Congratulations!!
The City of Montgomery has just completed the training: Influencer: The Power to Change AnythingTM. Mayor Todd Strange and his staff attended this cutting edge training. The group was fully engaged and demonstrated why the City of Montgomery is on a path to excellence. Leslie Meadows is spearheading this project through AUM.
Congratulations!! The American Psychological Association awarded ACIPCO: "Psychologically Healthy Workplace" award in recognition of workplace practices promoting employee well-being and organizational performance.
Kudos!! ADTRAN was named the 2009 Small to Medium Business (SMB Networking Hardware Company of the Year in Everything Channel's 2009 Annual Report Card (ARC). They were also recognized as "Best Places to Work" in Huntsville/Madison County for 2009!
Sharon continues her work with the Delta Leadership Institute. Dean Dahl and her amazing staff are creating great opportunities for leaders who are dealing with tough issues in the poorest area of the U.S. The participants are emerging with new skills, new relationships, and renewed energy to continue making a difference.
Sharon met with David Beckmann, President of Bread for the World, a true Influencer. David is pivotal in working on legislation to stop poverty. She spoke with him about "Influencer the Power to Change Anything" and "Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High."
Sharon is continuing to work closely with Virginia College as they continue their explosive growth. Stay tuned!
Where in the world is Sharon Lovoy?
On the Road Again: Sharon just returned from Meridian, MS. She worked with the fine folks from Anderson Regional Medical Center.
BREAKING NEWS: CONGRATULATIONS TO ACIPCO Employees!! Russ Wade, Gwen Harris, and Jeff Slaughter won awards from the Leadership Association of ACIPCO.
The list of clients who are training their employees and managers in "Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High™ just keeps growing:
ACIPCO (Made Fortune Magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" nine years in a row!
ADTRAN, Inc.: Has made a standard part of the curriculum for all their managers and supervisors. This is one of the most profitable companies in the state of Alabama
- Alabama Department of Finance
Alacare Home Health and Hospice: All managers have been trained. This is the largest home health care company in Alabama!
AQAF: All employees and managers completed training! This organization has received a Quality award for excellence
- Birmingham Airport Authority
- Capstone Group, University of Alabama: Sharon presented along with her strategic business partner, Jim Rowell, training in Crucial Conversations to several elite companies in the State of Alabama
City of Foley: all managers
- Cooperative Home Care
- Department of Rehabilitation
Harley Davidson
Health Magazine
Hunt Refining
McKee Foods (Little Debbie): included this training as part of the curriculum for their management training group.
Office of the License Commissioner, Tuscaloosa County
Southern Progress: All managers are required to take this class. Open enrollment sessions are offered to all employees.
- Synovus and T-Sys
Traxis: Three major corporations who have merged into an organization that is highly profitable.
UAB Hospital Systems: Now a standard part of their managers' boot camp! - Virginia College (headquarters: Birmingham, AL): All employees and managers in the Jackson location attended the training. Another class is scheduled for Mobile!
- Westervelt Corporation: Formerly Gulf States Paper Corporation. The plant in which all employees were trained went from last in productivity to number one in the corporation!
And the Awards for VitalSmarts, creators of Crucial Conversations and Influencer, just keep pouring in!
- Inc. Magazine September 2009
VitalSmarts ranks #2,509 on the 2009 Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies in America. - MIT Change Management Approach of the Year 2009 August 2009
Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, and Andy Shimberg receive the Beckhard Memorial Prize by MIT Sloan Management Review for the most outstanding article on planned change and organizational development of the year for their article "How to Have Infuence," originally published in the Fall of 2008. - 2009 Stevie Awards Finalist June 2009
VitalSmarts product development team is named a finalist in The 2009 American Business Awards in the Best Product Development Team category. - Soundview Award for Best Business Book of 2008 February 2009
Influencer: The Power to Change Anything receives the award for the Best Business Book of 2008 by Soundview Executive Summaries. This award makes the authors the only two-time winners of the Harold Longman Award. Their second bestseller, Crucial Confrontations, was names the Best Business Book of 2004.
What they are saying about this book!
"Important, lucid and practical, Crucial Conversations is a book that will make a difference in your life. learn how to flourish in every difficult situation." Robert E. Quinn, University of Michigan Business School
"I was personally and professionally inspired by this book and I'm not easily impressed. In the fast-paced world of IT, the success of our systems, and our business, depends on the crucial conversations we have every day. Unfortunately, because our environment is so technical, far too often we forget about the 'human systems' that make or break us. These skills are the missing foundation piece." Maureen Burke, manager of training, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.
Client endorsement:
I really appreciate receiving these Crucial Skills instructions – I refer back to them as often as I have similar situations. They are very beneficial! Thanks so much- Barbara Beck ADTRAN, Inc. Customer Care Center Supervisor