Events

Spring Speaker Series Event

Topic: Negotiations 101: How to Drive an Effective 'Win-Win' Deal

Friday, April 20, 2012, 7:30 - 9:30 a.m.
George Fox's Portland Center, 12753 S.W. 68th Ave., Portland
Featuring Jim Cross, C.P.M., CPIM, CSCP

Description

Life is a negotiation. Your job, your lifestyle, those resources just allocated to your project, funding a new venture, or simply deciding on recreational amenities – a core competency of success is negotiation. Regardless of vocational field and daily practice, it’s important to understand the structure, strategy, tactics, techniques, and tools to effectively negotiate. This series’ lecturer will address pertinent aspects of negotiation and dispel the notion that negotiations have a ‘win-lose’ outcome. Effective negotiators know that long term success is measured by ‘win-win’ outcomes. Grounded in communication, ‘win-win’ outcomes occur when negotiations bridge the gap of false information and miscommunication – skills especially needed by managers and leaders of complex organizations today.

Join us for this speaker series. You’ll learn about negotiating, and in doing so, improve your personal communication in a positive way that fosters ‘win-win’ outcomes in all aspects of your life.

Presenter

Jim Cross is a Purchasing Manager at Intel Corporation in Hillsboro Oregon and a specialist in the art of Negotiating. Jim started his career at Safeway, Inc. where he spent three years as an Inventory Manager and Planner for Safeway’s Northwest Region operations.

Throughout his career, Jim has designed and taught Negotiation and Supply Chain courses. Outside of Intel, Jim has led negotiation classes for sales teams on win-win negotiations and regularly teaches supply chain classes at local universities. In 2009 he was designated Intel Supply Chain Master as a recognition of his internal and external influence in the supply chain community. For more information on Spears, click on Cross Biography.

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R.S.V.P. by April 13, 2012 (complete form below)

Coffee and tea will be served at this event

Questions? Contact Darla Norgren at dnorgren@georgefox.edu.

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Summer Speaker Series Event

Topic: Strategic Business Transformation

Friday, June 15, 2012, 7:30 - 9:30 a.m.
George Fox's Portland Center, 12753 S.W. 68th Ave., Portland
Featuring Mohan Nair, Chief Innovation Officer, Regence

Description

When markets transform, companies caught unprepared are left behind. But when markets transform on the unknown unknowns, stuff that cannot be predicted till they arrive, then even those who plan and prepare can be left behind. Mohan has spent fifteen years and much introspection and research on this topic. Drawing on his experiences in leading emerging businesses as well as large dominant established organizations, Mohan has brought these challenges and solutions into focus as a presentation to you.

Focusing on "seven deadly sins to avoid", Mohan will offer you a way to view business transformation through the lens of personal transformation to anticipate, understand and command the waves of change in business.

Presenter

Born and raised in Singapore, Mohan Nair observed and participated in a nation in transformation from a city-state to a strategic business center and community. As an infantry soldier, Mohan served this nation while he learned the art and science of discipline, teamwork and leadership. Mohan is currently chief innovation officer at Regence, the health solutions company. Mohan guides the Innovation Force (IF) as it inspires ideas from a variety of sources, selecting execution-focused concepts and starting them on the path to new businesses or concepts. This elite team is designed to serve the ultimate transformation of the healthcare system. For more information on Mohan Nair, click this link: Nair Biography.