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Canceled Paul Endress: Leadership Skills for Managers in Today’s Fast Changing Energy & Electric Power Industries


A Two-Day Classroom Seminar (CPE Approved)

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Demographic and economic changes in the energy industry are making the leadership development of new and existing managers more critical than ever before. No longer can managers just do "what comes naturally" and expect to get the results needed for a company to thrive in today's fast changing and difficult business environment.

This highly interactive and engaging two-day live seminar focuses on using instructor experience, current research, and best practices to give participants set of tools that they can put to use immediately to motivate team members and solve problems that are roadblocks to team performance.

You can expect actionable practical information and real world techniques that will enable you to resolve difficult problems and take advantage of opportunities created by the changes taking place in today's energy and electric power industries.

What You Will Learn
  • Four easy-to-use universal principles of leadership that will change the way you approach every management situation
  • Why managers don't delegate more often and a formula that you can use to know exactly when you should and shouldn't delegate.
  • The one word you must avoid as a manager, and the two words you can use to replace it so that you can empower people to solve their own problems.
  • The key characteristics of proven leaders including the one essential characteristic that can cause success or failure by itself
  • The forty key skills of successful managers including a self-analysis of strengths and weaknesses and an action plan for improvement
  • How to create and transmit a vision that will motivate your team
  • How to introduce change in a way that will eliminate resistance
  • Understanding your three constituencies and balancing their needs
  • Why you as a leader must take responsibility for the results of every communication
  • How to understand exactly what someone really means by what they say
  • How to control your emotions in any situation
  • The thirteen empathy blockers and why you must avoid them
  • The importance of body language in successful communication including examples of what works and what doesn't work
What You Will Also Learn
  • The two words that you can use to easily lead people to where you want them to go
  • The one word that should never begin a sentence (and that you almost certainly use all of the time)
  • How to eliminate objections and dissolve resistance to your ideas
  • What to do when people don't give you the answer you want
  • How to be friendly and playful so that people enjoy your questions
  • How to listen in a way that allows you to understand what someone is really saying
  • The two primary types of motivation and when to use each
  • How to build motivational sequences that bring out the best in each person
  • Motivational differences between generations and how to use them to your advantage
  • The seven words you can use to find out exactly what will motivate any person. Note: the exact phrasing you use is critical to your success or failure.
  • How to build a decision making framework that will simplify and give clarity to even the most difficult decisions
  • How, as a leader, you can provide your organization with iron-clad certainty when challenges arise
  • How to build customized motivational sequences that will drive any person or group to deliver extraordinary results
  • The two critical decision points in any conflict
  • The three possible outcomes for every conflict and how do decide which one to aim for
  • Each attendee will leave workshop with a customized action plan that they can put to immediate use
Seminar Agenda
  • 1st Day AM - Understanding The Nature of Leadership And Management
  • 1st Day PM - Using Communication as a Management Tool
  • 1st Day PM - How to Get Things Done
  • 2nd Day AM - Motivation Strategies That Get Results
  • 2nd Day PM - Introduction to Conflict Resolution
  • 2nd Day PM - Completing Your Action Plan
Hotel and Seminar Information
This is a highly interactive live group seminar that will engage and challenge participants while allowing them to experience and practice what they learn (without using role playing) so that they can immediately use their new skills when they return to work.This two-day seminar will be held at the hotels listed below or can be conducted on-site at your facilities. The seminar will start promptly at 8:00 AM and will finish at 4:00 PM on the first day. On the second day, the seminar will resume at 8:00 AM and will finish at 2:30 PM. The program includes continental breakfast, and lunch on both days. Each attendee will receive an extensive workbook and will complete an individual action plan which can serve as a useful ongoing resource.
COVID 19 Information: Please click here for the PGS Covid-19 policy. You can confirm each hotel's specific COVID 19 policy using the link(s) provided below.
Registration Fee and Discounts
The price for this comprehensive two-day seminar is $1,495 (USD).
Register online or Call (440) 853-1038.
  • Additional attendees and government employees receive a 10% discount.
  • Register 4 or more attendees and receive 20% Off. Special pricing is available for groups of 5 or more.
    If you want attendees to pay with separate credit cards or have other questions, please call (440) 853-1038 for assistance.
Payments and Cancellations
Payment is due prior to the start of the seminar by Visa, Master Card, American Express, or corporate check. Seminar fees will be charged to your credit card at the time of registration unless other arrangements have been made. Please make checks payable to "PGS Energy Training" 26 Teal Lane • Hilton Head Island, SC 29926. Cancellations will result in a credit that is good for 2 years which can be transferred to a colleague. Substitutions may be made at any time. For more information on PGS policies regarding administrative matters and complaint resolution, please contact our offices at (440) 853-1038.
CPE Credits in Specialized Knowledge

This live group seminar is eligible for 14.0 CPE credits. Be aware that state boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. As of January 1, 2002, sponsored learning activities are measured by program length, with one 50-minute period equal to one CPE credit. One-half CPE credit increments (equal to 25 minutes) are permitted after the first credit has been earned in a given learning activity. You may want to verify that the state board from which your participants will be receiving credit accept one-half credits.

PGS Energy Training is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org. CPAs interested in attending any seminars should contact our offices for details on CPE credits granted and any prerequisite requirements.
PGS Energy Training is registered with GARP as an Approved Provider of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits. If you are a Certified FRM or ERP, please record this activity in your Credit Tracker at http://www.garp.org/cpd. Please inform PGS Energy Training that you are a GARP CPE participant upon seminar registration.

The Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) is a not-for-profit membership association dedicated to preparing professionals and organizations for making better-informed risk decisions. GARP's membership represents more than 150,000 risk management practitioners and researchers at academic institutions, banks, corporations, government agencies, and investment management firms in 195 countries and territories. GARP administers the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) and Energy Risk Professional (ERP) Exams – certifications recognized by risk professionals worldwide. Visit www.garp.org/cpd.
Who Should Attend

This course is designed for anyone currently in or aspiring to a management position who desires to further enhance their understanding of how to lead, motivate, and effectively manage others. In today's multicultural and dispersed workforce this can include traditional direct reports, as well as other team members, outside vendors, contractors, and others where management is by influence rather than direct line authority.

Some of the job titles who typically attend this seminar include energy and electric power executives; attorneys; government regulators; traders and trading support staff; marketing, sales, human resources professionals, purchasing and risk management personnel; accountants, auditors, and other financial professionals; plant operators; engineers; and corporate planners.

Some of the companies that usually attend this program include (but are not limited to) energy producers and marketers; utilities; banks & financial houses; industrial companies; accounting, consulting & law firms; municipal utilities; government regulators and electric generators.

Prerequisites and Advance Preparation

This fundamental level group live seminar has no prerequisites. No advance preparation is required before the seminar.

Why Choose PGS?

PGS seminars are known for their clear explanations and in-depth content. Register for a PGS class today, and join the over 10,000 energy professionals who have already attended one of PGS's proven programs.

Program Level & Delivery Method
Basic level. This fundamental course begins with basic material and then proceeds to the intermediate level. Delivery method is "Group-Live.”