Las Vegas, NV (September 3, 2008) - Michael Palazzo Productions, a national leadership training firm, will present a four-day leadership symposium titled, The Leadership Challenge® Workshop September 30 through October 3 at NHP Southern Training Academy, 6330 Sandhill Road, Las Vegas, NV. This symposium is based on the award winning book “The Leadership Challenge” by Jim Kouzes, Chairman Emeritus of Tom Peters Company, and Barry Posner, Ph.D., Associate Dean of the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University.

The Leadership Challenge is open to all corporate and public-sector personnel. The tuition to attend the workshop is $995 per person. To register, contact Michael Palazzo Productions at (919) 521-4700 or download registration form here.

Program Content As baby boomers continue to transition into retirement, today’s leaders are facing a fundamental shift in the nature of leadership. Participants will experience a new methodology in developing long-term sustainable growth, Highly effective 21st century leaders will need to adopt a new mind-set, skill-set, and tool-set required to unleash the talent and capability of their teams and achieve the organization’s highest priorities.

This four-day workshop will offer in-depth learning into the following critical areas:

• Develop a strategy for long-term organizational effectiveness
• Create an environment of “Win-Win” thinking
• Learn the 5 Practices of Exemplary Leadership
• Increase trust and team work for all stakeholders
• Establish a "Cadence of Accountability" for long term sustainable growth

"The year 2008 finds organizational leaders in positions not faced before by their predecessors," said Key Biscayne Police Chief Charles R. Press."Leading the transition from old school learning to highly advanced theory is the only sure way to reach the next generation. In order to be successful leaders, we must shift our own paradigm and facilitate a more hands on approach, becoming coaches and mentors to our peers and subordinates. Providing the tools to empower our teams will enhance our personal and professional lives, while providing a benchmark for us to develop the leaders of tomorrow."

About Michael Palazzo Productions Founded in 1997 by Michael Palazzo, Michael Palazzo Productions is a nationally recognized leadership development firm committed to promoting time-honored principles of leadership excellence for today’s law enforcement community. Based in Raleigh, NC the company produces leadership conferences throughout the United States. For more information call (919) 521-4700.

Michael Palazzo Productions, a national leadership training firm, will present a three-day leadership workshop titled "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People for Law Enforcement", hosted by Boca Police on April 21-23, 2008. As baby boomers continue to transition into retirement, today’s leaders are facing a fundamental shift in the nature of leadership.

Charles R. Press, Chief of Key Biscayne Police and (Ret) NYPD Lt. Patrick Reilly will facilitate this three-day workshop. Press has spoken nationally on subjects including leadership, stress management and organizational development. This workshop will help participants:

• Develop a strategy for effective long-term organizational effectiveness
• Create an environment of "Win-Win" thinking
• Build the Character and Integrity of your organization
• Increase trust and team work in the community and within your agency
• Enhance the overall effectiveness and quality of your performance

"The year 2008 finds law enforcement leaders in positions not faced before by their predecessors," said Press.  "Leading the transition from old school learning to highly advanced theory is the only sure way to reach the new generation police officer.  In order to be successful leaders, we must shift our own paradigm and facilitate a more hands on approach, becoming coaches and mentors to our peers and subordinates. The 7 Habits for Highly Effective People in Law Enforcement will enhance our personal and professional lives, while providing a benchmark for us to develop the leaders of tomorrow."

The 7 Habits for Highly Effective People for Law Enforcement is open to all Law Enforcement and related public-sector personnel. The tuition to attend the workshop is $595 per person. To register, contact Palazzo-Press Productions. at (919) 521-4700.

About Michael Palazzo Productions
Founded in 1997 by Michael Palazzo, Michael Palazzo Productions is a nationally recognized leadership development firm committed to promoting time-honored principles of leadership excellence for today’s law enforcement community. Based in Cary, NC the company produces leadership conferences throughout the United States. For more information on call (919) 521-7400, or visit www.michaelpalazzo.net

Palazzo Productions introduces mentoring program to enhance leadership training workshops

Leadership Mentoring

In response to the demand for generational leadership coaching, Michael Palazzo Productions will be launching a new learning segment to assist organizations as Baby-Boomers continue to transition into retirement. Company executives have chosen to diversify from training workshops to providing mentorship coaching for existing and new customers.

There are many perspectives on the definition of mentoring, said staff instructor Charles R. Press, "those organizations who understand the relatively recent popularity of personal and professional coaching, can begin to transition their organization from good to great". Traditionally, mentoring might have been described as the activities conducted by a person (the mentor) for another person (the mentee) in order to help that other person to do a job more effectively and/or to progress in their career. The mentor was probably someone who had "been there, done that" before. A mentor might use a variety of approaches, e.g., coaching, training, discussion, counseling, etc. Today, there seems to be much ongoing discussion and debate about the definitions and differences regarding coaching and mentoring.

Preparing the next generation for greater leadership responsibility requires todays senior organizational leaders to both mentor (coach) and create a systemic process for organizational growth. To presume that people will just get it based on the paradigm of, "we've always done it that way" is not only a flawed concept, it's simply yesterdays methodology. The information age employee employee requires data in real time, they seek to be involved in the process of organizational growth.

Mentoring people to become their best is about seeing the true value in person. Ignorance in the 21st century will not be a mater of a persons capacity to read and write, rather their ability to learn, unlearn and relearn.  

For information on our coaching services, please contact Michael Palazzo Productions at 919-521-4700.

Michael Palazzo Productions partners with Harnett County Sheriff to present Franklin Covey 7 Habits of Highly Effective People for Law Enforcement

CARY, N.C. (Feb 11, 2008) - Michael Palazzo Productions, a national leadership training firm, will present a three-day Leadership Development Conference titled The "7 Habits for Highly Effective People for Law Enforcement" on February 27-29, 2008 at the Harnett County Sherif's Office in Lillington, NC. The conference will focus on the following topics:

• Increase productivity and enhance motivation at all levels
• Develop and communicate your organization’s mission, vision, and values
• Increase trust and teamwork in the community and within your agency
• Serve your community more effectively through a clearer understanding of citizen and
•  stakeholder needs
• Balance all aspects of life by achieving and maintaining physical, emotional, and intellectual well-being
• Enhance the overall effectiveness and quality of your performance

"Whether your organization's goal is to build strong leadership skills, create self-empowered individuals, increase initiative in problem solving, or teach employees how to collaborate and communicate more effectively, this program is specifically designed to teach leaders that greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.

The tuition to attend this event is $495 per person. For additional information, please visit our events page, or call (919) 521-4700

About MP Productions
Michael Palazzo Productions, founded in 1997, is a nationally recognized leadership development firm committed to promoting time-honored principles, which provide a solid foundation for effective and consistent leadership. Michael Palazzo Productions is based Cary NC and will also expanding operations to Central Florida in the spring of 2008. The firm hosts leadership conferences throughout the United States. For more information on call (919) 521-4700.

CARY, N.C. (Jan 30, 2008) - Michael Palazzo Productions, a national leadership-training firm, has partnered with Nevada Department of Corrections to present the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People for Law Enforcement, on April 2-4, 2008.

"We look forward to assisting law enforcement professionals with fulfilling their annual state-required continuing education credits," said Michael Palazzo, CEO of MP Productions. "As Baby Boomers" begin to transition into retirement, many organizations are already finding it difficult to find qualified replacements. The challenge lies in both the numbers and experience; there simply aren't as many workers as will be needed to fill vacated leadership slots, and those potential leaders who are available will only bring 5-10 years experience with them.

The 7 Habits course is a three-day facilitator-led workshop that teaches participants how to adapt to intense work environments and achieve long-term results without disregarding day-to-day leadership responsibilities. Michael Palazzo Productions also presents the Franklin Covey Executive Leadership and the Focus on your Highest Priorities workshop for all levels of your organization.

About MP Productions
MP Productions, founded by Michael Palazzo in 1997, is a nationally recognized leadership development firm committed to promoting time-honored principles, which provide a solid foundation for effective and consistent leadership. Michael Palazzo Productions is based in Cary, NC. For more information call 919-521-4700.

CARY, N.C. (January 3, 2008 ) - Michael Palazzo Productions, a national leadership training firm, will present a three-day professional development conference titled "The 7 Habits for Highly Effective People" on January 22-24 sponsored by the Carson City Fire Department. The department will host the event that will take place daily from 8:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. in Carson City Nevada. 

"Today's fire service is one of constant change," said Robert Charles, the battalion chief of the Carson City Fire Department. "As a leader in the fire service, you can either lead the wave of change or become buried in its wake: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People gives the fire officer the tools he or she needs to be an effective leader in today's fire service. I believe that the active living process of leadership can now be realized. The seven habits are principles that work for anyone who applies them and they are working for me."

The conference is open to all civilian government. The core topics of the program are as follows:

• Be Proactive
• Begin With the End in Mind
• Put First Things First
• Think Win-Win
• Seek First to Understand Then To Be Understood
• Synergize
• Sharpen the Saw

The registration fee to attend this event is $795 per person. If three or more people from the same agency register, the price of admission is $695 per person. To register or receive additional information, call (919) 521-4700.

About Michael Palazzo Productions
Michael Palazzo Productions, founded by Michael Palazzo in 1997, is a nationally recognized leadership development firm committed to promoting time-honored principles which provide a solid foundation for effective and consistent leadership. Michael Palazzo Productions is based in Cary, N.C. and hosts leadership conferences throughout the United States. For more information, call (919) 521-4700.