BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20190131T133000Z DTEND:20190131T183000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Annual Lunch & Awards Program 2019 DESCRIPTION:Beth Thomas\, CEO of Change 4 Growth & Author of Powered by Happy will be presenting the "top tips" from her book in an entertaining presentation. After 25 years of either being in or serving Corporate America and businesses all over the world\, she has some stories\, best practices and lessons learned that will be sure to resonate with each person in the audience. \n\n\n\nAs CEO of Change 4 Growth\, Beth is responsible for the overall success of the consulting business. Beth has 25 years of experience specializing in Transformational Business Change & Readiness\, Leadership\, Learning & Development\, Culture Shaping and Employee Engagement.\n\n \n\nPrior to launching Change 4 Growth\, Beth founded Sequent Consulting where she built the business for 12 successful years before renaming\, purchasing and launching the business Change 4 Growth. She has now joined the ranks of a Women Owned Business. \n\n \n\nPrior to Sequent\, Beth's experience was a practitioner serving as Senior Vice President at JP Morgan Change where she led the retail organization's Learning & Change Management department across the country in support of their branch network. In addition\, Beth served as the Head of Knowledge & Service Management for all Limited Brands\, where she led Organizational Change\, Learning & Service Management activities.\n\n \n\nIn addition to many volunteer groups and boards she is involved with\, Beth is a globally recognized thought leader in Organizational Change\, Leadership and Employee Engagement. Her work has been recognized all over the world and has been a trusted advisor to many Fortune 500 companies. She is a leading executive coach in helping leaders lead change and foster an engaging culture. \n\n \n\nBeth is a frequent global motivational speaker\, and her professional work has been recognized with national awards and in several globally circulated magazines\, newsletters and blogs. Beth is a contributing author on four books\, On Demand Learning (Darin Harley)\, Implementing eLearning (Jay Cross and Lance Dublin)\, Learning Rants\, Raves and Reflections (Elliott Masie)\, Lies About Learning (Larry Islaelite) and most recently the author of her own book\, POWERED BY HAPPY summarizing her years of experience in shaping productive cultures and Employee Engagement. \n\n \n\nSome of the tips she will be speaking to are: \n\n Work culture--Engagement and Happiness\n Leadership's role in engagement\n Investing in building talent and creating an engaging culture\n Work / Life Balance\n Strategies for being Happy--What makes you happy?\n Happy (engaged) employees vs. Disengaged employees\n How do you handle stress?\n Creating your own definition of happiness\n "To do" list vs. "I wish" list\n Schedule happiness hang with those who "get it"\n\nAfter her presentation\, you can expect to take away:\n\n\n \n Awareness of changes you can make that can have a positive influence on your life\n \n \n Understand the impact of your relationship with your peers\n \n \n Understand the impact of your relationship with your boss\n \n \n Happiness at work = higher productivity and success \n \n\nTake charge and be a change agent of your life / work culture.\n\n\n\nFollowing the seminar will be the Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon\, a celebration of the the Chamber's accomplishments from 2018 and recognizing our outstanding award winners:\n\n \n2018 BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR\n\nBeth Thomas\, CEO\, Change 4 Growth\n\n2018 YOUNG PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR\n\nElliott Castello\, Community Services Director\, The Alpha Group of Delaware\n\n2018 SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR\n\nSafeX\, Inc.\n\n2018 LARGE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR\n\nCentral Ohio Primary Care Physicians\n\n \nPlease note any dietary restrictions in the comments section of your registration. (vegetarian\, vegan\, gluten free\, etc.) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Beth Thomas\, CEO of Change 4 Growth &\; Author of Powered by Happy will be presenting the &ldquo\;top tips&rdquo\; from her book in an entertaining presentation. \;After 25 years of either being in or serving Corporate America and businesses all over the world\, she has some stories\, best practices and lessons learned that will be sure to resonate with each person in the audience. \;
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\nAs CEO of Change 4 Growth\, Beth is responsible for the overall success of the consulting business. Beth has 25 years of experience specializing in Transformational Business Change &\; Readiness\, Leadership\, Learning &\; Development\, Culture Shaping and Employee Engagement.
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\nPrior to launching Change 4 Growth\, Beth founded Sequent Consulting where she built the business for 12 successful years before renaming\, purchasing and launching the business Change 4 Growth. She has now joined the ranks of a Women Owned Business. \;
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\nPrior to Sequent\, Beth&rsquo\;s experience was a practitioner serving as \; \; \; \; Senior Vice President at JP Morgan Change where she led the retail organization&rsquo\;s Learning &\; Change Management department across the country in support of their branch network. In addition\, Beth served as the Head of Knowledge &\; Service Management for all Limited Brands\, where she led Organizational Change\, Learning &\; Service Management activities.
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\nIn addition to many volunteer groups and boards she is involved with\, Beth is a globally recognized thought leader in Organizational Change\, Leadership and Employee Engagement. Her work has been recognized all over the world and has been a trusted advisor to many Fortune 500 companies. She is a leading executive coach in helping leaders lead change and foster an engaging culture. \;
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\nBeth is a frequent global motivational speaker\, and her professional work has been recognized with national awards and in several globally circulated magazines\, newsletters and blogs. Beth is a contributing author on four books\, On Demand Learning (Darin Harley)\, Implementing eLearning (Jay Cross and Lance Dublin)\, Learning Rants\, Raves and Reflections (Elliott Masie)\, Lies About Learning (Larry Islaelite) and most recently the author of her own book\, POWERED BY HAPPY summarizing her years of experience in shaping productive cultures and Employee Engagement. \;
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\nSome of the tips she will be speaking to are: \n\nAfter her presentation\, you can expect to take away:\n\n\nTake charge and be a change agent of your life / work culture.
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\nFollowing the seminar will be the Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon\, a \;celebration of the \;the Chamber'\;s accomplishments from 2018 and recognizing our outstanding award winners:
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2018 BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR
\nBeth Thomas\, CEO\, Change 4 Growth

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2018 YOUNG PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
\nElliott Castello\, Community Services Director\, The Alpha Group of Delaware

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2018 SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR
\nSafeX\, Inc.

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2018 LARGE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR
\nCentral Ohio Primary Care Physicians

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\nPlease note any dietary restrictions in the comments section of your registration. (vegetarian\, vegan\, gluten free\, etc.) \; LOCATION:Renaissance Westerville- Polaris 409 Altair Parkway Westerville\, OH 43082 UID:e.1186.3058 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260523T225344Z URL:https://business.westervillechamber.com/events/details/annual-lunch-awards-program-2019-3058 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR