CED Unveils Leadership and Management Development Initiative for Triangle Executives; Foremost Leadership Authority to Headline New CED Endeavor.Business Editors RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2003 VED Ved Vedic (linguistics) VED Vehicle Excise Duty (UK road tax) VED Visual Editor VED Vitamin E Deficiency VED Vacuum Erectile Device VED Vertical Electric Dipole VED Victory in Europe Day announces the debut of its new Leadership and Management Development Initiative (LMDI), the first program of which will feature Dr. Gerald Bell of Bell Leadership. Dr. Gerald D. Bell is a professor at the Kenan-Flagler Business School The Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill serves the community as a world-renowned business education institution. History at the University of North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. and a leading consultant to major business organizations throughout the world. "Every study about successful entrepreneurial economies asserts the need for seasoned management talent," says Monica Doss, president of CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc) An earlier videodisc technology from RCA that was released in 1981 and abandoned five years later. Like phonograph records, the analog disc contained grooves that a stylus rode over. . "In CED's own 2001 Satisfaction Survey of area entrepreneurs, respondents noted the continuing need for strong management personnel as a potential impediment A disability or obstruction that prevents an individual from entering into a contract. Infancy, for example, is an impediment in making certain contracts. Impediments to marriage include such factors as consanguinity between the parties or an earlier marriage that is still valid. to this region's growth. So in an effort to fulfill this community need, we've crafted the Leadership and Management Development Initiative and recruited world-renowned Dr. Bell to help `home grow' the Triangle's next generation of business leaders." For CED's LMDI, Dr. Bell will guide a special "Leadership Roundtable" for select CEOs of entrepreneurial companies. In addition, all CED members will be eligible for a 40% discount on other upcoming Bell Leadership seminars conducted by Dr. Bell. To receive this discount, CED members may register through www.bellleadership.com/seminars and note "CED Member" on the online registration form. As part of the overall LMDI, CED, in partnership with various forerunners in business leadership and management skills, will develop and embark upon a series of training solutions in the areas of leadership development and management skills for entrepreneurs of maturing Triangle companies. This targeted "Leadership Roundtable" and other Bell Leadership seminars will be the first in a number of new program undertakings. "Strengthening the region's leadership talent will significantly enhance the Triangle's existing arsenal of economic assets," says Christy Shaffer, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Durham's Inspire Pharmaceuticals. "Having personally completed the Bell series and encouraged several senior Inspire managers to do so, I've experienced first-hand the impact Dr. Bell's leadership series can have in creating a world-class management team. I think it's a superb fit for the inaugural plank of CED's Leadership and Management Development Initiative curriculum." LMDI is the consequence of more than 18 months of market research and strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. including interviews, focus groups, surveys and program evaluations, into the leadership needs of Triangle entrepreneurial companies. It stands as a direct result of CED's Innovation to Impact five-year strategic vision and successful capital campaign, which has raised more than $4.5 million to date, exceeding its target by more than $1.5 million. About Dr. Gerald Bell Dr. Bell earned doctorate and master's degrees from Yale University Yale University, at New Haven, Conn.; coeducational. Chartered as a collegiate school for men in 1701 largely as a result of the efforts of James Pierpont, it opened at Killingworth (now Clinton) in 1702, moved (1707) to Saybrook (now Old Saybrook), and in 1716 was , and is currently working on his new book, The Personality of the Achiever: Developing the Six Core Competencies of Effective Leaders. Dr. Bell has been consulting for over 35 years, and has worked with over half a million leaders from more than 4,700 organizations in over 30 countries. Dr. Bell's creative thinking and personal style have earned him the reputation as one of the highest rated resources on leadership in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and worldwide. For more on Dr. Bell's foundation, visit www.bellleadership.com. About CED The Council for Entrepreneurial Development, located in Research Triangle Park, NC, is a private, non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. formed in 1984 to stimulate the creation and growth of high-impact companies in the greater Research Triangle region. CED provides education, mentoring and capital formation resources to new and existing high-growth entrepreneurs through annual conferences, seminars, workshops and monthly programs on entrepreneurial management and finance. CED is the largest entrepreneurial support organization in the nation with more than 4,000 members representing 1,100 entrepreneurial companies, financiers and professional firms. www.cednc.org |
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