Technology Executives Club

presents

an exclusive IT Leaders Circle luncheon:

IT Leadership Best Practices:

Fostering Change Management

Learn how to become a change agent for your organization.

Chicago, IL | June 10, 2011

What makes a good CIO? Being a change agent. This definition has shifted in recent years from technology expert to strategic leader. Today's CIO needs to understand business goals and change and improve IT services to create competitive advantages, inspire innovation and boost revenue.

Fostering change, however, isn't easy. Resistance from employees, clashing business and department cultures, and difficulties aligning IT and business goals pose major roadblocks to success.

At our IT Leaders Circle event last September, we focused on how to maximize business process architecture and alignment to gain a competitive advantage. At this exclusive luncheon program*, we’ll explore best practices for becoming a change agent. Our Keynote Speaker, Author Kathie Topel, will provide a framework for implementing effective change management methodologies. Our Keynote Panelists will share practical tips they've learned for developing effective communication strategies, easing employee apprehension and creating buy-in, and implementing a clear development plan and timeline.

Learn how to become a change agent for your organization! Attend this event!

YOU'LL GET PIERCING INSIGHTS FROM OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER!
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Business strategist and author of the successful leadership book POWERSHIP®, Kathie Topel is Vice President of Impact Insight, a part of SPR Companies. Topel has worked with companies like Kraft Foods, Oscar Meyer and Entenmanns Bakery to achieve maximum operational efficiency. Her expertise in corporate organizational change allows her to develop strategies that provide financial balance, strategic growth and company-wide motivation within the IT, consulting, manufacturing, logistics and supply chain industries. Topel regularly speaks to industry groups on employee growth, leadership and motivation. Aligning IT projects, tools and teams with business strategy is her life’s work.

YOU'LL NETWORK WITH SENIOR IT EXECUTIVES LIKE THESE RECENT ATTENDEES:

PLUS, GET PRACTICAL ADVICE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE IT PANEL:

	John Parkinson, SVP Project Management Office at Axis Capital , leads a team of program and project managers responsible for the successful delivery of all programs globally. He's also responsible for IT vendor management and procurement activities, managing the overall IT budget and guiding the evolution of AXIS's joint business and IT investment portfolio. Previously he was CTO at TransUnion and Capgemini and Senior Partner at Ernst & Young. He is also the founder and managing partner of ParkWood Advisors LLC, a member of the Technology Advisory Board at Morningstar, Inc. and US Micro, Inc., and an independent director at TAP.tv.
	Alison Kassel, Chief Information Officer for SeatonCorp, has developed strategies, transformed organizations, and delivered solutions enabling organizations to achieve their strategic and operating plan objectives. Previously, she held significant IT roles at U.S. Cellular, Motorola, McDonalds, Cap Gemini, and Andersen Consulting.
	Keynote Speaker Kathie Topel, business strategist and author of the successful leadership book POWERSHIP®, will join this discussion.
	Moderator: Ben Trowbridge, founder and CEO of Alsbridge, Inc. and author of Cloud Sourcing the Corporation, a guidebook featuring the Cloud Sourcing 100 index, the first exhaustive review of service providers in the emerging cloud services landscape with classifications and ratings of provider capabilities. Trowbridge has revolutionized how companies source technology and business processes, leading sourcing transactions ranging from $150M to $2.2B across multiple industries. Alsbridge is the market-leading cloud sourcing advisory and benchmarking firm and one of Inc 500’s 2010 fastest growing companies in America.

THAT'S NOT ALL! YOU'LL ALSO EXPERIENCE

• In-Depth Roundtable Discussions that allow you to learn from your peers

* BUT, YOU MUST QUALIFY TO ATTEND THIS EXCLUSIVE EVENT *

The IT Leaders Circle is a club within the Technology Executives Club for Enterprise Executives, director level and above at companies with $100 million+ in revenue.

Questions whether you qualify? Please contact Maria Tuthill at (847) 837-3900 x1

JOIN US IN June 2011!

Here's how to REGISTER for this event:

• Members: Email Marla Fleishman or call her at (847) 837-3900, Ext. 6
  
  
• Nonmembers: Are you an IT executive Director level or above?
  Get involved with the IT Leaders Circle! Email Marla Fleishman or
  call her at (847) 837-3900, Ext. 6