Leadership Development
Benedictine University, Kindlon Hall, Room 164 (Get Directions)
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This presentation is designed for those in senior and upper-middle levels of management with positions such as President, Vice President, general manager, division head, director, department head, human resources manager, and others in significant roles who are charged with leading and managing an organization. Executives and business leaders who are ready to learn from best-in-class leadership practices will benefit from this presentation.
At this inspiring and interactive presentation you will:
- Learn about leadership characteristics of famous leaders
- Understand your own leadership characteristics
- Learn about excellent leadership models
- Learn a roadmap for leadership development
- Learn about major resources for leadership development
- Learn major concepts, best practices, and practical tools to enhance your leadership.
Presenter: Manu K. Vora, Ph.D., MBA
Dr. Manu Vora is Chairman and President of Business Excellence, Inc. a global quality management consulting services firm. He has over 30 years of leadership experience and has guided Fortune 500 companies (AT&T Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies) with Malcolm Baldrige assessment in the areas of leadership development, customer satisfaction, employee engagement and continuous process improvement. As an Adjunct Professor, he teaches “Quality Management” and “Supply Chain Management” at Stuart School of Business at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. He is a Past Vice President of ASQ, Past Chair of ASQ Chicago section, ASQ Fellow, and Certified Quality Engineer. Manu has B.S., M.S. & Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and an MBA with Marketing Management. He is a sought after speaker on business excellence and quality management topics with over 190 presentations at local, regional, national and international levels.
Dr. Vora served as a Chief Judge at Illinois Team Excellence Award Program from 1993-1999. He is serving as a Judge for the International Asia Pacific Quality Award Program since 2004. Dr. Vora has been recognized with numerous awards from ASQ including ASQ Grant Medal, ASQ Lancaster Medal, Testimonial Awards, and ASQ Chicago Section’s Joe Lisy & Founder’s Award. He has published a chapter on “Managing Human Capital” in the book “Six Sigma for Transactions and Service” by McGraw-Hill in 2005. He has successfully delivered this presentation in India (Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Mysore & Pune), Mexico (Acapulco, Queretaro, Mexico City, Monterrey & Tijuana), Sultanate of Oman (Muscat), Peru (Lima) and USA.