Building Teams that Go the Distance

Welcome back, and Happy New Year!

If your organization is like most, you’ve developed some big goals for 2016. You want to go farther, accomplish more objectives faster and increase your revenues. The list goes on.

But how will you get there? True, long-term success comes from teamwork, not from individuals alone.

This African proverb sums it up well:

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go with others.”

In my article on the Switch and Shift blog, I outline six strategies for building teams that go the distance. Read more.


Amy Franko | Founder & CEO

5 Tips for Establishing Lasting Leadership Habits

It was Aristotle who said that we are what we repeatedly do. Our seemingly small actions, performed day in and day out, eventually create who we are.

They are also known as habits.

To help you take the next steps in creating lasting leadership habits, Amy Franko shared a simple, three-step plan you can practice. It's all in her fifth and final post in a series on creating leadership identity on the Association for Talent Development blog. Read it here.

And be sure to check out the other articles in the series.

• Building a personal brand
• Leading through your actions
• Leading through your visual and verbal presence
• Leadership response

Events and News

Impact Instruction Events

Jan. 21: CPCU Society
Impact Instruction's Amy Franko will join the CPCU Society and the Leadership and Managerial Excellence Interest Group to present a webinar, "Social Capital: Your Most Valuable Currency in Today's World."

May 22-25: ATD International Conference & Exhibition
Amy Franko will be speaking at this conference-- a premier event for training and development professionals, with more than 10,500 attendees from over 80 countries. Be sure to register so you can catch Amy in Denver next May.
 

Training & Professional Development Opportunities

Feb. 1: APEX Award Entry Deadline
The APEX 2016 call for entries has been announced. This is an an annual competition for corporate and nonprofit publishers, editors, writers and designers who create print, Web, electronic and social media. Impact Instruction is proud to have won an APEX Award for Education and Training two years in a row.

Feb. 15-17: Training 2016
The industry's leading train-the-trainer event, produced by Training magazine, will take place in Orlando.

April 4-6: Spring CLO Symposium
Explore how learning is being redefined – by our times, by our organizations, by employees, and by us.

Impact in the news.

Get to Know Us

At Impact Instruction Group, we’re big-picture thinkers helping organizations develop their top talent and future leaders. The Fortune 1000 and middle market call on us to deliver customized leadership and onboarding programs that position their teams to deliver real business results. We are the industry experts in emerging and front line leadership development.

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