Learn how to lead from the best in half-day seminar in Vaughan

Yorkregion.com
Sept. 25, 2014
By Adam Martin-Robbins

Local business and community leaders will next month have a rare opportunity to hear a trio of experts and best-selling authors share their insights on leadership.

A live simulcast of half-day leadership seminar L2: Learn - Lead, will run Oct. 10 at Eagles Nest Golf Club. It is being hosted by Mario Piccone, of Vaughan company Piccone Coaching Inc.

“It is an opportunity to provide York Region leaders with a chance to grow within themselves as a leader and have the opportunity to take their companies to the next level,” Piccone said. “It’s a great networking opportunity, as well.”

Vaughan is one of 300 locations around the world hosting this half-day seminar.

The event, billed as York Region’s first annual live simulcast on leadership, features acclaimed leadership guru John Maxwell, advertising executive and bestselling-author Linda Kaplan Thaler and former Yahoo executive Tim Sanders.

Maxwell, founder of The John Maxwell Company and EQUIP, has coached people globally and has written best-selling books, including The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader.

Inc. Magazine recently named Maxwell the most popular leadership expert in the world and he has been voted the top leadership professional six years in a row in Global Gurus’ annual Top 30 contest.

“John’s been doing this for more than 40 years and leadership oozes out of his skin. You can’t help but be affected by every word he says,” said Piccone, who Maxwell has personally mentored.

“You realize that leadership is part of you on a daily basis. You’ve got to learn how to lead yourself first before you can lead others and that’s something he makes you realize pretty quickly,” Piccone added. “He’s the real deal. He explains it in plain English - there’s no hype. He’s not a motivational speaker. It’s real, hardcore information.”

For this event, Maxwell will focus on topics from his book, Good Leaders Ask Great Questions.

“It’s really going to give attendees a tool to be able to use immediately,” Piccone said.

For her part, Thaler, chairperson of advertising agency Publicis Kaplan Thaler, will speak about grit in your personal life and in business, while Sanders will discuss marketing.

“I expect attendees to have a better understanding of what leadership is all about and believe that through asking great questions, they can lead a team to any level that they’re looking for,” Piccone said.

A portion of the proceeds from the event will go to support United Way of York Region.