Event Summary
Join us for this free, one-hour interactive workshop to improve your professional relationships; your "spheres of influence"—led by author, long-time technology consultant, Chief Information Officer, and Austin Forum Champion, Brad Englert.
Who Should Attend? People looking to strengthen collaboration skills and exert one's positive influence in the workplace.
Transcend superficial and transactional networking: this workshop dives into how to forge meaningful connections that fuel career and business growth over years and even decades. Learn how to positively influence those closest to you—your boss, direct reports, executive leaders, and all staff; as well as those in your wider sphere of influence—customers, peers and influencers, and strategic vendor partners. Through storytelling, humor, and crunchy real-world examples applicable to all organizations, you'll gain pragmatic insights as how to strengthen your business relationships.
Key Takeaways
Learn how to build business relationships with purpose, discover how to move beyond "me first" small talk towards strategic and intentional conversations, communicate clearly and often to set and align expectations, and earn trust by delivering value and following through.
Teamwork, collaboration, partnerships, and professional relationships are crucial for maximizing success through innovation, execution, and building your career. As disruptive technologies, such as AI, are rapidly transforming the nature of work and our roles as humans in the workplace evolve, it is even more important than ever to focus on how to create and nurture authentic business relationships.
Host
Brad Englert is the founder of Brad Englert Advisory and an author, advisor, and technologist. Brad worked for Accenture for 22 years, including 10 years as a partner. He then served The University of Texas at Austin for eight years, including seven years as the chief information officer (CIO). During Brad’s career with Accenture, a global management consulting and technology services firm, he worked in a variety of information technology leadership and operational roles for large, complex institutions of higher education, state governments (Texas, California, Minnesota, Montana), and commercial organizations (Best Buy, Caterpillar, Whirlpool, Bell South, Deutsche Bank, and Wyeth). When Brad retired as a senior partner in 2006, he had a proven track record in information technology operations, large-scale information systems implementations, and strategic planning.
Attendance Instructions
All participants must register for this event via Eventbrite. This will be an in-person event held at Capital Factory in the Astro-Boy Room (1st Floor).
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