DATE:	Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006
TIME:	9am - 5pm (including lunch)
LOCATION:	HuaTing Hotel,Shanghai

Leadership is an essential organizational resource which should be systematically planned,specified,prepared and developed...

Most organizaitions in China have not built systematic leadership development processessбнбн
To top and senior managers, building hignly efffective teams are their core responsibilities .More importantly,grooming leaders to take on current and future challenges should enjoy first priorityбн
To HRDs(HRMs) and OD managers,building effective leadership pipeline is their most significant contribution to their organizations...

Sponsored by DDI International, a fantastic and innovative learning session is to be held in shanghai on Sept. 19, 2006 presnting the core tools of "Priming Leadership Pipeline" developed by William C. Byham, founder and chairman of DDI.

World famous for his development of "assessment center" ,William C. Byham is also a leadership and HR guru who made significant contributions to HR and leadership development. His book"grow your own leaders" is touted as the Bible in the field of "succession management".

William C. Byham will share with business leaders and HR managers in China the core skills and tools of Priming The Leadership Pipeline.

Corporate priorities shift quickly. While today it may be cost control, tomorrow's emphasis may be market share growth. As these changes occur, so do the challenges and pressures unique to the leaders at every level in your organization.
Profitable execution of these evolving priorities does not happen naturally. To occur, the right talent must be aligned to the most pressing challenges. It requires careful examination of your current talent, and backfilling the pipeline with leaders that have the competencies and expertise to deliver on these priorities.

Dictect and analyze the bugs of leadership at different organizational levels,invenetory,plan and prepare leaders to take on current and potential challenges.It is not only the first priority in HR management,but also the most important responsibility of top and senior business leaders.

8 Reasons to take this program

William C. Byham, The No.1 guru on the practice of HR management and founder of DDI International, will be the trainer of this session. Attendees will be able to learn from and interact with their respected guru.
To many leaders, especially HR managers who benifited a lot from William's thoughts and books,participating in his China seminar can inspire innovations in thinking.
Not theories, but tools and skills that some big companies paid millions of dallors to buy.
Each attendee will be presented a book"grow your own leaders" written by William C. Byham
Detailed case analysis will provide meaningful insight and concrete ideas for you to be able to master the skill s and tools.
The topic of this session is innovative and of far-reaching significance. It shifts the focus from individual leadership development to organizational leadership development.
Best experts on leadership in China will participate in and interact with attendees.
DDI's consultant team will provide on-site consulting services and further materials if requested.

What You'll Experience

This six-hour learning session focuses on the principles for priming a leadership pipeline to meet and adapt to the demands of your business with a China prespective. A detailed case analysis will provide meaningful insight and concrete ideas for you to be able to:

* Specify the type of leaders your organization needs to be competitive
* Inventory your current leaders' capacity to execute vital objectives
* Groom leaders to take on more significant business challenges

What You'll Gain

Participating in this learning opportunity will enable you to:

* Understand how to assess your current leadership capacity against immediate and emerging business demands.
* Build a practical process to produce talent ready to execute at all levels of leadership.
* Develop a long-term plan for ensuring that your leadership pipeline is constantly renewed with talent as your business changes.

Companies achieving great success by employing PLP

* BP

* GM

* Nissan

* Matsushita

* Toshiba ......

William C. Byham, Ph.D.
DDI Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Bill Byham can provide new ideas, quotes, commentaries, and an expert opinion on succession management, empowerment, multirater (360 feedback, assessment centers, selection, training, workforce motivation, and other trends in human resources.
Bill Byham is cofounder, chairman, and CEO of Development Dimensions International (DDI), an internationally renowned human resource training and consulting company. Prior to the founding of DDI in 1970, Bill was manager of selection, appraisal, and general management development for J.C. Penney.

At both J.C. Penney and DDI, Bill pioneered important human resource technologies and systems that have had a significant impact on organizations throughout the world. These technologies include: the assessment center method, behavior-based interviewing, behavioral job analysis methodology, results-based employee and management training and development, empowerment, and Acceleration PoolsSM as a method of succession management. These technologies have been described in 21 books and more than 200 monographs and articles.

Bill's recent recognition includes:

* HR Innovator magazine (July/August 2003), Matt Damsker wrote that "In the HR world, William C. Byham is as much a legendary innovator as he is a top-line dynamo."
* Inc. magazine (March 2003), Adam Hanft wrote: "What Tom Peters is to excellence and Jim Collins is to leadership, William C. Byham, who co-founded DDI back in 1970, might very well be to hiring."
* Lifelong Learning Market Report named Bill Byham one of the top 20 people to watch in corporate training in 2003.
* Recruiter Magazine online named Bill Byham as one of the top 100 most influential people in the recruiting industry for 2003.

Bill's professional accomplishments include:

* Co-founding, with Dr. Douglas Bray, of Development Dimensions International, Inc. in 1970.
* Championing the application of the assessment center method worldwide. He wrote the first popular article on the assessment center method, which appeared in the Harvard Business Review in 1970. He has been the thought leader of the methodology ever since. He has co-authored two books and has written more than 60 articles, book chapters, and monographs on the subject. He published the first catalog of the assessment center exercises in 1970, and founded the International Congress on Assessment Center Methods in 1973. Each year DDI assesses more than 5,000 people for organizations.

* Developing the first behavior-based interviewing system, Targeted Selection in 1970. The Targeted Selectioninterviewing system, which Dr. Byham has constantly updated and improved, is used by more than 3,000 organizations, including many of the world's largest organizations. It is available in ten languages. He has championed behavior-based interviewing in books such as the Selection Solution: Solving the Mystery of Matching People to Jobs and Landing the Job You Want: How to Have the Best Job Interview of Your Life, and in more than 40 monographs and articles.

* Writing the first book on the implications on Equal Employment Opportunity law and other legal constraints on personnel testing and selection called The Law and Personnel Testing (co-authored with Morton Spitzer). He has served as an expert witness in several federal court cases involving EEO issues.

* Co-developing the first commercially available leadership training programs using behavior modeling, Interaction Management in 1975. More than 20 million people have learned their leadership skills in Interaction Managementprograms.
* Co-authoring of Zapp!The Lightning of Empowerment, a seminal book about empowerment. It has been a business best seller since its publication in 1988 and has sold more than 4.5 million copies. Zapp! was named the number one business book of the 1990-2000 decade by other CEO readers. Dr. Byham has also adapted this book for educators, health care professionals, and service providers.
* Helping to make teams and teamwork successful in organizations throughout the world, including co-authoring three books on teams (Empowered Teams: Creating Self-Directed Work Groups that Improve Quality, Productivity, and Participation; Leadership Trapeze: Strategies for Leadership in Team-Based Organizations; and Inside Teams: How 20 World Class Organizations are Winning Through Teamwork). He also helped to develop numerous DDI programs to provide skills to organizations, employees, and leaders as they move toward teams.
* Encouraging the expansion of employee empowerment through his writings, speeches, and programs including his best-selling business book, HeroZ(tm) -Empower Yourself, Your Co-workers, Your Company, which offers step-by-step techniques to make jobs more enjoyable and rewarding.
* Devising new methods of succession management that dramatically depart from conventional replacement planning techniques. To promulgate his ideas, his has written numerous articles and co-authored the book, Grow Your Own Leaders

Bill has received numerous awards including:
* 2003 Distinguished Alumni Award from Ohio University, College of Arts and Sciences
* 2002 The Excellence 100 Top 50 Award, given to the top 50 trainers, consultants, authors, and speakers by Executive Excellence Magazine
* 2002 Instructional Systems Association (ISA) Thought Leadership Award. The award recognizes an individual whose advocacy, commitment, or action in support of work-related learning and performance has influenced audiences and organizations.
* 2001 Golden Achievement Award, Junior Achievement of Southwest Pennsylvania
* 2000 Small Business News Pittsburgh Pacesetter, Leaders for the New Millennium
* 2000 Liberal Arts Alumni of the Year, Purdue University

Who Should Attend
This event is appropriate for executives responsible for closing the gap between the talent your organization has, and the talent your organization needs at all levels to successfully execute strategic imperatives.

You can be:
* Senior Managers and executives interested in understanding the attributes of an effective talent management and leadership development systems.

* HR and organisation development executives with overall accountability for delivering effective talent management and leadership development systems.

* Individuals with responsibility implementing talent management, succession management and/or leadership development programs.

Agenda of this session

08:50-09:00

Welcome and Kick Off
09:00-10:15

* Why Talent Management, Why Now?
* Principles of World Class Leadership Talent Management
* Connecting the Leadership Pipeline to the Business
10:15-10:30

BREAK
10:30-11:45

* Defining Success Throughout the Leadership Talent Pipeline
* Finding Leaders who can Move Quickly and Successfully Upward
* Assessing Readiness for Greater Responsibility

11:45-12:00 Q&A

12:10-13:30 LUNCH

13:30-14:30 Brainstorming and Dialogue

14:30-16:00
* Assessing Readiness (continued)
* Accelerating the Development of Leaders

* Build a practical process to produce talent ready to execute at all levels of leadership
* Realizing Results in Leadership Talent Management

16:00-17:00

* care study
* Adjourn

Registration Information

The full participation fee is RMB4,380 for the forum. This includes a set of written materials,lunch and refreshments. Three or more participants from the same organization or registering and paying before Aug 5th, 2006 are entitled to a 5% discount. You are entitled to 10% discount if paying before Aug28th, 2006 with 3 or more participants. Group registration of 6 or more will enjoy 5 percent of further discount.