GCATD Meet & Greet
FREE Networking Event
June 20 at The Pub!

In honor of our members, join us for a special event to network with other talent development professionals and find out how GCATD can help you advance learning opportunities for yourself and others in your organizations.

Current members, potential members, sponsors, and volunteers are all welcome to attend. Appetizers and two drink tickets for everyone that attends, so let's get together and have an Icebreaker to get all mingling!

PLUS we have awesome giveaways for attendees including Sponsor donations, FREE meetings, and lunch with GCATD president Mary Tettenhorst. MORE

Leading Through Creativity
&  Influence
Breakfast Workshop June 26

Creativity in leadership is one of the most deficient skills in the workplace today.

This workshop is centered around stimulating creativity in the workplace while also focused on influencing others with a creative approach.

Learning objectives:

• Learn to tap into the creative side of leadership
• Understand how to become a more productive leader
• Acquire the skills necessary to influence others

Facilitated by Glenn Sharp, Sharp Leadership Development, President/CEO. Glenn has nearly 23 years of experience managing others. In addition, he has taught more than 15,000 management professionals and provided individual leadership coaching to countless managers as well. Glenn is also a full-time adjunct professor for UC in the Carl H. Lindner College of Business and recently received the 2019 Outstanding Adjunct Teaching in Management Award. MORE

Engage your Employees by Understanding what Drives & Motivates Them
Workshop July 23

Our facilitator, professional trainer Danny James, will share the philosophy of why understanding what drives your employees matters.

This workshop includes a hands-on exercise to discover what drives each of us in our careers and how to go back to our workplaces and do this exercise with our employees.

Learning Objectives:

• Why career drivers matter
• How this directly ties to engagement
• What each individual’s career drivers are
• How that ties to the decisions they make in their daily workflow and career
• How to do this conversation with their employees

Facilitated by Danny James. passionate about employee development and engagement. He finds himself helping organizations strategize around what makes their most important asset tick, "their people". MORE

Create and Market Your Next Lunch & Learn
NEW DATE! Dayton Area Workshop
August 23

During our next workshop, you will learn how to develop your plan for a Lunch and Learn (or a short training session series) on a topic of your choice.

Bob Riess will once again facilitate the workshop, and our subject matter expert will be Leah Cridlin from Balluff Inc. Leah has 21 years of diverse experience in training and development and currently facilitates two lunch and learns per month on a wide variety of topics. During the workshop, Leah will share how she plans, creates and markets the lunch and learns within her organization. MORE