Engineering Inc. - January/February 2008 - I-16

D Annual Convention and Legislative Summit SeSSionS HigHligHt today’S ‘Hot topicS’ April 27–30, on’t miss ACEC’s annual Washington, D.C., meeting of A/E/C business leaders with key policymakers in Congress and federal agencies on critical business issues and opportunities. Program highlights include: Top-Tier Business Education • Education programs to make your business more successful, complete with PDH credits • New business models for design firms • How to find engineering talent • New ideas in risk management • CEO Roundtables—peer networking at its best Premier Legislative Summit • Lobbying Congress on key industry issues • Legislative briefing and advocacy training • Speakers Chris Wallace, host of Fox News Sunday; Paul Begala, political analyst and CNN commentator; and Tucker Carlson, journalist and host of MSNBC’s Tucker • Briefings on new business opportunities from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOT, GSA and other agencies Engineering Excellence Awards Gala The “Academy Awards of the Engineering Industry” hosts business leaders, Congress and the Administration to honor our industry’s most outstanding achievements of 2007… a “can’t miss” event for convention attendees. Leadership and Ethics Leadership Through the Movies P. thomas gard McDonough Bolyard Peck, Inc. Leadership can be a dry and overworked subject, but this presentation looks at leadership (and lack of leadership!) through a new lens: the movies. Seven styles directly applicable to the leadership of design teams, construction projects and cross-functional teams are illustrated by leading actors through movie clips— in a memorable and compelling format. Each style is readily identified and application in our business, our projects and the different teams we lead is clear… but you’ll see Tom Hanks and George C. Scott showing how it’s done. Rapid Leadership Development in Engineering and Design Firms scott W. Braley Braley Consulting & training with many of your own inhouse resources. Professional Ethics: A Preventive Maintenance Approach Christopher Bauer Bauer ethics seminars cal principles with existing business practices, and more. Project Management and Project Delivery Leveraging Collaborative PM Technology to Eliminate Communication Delays, Streamline E/C Business Processes Jonathan Knowles autodesk No matter how hard we try, some of us are unsure of where or how to begin, while others can’t maintain the momentum to design, implement and sustain high level leadership performance. This session looks at rapid leadership development and deployment—what works and what doesn’t as we seek to identify, define, develop, keep, challenge and support upand-coming professionals and new leaders. Braley will focus on key issues and equip you to address leadership development quickly, effectively and Visit www.acec.org for the most up-to-date listing of sessions and events. Plan now to join us! I-16 InstItute For BusIness ManageMent This unique program is designed to demonstrate the ethics risks you never knew you had, and how to make sure those risks don’t turn into ethics problems—in an entertaining and engaging way. Bauer will lead you through a re-thinking of your definition of ethics and ways to help yourself, colleagues, and co-workers keep ethical principles constantly in mind during day-to-day decision-making. He’ll look at the “do’s” and “don’ts” of confronting others on ethics issues, how to significantly build your bottom line by integrating sound, new ethi- Collaboration technology can maximize resources, reduce costs and ensure access to the right information when and where it is needed, without compromising accuracy, security or intent of the original data. Gain insights on how information can be kept current and how to reduce information loss in the sharing process among numerous internal and external stakeholders. Knowles will describe how digital technology stream-

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Engineering Inc. - January/February 2008

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