The 44th Annual

Northern Ohio Human Resource Conference (NOHRC)

March 12, 2010

I-X Center • Cleveland, Ohio

Who Are You To Be Happy?

Leadership Tips For A More Positive Workplace

Learning Objectives:                                

• Improve Awareness and Self-Management (Emotional Intelligence skills)
• Skills for engaging employees in workspace
• Skills for stress management and life balance

When times are tough, people look to their leaders for clues on how to respond. This interactive program will provide you with skills for leading and living a happier, more balanced life in the midst of stress and crisis. You will engage body, mind, and heart in the practice of intentional happiness, and learn how to shift your mood – and the mood of those around you – to help build a more positive culture. You will leave with:

• An understanding of how Happiness impacts workplace outcomes and the bottom line
• Five specific actions you can practice to improve the strength of your “positive emotional muscles”
• Two tools you can use immediately to move a conversation or meeting to a more positive emotional space

BIO - Jim Smith

Jim Smith, SPHR, PCC, is The Executive Happiness Coach®.  Jim works exclusively with people who want to change how they show up in the world.   He knows that leadership is not about knowledge and title alone.  True leadership is about Presence: the mood one brings to conversations, how one responds in crisis, inspires others, and even how a person walks, talks, and breathes.  To build better leaders, then, Jim challenges his clients on every level: intellectual, emotional, and physical.  He does this through personal and executive coaching, speaking, and leadership training and facilitation.

Jim holds his Professional Certified Coach credential through the International Coach Federation, having provided over 2,300 hours of leadership coaching.  He serves as a Mentor Coach for The Newfield Network, is Past President of the Cleveland Coach Federation, and teaches in the HR MBA program for Baldwin Wallace College.

Finally, Jim worships dark chocolate and deeply believes that “Happiness is a decision, not an event!”  You can learn more about Jim at www.TheExecutiveHappinessCoach.com or www.LifeWithHappiness.com.