"Follow the Yellow Brick Road” – A Roadmap for Leadership Change

This talk reveals the 5 years of research conducted by Dr. Kevin Gazzara and Dr. Ali Lakhani to identify Transformational and Transactional Leadership practices as they apply differently across 70 national cultures. Using statistical research, The Leader of OZ concepts demonstrate how to prioritize and implement the ten leadership practices of; Communication, Competence, Authenticity, Stewardship, Reinforcement, Vision, Confidence, Culture, Empowerment, and Creativity to maximize organizational performance and business results.

Participants will learn how to:

1. Identify where to direct management and leadership resources to maximize the return-on-investment
2.  Align teams and thinking on how to prioritize development opportunities
3. Understand the impact of working in a cross-cultural organization
4. Recognize how to lead organizations differently in a variety of environments and cultures
5. Realize the importance for developing a strategy for management and leadership development specifically tuned to individual environments