Presenter: Debra Walton, owner of New Seasons, LLC and adjunct faculty member, Center for Organizational Leadership at the University of Cincinnati

HR Managers are constantly challenged to attend, lead and participate in meetings; to mediate and resolve conflict; to reengineer processes and solve problems. This presentation will help HR managers understand how to plan for and implement productive meetings at all levels of an organization.

Regardless of your experience level or recent training initiatives, you're sure to walk away with useful aides to help you understand and use to your benefit:

• The importance of roles in meetings, especially leader and facilitator
• The phases of pre-meeting, meeting and post-meeting
• Information sharing and decision making techniques

About the presenter:

Debra Walton was the Vice President of Leadership and Organization Development at Brown-Forman, the home of Jack Daniels, Southern Comfort, Fetzer and Bolla wines, Lenox China , Hartmann luggage and many other fine spirit and wine brands. In this capacity, she managed the training function, including Diversity interventions; individual and team leadership development; succession planning and the performance management initiatives.

Debra Walton is a veteran with a significant and successful career, which began to focus in 1983 on organization development and design with Corning Incorporated. She has recently led the Organization and Leadership Development initiatives at Brown Forman. In between she has impacted individuals, teams and organizations at General Motors, AlliedSignal and several nonprofit boards of directors. Her focus is maximizing the knowledge, skills and abilities of every person especially in the context of cultural and gender Diversity.

HRCI Credit Pending