Registration 7:00am – Continental breakfast provided
Session 1 8:00am
Session 2 9:40am
Lunch 11:00am – Lunch provided
Session 3 12:00pm
Session 4 1:50pm
Program ends 3:00pm

Maximum Impact Simulcast: ADVANCE is one of the largest events of its kind in the world, yet still personal enough to impact you and your management team in measurable ways. On Friday, April 18, 2008, ADVANCE will be the premiere leadership development experience that allows you and your team to learn from renowned authors, businessmen and leadership experts.

No other event consistently delivers the lineup of respected leaders and offers the quality learning experience associated with MIS. Each speaker will bring to life qualities and experiences imperative to helping you refine your influence. In one incredible day, you will learn strategies for developing your collective leadership skills- exceeding your organization's standards for performance, productivity and profit, all the while eliminating expensive travel time that drains your people and your budgets.

This is your best opportunity in 2008 to learn from these preeminent marketplace leaders- the must-read, must-hear thinkers and doers who consistently model the results that mark both successful leaders and the companies they serve. Maximum Impact Simulcast is an unparalleled opportunity to hear from not just one, but several revolutionary leaders whose practical and tactical approaches to personal and organizational challenges have made them legendary. You will learn time-tested lessons you can put into practice to achieve the right results right now!

Over 80,000 will attend this LIVE global event in over 600 cities and more than 20 countries.

Pat Lencinoni: 3 Signs of a Miserable Job: In “Three Signs,” Mr. Lencioni tackles the question of why so many people are unhappy at work. His talk will present a revolutionary yet simple model for making any job more rewarding and fulfilling. This issue is a hot one in management-consulting circles, with many companies citing high employee turnover as one of their biggest problems. Lencioni convincingly demonstrates how career happiness (or misery) is the direct result of the manager—employee relationship.

Bill Taylor: Mavericks at Work: How do you attract more than your fair share of the best people in your field? How do you win the battle for talent? In industry after industry, the old guard is cutting back and losing ground. Bill Taylor’s core message: Business as usual is bust. How to create a winning competitive strategy when the world keeps getting more and more competitive; how to make enduring connections with customers when they have more choices and higher expectations than ever; and a how to unleash innovation. In an age of hyper-competition and nonstop innovation, the only way to stand out from the crowd is to stand for something truly original. Bill Taylor will help you to rethink your strategy, reinvent your approach to innovation, reconnect with your customers, and rediscover the power of your people.

Kevin Carroll: Kevin Carroll has the ability to touch audiences with his simple, transformative message: "Find your passion, your joy." He'll reawaken your drive and ambition, and guide you to rediscovering the things that propel you toward your goals. Kevin will combine personal anecdotes with strategies for discovering new and creative ways of thinking and problem solving to help you build mission-oriented teams. A life-changing experience packed in a presentation that's not only fun, but provides return-on-investment, bottom-line success.

Andy Stanley: Making Vision Stick: How to create and cast a compelling vision – Vision casting will always include an element of waking people out of their apathy. Vision casters rarely bring new information to the table. What they bring is an impassioned concern about an existing problem. They bring fresh eyes…position and present your vision as the solution to a problem that must be addressed immediately. A vision: You as a leader may have it, but has your organization caught it? If a leader's vision is all about what could be and what should be, why are you buried under what is? Andy Stanley points out that if followers don't get the vision, it's because the leaders haven't delivered it. He reveals the three reasons vision doesn't stick. And then he delivers three ways to make vision stick, to make you a leader worth following:

Dick Vitale: The Game of Life: Dick Vitale’s talk includes the price coaches and players have to pay to be the best, the problems that beset the sport today, what he would want in a perfect basketball world, and his projections for the future of the sport he loves. Dick Vitale will give an encouraging talk that will emphasis to the audience to always dream big dreams and keep going when obstacles get in the way.

Andy Andrews: The Travelers Gift: Seven Decisions for Success that can turn any life around, no matter how hopeless a situation may seem to be. "Andrews effectively combines self-help with fiction with instructions for positive thinking... positive suggestions for overcoming life's obstacles.

· The First Decision: The buck stops here.
· The Second Decision: I will seek wisdom.
· The Third Decision: I am a person of action.
· The Fourth Decision: I have a decided heart.
· The Fifth Decision: Today I will choose to be happy.
· The Sixth Decision: I will greet this day with a forgiving spirit.
· The Seventh Decision: I will persist without exception.

Valorie Burton: What Now? Coaching Segment – Valorie will come behind 3 sessions bringing application and coaching moments – to enhance the speakers’ talks and the attendee’s experience.