EVENTS AND "IN THE NEWS"

Events

4/17/2004: Turknett will be a sponsor and host a panel discussion at the Leadership Lab for Women Conference at Kennesaw State University. Turknett's Susan Hitchcock will moderate a panel entitled "Negotiation: A Business Survival Skill - and Gender DOES Make a Difference." For more information, contact Teresa Joyce, Dean of Graduate Studies at KSU, 770-423-6738 or go to www.kennesaw.edu/graduate. Registration is required and must be completed by 4/12/04.

4/13/2004: Susan Hitchcock, VP and Director of Turknett's Women's Initiatives presents a workshop for SHRM Atlanta's Chapter Meeting. Her topic "Women in Leadership: The Rise to an Equal Partnership at the Business Table" features the latest research and "real world" evidence of the true status of women's leadership in the business arena. Included in this high-energy presentation are the business case for more women at the top and throughout an organization; how women of different generations see things; what's being done by organizations and what women leaders themselves can do to address the remaining obstacles, and challenges most women recognize in today's world of work. Joining Turknett will be Catharine J. Kelly, Partner at Accenture, one of Atlanta's "Best Places to Work" to discuss how this organization inspires women and all employees to perform at the top of their game.

3/9/2004: Dr. Barbara Reilly conducted a workshop for SHRM Atlanta's OD PEG. Her topic will be "Coaching Can Make a Difference." There has been a surge of interest in executive coaching in recent years. Research is showing that it can have a positive impact on the effectiveness of the individual executive being coached as well as the organization. So when should you consider using an executive coach? At what level and under which circumstances is an executive coach appropriate and cost-effective? Executive coaches are not always employed to help executives at risk of derailing. Many executives who utilize coaches are high performers with great potential for future leadership roles within the organization. And some use coaches because they have been recently promoted into a leadership role of increased responsibility.

February 19, 2004: The First Annual Leadership Character Awards Ceremony was held at the Grand Hyatt in Buckhead. Over 260 attendees heard advisors Oz Nelson, Conchita Robinson, Dr. Betty Siegel and Frank Skinner as well as Bob and Lyn Turknett present awards to four individuals and two organizations. To view the award recipients and read excerpts from what was said about each of them click here.

9/2003: PRESS RELEASE - Turknett Leadership Group names advisory group of respected leaders for leadership character awards. Turknett Leadership Group recently named Oz Nelson, retired chairman and CEO of United Parcel Service; Conchita Robinson, former vice president of IBM Corporation; Betty Siegel, president of Kennesaw State University; and Frank Skinner, retired president of BellSouth Telecommunications to serve as the advisory group for its first statewide Leadership Character Awards. To learn more about Leadership Character and the Awards or to nominate an individual or an organization go to www.leadershipcharacter.com.

9/23/03: "Building Leaders From the Inside Out" will feature Susan Hitchcock, VP and Executive Director of Women's Initiatives along with Dr. Betty Siegel, President of Kennesaw State University and Dr. Jay Kulkin, founder of the Women's Institute for Health, PC. This event is sponsored by the DeKalb United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta Women's Legacy and all proceeds will benefit the United Way. For more information call 404-527-7215.

9/24/03: Turknett Leadership Group is proud to once again be a sponsor for the annual Board of Directors Network reception and dinner on September 24, 2003 at the Swissotel. Presented at the event entitled "The Time Is Now" are the results from their annual study on Georgia Public Companies highlighting the number of women in the boardroom for 2002. For more information BDN can be reached via its website, or at 770-489-6689.

10/28/03: Lyn Turknett, president of TLG will be a featured speaker and lead a workshop at the Global People Skills Conference in Atlanta. Using stories, examples, research, and a "scorecard" for measuring leadership in crisis, her workshop will demonstrate how successful leaders use emotion, honesty, courage and speed to engage with others and move forward. To learn more about the workshop or register for this event visit www.globalpeopleskills.com/speakers/2003/turknett.htm

3/6/03: iWomen, Impacting our World event:  This year's Atlanta celebration focuses on women's economic development. It marks and promotes the vital contributions of women, women entrepreneurs and women business leaders, to our local, national and international economy. Held at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel-Atlanta, GA. $50 per person for luncheon and seminars are free. Register on-line at www.iWomenInternational.com Or, call 404-532-2005.

2/10/03: Toronto, Canada. Turknett's own Susan Hitchcock and Luis Valdes will be co-presenting a session at the Centre of Excellence for Women's Achievement (CEWA). CEWA is a special resource of the Conference Board of Canada, a premier not-for-profit research organization which advises major companies and government agencies throughout Canada on economic and business issues. Susan and Luis' session is entitled "Organizational Complacency." It will provide attendees from 15-20 different organizations the opportunity to explore the challenges of organizational complacency as it impacts women's advancement and diversity and to develop some approaches for addressing and changing this complacency. For more information on the conference visit:www.conferenceboard.ca

4/4/03: The Art of Leadership...Women Making a Difference Featured speakers include: Erin Brockovich, Dr. Nicholas Perricone, Sherron Watkins, and Barbara Stanny. The conference will be held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA. For further details, please call 888-663-4767.

2/8/03: Women of Power and Vision Panel will be moderated by Susan Hitchcock, Vice President of Turknett Leadership Group. This panel is a Possible Woman Conference reunion and networking event. The event will be held at Maggiano's Little Italy at Perimeter Mall, Atlanta, GA. For further details, please call 888-663-4767.

12/11/02: Leadership and Ethics.  Bob and Lyn Turknett will speak on leadership and ethics at the December meeting of the National Association of Corporate Directors-Atlanta Chapter (NACD).

12/3/02: Atlanta Women's Network, Inc. sponsoring a luncheon, "Leading, Learning and Leveraging"  Presented by SHEroes author and Turknett Leadership Group's Vice President, Susan Hitchcock.  To learn more, go to http://www.atlantawomensnetwork.org/Luncheons/upcoming_luncheons.htm

11/14-15/02: The International Alliance for Women Global Partnership Forum will be held in Washington, D.C. Speakers include Dr. Riane Eisler, Carole Black, Pegine Eschevarria and The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton. To learn more or register, go to http://www.tiaw.org

11/9/02: Bob and Lyn Turknett will be guests on the Job Talk segment with Margot King on WGST News Talk Radio, on Saturday, November 9th at 6:00 pm. Tune in to hear them talk about "Integrity, the in word. What happened to Truth, Justice, and the American Way?" http://www.jobtalk.biz/listen.html

10/19/02: Bob and Lyn Turknett make their radio debut with Margot King on WGST News Talk Radio, on Saturday, October 19 at 6:00 pm. Tune in to hear them talk about "The Crazy Workplace." http://www.jobtalk.biz/listen.html

10/8/02: Catalyst Magazine honors the top people and companies who are agents of change and whose actions raise the standards of Atlanta business. Turknett Leadership Group is a sponsor of this event and salutes this years winners at the fabulous Fox Theatre.

9/23/02: Lyn Turknett was the moderator and champion of the September meeting of ASTD, the Atlanta Chapter of the American Society for Training & Development. Lyn arranged a stellar panel of experts to discuss strategies currently being applied to develop executive talent in their company or organization. Panelists included Ralph Cleveland - Vice President of Engineering and Construction for AGL Resources, Liz Fitzgerald - Director, Change Management and Continuous Improvement, Delta Airlines, Barbara Reilly - Assistant Professor of Management, Robinson School of Business, Georgia State University, Melissa Strait - Vice President of HR, Training and Development, RTM Restaurant Group.

9/24/02: Jimmy Blanchard, Chairman and CEO of Synovus, the multi-billion dollar financial services company gave an inspired speech at the September Business to Business Magazine Breakfast of which Turknett Leadership Group was a sponsor. Blanchard's emphasis on servant leadership makes him a model of leadership character.

9/18/02: The Board of Directors Network (BDN) will present the results of the 10th annual study of Women in the Board Room of Georgia Public Companies. Turknett Leadership Group is proud to be a sponsor of this event. Attendees will hear the results of the study, be able to honor the founders of the group and meet some of the women on Georgia Public Company Boards. For more information about this event or BDN, visit www.boarddirectorsnetwork.org

8/21/02: Business Ethics.  Bob and Lyn Turknett co-presented at The Southern Institute for Business and Professional Ethics on Wednesday, August 21, 2002 along with Steve Olson of the Generative Leadership Institute. The title of the seminar was "Leadership for Organizational Ethics: How to Assess and Develop Integrity in Management" and was held at The Southern Institute, 701 Columbia Drive, Decatur, GA from 8:30-11:30 am.

7/31/02: Turknett Leadership Group was proud to be a sponsor of Catalyst Magazine's Summit on Business Ethics. Jim Lientz, former president of the Mid-South Division, Bank of America lead a panel discussion with Joe Goodwin, expert in corporate governance, Frank Chamberlain, turn-around specialist, and Jeffrey Freemyer, former CEO, Convergent Media. The panel members each spoke passionately about their background and experience in this area and fielded questions from the audience. Frank Chamberlain has discovered four truths in working with troubled companies. View the Four Truths.

7/16/02: Turknett Leadership Group sponsored the annual Business to Business Magazine's 2002 Divas. Each year Business to Business magazine selects a group of extraordinary women in the Atlanta community to honor as Divas. These women are passionate leaders, empowering mentors, generous philanthropists and have all achieved amazing feats in their chose fields. Turknett congratulates this years Divas.

3/05/01: Michael Sessions and Carolyn Turknett presented a workshop for SHRM-Atlanta members entitled "What Are You Missing In Your Retention Toolkit That Could Boost Your Bottom Line?"

11/1/01: Turknett Leadership Group is pleased to announce that Luis F. Valdes, Ph. D. has joined the firm as Vice President and Senior Consultant. Dr. Valdes comes to Turknett with 8 years experience with a premier international management consulting group. For Turknett, Luis will be providing consulting in the areas of individual and organization effectiveness, executive selection, integration and development, executive team development and performance enhancement.

In the News

10/03: Bob Turknett quoted in an article in the Atlanta Busincess Chronicle on succession planning, entitled "Can Your Business Live Without You?"