Live Webinar April 27th, 2017, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Because of their profound impact on business processes and company resources, mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are one of the most demanding events in the lifetime of any enterprise, large or small.

Gartner shares insights on the different types of deals and the IT contribution required to make such profound transformations more successful.

Join Ansgar Schulte (LinkedIn profile) Gartner Research Director and review IT Challenges that may present in your merger or acquisition.

Discussion Topics:

• Different M&A deal types, strategic rationales and integration approaches
• Typical five phases of a deal and the required IT contributions
• Key IT challenges and pitfalls and proven success practices to overcome them

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IT Challenges In Mergers & Acquisitions
For Midsize Enterprises

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Live Webinar April 25th, 2017 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: O’Reilly

According to leading analysts, today’s most successful companies are data-driven, making informed decisions instead of guesses based on gut feel.

For software companies, that means meeting end-user expectations by infusing compelling data visualizations and analytics into every application you create and sell.

Modern data visualization and analytics applications, therefore, need to be designed from the ground-up to be quick and easy to embed for a mobile- and web-first world.

They also must capable of handling today’s rapidly evolving modern data management landscape so that your analytics does not lock you into using yesterday’s data stores.

If you’re a CTO, project manager, or software engineering leader, you may be curious about whether to build or buy an integrated analytics solution, how to evaluate the available offerings for embedded analytics, and how to most efficiently embed data visualization and analytics into your product.

To frame their discussion in a real-world context, you’ll hear how robotic process automation company Automation Anywhere worked through these issues.

Jay & Ian will cover the following topics:

• Assessing the current state of your application’s integrated analytics
• Approaching the build vs. buy decision
• Styles of embedding, from light to deep
• Considerations for deployment flexibility
• Security integration considerations
• Avoiding data storage platform lock-in
• Considerations for analytics on real-time streaming data

Join Jay and Ian in this webcast as we discuss these points and more.

Presenters:

Jay Bala, (LinkedIn profile) VP Analytics Products at Automation Anywhere, has deep expertise in big data analytics, digital marketing solutions, and data and enterprise resource planning applications built over 20+ years in business. Eight of those years were spent at Informatica. His versatile skill sets, attention to detail, and customer focus have helped many companies build successful revenue-generating products.

Ian Fyfe, (LinkedIn profile) Senior Director Product Marketing at Zoomdata,  is an accomplished product management and product marketing professional with a passion for creating, guiding, and bringing to market data analytics and data integration products and platforms. Ian’s prior experience in the embedded and big data analytics industry includes stints at Hortonworks, Pentaho, Jaspersoft, Peoplesoft, Epiphany and Business Objects.

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Infusing Modern Data Visualization & Analytics
Into Your App

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Live Webinar April 27th, 2017 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider:  The Corporate Education Group ( REP 1011 )

A successful business process management (BPM) implementation goes beyond using the right methods and putting the right systems in place.

In fact, an important success factor for BPM is establishing the right organizational culture, that is, a culture that supports the achievement and maintenance of efficient and effective business processes.

This webinar will cover the nature of organizational cultures, the problems with establishing a new culture, and the benefits associated with the successful establishment of a business process culture.

Paul Harmon (LinkedIn profile) author of Business Process Change, Executive Editor &  Chief Methodologist of BPTrends.com , will review some examples of efforts to establish a process culture and describe some of the key challenges organizations face in undertaking such a transition.

Topics Covered:

• What is an Organizational Culture
• What does it take to Establish an Organizational Culture
• What are the characteristics of a Business Process Culture
• What problems you will face establishing a Business Process Culture
• What are the benefits of creating a successful Business Process Culture

Presenter: Paul Harmon, Instructor and Consultant for Corporate Education Group, is a Co-Founder and Executive Editor at Business Process Trends (bptrends.com) providing information on best practices in Business Process Management (BPM). Paul has worked with a wide variety of companies to help them analyze and redesign their business processes and has authored numerous books, including Business Process Change, Second Edition: A Guide for Business Managers and BPM and Six Sigma Professionals (The MK/OMG Press).

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Establishing A Process Culture In Your Organization:
Exploring The Challenges & Benefits

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Live Webinar – April 25th, 2017 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

This event featuring coaching thought leader Tim Hagen will cover very specific strategies associated with the art of building a positive workplace culture..

Participants in this session will emerge understanding seven specific strategies how training leaders and their managers can utilize these principles to foster greater trust, talent development, and employee retention.

Tim will cover:

• The number one mistake managers make on a daily basis that undermines the value of training in the workplace?
• How coaching can drive greater training value and workplace culture change
• The number one fear managers have that develops struggling workplace cultures and what training departments can do about it
• One simple thing managers can do to increase engagement and trust within a few seconds
• How language and the use of specific words can increase engagement and trust
• How nonverbal interactions can change workplace culture and develop greater teamwork
• and much more

Presenter: Tim Hagen (LinkedIn profile) Progress Coaching, has been helping organizations implement highly effective coaching for 20+ years.  Tim is the author of “Quit Managing and Start Coaching” and “Coaching…Corporate America’s #1 Weapon ” and the creator of  the Progress Coaching Training Methods.   A pioneer in the coaching movement, Tim continues to innovate and build solutions that drive and retain top talent.

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7 Coaching Strategies To Develop A Positive Workplace Culture

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Live Webinar April 25th, 2017 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Human Capital Institute

Note: SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) towards SHRM-CP℠ or SHRM-SCP℠ Certifications.

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Overcoming Unseen Obstacles:
How To Get More Women Into Leadership Positions

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Live Webinar April 27th, 2017, 10:00 am – 11:00 am  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Success in digital business requires different leadership traits than those forged in the past.

The thinking necessary won’t happen by chance. To equip teams for future success CIOs can leverage five practical steps designed to hone the digital leadership demanded by today’s market reality.

Discussion Topics:

• How digital business is disrupting leadership
• The leadership shifts CEOs are seeking
• How CIOs can cultivate digital leadership mindsets and behaviors in their teams

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Five Steps For CIOs To Cultivate
Digital Leadership Mindsets & Behaviors

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