Listen, laugh, lament, and learn as Lawler Kang presents highlights and takeaways from the best-seller, Passion at Work (Pearson Prentice Hall) and subsequent research and related insights.

• Feel like you are boxed in at work or are on the prowl and don’t want to make the same mistakes again?• Looking for ways to incorporate more of your life into your work?• Ever wanted to lead but something just wasn’t clicking? Drawing on personal stories and compelling data, Lawler will start by illustrating the power, need and benefits of bringing your passions to market and using them to lead.

He will then walk participants through some tools–Engagement Drivers–you can use to identify and dominate your personal niche.

He will also show how these drivers, when aligned, can have immense impacts on your individual, team and organizational performance, and will reveal your innate ability to lead.

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Light reception included
Event begins at 6:30 sharp

What is a leader? What role does leadership play in driving success and bringing about change? Are you a leader?

As managers, counselors, advisors, employees and employers, lawyers wear multiple hats. Each role requires leadership in some capacity. Often the role is that of “driver” and rarely one of “passenger.” Exploring leadership styles and what makes leaders successful, the 2009 Women on the Move CLE program, Leaders: In the Driver’s Seat, features sessions on leadership skills, ethics, and labor and employment law.

Presented for the second time in Albany, this year’s program includes a networking luncheon. Registration for this program is limited and early registration is essential. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from renowned panelists.

The last day to pre-register online is April 1, 2009. Register online now

CLE: 2.0 credit hours in skills; 1.0 credit hour in ethics; 1.5 credit hours of professional practice

In these important times the International Financial Law Review and Euromoney Seminars presents their inaugural European Securities Litigation Conference. This will be one of your most important chances to prepare for the turbulence of the coming years through hearing the top experts in the field discuss the most pressing issues and building business networks with the most European securities litigation industry participants. It will also be an excellent opportunity for you to show case your own abilities to a large audience of key decision makers.

Key issues to be discussed at this conference will include:

· An in depth look at the credit crunch’s worst and best securities regulations and a discussion of what regulation will be needed going forward and what changes will actually be put in place.

· The prospects for securities class actions and the looming threat of activist shareholders.

· A look at the challenges and opportunities faced by the European securities litigation industry.

· What a European investor can expect in an American securities litigation case.

· Dealing with increasingly complex disclosure and accounting standards in an ever evolving market.

Confirmed speakers to date include:

LorraineCharlton, Executive Director, Regulatory Policy, SIFMA

Hubert Grignon-Dumoulin, Head of Issuers and Market Regulation, Luxembourg Stock Exchange

David Wilson, Managing Director and Legal Counsel, Goldman Sachs

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Some business wags say “flat” is the new “up”, but our panel will give you practical strategies for INCREASING sales and profits – even in a recession!

The U.S. economy is experiencing its worst crisis since at least 1982, and some say perhaps even since the Great Depression. Companies across the industry spectrum are struggling to manage these difficult times and the outlook for 2009 is highly uncertain. Private equity and venture funds are rationing capital and performing triage on their portfolios. While many businesses will founder, however, others will take advantage of the current environment to grow stronger and distance themselves from their competitors, positioning their companies for possibly significant outperformance when the economy improves.

• What strategies separate the winners from the losers?

• How can you – as an investor, business owner, employee, or advisor – do all you can to ensure success?

Who should attend this event?

• Business owners seeking real examples of how other companies are successfully weathering the current economic storms
• Private equity, venture capital, and angel investors looking for fresh ideas to help their portfolio companies
• Employees and those “in transition” interested in insights that will help them “add value” to current and prospective employers
• Business advisors and consultants that want to better understand their clients’ challenges and how to deal with them
• Anyone seeking insights into how leading professional investors work with their portfolio companies in the real world
  

Our panel of experts includes representatives from a couple of the area’s leading investment firms, and two of their portfolio companies that are doing well despite being in some of the most troubled sectors of all – financial services and real estate! Join us to get their practical advice on the strategies and tactics they are using to not just survive, but prosper in today’s economy.

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NOTES
Reception includes light refreshments.

It is important that you register in advance for this event so that the security desk will have your name upon arrival. Go up the escalators to the VISITOR CENTER located on the second floor. Please bring a photo ID and allow yourself additional time to get through security. The building entrance is at 45th Street between Lexington and Vanderbilt Avenues.

Whether the issue is climate change, economic growth, or accountability, multinational companies today are under unprecedented pressure to play their part in solving the major global challenges. Businesses are increasingly expected not only to create jobs, profits and new technologies, but also have positions on complex public policies. At the same time, critics see big business as the cause of many of the world’s problems, and are concerned by what they see as the expanding influence of business on government policies. This annual Chatham House conference, produced in partnership with FTSE, will bring together leading experts from business, civil society and government to discuss the challenges that will shape the 21st century.

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