO Connection CEO Boot Camp – Transformational Leadership – New York, NY
5/9/08 – Human Capital Institute – Stages of Onboarding – Webinar
5/5/08 – Penn Club – Traction: Managing Career Cycles – New York, NY
4/29/08 – Canadian Public Service Commission – Accelerating Leadership Transitions – Ottowa, Canada
4/7/08 – Wharton School – The First 100 Days in a New Job – Philadelphia, PA
3/28/08 – Ross School, U. Michigan – The First 100-Days in a New Job – Ann Arbor, MI
3/12/08 – ERE – Stages of Onboarding – Webinar
3/6/08 – Quinnipiac University – Stages of Onboarding – Hamden, CT
3/5/08 – University of Chicago – The First 100-Days in a New Job – Teletopic
3/1/08 – National Director’s Institute – Stages of Onboarding – Chicago, IL
1/28/08 – CEO Connection CEO Boot Camp – Transformational Leadership – Santa Monica, CA
1/15/08 – Society of Human Resource Management – Stages of Onboarding – Stamford, CT
3/28/07 – Association of Training and Development – Stages of Onboarding – New York, NY
3/28/07 – International Association of Corporate and Professional Recruiters – How to Accelerate Leadership Transitions – Webinar
3/6/07 – National Director’s Institute – Stages of Onboarding – Chicago, IL
10/5/06 – International Association of Corporate and Professional Recruiters – Integrating New Executives into Your Senior Management Teams – Philadelphia, PA
6/25/06 – Human Capital Institute – Onboarding in the Public Sector – Webinar
4/6/06 – Wharton School, Fox Institute – Leading a High-Performing Team Through Change – Philadelphia, PA
9/1/05 – CEO Connection CEO Boot Camp – Transformational Leadership – New York, NY
3/9/05 – Association of Executive Search Consultants – Stages of Onboarding – New York, NY
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