About This Short Course
Participants will learn to use the readily available power of acknowledgment to motivate and inspire teams and fellow employees, as well as to improve intimate relationships and interactions with the people they connect with on a day to day basis. They will learn to use this tool in an immediately effective way. They will also receive the Free PDF eBook, The Power of Acknowledgment by Judith W. Umlas

Benefits of this Short Course
This short course will help participants identify and utilize the “Knock Your Socks Off” Power of Acknowledgment in their professional and personal lives.
Benefits include:

• Immediately improved relationships with colleagues and team members
• Planting the seeds for the establishment of a work atmosphere that is vibrant, productive and alive instead of lethargic, competitive, frustrated and bored
• More intimate and successful relationships with family members and friends
• A healthier and more satisfied disposition for participants and the people they interact with

What You Will Learn

• To identify and define the 7 major principles of acknowledgment (as outlined in the book The Power of Acknowledgment, IIL Publishing, New York;)
• To develop key skills for delivering effective and authentic acknowledgment; learning to get acknowledgments “from your brain to your mouth!”
• To identify the vast number of people worthy of acknowledgment in your world
• How acknowledgment transforms people – both the giver and the receiver
• Why acknowledgment must be delivered only with sincerity and authenticity
• To establish an understanding that acknowledgment is a key factor in developing employee loyalty and engagement, improving relationships and enhancing self-worth.

About the Presenter
Judith W. Umlas is the publisher of IIL Publishing, New York and is the Sr. Vice President of Learning Innovations at International Institute for Learning, Inc. (IIL). She is also Director/Secretary of Small Companies United for Global Disaster Relief, Inc., a not-for-profit organization.  In addition, she is the publisher of a global Web portal (www.allPM.com) for over 40,000 project managers, in 90 countries. She has worked in television production, marketing and corporate business development for 30 years, at CBS, PBS cable television and IIL.  Her writing credits include articles published in Working Woman magazine, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and many other newspapers and magazines.