BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250503T150316Z UID:9E651597-A97C-4128-A6E9-1186C7AB40D8 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240829T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240829T190000 DESCRIPTION:[]\n\nIn today's dynamic business landscape\, marked by hybrid and remote work\, our greatest challenge isn't just managing effectively - it's leading with trust. The key to reducing turnover and boosting produc tivity lies in this trust-based leadership.\n\nWhy? Because trusted employ ees are committed employees. To enhance retention by up to 65% and increas e productivity by as much as 50%\, we need to cultivate Engaged Leadership skills alongside traditional management capabilities.\n\nWhy? Because:\n\ n- Enhanced Employee Well-being: Companies with engaged leaders see a 40% decrease in stress-related health issues\, reducing healthcare costs.\n- I mproved Decision Agility: Teams led by engaged leaders make decisions 35% faster\, critical in our rapidly changing markets.\n- Stronger Innovation Culture: Engaged leaders foster psychological safety\, boosting innovation rates by 60%.\n- Better Client Relationships: As internal trust grows\, i t extends to clients\, increasing satisfaction scores by 30%.\n- Effective Change Management: During transitions\, companies with engaged leaders ma intain 40% higher productivity.\n- Reduced Micromanagement: Learn to trust and empower\, cutting micromanagement by 70% and freeing up 15 hours/week for strategic work.\n- Improved Diversity & Inclusion: Engaged leaders cr eate inclusive environments\, increasing diversity hiring and retention by 45%.\n- Enhanced Emotional Intelligence (EQ): Participants show a 25% inc rease in EQ\, critical for navigating complex interpersonal dynamics.\n- G reater Financial Performance: Companies with highly engaged teams outperfo rm peers by 147% in earnings per share.\n- Stronger Succession Planning: I dentify and nurture 50% more high-potential leaders within your ranks.\n- Better Work-Life Integration: Engaged leaders model balance\, reducing bur nout by 55% and weekend work by 40%.\n- Higher Learning Agility: Teams und er engaged leaders adapt to new skills 30% faster\, vital in tech-driven r oles.\n- Improved Cross-Functional Collaboration: See a 40% uptick in succ essful cross-department projects.\n- Stronger Employer Brand: Companies kn own for engaged leadership see 3x more qualified applicants.\n\nBeyond met rics\, you're creating a culture where every team member feels valued\, he ard\, and empowered. This isn't just about managing today's workforce—it 's about shaping the leaders who will define your company's future.\n\nSpe aker Bio:\n\nLeslie is a computer scientist who began her career writing c ompilers\, operating systems\, and advanced communication software. She le d her team to deliver the first commercially available ground-breaking Rem ote Procedure Call (RPC) technology.\n\nIn the middle of her career\, she made a pivotal realization: project failures weren't due to technical hurd les\, but rather rooted in managerial and leadership challenges. Determine d to rectify this deficiency\, she built leadership training programs whic h she has presented across 6 continents (sorry\, Antarctica!)\, focused on innovation and preparing effective leaders. Her enthusiasm lies in instil ling engaged leadership skills that resonate with the aspirations of today 's young tech professionals and entrepreneurs. Her training programs benef it not only from her background as a computer scientist\, but also from he r use of real scenarios to engage her audience.\n\nLeslie's mission is to empower organizations to go beyond delivering products. Her guiding princi ple? Engaged leaders empower teams\, reduce turnover\, and drive towards e xcellence in quality. She cares deeply about the lives and careers of soft ware developers\, and her work revolves around making their lives and care ers great!\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/431320 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/431320 ORGANIZER:amritesh557@ieee.org SEQUENCE:42 SUMMARY:The Future of Work: Engaged Leadership & Empowered Teams URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/431320 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12.0pt 0i n 12.0pt 0in\;"><img style="border-style: solid\;" src="https://events.vto ols.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/5ba4ef99-df23-4a3e-82d6-39416f6cf3a6" alt="" width="879" height="1359"></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin : 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in\;">In today's dynamic business landscape\, marked by hybrid and remote work\, our greatest challenge isn't just managing eff ectively - it's leading with trust. The key to reducing turnover and boost ing productivity lies in this trust-based leadership.</p>\n<p class="MsoNo rmal" style="margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in\;">Why? Because trusted employe es are committed employees. To enhance retention by up to 65% and increase productivity by as much as 50%\, we need to cultivate Engaged Leadership skills alongside traditional management capabilities.<span style="mso-spac erun: yes\;">&nbsp\; </span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12.0 pt 0in 12.0pt 0in\;">Why? Because:</p>\n<ol style="margin-top: 0in\;" star t="1" type="1">\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt\; mso-lis t: l0 level1 lfo1\;">Enhanced Employee Well-being: Companies with engaged leaders see a 40% decrease in stress-related health issues\, reducing heal thcare costs.</li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\ ;">Improved Decision Agility: Teams led by engaged leaders make decisions 35% faster\, critical in our rapidly changing markets.</li>\n<li class="Ms oNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\;">Stronger Innovation Culture: E ngaged leaders foster psychological safety\, boosting innovation rates by 60%.</li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\;">Better Client Relationships: As internal trust grows\, it extends to clients\, i ncreasing satisfaction scores by 30%.</li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="m so-list: l0 level1 lfo1\;">Effective Change Management: During transitions \, companies with engaged leaders maintain 40% higher productivity.</li>\n <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\;">Reduced Micromana gement: Learn to trust and empower\, cutting micromanagement by 70% and fr eeing up 15 hours/week for strategic work.</li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" sty le="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\;">Improved Diversity &amp\; Inclusion: Engag ed leaders create inclusive environments\, increasing diversity hiring and retention by 45%.</li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\;">Enhanced Emotional Intelligence (EQ): Participants show a 25% incr ease in EQ\, critical for navigating complex interpersonal dynamics.</li>\ n<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\;">Greater Financia l Performance: Companies with highly engaged teams outperform peers by 147 % in earnings per share.</li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 l evel1 lfo1\;">Stronger Succession Planning: Identify and nurture 50% more high-potential leaders within your ranks.</li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" styl e="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\;">Better Work-Life Integration: Engaged leade rs model balance\, reducing burnout by 55% and weekend work by 40%.</li>\n <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\;">Higher Learning A gility: Teams under engaged leaders adapt to new skills 30% faster\, vital in tech-driven roles.</li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 lev el1 lfo1\;">Improved Cross-Functional Collaboration: See a 40% uptick in s uccessful cross-department projects.</li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="ma rgin-bottom: 12.0pt\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\;">Stronger Employer Brand: Companies known for engaged leadership see 3x more qualified applicants.< /li>\n</ol>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,s ans-serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\;">Beyond metrics\, you're creating a culture where every team member feels valued\, heard\, and empowered. This isn't just about managing today's workforce&mdash\;it' s about shaping the leaders who will define your company's future.</span>< /p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-famil y: Calibri\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin\;">Speaker Bio:&nbsp\;</span ></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri\; m so-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin\;">Leslie is a computer scientist who bega n her career writing compilers\, operating systems\, and advanced communic ation software. She led her team to deliver the first commercially availab le ground-breaking Remote Procedure Call (RPC) technology.&nbsp\;</span></ p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri\; mso- bidi-theme-font: minor-latin\;">In the middle of her career\, she made a p ivotal realization: project failures weren't due to technical hurdles\, bu t rather rooted in managerial and leadership challenges. Determined to rec tify this deficiency\, she built leadership training programs which she ha s presented across 6 continents (sorry\, Antarctica!)\, focused on innovat ion and preparing effective leaders. Her enthusiasm lies in instilling eng aged leadership skills that resonate with the aspirations of today's young tech professionals and entrepreneurs. Her training programs benefit not o nly from her background as a computer scientist\, but also from her use of real scenarios to engage her audience.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">< span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-lat in\;">Leslie's mission is to empower organizations to go beyond delivering products. Her guiding principle? Engaged leaders empower teams\, reduce t urnover\, and drive towards excellence in quality. She cares deeply about the lives and careers of software developers\, and her work revolves aroun d making their lives and careers great!</span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR