Tim Sanders: Taking Relationships into the Next Generation

What will business and human resources look like in the future? Many futurists predict that the trends towards service versus production will continue. Labor demographics indicate that there will be a shortage of qualified employees. Many companies will be focusing on harnessing the true market value of their organizations through knowledge management. If all of these predictions are accurate, what will business and HR leaders need to do to effectively navigate the road to business success?

HR Southwest is pleased to announce that Tim Sanders, one of our key note speakers, has an answer to this question. It's all about relationships! Tim Sanders is a recognized business motivator, author and speaker. Mr. Sanders has written two thought-provoking books on the topic of relationships in business: Love is the Killer App and The Likeability Factor. From his career experiences in the dot com sector and his recent experiences as the Chief Solutions Officer at Yahoo! and as Yahoo!'s leadership Coach, Tim has isolated some key characteristics of effective business relationships.

His first book, Love is the Killer App, became both a New York Times and international bestseller and his second book, The Likeability Factor, has garnered the attention of both business professionals and the media. Both books explore the concept that leaders become better leaders when they love to help their business partners achieve success. "Lovecats", as these leaders are termed, are generous business people who commit themselves to everyone they come in contact with. The good news is that everyone has the capacity to become a "Lovecat".

Sanders defines love as "the act of intelligently and sensibly sharing your knowledge, networks and compassion with your business partners". That definition of love is explored further in his second book, The Likeability Factor.

There are four dimensions that determine likeability - friendliness, relevance, empathy, and realness. The likeability factors used in love allow all of us the opportunity to become successful both in business and in our personal lives. Sanders claims that likeability is the key to health, wealth and happiness.

Please join us on October 18, 2006 ......... to learn from Tim how we too can become "Lovecats" and how love truly does conquer all!

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