"Be An Effective Leader …
Conquer Today’s 'I Have No Leadership Time' Epidemic!"

Speaker: Gwen S. Walsh  
1 - 2 p.m. Monday, June 23, 2008
UNO - Thompson Alumni Center (6705 Dodge St.)

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Given the increasingly challenging, complex and fast-paced environment in which IT operates, the need for effective leadership has never been greater. Authentic leadership is the cornerstone of building and sustaining high-performing IT organizations and teams.  Yet IT executives, leaders, managers and project managers are finding themselves caught up in the same epidemic — they have little time to lead because they are swallowed up in day-to-day tactics, fire fighting and increasing demands.  At the same time, they are tethered to 24/7 cell phones, pagers and devices where immediate response time expectations have become the norm.

Although most leaders have great “leadership intentions,” the “success deck” has been stacked against them. When leaders fail to lead because there are simply not enough hours in the day, the impacts — to IT's service, to IT's image, to morale — can be tremendous.

Gwen Walsh's highly engaging, interactive executive briefing focuses on today’s 12 leadership time challenges and what effective leaders are doing to gain back valuable leadership bandwidth! This briefing will share trends including the most common “time robbers” facing today’s executives plus assessment tools and techniques that the participants can use to help them successfully conquer their own time challenges. That’s when the real future leadership work begins!

If you find yourself saying…

• “I have no time to think and plan.”
• “I have no time to meet with my customers.”
• “I have no time to communicate the way that I should.”
• “I have no time to do the heavy lifting – solve our most pervasive problems.”
• “I have no time to coach and mentor my people.”
• “Everything is a #1 priority – I’m buried!”
• “I spend all day running from meeting to meeting – I get nothing accomplished.”

…this is the session for you.  You are not alone but rather in very good company with your fellow IT executives and seasoned technology leaders who have gained back control of their time with these tips and techniques.

About Gwen S. Walsh

Gwen Walsh has built a career creating and implementing business and technology solutions that redefine the industry standards for both Fortune 100 corporations and entrepreneurial organizations. With over 25 years of experience in leadership development and organization reinvention, Ms. Walsh helps clients create and sustain execution-based cultures focused on delivering results, attaining performance targets, and instilling leadership competencies. 

Prior to joining Ouellette & Associates as a Senior Consultant, Ms. Walsh served as Chief Information Officer and Partner for Christian & Timbers, the 10th largest executive search firm in the United States, directing the development and execution of their global Technology Strategy. Prior to that, Ms. Walsh led a staff of 200 professionals as Director of Information Services with Medical Mutual, providing technology innovation to the healthcare industry. 

Earlier in her career, she served as a Vice President/Division Manager with KeyCorp, where she garnered a breadth of experience in technology and operations and earned several Achievement of Excellence awards. She began her career with General Motors.

Ms. Walsh holds a B.S. in Business Administration from John Carroll University; participates in the Weatherhead Leadership Affiliate Program of Case Western Reserve University; coaches C-level executives; provides guest speaker services; counsels undergraduate students on career options and professional development; and serves in an advisory capacity to a Northeastern Ohio non-profit organization focused on providing young professionals, including up-and-coming leaders, with coaching and development programs plus networking, philanthropic and social opportunities.

Ms. Walsh is currently working with other O&A consultants on The IT Professional of the Future, a book that is due out in 2008.