An Experience Like No Other

In 2013, Leadercast focused on the theme 'Simply Lead'

Speakers like Jack Welch, Coach K and Condoleezza Rice took the stage and not only inspired us, but empowered us to be leaders that Simply Lead.

Part of the experience of a Leadercast event is to learn from leaders around us -including those in our own community.  Being able to feel the passion and commitment to developing people, changing the world, changing the game from leaders that are featured yearly can help us see that we can do it too.

We don't have to make large sweeping changes to be leaders - we can, through simple truth, honesty and commitment to growth and connection, build ourselves into leaders of the same calibre - after all, leaders are human.  Leaders can be anyone.

Leadercast helps us focus on this.
Leaders are all around us.
We can all be leaders worth following.....

if we choose to.

2014 Leadercast Coming Up!

We are just getting started!
Leadercast 2014 is coming up and we are ramping up!

Visit our newly updated website:  Leadercast Windsor Essex.

We are looking for sponsors and co-hosts - a great way to show your leadership in the community.

We are planning a special announcement for May 9, 2014 that will change the face of leadership in our community.

We are ready to reserve seats and group spaces for you!

Are you ready to be a leader worth following?

Thank You!

Leadercast 2013 - Simply Lead was a great success - there are not enough words to say thank you to everyone who attended, advised, set up, participated, provided advice and service and so much more.

Thank you to our Sponsors - all listed on the side of this post - please support them!

Thank you to our volunteers & Advisory Team - always ready with a willing hand and a smile!

Thank you to all of our attendees - you make our day extra special

Thank you to Giant Impact for putting all the pieces in place so that we can host a fabulous event here in our local area.

Thanks to my husband & my boys for your love, support, listening and lifting.  You are the best - you make me who I am. xo

Don't forget to save the date for next year - our 5th Anniversary:  May 9, 2014.

Leadercast 2013 - TOMORROW!

Tomorrow is the day.

Leaders in Windsor-Essex will participate with leaders around the world to learn new ways to simply lead.

A special thank you to our sponsors all listed in our sidebar.

Please honour them by your support.

10 Days Left

That's all.....10 days left to Leadercast.

What do you do when you are in a countdown to a deadline?
So far, we have been prepping and planning, looking forward to implementation ....and it is almost here.

Some things to think about as you reach your next deadline:

1. are all stakeholders in the loop?  have you considered their perspective?
2. do you have everyone in a specific role clear on their expectations?
3. have you done a final double/triple/quadruple check with all partners involved to ensure no hiccups?
4. do you have a script for the day ready to role and keep you on track?
5. are you looking forward to it?  if not, why not? and go resolve that if you can.

Even simple things like planning what you will wear and bring with you is important to plan ahead and not leave to the last minute - this will give you less chance for stressing yourself out.

And don't forget to plan a way to celebrate after it's over - always giving you something to look forward to along the way!

Have fun - it is so important to enjoy the moments....then later, upon reflection, you can note the lessons you learned along the way.

Setting Expectations

What You Can Expect from Leadercast
You can expect to be challenged. Inspired. Encouraged. You will learn how to improve your own leadership skills and also have the opportunity to network with other leaders in your area. 

You know how you feel when there is a buzz in a room - you can feel the energy bouncing off the walls? Well - this is it!  Energy, connection, contact and discussion.  All focused on one thing - improving individual leaders.

Planning is important - so let us help you understand the day:

8:00 am

• doors open for registration
• you will meet the volunteers and advisory team - leaders from our community
• you will check in, get your name badge and be escorted to your table where a gift bag full of treats and agenda will be waiting for you!
• coffee, tea, water & fresh fruit will be available

8:45 am - time to get organized and take everyone through the particulars for the day

9:00 am -First speaker starts and we are off to a super day

10:30 am -first break - we will speak with local leaders looking for their key take aways from the first session

11:00 am - back to speaker sessions

12:15 pm - Lunch - served in house

1:00 pm - update on Leadership Windsor Essex Initiatives & local leader panel Q & A

1:30 pm - afternoon speakers start

2:45 pm - break (special treats to be provided....surprise!)  

3:15 pm - final speakers for the day (don't forget to complete your event survey to be eligible to win a great prize!)

4:00 pm - Linger Longer hosted by Leadership Windsor Essex will begin - - a great opportunity to share a glass of wine, some appetizers and discuss what you learned and get to meet anyone you missed throughout the day

We are so looking forward to your attendance.

If you still need tickets visit www.leadercastwindsoressex.com or call 519-735-6820

What's Holding You Back?

So, you have yet to get your Leadercast ticket for Friday May 10th, 2013 at the Caboto Club.
Why is that?
What is holding you back?

• are you having a hard time finding the time to fit this into your schedule?
• well, think of it this way - when are you going to find to focus on your own development? If you don't do it, who will?  This is 1 day - and you will learn so much, feel so inspired, be motivated to move yourself forward in new ways.  How about going back to life on May 11th full of energy and ready share what you learned?  Great way to get through the rest of 2013!
• are you wondering what you will learn?
• you will learn about simply leading - what it takes to find the whitespace amidst all the clutter that our lives contain today from a variety of speakers from a variety of environments.
• are you wondering who else will be there?
• then visit the Leadercast Windsor Essex website and check out the Attendee page. We love to share who is attending and give them a plug for their initiative in developing themselves and their teams.
• are you thinking of attending alone and this makes your uncomfortable?
• you will be greeted by a great group of volunteers who will be happy to introduce you to other attendees and get you started.  Think of it this way - we are all working on the same thing - becoming better leaders - you already have a great deal in common with everyone in the room!
• are you looking for continuing education credits?
• for attending the day, every participant will receive a certificate outlining the curriculum of the day and the hours spent so that you can apply to your professional association for possible continuing education credits.  If you are a lawyer in role for more than 3 years, you can apply this day to Substantive Learning credits.

So tell us what is holding you back - we will be happy to help you work through it... you need to attend this day!

Buy tickets at www.leadercastwindsoressex.com or call Lora at 519-735-6820.

1 Month to the Big Day

The big day is just 1 month away.
Do you have your ticket yet?
Seats are limited so you should not wait any longer!!
The Advisory Team has been working hard to put together a great event around the simulcast speakers.  This year will feature:

• Local Leader Question sessions
• Simply Lead tips
• Team Photo area
• Sponsor trade show area
• Indigo Books featuring books from our speakers
• Linger Longer Networking Session (after event) hosted by Leadership Windsor Essex admission 
• Participation Certificates that you can use to apply for continuing education credits with your professional association
• and much more that we know you will love (we don't want to give away all the surprises!)

Buy tickets at www.leadercastwindsoressex.com or call Lora at 519-735-6820.

Special thanks to the Advisory Team 2013:

Frank & Carmela Abbruzzese

Nadia Shousher

Cary Wheeler

Lori Baldassi

Don Herman

Michael Miexner

Becky Parent

Condoleezza Rice at Leadercast

Bio:

Condoleezza Rice is currently the Denning Professor in Global Business and the Economy at the Graduate School of Business; the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution and a professor of Political Science at Stanford University. She is also a founding partner of Rice Hadley Gates LLC. From January 2005-2009, Rice served as the 66th Secretary of State of the United States, the second woman and first African American woman to hold the post. Rice also served as President George W. Bush’s Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (National Security Advisor) from January 2001-2005, the first woman to hold the position. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Rice earned her bachelor’s degree in political science, cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Denver; her master’s from the University of Notre Dame and her Ph.D. from the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver.

For more details on how to attend Windsor Essex Leadercast on Friday May 10, 2013

  - visit www. leadercastwindsoressex.com.

Coach K at Leadercast 2013

Head Men's basketball coach, Duke University and Team USA

Bio:

As head coach of the Duke Blue Devils for over 30 years, Basketball Hall of Famer coach Mike Krzyzewski has made a career of motivating people both on and off the court. Affectionately known as "Coach K," Krzyzewski coached both the 2008 and 2012 U.S. men's national teams to back-to- back gold medals in the Olympics. During his tenure as the head coach of Team USA, Coach K amassed an astounding 62-1 and returned U.S. men’s basketball to dominance on the world stage.

During his tenure at Duke, Coach K has led his team to 4 NCAA Championships, 11 Final Fours, 13 Atlantic Coast Conference championships and an NCAA-record 12 30-win seasons. Coach K has amassed an NCAA-record 79 tournament victories while averaging more than 25 wins per season. On November 15, 2011, Krzyzewski led Duke to a 74–69 victory over Michigan State at Madison Square Garden to become the winningest coach in NCAA Division I men's basketball history. Krzyzewski's 903rd victory surpassed the previous record of 902, held by his former coach, Bob Knight.

Prior to coaching at Duke, Coach K spent five years building the men's basketball program at his alma mater, West Point. On November 17, 2000, he earned his 500th win at Duke with a triumph over Villanova. That night, the fabled floor of Duke's Cameron Indoor Stadium was dedicated as Coach K Court.

These accomplishments have not gone unnoticed. In all, Coach K has been named National Coach of the Year 12 times in 8 different seasons. He was named Coach of the Decade for the 1990s by the NABC and was the second recipient of the John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award. In

2001, Coach K was one of three members inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, with the presentation made by his college coach Bob Knight.

Krzyzewski received another prestigious honor in 2001, being named "America's Best Coach"—all coaches, any sport, any level of play—by TIME magazine and CNN. "No college hoops coach has won more in the past two decades," wrote Josh Tyrangiel of TIME "and Krzyzewski has accomplished all this with a program that turns out real-deal scholar athletes-kids who go to class, graduate and don't mind telling everyone about it."

In 2011, Sports Illustrated named Krzyzewski its Sportsman of the Year. In 2009, Sporting News also named Krzyzewski one of the 50 greatest coaches in any sport of all time.

Krzyzewski also has an impressive resume as a best-selling author including Leading with the Heart, which reached The New York Times best seller list in 2000. His two most recent books Beyond Basketball: Coach K’s Keywords for Success, released in 2006, and THE GOLD STANDARD; Building a World-Class Team, released in 2009, were co-authored by his youngest daughter, Jamie Spatola.

For more details on how to attend Windsor Essex Leadercast on Friday May 10, 2013

  - visit www. leadercastwindsoressex.com.

Early Bird Tickets on Sale  - Last Day!

Courage & Understanding Builds Leadership

A great article that shows how:

• it takes time to learn
• it takes patience to understand
• it takes heart to grow together
• it takes courage to take a step into uncharted waters
• it takes understanding to bring people together

DR. Henry Cloud Live at Leadercast 2013

Bio:

Dr. Henry Cloud is a leadership consultant and coach who brings a unique perspective to his speaking and writing. His background as a clinical psychologist and business consultant bridges the gap between what a business needs and what leaders have to do to get results.

He has extensive experience as a CEO and Executive Team coach, as well as an organizational consultant in a wide range of companies from Fortune 500 to family-held firms and many boards. He specializes in coaching leaders, building teams, and developing organizational cultures.

In addition to consulting, he built a health care company which operated treatment centers in forty markets in the Western U.S. and directed it for ten years. This perspective of having created and led a company, as well as consulting with many businesses, gives his message a realistic and practical flavor with which people identify.

The author of over twenty books, including Necessary Endings, Integrity, and 9 Things A Leader Must Do, he has been featured and reviewed in many publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, and The Boston Globe.

Dr. Cloud has also appeared on numerous television and radio networks, such as CNN, ABC News, Fox News, CBS, Fox Business Network, PBS, Sirius XM, and others.

Dr. Cloud lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Tori, and their two daughters, Olivia and Lucy. His hobbies are golf and boating, and his philanthropic interests lie in homelessness and also holistic relief in the developing world.

For more details on how to attend Windsor Essex Leadercast on Friday May 10, 2013

  - visit www. leadercastwindsoressex.com.

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Meet David Allen at Leadercast 2013

Bio:

David Allen is the international best-selling author of "Getting Things Done: the Art of Stress-Free Productivity"; "Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life"; and "Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life". He is widely recognized as the world's leading expert on personal and organizational productivity. His thirty-year pioneering research and coaching to corporate managers and CEOs of some of America's most prestigious corporations and institutions has earned him Forbes' recognition as one of the top five executive coaches in the U.S. and Business 2.0 magazine's inclusion in their 2006 list of the "50 Who Matter Now. David continues to write articles and essays that address today's ever-changing issues about living and working in a fast-paced world while sustaining balance, control, and meaningful focus.

For more details on how to attend Windsor Essex Leadercast on Friday May 10, 2013

  - visit www. leadercastwindsoressex.com.

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LCDR Rorke Denver at Leadercast 2013

Bio:

LCDR Rorke T. Denver has run every phase of training for the U.S. Navy SEALs and led special-forces missions in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and other international hot spots. He stars in the hit 2012 film Act of Valor, which is based on true SEAL adventures. His first book, Damn Few: Making the Modern Warrior, is being published in January by Hyperion.

Denver is an honor graduate of the United States Army Ranger School. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Syracuse University, where he was an All-American lacrosse player and captain of the varsity lacrosse team. He earned a Master’s Degree in Global Business Leadership from the University of San Diego.

He lives with his wife and two young daughters in San Diego, California.

For more details on how to attend Windsor Essex Leadercast on Friday May 10, 2013

  - visit www. leadercastwindsoressex.com.

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Sanya Richards Ross at Leadercast 2013

Bio:

At the 2012 London Olympic Games, Sanya was showcased her tireless work ethic by collecting two more Gold Medals (400m, 4x400m Relay) to add to an outstanding year that has already seen her win the 400m Indoor World Championship.

Prior to Sanya’s 2012 campaign, she bounced back from an injury shortened 2010 to claim her record fifth career World Championship Gold Medal by winning the 4x400 Relay in South Korea. In 2009 Sanya won her first individual Gold Medal at the World Championships, winning the 400m in addition to claiming Gold in the 4x400m Relay. As she had done in the two years prior, Sanya went undefeated in Golden League meets. For the fifth consecutive year, Sanya was the #1 ranked 400m female runner in the world. She also won her fifth National Championship in the 400m.

In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Sanya proudly represented the United States and brought home a Gold Medal in the 4x400m Relay as well as a Bronze Medal in the individual 400m. In 2008, Sanya competed thirteen times in the 200m & 400m events, recording 12 first place results and one second place finish. In the 2007 World Championships, Sanya won a Gold Medal in the 4x400m Relay. She ran the fastest 400m time in the world in 2007 at 49.27 and finished the season ranked No. 1 by the IAAF World rankings in the 400m.

Sanya attended the University of Texas and finished her collegiate career with a total of four NCAA individual titles.

For more details on how to attend Windsor Essex Leadercast on Friday May 10, 2013

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John Maxwell at Leadercast 2013

Bio:

John C. Maxwell is an internationally-renowned leadership expert, coach, and author who has sold over 20 million books. Dr. Maxwell founded EQUIP and the John Maxwell Company, organizations that have trained more than 5 million leaders in 153 countries. Every year he speaks to Fortune 100 companies, international government leaders, and organizations such as the United States Military Academy at West Point, the National Football League, and the United Nations. A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and BusinessWeek best-selling author, Maxwell’s The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership has sold more than 2 million copies. Developing the Leader Within You and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader have each sold more than 1 million copies. Maxwell's newest book, "The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth" was released in October 2012.

For more details on how to attend Windsor Essex Leadercast on Friday May 10, 2013

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See Andy Stanley at Leadercast 2013

Bio:

Andy Stanley is a sought-after leadership communicator, author, pastor, and the founder of North Point Ministries, Inc. (NPM). Since its inception in 1995, North Point Ministries has grown from one church to five in the Atlanta area and has helped plant over thirty strategic partner churches globally. Each Sunday, more than thirty thousand attend worship services at one of NPM'S five churches. In addition, every month, well over a million people from nearly every country in the world choose to tune in, download, and stream Stanley's teaching content via TV, radio, podcasts, and live streaming.

Stanley's books include The Next Generation Leader, Visioneering, Enemies of the Heart, and The Principle of the Path.

For more details on how to attend Windsor Essex Leadercast on Friday May 10, 2013

  - visit www. leadercastwindsoressex.com.

Early Bird Tickets on Sale now, but only until February 28, 2013.

Jack Welch at Leadercast 2013

Bio:

Jack Welch is the author of Winning, a #1 Wall Street Journal and international bestseller. In 2001, he wrote his #1 New York Times and also international best-selling autobiography, Jack: Straight from the Gut.

Since 2005, Jack and his wife Suzy Welch have written business columns for several publications, including Business Week magazine, Thomson Reuters digital platforms, Fortune magazine, and the New York Times syndicate.

The Welches have also launched the Jack Welch Management Institute at Strayer University, a unique online MBA and certificate program aimed at giving students around the world and at every career level the tools to transform their lives and the organizations of the future.

Jack is the head of Jack Welch, LLC, where he serves as Senior Advisor with the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and is an advisor to IAC (Interactive Corp). He speaks to business audiences and students around the world.

Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Jack received his undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts and an MS and PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois. He began his career with the General Electric Company in 1960, and in 1981 became the Company’s 8th Chairman & CEO. During his 20+ year tenure as CEO, the company’s market capitalization rose from $13 billion to $400 billion. In 2000, he was named “Manager of the Century” by Fortune magazine.

For more details on how to attend Windsor Essex Leadercast on Friday May 10, 2013

  - visit www. leadercastwindsoressex.com.

Early Bird Tickets on Sale now, but only until February 28, 2013.

Leadercast Early Bird Tickets On Sale Now

It's early in 2013!  You are starting to plan what you will accomplish -
It's time to tap into the Early Bird pricing for the Windsor Essex Leadercast on May 10, 2013.

Visit the new ticket site by clicking here - get your tickets downloaded right away.

Group rates available - if you are looking for a team event please let us know.

Any questions please contact lora@loracrestan.com or call 519-735-6820