September 2009 Luncheon Event

Please join the Camas-Washougal Chamber of Commerce at the first luncheon of the Season on Thursday, September 17th at Camas Meadows Golf Course. The doors will open at 11:30 for networking, with the program beginning at noon. The cost is $15/member and $17/non-member guest. A 24 hour RSVP is required to attend, as we pre order lunches.  

 

The CW Chamber welcomes Thomas Cox of Cox Business Consulting as the Keynote Speaker at the event. Cox is a successful consultant, author and speaker. He has worked in industries like; retail, wholesale, manufacturing, government, software, and business services. He has worked at IBM, Oracle, TRM, Tektronix, SCIF, ODOT, Intel, Regence Blue Cross, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Standard Insurance, and many others.

 

Effective leaders create outstanding results. A crucial leadership skill is giving effective praise. During his program, you will learn how you can provide effective praise; learn why praise works, when it doesn't, and why. Plus, how you can give better, more effective praise, and how you can avoid giving the "wrong praise at the wrong time" that demotivates. High performance comes from the motivation and attitude of workers -- both paid and volunteers.

 

Your job as a leader is to provide the Five Preconditions of High Performance. As you will discover, Effective Praise provides two of those five preconditions.