Seminar

Essentials of Leadership

Linton Sellen, TrainingPlus

Essentials of Leadership will help you to understand the leader’s unique role, performance, motivation, authority, training and development. This session will challenge commonly held views on how it all works. You won’t be forced to do role plays, or group breakouts, but you will be taught the principles of good leadership.

If you would like to improve your leadership skill set, don’t miss this day-long seminar with one of Manitoba’s top leadership trainers.  Linton is one of the most entertaining and dynamic speakers around and his presentations are packed with practical advice and information on how to be an effective leader in any setting.

December 11, 2008
8:00am to 4:30pm
Delta Winnipeg, 350 St. Mary Avenue

Schedule
8:00am to 8:30am – Registration and breakfast
8:30am to 12:00pm – Morning session
12:00pm to 1:00pm – Buffet lunch
1:00pm to 4:30pm – Afternoon session

Registration
Members and Full-time students: $190
Non-Members: $205
Price includes continental breakfast and Thai hot lunch buffet.

Bio
An experienced manager, trainer, and trainer of supervisors, Linton Sellen
has won awards for his leadership, his presentation skills, and his training
ability. He received his post secondary education from the Faculty of
Management and the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba. He was
selected to represent the Faculty of Law in national moot court competition,
receiving the highest individual score on the undefeated U of M team.

After receiving his Call to the Bar, he joined Canada's Air Force. Linton
demonstrated his ability as a leader by finishing 1st out of 110 on the
demanding thirteen week officers' leadership course. He earned his pilot
wings, the highest instructional category available, and his commission as an
officer. He was put in charge of the training and evaluation of other Air Force
supervisors and instructors. As the head of pilot training at an operational
squadron, he was in charge of teaching crew leaders and commanders how to
lead their teams on operational missions. He was chosen to write a manual for
other trainers and supervisors, and to evaluate the performance of a major
private aerospace and training company.

Linton has also acquired years of first hand practical experience as a manager,
coach, and leader.

For the last ten years, Linton has conducted on-sight and classroom training of
managers and supervisors and provided leadership consultation to businesses
and other organizations through the company Training Plus. He specializes in
the area of leadership development and has developed the Workplace Leader
Course to address the issues faced by the leader in the modern workplace.
This course has earned rave reviews from leaders in organizations across
Canada.

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