Leadership 2.0 Activities at the ASUG Annual Conference

SAPPHIRE NOW + ASUG ANNUAL CONFERENCE | May 14-16, 2012

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The following Leadership 2.0 activities will be taking place during the conference:

ASUG Leadership 2.0 Luncheon Panel: Changing the Conversation: Strategies for Easing Change When Change isn’t Easy

Tuesday May 15, 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. 
Lake Eola meeting room at the Hilton Orlando directly across from the OCCC –Pre-Registration is required - seats are limited and first come, first served. If you would like to RSVP for the luncheon, please contact leadership2-0@asug.com.

One of the most difficult parts of being a SAP professional has always been easing change onto your user community, whether it’s the result of a new implementation, an upgrade, or essentially any SAP-related project. With SAP’s roadmap of mobile, cloud, and in-memory technology, the importance of beinggood at communicating change will only grow as everything will change; fromroles on your own team to the expectations of your user community. What are the skills needed to have difficult conversations? What is the key to setting expectations everyone can accept? How can you make change easier for your staff and your user community? 

In this 60-minute panel discussion you’ll learn:

  • Strategies based on emotional intelligence that can make for easier change-related conversations
  • How other SAP professionals handle change management conversations and strategies
  • How to set realistic expectations, while maintaining buy-in

Panelists:

  • Bridgette Chambers, ASUG CEO
  • Lisa Leslie, Leadership 2.0 Team Capatain
  • Joel Bernstein, CFO, SAP
  • Bill Benjamin, CEO, IHHP

 

Coaching Your EQ: The Makings of a Champion

Please also join us for a breakout session with Lisa Leslie & Bill Benjamin on Tuesday, May 15, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. in room S230A in the OCCC. No advance registration is required for this session.

In this hour-long follow-up session to the ASUG Leadership 2.0 panel, we make change personal, and our esteemed session leaders -- Lisa Leslie, four-time Olympic champion and three-time MVP, and Bill Benjamin, CEO of the Institute for Health and Human Potential -- share their strategies for reaching and achieving goals.

How do you go about changing your own mindset to motivate yourself to achieve your goals? Chances are, each year, you set professional goals for yourself, but perhaps you fail to achieve them. How can you better hold yourself accountable to your work and life goals? How can you develop plans for moving forward while anticipating and overcoming obstacles? 

In this session you will learn:

  • strategies for gaining confidence
  • what drives someone to succeed against barriers and odds
  • key reasons individuals get promoted and achieve results, as well as the brain science that drives behavior