ASTD Mt. Diablo Chapter invites you to:

“Why are your employees learning goals failing year after year?”

We’ve gotten good at setting goals.  The SMART goal framework is documented in more than 400 books, taught in countless workshops, and used by organizations around the world.

But then what?  Goal-setting is popular, but it doesn’t appear to be working.  Half of American workers are unclear about what they are supposed to do at work (Harter & Wagner, 2006), while 78 percent of employees are dissatisfied with the performance review process (Taleo Research, 2009).

In this hands-on session, you will see that most goals fail the SMART criteria – badly.  You will:

• Analyze your own goals with the “SMARTometer” – the first tool for measuring the effectiveness of goals.

• Learn how to write breakthrough SMART goals that create alignment between managers and employees.

• Receive tools you can use in your work.

• Receive one free post-workshop coaching session via email to refine your SMART goals.

Note: This is a 90-minute co-presentation.

Presenters:  Glenn Hughes and Daren Blonski are avid social media users and maintain multiple blogs and websites.  Additionally, Daren works with numerous learning and development professionals in the Bay Area.  Glenn has a broad network of learning professionals in the South and East Bay.  Glenn will be speaking at ASTD 2011 and ISPI 2011.  Daren, former Mt. Diablo ASTD VP of Marketing, is familiar with the best practices for making a chapter program successful and can assist in this process.

Glenn Hughes – Director of Learning and Performance Improvement for KLA-Tencor Corporation, a leading supplier of capital equipment to semiconductor companies like Intel, Samsung, and Toshiba.  In 2008, TRAINING magazine inducted KLA-Tencor’s learning organization into the “Training Top 10 Hall of Fame.”  Glenn holds a Master’s Degree in Adult Education and Training and a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics Engineering Technology.  After stints in KLA Instrument’s manufacturing and field service organizations, he moved to Asia, where he managed multi-million dollar operations in China, Singapore, and Japan for nearly 10 years.

Daren Blonski - An entrepreneur first and a consultant, facilitator, and process consultant second. Daren knows how to bring to life the connections between theory and the day-to-day operational challenges organizations face.  His engaging, warm, matter-of-fact approach helps his client sort through the complexities of the organizational experience.  He has built two boutique consulting firms in his consulting tenure, operated a $20 million - dollar business with 50 employees, and consulted to global Fortune 500 corporations. Daren holds a Master’s in Psychology with an emphasis in Organizational Development and currently teaches in the Master’s in Organizational Development Program at Sonoma State University.

To register:   Register online at www.mtdiabloastd.org , or contact our Registrar and pay at the door:  Leland Espinosa :  lelandespinosa@yahoo.com or (510) 987-0436

Walk-ins are welcome but pre-registration helps us order the right number of dinners.

Agenda:

(Kindly note time changes to accommodate this 90 min co-presentation.)

5:15 PM Informal networking/exchanges about professional opportunities officially begins

5:50 PM Dinner

6:15 PM Keynote Speakers

7:45 PM Adjourn

Location:

Crow Canyon Country Club
711 Silver Lake Drive
Danville, California 94526
925-735-5700

Directions from 680:

• Take Crow Canyon Blvd East.
• Go left on El Capitan (Tahiti to the right).
• First right into Crow Canyon.
• Tell the guard you are attending a program for ASTD at the Club.
• Clubhouse and parking entrance to your left about 100 yards. Plenty of free parking.